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September 2010 Trading & Investment Strategy
- Worst August Since 2001 - Seasonal Patterns True To Form - Stocks in Holding Pattern - Upside Breakout Elusive
- Market at a Glance
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August 2010 Trading & Investment Strategy
- Market at a Glance
- Hot Julys & Autumn Buys - Indices Struggle To Retake 200-Day MAs - Wait For Fatter Pitch Before Midterm Elections
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July 2010 Trading & Investment Strategy
- July 2010 Strategy Calendar
- July Almanac: July Best Month of Third Quarter for Dow and S&P Since 1950
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December 2008: ETF Lab
- November 2008 MOST ACTIVE ETFs BY SHARE VOLUME
- November 2008 LARGEST ETFs BY MARKET CAP
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December 2008
- Best Six Months Off to Atrocious Start After Historic Presidential Election Rally Fades October Low Under Pressure – Waters Not Safe Yet - By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Copper Builds a Bullish Foundation in December With Copper Down 60% Consider This Mining Concern During Seasonal Copper Rally - By John L. Person
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November 2008: ETF Lab
- October 2008 MOST ACTIVE ETFs BY SHARE VOLUME
- October 2008 LARGEST ETFs BY MARKET CAP
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November 2008
- Waterfall Decline Causes Worst Bear Market Since 1974 October Strikes Again – Can It Kill the Bear This Time? Wait for Fatter Pitch – Party Change Rallies November - By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Proving Grounds: The Big Picture of the Housing Bubble - By J. Taylor Brown
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October 2008: ETF Lab
- September 2008 MOST ACTIVE ETFs BY SHARE VOLUME
- September 2008 LARGEST ETFs BY MARKET CAP
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October 2008
- Financial Panic Pummels Wall Street - By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Annual October Buying Spree Caution and Prudence Trump Historical Trends - By J. Taylor Brown
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September 2008
- July Closes Well As Summer Rally Struggles to Take Hold Recession & Election Lurk As the Beijing Games Begin - By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Viral Vectors – Cutting Edge Gene Therapy - By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
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August 2008
- No Mid-Year Rally, NASDAQ Best 8 Months Off 19.8% Failing Banks, War in Iraq, High Oil, A Bush White House Déjà vu? – Future Looks Grim, Short-Term Bounce Likely - By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Energy Gage: Bakken’s Rockin’ - By Dave Kamm
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July 2008
- NASDAQ MACD Seasonal Sell Signal Pending - Use Any Mid-Year Rally To Reduce Exposure - By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- IMAX – Big Movies, Big Screens & Big Times Ahead - By J. Taylor Brown
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June 2008
- Worst Best Six Months Since 1974 Ends on Positive Note - Election Year Last 7 Months Strong—Negatives Contained - By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Energy Gage: Bakken Oil Field - By Dave Kamm
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May 2008
- Best Six Months MACD Seasonal Sell Signal Triggers - 1st Loss Since 1984 Casts Pall on Range-Bound Market - By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Obscure Treasure Hunter on Verge of Major Growth - By Christopher Mistal
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April 2008
- Fundamental & Technical Erosion Trumps Seasonality - Bear Market Officially Underway –- Sell Any Rallies - By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Off-the-Radar Handful of Low-Priced Speculations - Five Beaten Down Stocks That Just Perked Up - By Jeffrey A. Hirsch & Christopher Mistal
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March 2008
- Negative January Barometer Points to Further Declines - Don’t Get Snared By the Bear Market Rally - By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Almanac Investor Top Managers - Squeezing Risk to the Bone: Interview with Adam Hutt, Portfolio Manager, AMH Equity - By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
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February 2008
