Monthly Archive: February 2006

Daily Update Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Stocks moved sharply lower today on a downbeat Consumer Confidence report and a sharp sell-off of Google stock. With three yellow lights, Prudent Investors should move to the sidelines for now. Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the market up or down as it develops. For those of you…

Daily Update Monday, February 27, 2006

The Bulls took over Wall Street today as the price of crude moved lower and news of good earnings reports rolled in. With two green lights and an UpUp situation, it’s OK for Prudent Investors to buy high VST, “B” rated stocks long. Aggressive Investors and Traders should play…

The Market Timing Graph.

The Price of the VectorVest Composite closed higher than the previous week for the second consecutive week on Tuesday, giving a preliminary signal of a sustainable upturn. This, in fact, would be an extension of the upturn which began from the 10/21/05 low. As you may discern from today’s essay, I…

Daily Update Thursday, February 23, 2006

A disappointing jobless claims report and fear of further interest rate hikes by the Fed pushed stock prices lower today. With three yellow lights and an UpUp situation, it’s OK for Prudent Investors to buy high VST-Vector stocks long, but caution is advised. Aggressive Investors and Traders should play…

Daily Update Wednesday, February 22, 2006

A CPI report which was deemed to be favorable based on Core Inflation, which does include food and energy prices, and lower prices on crude oil triggered a solid rally today in financial stocks while prices on energy stocks went down. With three green lights and an UpUp situation,…

Daily Update Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Higher oil prices, a strong report on leading economic indicators and a hawkish FOMC report all caused investors to back away from stocks today. With three yellow lights, Prudent Investors should move to the sidelines. Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the market up or down as it develops….

Albert’s Gift to VectorVest.

The Price of the VectorVest Composite closed at an intermediate bottom of $25.98 per share on Monday, 02/13/06, and has moved sharply higher since then. Notwithstanding today’s action, it appears that the two-week down signal given last Friday may be reversed. Although this does not happen very often, the Primary Wave…

Daily Update Thursday, February 16, 2006

Strong economic data including a big boost in new housing starts helped power stock prices higher again today. With two green lights and an UpUp situation, it’s OK for Prudent Investors to buy stocks long. Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the market to upside. For those of you…