Monthly Archive: July 2012

Daily Update Thursday, July 19, 2012

Stock prices closed higher for the third straight session today as promising earnings from IBM and other tech companies boosted market sentiment. With three yellow lights and an UpDn situation Prudent Investors may buy stocks long only when the market is rising.Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the market…

Daily Update Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Suprising housing starts data and more impressive earnings updates helped stocks close today’s session to the upside. With one green light and an UpDn situation Prudent Investors may buy stocks long only when the market is rising.Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the market to the upside.Today’s Derby Winners,…

Daily Update Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Impressive results from Coca-Cola and Goldman Sachs and comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that left the possibility for more stimulus open helped stock prices rebound today. With one green light and an UpDn situation Prudent Investors may buy stocks long only when the market is rising.Aggressive Investors…

Daily Update Monday, July 16, 2012

Dissapointing retail sales figures heightened economic concerns today sending stock prices to a lower close. With two red 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 Derby Winners, the five…

The Earnings Guessing Game.

The Price of the VectorVest Composite closed at $27.86 per share today, down $0.09 per share from last Friday. It needs to go down one more week to give a preliminary signal of a sustainable downtrend. It is not at all certain this will happen. The Price of the V V…

Daily Update Thursday, July 12, 2012

Concerns that earnings will be affected by the European debt crisis and waning global economic growth caused stock prices to close to the downside. 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…

Daily Update Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Stock prices fell today as minutes from the Federal Reserve’s June meeting showed that economic conditions may need to worsen in order for policymakers to provide more stimulus. With one red light and a DnDn situation Prudent Investors should not buy stocks at this time.Aggressive Investors and Traders should…

Daily Update Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Pessimistic corporate updates compounded global economic worries today sending stocks to a lower close. With two red lights and a DnDn situation Prudent Investors should move to the sidelines and not buy stocks at this time.Aggressive Investors and Traders should play the market to the downside.Today’s Derby Winners, the…