- Long-Hibernating Bear Awakes in Bull’s Season Steepest Correction Since 2003,Looming Recession Negative Early Readings Portend More Carnage By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Pure Play Nuclear Power Firm Foothold in the Past and a Plan for the Future By J.Taylor Brown
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January 2008
- 2008 Annual Forecast: Wide-Open Election Field, Nascent Inflation, Tepid Economics, Threaten Aged Bull By Jeffrey A. Hirsch & J.Taylor Brown
- 2008 Featured Sector – Power Generation The Stars Are Aligned for Massive Gains By J.Taylor Brown & Christopher Mistal
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December 2007
- Battered, but not Beaten – US Equity Markets Survive Assault Dow Poised for Big Move Up? By J. Taylor Brown
- Uranium Could Be the Next Commodity Star—Depressed Stocks in Group Are Attractive By Robert Cardwell
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November 2007
- Don''t Be Spooked By October — Volatility Breeds Opportunity Tame Inflation & Accommodative Fed Can Fan Seasonal Flames By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Our Long-Term Bullishness on Oil and Gold Is Paying Off—Some Stacks Can Still Be Bought (But Carefully) By Robert Cardwell
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October 2007
- Dr. Bernanke or: How We Learned to Stop Worrying And Love the Bull—Dow 16000 We Come By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- October is the Month to Buy Exchange Traded Funds By J. Taylor Brown
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September 2007
- Season of the VIX — Market Cools Off As Volatility Returns and Volume Spikes By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Environmentally Friendly Technological Innovations Create Value by Maximizing Natural Resource Utilization By Christopher N. Mistal
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August 2007
- Dow Trades Above 14000 – Our 2007 Target – Then Retreats Impressive Market Strength Has Yet To Wane Hot July Suggests Market May Cool in the Fall By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- A Junior Gold Producer with Rapid Growth Potential By Jeffrey A. Hirsch & Christopher N. Mistal
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July 2007
- The Bull Takes a Breather Hiccup on the Climb Higher Or Breakdown of Momentum Worst Four Months Are Upon Us – Watch the Tape By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Wealth in the Ground — A Pair of Low-Cap, High Potential Junior Resource Companies By Robert Cardwell
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June 2007
- Will the Dow’s Magic Carpet Ride Ever End? MACD Seasonal Best Six Months Sell Signal Triggered Lofty Levels - By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Dollar’s Down, Metals Are Up, and this Undervalued Special Situation Is a Great Way to Participate By Robert Cardwell
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May 2007
- Goldilocks Fends Off the Three Bears for Now Market Gathers Momentum As Best Six Months End Recent May Bullishness Could Prolong MACD Sell Signal By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Everybody Wants Secure, Long-Lived Energy Assets Upstart Firm Has Locked Up Some Great Prospects By Robert Cardwell
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April 2007
- Is the Correction Over, What Correction? Will Three Bears Rudely Awaken Goldilocks Trumping the Best Six Months & 4-Year Cycle? By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Short Exchange Traded Funds Level Playing Field Empowering Investors with Bear Market Arsenal By J. Taylor Brown
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March 2007
- January Barometer Flashes Green Pre-Election March Offers Fertile Soil for Stocks by Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Information Technology Meets Biotechnology Faster Trials and Lower Development Costs by Jeffrey A. Hirsch
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February 2007
- Rally Remains Intact But Market Struggles in 2007 - Let''s See What January Brings By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Microturbines—Cleaner Greener Machines - Capstone Turbine is at the Forefront By J. Taylor Brown
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January 2007
- 2007 Annual Forecast: Wall Street is Partying Like It’s 1995 - What Could Drive the Market Higher or Bust Up the Festivities?
