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Today's Video Update: The Global Economy Comes Into Focus

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Hello traders everywhere! Jeremy Lutz here with your mid-day market update for Wednesday, the 16th of January.

Concerns about the global economy are weighing on the markets after the World Bank cut its forecast for global economic growth in 2013.

The World Bank said it now expects the global economy to expand by 2.4 percent in 2013 compared to its June forecast for 3 percent growth. Estimates suggest the global economy grew 2.3 in 2012.

On a positive note, a report from the Federal Reserve showed a slightly bigger than expected increase in U.S. industrial production in the month of December.

The report showed that industrial production increased by 0.3 percent in December following a revised 1.0 percent jump in November. Economists had expected production to edge up by 0.2 percent. Continue reading "Today's Video Update: The Global Economy Comes Into Focus" →

Surprise Apple's iPhone 5 isn't selling so well after all

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Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your mid-day market update for Monday, the 14th of January.

The so-called surprise that Apple is not selling as many iPhone 5's as it first expected, is no surprise to MarketClub members. Our first clue that Apple wasn't shiny and selling as many iPhones as everyone first thought came in October, over three months ago!! Our weekly Trade Triangle flashed an exit signal for Apple on 10/02/12 at $656.00. A major sell or short signal was given for Apple exactly one month later on 11/02/12 at $587.70.

Presently our Trade Triangle technology indicates that a short position in Apple stock is in order.

Remember the Amazon/Walmart trade we talked about last week? That trade is a spread trade to be long Amazon, while at the same time shorting a similar dollar amount of Walmart stock. What you are looking for in this trade is for the relationship between the two stocks to broaden, percentage wise, in favor of the long position. That could mean that Amazon keeps going up or it could mean that Walmart continues to erode, either way you'll make money if the stocks continue to diverge. This trade, or "hedge" trade as I like to call it, picked up 4% last week. This was far more than the general market did in any of the sectors. We still see this trade working as more and more of the middle class will be shopping online and not in brick and mortar stores, except for their food supplies. Continue reading "Surprise Apple's iPhone 5 isn't selling so well after all" →

Today's Video Update: Apple extends decline

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Hello traders everywhere! Jeremy Lutz here with your mid-day market update for Tuesday, the 15th of January.

Apple has fallen as low as $483.95 today, that makes it 3 days in a row . The last time AAPL closed below $500 was on 02/15/2012. Apple slumped 3.6 percent Monday on concern that demand for its iPhone 5 is slowing. Will Apple beat earnings next week?

Stocks have dropped Tuesday despite a report that retail sales increased in December. Consumers bought more autos, furniture and clothing, despite worries about potential tax increases. Sales rose 0.5 percent in December from November, slightly better than November's 0.4 percent increase and the best showing since September, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. Continue reading "Today's Video Update: Apple extends decline" →

New Video: Have you looked at MarketClub's Global Strategy portfolio lately?

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Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your mid-day market update for Friday, the 11th of January.

You know sometimes we get so caught up with what's going on here in the US, that we fail to recognize trading opportunities overseas. Several years ago, we put together our Global Strategy portfolio, which can also be referred to as the BRIC plus A portfolio. This portfolio covers the following countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China and Australia.

Here are our current positions. The portfolio only trades in ETFs. Continue reading "New Video: Have you looked at MarketClub's Global Strategy portfolio lately?" →

New Video: We delve into the HERBALIFE Smackdown

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Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your mid-day market update for Thursday, the 10th of January.

There is a real smackdown going on in the stock of HERBALIFE (HLF). William Ackman, a major hedge fund manager, is accusing HERBALIFE of being nothing more than a pyramid scheme. That is a pretty serious charge about a public company. On the other side of the smackdown is Daniel Loeb, another big hedge fund manager, who is saying that the accusation is all bull crap. Who's right? We are not taking sides, but it looks to us like they are both talking their positions.

With that in mind, we decided to take a close look at HERBALIFE using our Trade Triangle technology and come to an unbiased opinion on this stock. In today's video, in addition to HERBALIFE and our normal rundown, we will be analyzing Ford Motor Company and Facebook, two very different companies. I think you will find today's video interesting and educational. Continue reading "New Video: We delve into the HERBALIFE Smackdown" →