Monthly Archive: April 2008

Richard’s Rangers/Bmb.

We are now enjoying the fruits of a classic Bear Market rally. Bad news, such as soaring crude oil prices, runaway inflation and scary indications on yield spreads are being ignored while every little bit of good news, such as Google’s great earnings performance, is celebrated, ad nauseam. But who’s complaining?…

Daily Update Thursday, April 17, 2008

Relatively weak earnings news and a wimpy jobless claims report plus the normal profit taking caused stock prices to go lower today. With two red lights and an UpUp situation Prudent Investors should get their shopping lists ready. Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the market up or…

Daily Update Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Several favorable earnings reports sparked a major rally on Wall Street today as stock prices surged higher. The Primary Wave is now headed up. With one green light and an UpUp situation Prudent Investors may buy high VST-Vector, ‘B’ rated stocks long. Aggressive Investors and Traders should play…

Daily Update Tuesday, April 15, 2008

A sharp rise in Producer Prices was overcome by a better-than-expected regional manufacturing report motivating the Bulls to push stock prices modestly higher today. With three yellow lights and a DnDn situation Prudent Investors should not buy stocks at this time. Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the…

Daily Update Monday, April 14, 2008

A first quarter loss by Wachovia Corp made the Monday morning blues that much bluer. Subsequently, stock prices spent most of the day underwater. With two red lights and a DnDn situation Prudent Investors should not buy stocks at this time. Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the…

The 2008 Bear Market Beaters Contest.

Oh me, oh my, just when things were looking up. GE greased the skids on the slippery slope of hope. The Price of the VectorVest Composite fell $0.45 per share for the day and $0.59 for the week. Now we have got to see if the bargain hunters can save this…

Daily Update Thursday, April 10, 2008

An upgrade of the semiconductor business sector and improved guidance from Wal-Mart overcame a smattering of bad news, helping to drive stock prices higher. Although stock prices moved up reasonable well today, the increases were insufficient to overcome yesterday’s losses. We still have three yellow lights and a DnUp…

Daily Update Wednesday, April 9, 2008

A profit warning from UPS and surging oil prices pushed stock prices sharply lower today, changing the Primary Wave from Up to Dn. With two red lights and a DnUp situation Prudent Investors should not buy stocks at this time. Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the market…