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Technical Indicators: Oscillators and more

Rick Pendergraft — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:06:28 +0000

"You hear about oscillators, regression lines and channels, and so on and so forth. You could spend the rest of your life learning about every indicator technicians have come up with trying to gain an edge over other investors." — Rick Pendergraft by Rick Pendergraft Baltimore — (TFN): As Tony Robbins [...]

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Post tags: Channels, Financial, investors, oscillators, overbought, oversold, regression lines, Rick Pendergraft, technical indicators

How Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) crashed crude oil prices

Rick Pendergraft — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:14:01 +0000

"Financial stocks bottomed (for now) on that date - which makes sense. But the next part doesn’t make sense. Crude oil prices peaked on July 15. What does the U.S. government bailing out financial institutions have to do with the oil market?" — Rick Pendergraft by Rick Pendergraft Baltimore — (TFN): Over the last month, [...]

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Post tags: banks, brokerage firms, crude oil prices, fannie mae, financial stocks, fnm, fre, freddie mac, sec

Recession-Buster Stocks: Buy Amazon (AMZN:NASDAQ)

Rick Pendergraft — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:57:08 +0000

"Analysts were expecting Amazon to earn $0.26 per share… and the company reported earnings of $0.37. Revenues nearly doubled from the same period last year." — Rick Pendergraft Blogger’s note: The recession has deflated American spending. Lack of easy credit is keeping U.S. consumers from buying on a whim, and stores are [...]

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Is Google (GOOG:NASDAQ) Cheap at $500?

Rick Pendergraft — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:46:11 +0000

"Over the last three quarters, GOOG has missed earnings expectations twice, including the second-quarter results that were released on July 17." — Rick Pendergraft by Rick Pendergraft Baltimore — (TFN): As recently as last November, Google (GOOG:NASDAQ) was priced at over $700 per share. But the one-time Internet [...]

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Post tags: earnings, goog, google, institutional investors, Rick Pendergraft, round lot

Ford Is Cheap at $5

Rick Pendergraft — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:12:58 +0000

“At this point, the market cap for Ford is a paltry $10.13 billion. However, the company has over $25 billion in cash on the balance sheet. Granted, they have tremendous debt on the balance sheet as well, but they have more than $11 in cash per share.” [...]

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Brazil’s Best ETF

Rick Pendergraft — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:07:50 +0000

“Brazil has the tenth-largest economy in the world and the third-largest economy in the Americas. The GDP of Brazil grew at a rate of 5.4 percent in 2007, and is predicted to grow at a rate of 5 percent in 2008.” — Rick Pendergraft by Rick Pendergraft Baltimore – (TFN): [...]

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Post tags: brazil, china, economy, etf, gdp, Rick Pendergraft, western hemisphere

How to Calculate Good Risk Management

Rick Pendergraft — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:35:00 +0000

“I always look at the risk/reward relationship before entering a trade. It doesn’t matter whether it is a stock trade, an options trade, or a futures trade.” — Rick Pendergraft by Rick Pendergraft Baltimore – (TFN): One of the investing basics that all investors need to know when making an investment decision [...]

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Post tags: futures, investing basics, Options, risk management, risk/reward, stock trade, stop loss

Are Pfizer (PFE) and Merck (MRK) good cheap buys?

Rick Pendergraft — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:27:29 +0000

“Is it time to start looking at pharma as a value play and buy some shares?” — Rick Pendergraft, Early to Rise by Rick Pendergraft Baltimore – (TFN): As a result of the legal issues big-name companies like Pfizer (PFE) and Merck (MRK) have been dealing with, the pharmaceutical [...]

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Post tags: etf, healthcare, holdrs trust, merck, mrk, pfe, pfizer, pharma, pharmaceutical industry, pph, sector, select healthcare spyder, xlv

Are Gold Prices Seasonal?

Rick Pendergraft — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:43:07 +0000

“I have recently noticed a seasonal pattern that has me excited. Over the last six summers, there has been a trading opportunity that has presented itself over and over again.” — Rick Pendergraft by Rick Pendergraft Baltimore – (TFN): I have always been a little skeptical of seasonal trading patterns in anything [...]

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Investment Strategies: Profit from the dog days of summer

Rick Pendergraft — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:04:16 +0000

“Last summer, the volume on the New York Stock Exchange was higher in June, July, and August than it was in the three months prior or the three months after.” — Rick Pendergraft by Rick Pendergraft Baltimore – (TFN): Beware, we have now entered the dog days of summer. [...]

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Post tags: Brokers, credit crisis, dog days of summer, Investment Strategies, New York Stock Exchange, traders, wall street