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S&P Downgrades US Debt

StockNod — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:05:39 +0000

Late Friday, S&P, one of the three major credit rating agencies, downgraded the US debt rating. The other two agencies have continued to assign the highest rating to US debt. S&P cited the deficit reduction in the debt ceiling agreement as too little. Since this is uncharted territory, it’s not clear what will happen when [...]

US stocks closed up

StockNod — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:22:53 +0000

U.S. stocks closed up Friday as favorable economic reports balanced out disappointing earnings results, but it wasn’t enough give the Dow industrials its fourth consecutive weekly gain. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 57 points, or 0.5%, to close at 12,342, with 20 of its 30 components rising. For the week, however, the Dow is [...]

US Stocks Tread Water

StockNod — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:17:39 +0000

U.S. stock indexes have largely been treading water, as Wall Street preps for an onslaught of earnings that will have more than 100 S&P 500 companies reporting in the week ahead. Number wise for benchmark indexes we are right back to where we were two months ago. The duo’s earnings and others that reported last [...]

What to do with Gold

StockNod — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:30:17 +0000

Gold has been in a volatile trading environment, to say the least, with prices repeatedly climbing to new heights since 2008, only to lose big chunks of those gains in a single day. Deciding what to do with gold and how to do it has been a challenge even for seasoned investors. After all, gold [...]

Stocks to watch: TI, Halliburton, Citi et al

StockNod — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:37:25 +0000

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Monday’s session are Texas Instruments Inc., Halliburton Co. and Citigroup Inc. Texas Instruments Inc. TXN +0.81% is expected to report first-quarter earnings of 58 cents a share, according to analysts surveyed by FactSet Research. Halliburton Co. HAL +1.47% is forecast to post earnings [...]

Technical Analysis Training Video

StockNod — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 18:33:20 +0000

Here is a good video on technical analysis explained in easy terms. It includes an overview of MACD (moving average convergence/divergence and stochastics)

StockNod Stock Alert – ION

StockNod — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:51:35 +0000

Here is an example of the StockNod Stock Alerts in action on a stock called ION Geophysical Corporation (IO). Here is a link to the stock analysis chart for ION Geophysical Stock Alerts From the beginning of 2009 to present, you can see the frequency of alerts fired on IO. The StockNod algorithm looks for [...]

Excellent low P/E value buys

StockNod — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 20:02:03 +0000

Quality companies with low price-to-book value ratios (P/BV) have outperformed companies with higher valuations for the past three-, ?ve- and 10-year periods. Our search for undervalued companies to with price to book value ratios found three stocks in tech-related sectors: Kyocera (KYO), PC Connection (PCCC), and Thermo Fisher Scienti?c (TMO). To ?nd the best stocks [...]

Stocks spike after economic reports

StockNod — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:51:54 +0000

Stocks rose sharply Wednesday after a batch of economic reports offered some hope that the U.S. economy was improving. Investors seized on encouraging readings on the labor market and Americans’ incomes while shrugging off a steep fall in new home sales and manufacturing orders. The rebound suggests that investors are no longer counting on a [...]

Global anxiety has gold spiking

StockNod — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 20:25:56 +0000

Gold prices continue to set records as investors look for a safe haven to ride out the storm. The price of gold keeps going up, setting records week after week. Gold rallied to record highs in Europe on Friday, with spot prices knocking on the door of $1,300 an ounce, as expectations grew that further [...]