Monster Beverage: Having One Hell of a Day
By Tim Fields
Today, shares of Monster Beverage Corp (MNST) were flying high on a report that Atlanta based Coca-Cola (KO) is considering buying the company out.
As a result, shares almost hit $84 a share at late morning, before settling down to their current price of around $75.
The report, which was by the Wall Street Journal stated that the world's biggest soft drink maker is currently in talks to buy Monster. If this read more...
CDN’s Lighting Up Trading Successes
By Eric Dickson
As the hit TV show ‘Mad Men’ enters its fifth season, one thing is clear – advertising is flourishing – on TV and on the internet.
A new report says revenue from Internet advertising in the U.S. hit a record $31 Billion last year, according to Interactive Advertising Bureau, an industry group. The study was conducted with PricewaterhouseCoopers.
This is a steady increase of 22% from the previous record hi read more...
Healthcare IPO to Outshine Facebook’s Debut?
By Tim Fields
“We are a leading on-demand provider of tax-advantaged programs for consumer-directed health, commuter and other employee spending account benefits, or CDBs, in the United States. We administer and operate a broad array of CDBs, including spending account management programs, such as health and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts, or FSAs, Health Savings Accounts, or HSAs, Health Reimbursement Arrangements, or H read more...
Time to Buy MCD? Technically… Yes!
By Eric Dickson
When technically judging a stock, two of the easiest methods to use are the Simple Moving Averages (SMA) and Relative Strength Index (RSI). Between these two forms of analysis, you can see if a stock is trending downwards, or moving towards a breakout… and whether it’s overbought or oversold.
From there, you develop price targets that once reached, indicate either a good buying opportunity or a sign that it’s time read more...
Will Romney Bring This Economy Back To Life?
By Tim Fields
Politics aside, the economy sucks. It sucks for a lot of reasons and it stems from the housing and mortgage meltdown of 2008.
However…
The mortgages and the housing market were not the cause, they were the results of terrible politics and bad laws.
Now, we have a president who is not exactly friendly to the market or the economy and his laws and Executive Orders are testaments to that.
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Betting on the US Dollar
By Tim Fields
I read an interesting article today on Yahoo Finance…
In the article it was said that, “There's at least one thing that bulls and bears on the U.S. economy agree on: the dollar, the most undervalued major currency in the world, is due to rise as Europe's sovereign debt crisis threatens the global recovery.”
I snickered at the wording… “Most undervalued currency”. Let me set the record straight, there’s a differe read more...
LinkedUP With LinkedIn
By Tim Fields
On January 27th, I wrote an article about Facebook’s IPO and suggested 2 companies I thought would fare very well with the expected IPO… I called it “coattail profits”.
The 2 companies were Zynga and LinkedIn. Today I want to take a few moments and update you the positions.
Since the initial recommendation, Zynga (ZNGA) has performed well up until recently…
Over the past few weeks, the gaming company has shed read more...
Disappointing Jobless Claims, Really?
By Tim Fields
Well, here we are again, in the same boat… jobless claims came out again today and those numbers put a hurting on the markets, resisting the good news from Spain regarding their strong demand for bond auctions.
The U.S. Labor Department said weekly applications dipped last week by 2,000 to 386,000. But it doesn’t end there, in typical fashion, they updated their lies they released last week by showing that 8,000 more read more...
Beat On The Back Of The Neck
By Shawn Ambrosino
In my family, when you find yourself on the wrong end of a bad deal, it’s called “getting beat on the back of the neck”.
I don’t know how it started, I don’t know the origins of the saying, but it’s not uncommon for somebody in my family to look at something you purchased and say, “Boy, your neck looks red.”
Normally, it’s pretty funny… but not always.
With that being said, and Tax Day a day read more...
“Pay Your Taxes, Fund My Job”
By Tim Fields
If you’re a member of say, Congress or maybe the Senate, you’re held to a higher standard. We, as tax payers, expect decent people in these positions.
