Monthly Archive: January 2010

The January Barometer.

The Price of the VectorVest Composite fell $0.49 this week, marking its third consecutive down week. This week’s 49 cent drop is much less than last week’s 88 cent drop, suggesting that the sell-off may be moderating. Another sign of moderation is that the Futures have been pointing to higher opens,…

Daily Update Thursday, January 28, 2010

Global economic concerns and poor earnings outlooks from Motorola and Qualcomm sent stock prices tumbling today. With three red lights and a DnDn situation Prudent Investors should not buy stocks at this time.Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the market to the downside. Today’s best performing strategies were…

Daily Update Wednesday, January 27, 2010

An upbeat assessment of the economy by the Fed pushed 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 market up or down as it develops. Today’s best performing…

Daily Update Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Despite spending most of the day in positive territory, losses in the financial sector caused the Major Indexes to end the day slightly lower. With three red lights and a C/Dn situation, do not let today’s Derby winners mislead you. We have a C/Dn situation and we must follow…

Daily Update Monday, January 25, 2010

The Wall Street line was that signs that Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke would be reappointed boosted investor confidence today, allowing stock prices to bounce SLIGHTLY higher. But it could have been nothing more than a dead cat bounce. Do not be misled by today’s best performing Strategies, the bounce…

Managing the Model Portfolios.

for each portfolio is to avoid a stampede into the stocks that a single would return. Once we have decided to enter the market, we will select stocks from the top 10 stocks returned by the best performing , i.e., the one showing the best combination of percent price…

Daily Update Thursday, January 21, 2010

News that President Obama called for tighter bank restrictions wreaked havoc on the financial sector today, causing stock prices to plummet. With three yellow lights and a DnUp situation Prudent Investors should tighten Stops and not buy stocks at this time.Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the market…

Daily Update Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Tighter lending standards in China along with a disappointing earnings report from IBM caused investors to dump stocks today, pushing the Major Indexes sharply lower. With one red light and a DnUp situation Prudent Investors should move to the sidelines and not buy stocks at this time.Aggressive Investors…