July 2008 - Principles of the Stock Market

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Reasons For a Summer Rally

UPDATE ON THE STOCK MARKET . Written Wednesday, July 30th, 2008: 6:30 am EST. Another ‘ fl as hy - sp la sh y ’ rally yesterday So typical of bear markets, especially those with much further in time and points to go. Grizzly bear markets thrive...

Published 07-30-2008 8:22 AM by Richard Schwartz

Filed under: Principles of the Stock Market, Richard Schwartz, Technical View, Soverign Wealth Fund, Keys to the Market, Day to Day Action, Higher Higher & Higher Lows, Daily Update, IBD 100 'New Names', 4-Day Rule, Historical Perspectve, Oil, The Principle of History, The Principle of Relative Strength, The Principle of Technical Analysis, Rallies, Investment Themes, Trends, Trend Reversals, Trader Vic, Vic Sperandeo, Sequences, Investor's Business Daily, Spin, Bear Market Rally, Intermediate Corrections, Bear Market Rallies, Stock Market, Gasoline, Dow Industrials, Trendlines, Credit Crunch, Credit Crisis, Bear Markets, Crude Oil, Gas Prices, Change, First Mover Advantage, IBD 100, Summer Rally, Merrill Lynch, Follow-Through Day, Theme, Food, US Government, CDO's, Short Selling, Temasek Holdings, Oversold, IBD
Monday Weekly Overview Sample Letter

Richard Schwartz's PRINCIPLES OF THE STOCK MARKET A learning, teaching, always evolving stock market letter and advisory service Seventeenth Consecutive Year of Publication ; Letter #1; September 18 th , 1990 Post Office Box 1236 · New Paltz...

Published 07-28-2008 8:19 AM by Richard Schwartz

Filed under: Principles of the Stock Market, Richard Schwartz, Trading, Technical View, Alan Greenspan, US Economy, Socialism, Keys to the Market, Politics, Economic Data, Market Bottoms, The Principle of Primary Trend, Higher Higher & Higher Lows, Update On The Stock Market, Weekly Letter, Economy Weekly, Portfolio Strategy, Historical Perspectve, Perspective, Interest Rates, The Principle of History, Papa Bears, Trades, The Big Picture, The Principle of Technical Analysis, Fixed Income, Rallies, Investment Themes, The Principle of Proper Money Management, Economic Common Sense, Recessions, Spin, Bear Market Legs, Bear Market Rally, History, Bear Market Rallies, Europe, John McCain, Stock Market, US Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Democracy, Capitalism, Big Picture, S&P 500, Dow Industrials, Energy, Economic Trends, Bear Markets, Economics, Crude Oil, Bullish on America, Energy Sevice, Foreign Oil Dependency, Bureaucracy, America, Lifestyle, Living Standards, Big Picture View, Lobbying, Business, CNBC, Longs, Profit, Summer Rally, Income Investors, National Bureau of Economic Research, Barak Obama
We Need To Move Past Oil!

YOUR ALTERNATE CLEAN, GREEN ENERGY WEEKEND UPDATE With not much stock market stuff to write about since I don’t want to recommend buying or selling this morning as we all should have our portfolios hunkered down and pretty much in place for a rocky...

Published 07-25-2008 8:49 AM by Richard Schwartz

Filed under: Principles of the Stock Market, Richard Schwartz, Clean Energy, Green Energy, Green Investing, (HOKU), (PLUG), (CHCHF), Climate Action Partnership, Alternative Energy, US Economy, Portfolio Strategy, Perspective, Oil, The Big Picture, Global Trend, Investment Themes, The Principle of Understanding Value, Global Warming, Energy Conservation, Solar, Venture Capital, Terrorism, Battery Technology, Economic Common Sense, OPEC, Global View, Capitalism, Gasoline, Big Picture, Energy, CPST, FSLR, WGOV, Energy Savings, Energy Controls, MXWL, COMV, Alternative Clean Green, ITRI, ENOC, Economic Trends, Crude Oil, Gas Prices, Driving, Bullish on America, Natural Gas, Boone Pickens, Natural Gas Vehicles, Wind Turbines, Lifestyle, Cap & Trade, Big Picture View, Oil Exploration, Business, AMSC
Summer Rally Ahead?

TECHNICAL VIEW . Summer R ally Ahead Or Not? Now is the time for all good men and women to watch the key stock market indices very closely! We have a possible bottom in place (if it is a bottom I have to believe it’s a temporary one). Yep, after...

Published 07-25-2008 8:44 AM by Richard Schwartz

Filed under: Principles of the Stock Market, Richard Schwartz, Trading, Technical View, Bullish Signs, Keys to the Market, Market Bottoms, The Principle of Primary Trend, Day to Day Action, Higher Higher & Higher Lows, Update On The Stock Market, Stock Market Weekly, Daily Update, Market Corrections, Trades, The Principle of Technical Analysis, Trading Rules, Trends, Day-Trading, Stock Market Lessons, UPtrend Channels, Stock Trader's Almanac, Bear Market Rally, Bear Market Rallies, Stock Market, Big Picture, Dow Industrials, Bear Markets, Big Picture View, Summer Rally
IBD 100 Weekly: Two Ways to Profit

IBD 100 VIEW . Usually I report to you the ‘new names’ in the weekly IBD 100 list of leading companies, those companies outperforming most other stocks in price and with good fundamentals and earnings and revenues. With the idea that there...