- Diversa – Optimizing the Future - And the Future is Now
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December 2006
- Dems Take Back Congress, the Best Six Months Are Here And Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, by Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- The Manhattan, Kansas Project—Breadbasket Salvation, Job Creation, Environmental Benefit & National Security from Corn—Two Pure-Play Ethanol Stocks, by J. Taylor Brown
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November 2006
- Market Averts Bear for Now—Seasonal and Cyclical Forces in Play Tape Suggests Further Gains but Ride the Bull with Caution, by Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Five Quality Small-Cap Stocks Cheap By Any Measure, by Adam M. Hutt
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October 2006
- Buoyant Market Testing Highs and Forecast Bullish Sentiment Rises — Bear Trap or Bull Run?, by Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Energy Stocks Are Correcting Sharply Get Ready to Pick Up Bargains, by Robert Cardwell
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September 2006
- A Summer Rally May Be Here But the Time Is Not Right on the Street, by Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Almanac Investor Top Ten Watch List, by J. Taylor Brown
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August 2006
- If the Economy Is So Strong, Why Isn't the Market? The Stage is Set — Wait for the Low, by Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Junior Energy Stocks Still a Great Place To Be, as Oil Rises and the Dollar Sinks, by Robert Cardwell
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July 2006
- Buoyant Market Prepare for a Cruel Summer, Burgeoning Bear Market Underway — Domed Top in Place, by Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- The Ins and Outs of Bear Market Mutual Finds, by J. Taylor Brown
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June 2006
- Tired Bull Sweats Hot Commodities and Inflation By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Junior Energy Stocks Still a Great Place To Be, as Oil Rises and the Dollar Sinks By Robert Cardwell
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May 2006
- MACD Best Six Months Seasonal Sell Triggered Potential Worst Six Months Midterm Bear Looms By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Options 101: Put Buying By Lawrence G. McMillan
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April 2006
- Beware the Ides of March - Stocks Begin Retreats in 5 out of the Last 6 Marches Week After Q1 Triple Witching Hazardous By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- A Star is Reborn - This Gem is a Diamond in the Rough By J.Taylor Brown
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March 2006
- Three Peaks Domed House Top is Forming Continue to Sell into Strength By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- The North American Energy Gage: The New "New Math" of Supply and Demand Includes Time By Dave Kamm
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February 2006
- Breakout the Noisemakers-Dow 11000! Not So Fast, Our Contrarian Antennae Are Purring By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Made In America: High-Quality Computers Backed By Superior Service & Support By Jeffrey A. Hirsch & J.Taylor Brown
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January 2006
- Narrowest Dow Range in 109 Years: What Does It Mean for 2006 Market? The Times They Are A-Changin' By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Ride the Next Wave in Digital Security: The Only Pure Play in Trusted Computing By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
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December 2005
- Seasonal Forces in Full Swing - But Year-Ends Make Great Exits By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Historic Graphite Leader Enters HD & Fuel Cell Fray Pervasive Tech Stores and Delivers TV & VOD By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
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November 2005
- MACD Buy Signals Trigger: Further Correction Expected, Q4 Rally May Be Muted By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Next Tech Boom is at Hand: 3 Stocks at the Heart of the Digital Nexus By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
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October 2005
- Market Teeters Atop 'Wall of Worry'; Katrina's Impact Not Yet Felt; Further Correction Likely Before Year-End Rally By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Previous Doubler Returns to Profitability, Niche CRM Concern Trims Client's Costs and Boosts Sales By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
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September 2005
- Hot July Markets Often Precede Fourth Quarter Buying Opportunities - September Is the Worst Month and 2005 May Live Up to Its Reputation By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Cheap Plays on Expensive Oil and Gas By Robert Cardwell
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August 2005
- Mid-Year Rally Pushes Market to Resistance; Look for Summer Volume to Dry Up Forcing Domed House Bottom By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Four Blasts from the Past Poised for Tremendous Growth in this Uncertain Market By J.Taylor Brown & Jeffrey A. Hirsch
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July 2005
- NASDAQ MACD Sell Triggers and Volume Fades; Use Mid-Year Rally to Cure Summertime Blues By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- A Small Company, a Large Medical Market, and First-Mover Advantage By Robert Cardwell
