Longs and Shorts

First, NO, I do NOT short, and never will. My short here, is a hold, if you are already invested. And, jumping straight to the chase, my HOLD is Harley-Davidson (HOG). Great company, good management, great stock. Just WRONG time to buy. Even in the midst of EVERY economic indicator that says to.

OIL, is beginning to regain it's ground in pump price. Ordinarily, it would be good for a HOG too, but not this time. continued

GM Goes Bust
by Eddy Elfenbein | Stocks: GM,
Odds Favor The Sideways Pattern For Weeks Now Will Give Way To The Downside
by John Lansing | Stocks: SPY,

Monkey-Fly
by thinkorswim | Stocks: SPY,
10 Stocks with Awful Fundamentals
by Louis Navellier

Coud the Recession have been prevented?

by Jim Van Meerten | 11/02/09

This past weekend I watched a movie starring Ashton Kutcher called The Butterfly Effect. The main character finds that he can go back in time and by changing just one moment he can rewrite all the history from that point... continue

Down/up/down market

by Jim Van Meerten | 10/31/09

Every weekend on Financial Tides I try to give an objective summary of what happened in the stock market during the past week. This week we had a ying yang market but unfortunately there was more yang than ying so... continue

XLP - Consumer Staple ETF BUY

by Jim Van Meerten | 10/30/09

On Financial Tides sector ETF's pop up purely as a short term technical play. They are a way to take advantage of a sector that excels in the current market conditions. The Consumer Staples sector is presently that kind of... continue

Stocks in the News:

Carnival Cruise Line Reports Profit Increase

Carnival Corp. (CCL) reported that its profit rose 10 percent in its fiscal first quarter. For the quarter that ended Feb. 28, earnings grew to $260 million, or 33 cents per share, up from $236 million, or 30 cents per share, a year ago. Carnival said its revenue fell 9 percent to $2.86 billion, from $3.15 billion in the first fiscal quarter of 2008. Analysts forecasted earnings of 19 cents per share on revenue of $2.87 billion. This exceeded Wall... continue

Tiffany 4Q Profit Down 75%

Tiffany & Co. (TIF) announced that its profit fell more than 75 percent in the fourth quarter following a steep drop in sales over the key holiday season. The adjusted results beat analysts' forecasts, but Tiffany is predicting 2009 earnings from continuing operations below current expectations. Earnings dropped to $31.1 million, or 25 cents per share, for the three months ended Jan. 31, down from $127.4 million, or 96 cents per share, a year ago. Excluding costs related to job... continue

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NASDAQ	2,112.44	7.12	0.34%
S&P 500	1,069.30	2.67	0.25%


	Can Citigroup Be Saved? Citigroup Inc. (C) announced that it is making plans to planning to increase the number of its common shares outstanding and execute a reverse stock split as part of its effort to convert preferred shares to common shares. Citi is seeking to exchange about $27.5 billion in public and private preferred securities as part of its agreement with the Treasury Department, which has pledged to match up to $25 billion of the conversions. This deal represents the government's third attempt... continue

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