And I know… hold your laughing... maybe I should say, we “hope” for decent people.
Well, unfortunately, that’s not the case. We have some real trash in these positions. I’m not going to name names, but someone’s looking to do something about it.
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Getting In On Gas… Now
By Tim Fields
On Thursday I wrote an article (read here) about Natural Gas and I gave reasons why I feel that right now we’re at a 10 year low and by January of 2013, we’ll be 100% higher than we are today.
Also in that article I said I would recommend a company that I felt would perform the best for you…
After carefully checking out all the facts, I decided to go with a 200% Natural Gas ETF.
What makes this ETF a strong inve read more...
An Inside Look On Natural Gas
By Tim Fields
This morning I sent a message to my colleagues, Shawn and Eric. In that memo I presented an idea regarding a sector that I feel will blow up – I’ll explain what and why in a moment, but first here’s the actual memo:
“Guys, Read an article yesterday about natural gas... and it’s around $2/cf… So, the reasoning is the mild winter and that production boomed and we have a glut. I think that if we have a hot summer and t read more...
Science-Fiction Becomes Science Fact
By Shawn Ambrosino
What’s your take on evolution?
People come from two camps, for the most part…
They either believe that through the ages, man evolved from single-celled organisms… or that a Supreme Being created this world, along with mankind and the rest of creation.
While my beliefs seem to straddle the line of both theories, it’s hard to completely buy into either idea, seeing as they’re both theories and no read more...
IMF To Exporting Commodity Countries: Get Ready
By Tim Fields
Today the IMF (International Monetary Fund) warned exporting countries that they should prepare for lower prices because of the weak… and possibly weaker global economic activity taking place and as a result, weakened demand.
According to the IMF, commodity exporting nations ought to save their profit windfalls from current high prices and brace for uncertain times to protect themselves and their economies if read more...
Oil on the Down… For Now
By Tim Fields
Today, we’re saw oil prices slide almost 2%, or about $1.72 per barrel.
Why?
Iran.
It was reported today that talks between Iran and World Powers will be started on April 14th, according to spokesman for European Union foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton.
Last year, talks regarding the program fell apart and as a result, it cast a shadow of worry down on the markets – suggesting that there may be so read more...
Snitches Get Stitches and Rats Sleep With the Fishes
by Shawn Ambrosino
I’ve never been one to shirk responsibility or blame…
If a problem arises that is my fault or if I’ve done something wrong, the only clear course of action in my eyes, is to own up to the mistake, shoulder the blame and take steps to rectify the issue.
I refuse to point fingers, even in those instances where I did not work alone.
In the immortal words of Mafiosos everywhere,
read more...Jumping In On The ADR Train
By Tim Fields
ADRs, as of lately, have come alive in a major way and rightfully so… with the depreciation of the dollar, these foreign gems are extremely appetizing to the smart investor.
Well today I want to show you what you’ll be getting into if you invest in ADRs. I’m issuing a FREE recommendation and let me tell you, this is not some cut rate, second class stock, this is the real deal and an ADR that can, and will, perform for you. read more...
Why People Are Turning To Lithium
By Shawn Ambrosino
Let’s be honest…
While the lure of electric cars gets harder to ignore the higher gas prices go, the truth of the matter is, a fully electric car is not feasible for today’s American commuter.
For example…
Team Trinity’s office is roughly 10 miles from my house, but when you factor in driving to jiu jitsu practice twice a day, 3 days a week (another 4 miles on top of that) and any time spent runni read more...
Why Businesses Are Being Moved Overseas
By Tim Fields
There’s no doubt that the United States is one of the very best places to have a business… but that may soon change.
Why? Taxes.
Up until today, the number one country with the highest corporate tax rate was Japan, now we, the Good Ole’ USA have that crappy title.
Did our corporate rate go up?
Nope. Japan dropped theirs and as of that move, they’re at 38%. Ours is 39.2%, which is 13.8% read more...