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June 2005
- Range-Bound Market Fails to Move Higher; Likely Break Will Be to the Downside; Trade Carefully - the Bear Looms By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- These Energy Stocks Are Way Down -Are They Ready for Rebounds? By Robert Cardwell
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May 2005
- Market Begins Descent - Best 6 Months MACD Sell Triggers Poor Action and Weak Internals - Time for Spring Cleaning By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Natural Resources: An Intermission, Not the Final Curtain - Buying Opportunities Now By Robert Cardwell
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April 2005
- Topping Pattern Holds On - Only A Matter Of Time; Keep Your Powder Dry Until The Dust Settles By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Here's Why You Should Still Own Resource Stocks - And How to Get in on What May Be the Best New North American Natural Gas Play By Robert Cardwell
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March 2005
- Domed House Top Appears Complete; 2005 Forecast Revised Lower; It May Be Rough Ride Ahead By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- PR and More - Medialink Offers Corporations The Latest in Communications Technology By Robert Cardwell
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February 2005
- Santa Fails to Call, First Five Days Are Down But It Only Amounts to a Tiny Correction; Further Gains Are Expected - Caution Is Required By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Organic Growth - The Future of Electronic Displays Plus Three Cutting-Edge Companies By Robert Cardwell
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January 2005
- Series of Reversals Builds Base for Continued Rally; 2005 Annual Forecast: New Recovery Highs; Range-Bound Market Ends Year Marginally Higher By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Portfolio Year-End Review: Five Stocks To Double in 2005 - Plus Other Buys and Holds By Robert Cardwell
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December 2004
- 2004 Forecast on Track for Further Gains; Election Conclusion Shifts Market Focus To Seasonal, Fundamental and Technical Forces By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Turnaround Chip Equipment Stock Has Major Potential By Robert Cardwell
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November 2004
- A Solid Rally Is Imminent But It May Be this Bulls Last Gasp By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Trader's Special - Two New Companies With Technical and Fundamental Momentum By Robert Cardwell
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October 2004
- Seasonality, Valuations and Tape Action Align for the Bulls By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- It's Time to Consider Those Depressed Biotech Stocks By Robert Cardwell
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September 2004
- Back in the Patterns Again; Wait Out Current Weakness Except for Select Opportunities By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- American Oil & Gas - A Tiny Upstart with Big Projects and Major Growth Potential By Robert Cardwell
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August 2004
- It's a Cruel Summer While Wall Street Waits for the Election and Digests Q2 Results and Corporate Outlooks - NASDAQ MACD Trigger Gets Us Out In Time By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Thinking Small to Win Big By Robert Cardwell
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July 2004
- Where is the Volume? Don't Get Sucked into the Summer Rally Hype - Take a Break from Conventioneering with this Nanotech Spec By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Metals Shine in an Uncertain World - But Buy when the Stocks Are Down By Robert Cardwell
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June 2004
- Market Can't Carry Weight of Rising Rates and Iraq Problem;s Downside Action Likely Over Next Few Months By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- The Leader in Television's Next Wave Is Available at a Sharp Discount By Robert Cardwell
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May 2004
- Time to Get Defensive - Worst Six Months Are Nearing Overhead Resistance, Rate Hikes on the Horizon and Trouble in the Fertile Crescent Will Give the Market Jitters By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Alternative Energy Issues Should Regain Power - Here Are Undervalued Selections By Robert Cardwell
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April 2004
- First Healthy Correction of 2004 Sets Up Bounce for Final Push of Best Six Months By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- AVI BioPharma - Small-Cap Firm with Major League Technology By Robert Cardwell
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March 2004
- January Barometer Socks It to 'Em - But Beware the Ides of March; Kerry's Surge May Make The Street Uneasy By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- Undervalued Stuart Energy Systems Should See Big Gains When Alternative Energy Revives By Robert Cardwell
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February 2004
- 2004 Is Gonna be a Good Year Early Indications Point Higher and Market Strength Abounds By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- A Farewell to Adam and Two for the Road By Adam M. Hutt
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January 2004
- 2004 Annual Forecast - Bush's Likely Reelection Points to Higher Prices By Jeffrey A. Hirsch
- An Undiscovered Micro-cap for Potential Big Gains in 2004 By Robert Cardwell
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