Archive for October, 2006

BOO and other Halloween Stock Symbols

Halloween is a great seasonal event and I had to snicker to myself this morning when Collegiate Pacific Inc showed up in my list of potential Head and Shoulders chart patterns. Why is that even remotely funny?
Because their stock symbol is BOO – what could be more appropriate? How about:
WTCH is the symbol [...]

Stocks to Look at for Tuesday, October 31

These are some stocks that have been tagged by users over at StockTickr:

LUV: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COMPANY

Outlook: Short Industry: Regional Airlines
New low on 1.92 times average volume: 10,018,000 vs. 5,227,785
(tags: short, New Low on Huge Volume)

IKN: IKON OFFICE SOLUTIONS INC

Outlook: Long Industry: Business Services
New high on 3.05 times average volume: 1,589,066 vs. 520,953
(tags: long, New High on Huge [...]

Inverted Head and Shoulders chart pattern for 2006-10-30

Inverted Head and Shoulders chart found for the following stocks:
Blonder Tongue Laboratories Inc (BDR) over a 12 day period with about a 85% match.
Loews Corp. Carolina Group (CG) over a 48 day period with about a 86% match.
Capstead Mortgage Corp. (CMO) over a 7 day period with about a 89% match.
Cardiome Pharma Corp. (CRME) over [...]

Head and Shoulders chart pattern for 2006-10-30

Head and Shoulders chart found for the following stocks:
Collegiate Pacific Inc (BOO) over a 30 day period with about a 88% match.
Cheviot Financial Corp (CHEV) over a 7 day period with about a 87% match.
CNX Gas Corp. (CXG) over a 7 day period with about a 86% match.
DynCorp International Inc. (DCP) over a 48 day [...]

WallStrip HOG

What does Pee Wee + HOG + Cute Hostess equal?
WallStrip does Harley-Davidson, Inc. (HOG).
I am finding WallStrip to be an important part of my day – it still ain’t WallStreetWeek with Louis, but fun.

Quantcast – Interesting Web Analytics

There are a ton of analytical engines and data capture for looking at your web visitors.  I use a couple here to look at the Apache logs as well as the actual activity of users using the site.  I can’t remember where I found it, but a beta system called Quantcast is doing some interesting [...]

Stocks to Look at for Monday, October 30

These are some stocks that have been tagged by users over at StockTickr:

GGC: GEORGIA GULF CORPORATION

Outlook: Short Industry: Synthetics
New low on 7.76 times average volume: 4,174,166 vs. 538,192
(tags: short, New Low on Huge Volume)

NEXT: NEXTEST SYSTEMS CORPORATION

Outlook: Short
New low on 46.25 times average volume: 2,656,825 vs. 57,451
(tags: short, New Low on Huge Volume)

AGP: AMERIGROUP CORPORATION

Outlook: Long Industry: [...]

Chasing Cars

The Q awards are taking place today, I just wanted to blog about it to wish good luck to one of my favorite bands, Snow Patrol. Snow Patrol has their single Chasing Cars nominated for the event. Chasing Cars has been a hit in the UK and the US, plus it’s a great song [...]

Halloween Rally Still Possible

So far – this year has not been the poster child for the Halloween Rally pattern I pointed out.  Last week had been a strong week already, so by the end of the week the markets were taking a rest – towards the downside.   Let’s keep a watch on the opening prices on Monday, Oct [...]

Broadband Providers UK

When it comes to looking for a Cheap broadband provider in the UK where do you actually start to look? Some people ask their friends or relatives what Cheap Broadband plan they are on and usually go with a verbal recommendation. However, most times that idea backfires. Why? Because person A might have different access [...]