Published 07-22-2008 8:22 AM by Richard Schwartz

Filed under: Principles of the Stock Market, Richard Schwartz, Trading, Technical View, Investing Strategies, Charting, Bullish Signs, Keys to the Market, IBD 100 'New Names', Portfolio Strategy, Historical Perspectve, Trades, The Principle of Relative Strength, The Principle of Technical Analysis, Investment Themes, Stock Market Lessons, Investor's Business Daily, Bear Market Legs, Cramer, Stock Market, Credit Crisis, Financial Media, Charts, Bullish on America, Lifestyle, Model Portfolios, Profit, Industry Ranking, MAD MONEY, First Mover Advantage, IBD 100
Stock Market Strategy: 6:30 am EST, Thursday, July 17th, 2008

STRATEGY VIEW . This morning please let me warn a bit further about using inverse vehicles. Appropriate because yesterday’s big rally must have gotten everyone’s attention, longs and shorts alike, but especially those now using these shorting...

Published 07-17-2008 8:55 AM by Richard Schwartz

Filed under: Principles of the Stock Market, ETFs, Investing Strategies, Hedging, Hedge, The Principle of Primary Trend, Day to Day Action, Update On The Stock Market, Daily Update, Portfolio Strategy, Extended Bear Markets, Market Corrections, Papa Bears, The Big Picture, The Principle of Relative Strength, Trends, Stock Market Lessons, The Principle of Proper Money Management, Bear Market Legs, Bear Market Rally, Bear Market Rallies, Stock Market, S&P 500, Dow Industrials, The Principle of Crowd Psychology, Bear Markets, Financial Discipline, ProFunds, Inverse Funds, Fidelity Selects, Rydex, Big Picture View, Model Portfolios, Short ETFs, Shorts, Longs
Two Technicals: 1. Why No Capitulation; 2. How Inflation Returns

TECHNICAL VIEW . The Principle of History. Two historical technical observations today: 1. Capitulation: Where the Heck is It? CNBC keeps interviewing floor traders and reporting from the New York Stock Exchange that everyone there is anxiously looking...

Published 07-16-2008 11:40 AM by Richard Schwartz

Filed under: Principles of the Stock Market, Richard Schwartz, Commodities, Inflation, Keys to the Market, Update On The Stock Market, Macroeconomics, Commodity Bull Market, Portfolio Strategy, Perspective, Extended Bear Markets, The Principle of History, The Principle of Technical Analysis, Trends, Trend Reversals, Shake Outs, Energy, Credit Crisis, Economic Trends, The Principle of Crowd Psychology, Economics, Investor Psychology, Charts, Big Picture View, CNBC, Paul Volker, NYSE, Bank Panic of 1907
Respect The Bear But Nibble On Energy Savers

MORE RECOMMENDATIONS ON MY NEW ENERGY SAVERS THEME On Friday, June 13 th , I began a new investment theme, what I called the Energy Savings (Savers) Theme . Essentially a new theme is when some macro force is seen as boosting a whole group of companies...

Published 07-15-2008 8:52 AM by Richard Schwartz

Filed under: Principles of the Stock Market, Richard Schwartz, Clean Energy, Trading, Green Energy, Green Investing, Alternative Energy, US Economy, Charting, The Principle of Primary Trend, Portfolio Strategy, Perspective, Oil, Extended Bear Markets, The Big Picture, Investment Themes, Stock Market Lessons, The Principle of Proper Money Management, The Principle of Understanding Value, Energy Conservation, Battery Technology, Economic Common Sense, Stock Market, Energy, CPST, CHP, BCON, Power Conversion, WGOV, Energy Savings, Energy Controls, MXWL, COMV, Alternative Clean Green, ITRI, ENOC, BMI, Economic Trends, Chart Patterns, Charts, Bullish on America, Natural Gas, Foreign Oil Dependency, Lifestyle, AMSC, ALTI
Portfolio Strategy: Monday, July 14th, 2008

PORTFOLIO STRATEGY This year’s mid-March to mid-May bear market rally was the first rally versus the new primary bear market downtrend. Usually the first rally is the best rally (just like the first loss is the best loss) because many investors...

Published 07-14-2008 8:34 AM by Richard Schwartz

Filed under: Principles of the Stock Market, Richard Schwartz, Trading, Keys to the Market, Market Bottoms, The Principle of Primary Trend, Day to Day Action, Daily Update, Weekly Letter, Portfolio Strategy, Historical Perspectve, Perspective, Extended Bear Markets, Mama Bears, The Principle of History, Papa Bears, Trades, Trading Rules, Trends, Stock Market Lessons, The Principle of Proper Money Management, Trend Reversals, Bear Market Legs, Bear Market Rally, Bear Stearns, Intermediate Corrections, Bear Market Rallies, Stock Market, Ben Bernanke, Dow Industrials, Credit Crunch, Credit Crisis, The Principle of Crowd Psychology, Bear Markets, Mr. Market
Let's Face Our Problems! Americans are Ready.

HERE’S ANOTHER’S BIG PICTURE VIEW . A longtime regular reader emailed me his opinion of the current US residential housing market yesterday and how the government is handling things, writing: ‘It seems now to me that the "gov"...

Published 07-11-2008 9:13 AM by Richard Schwartz

Filed under: Principles of the Stock Market, Richard Schwartz, Clean Energy, Alternative Energy, Historical Perspectve, Perspective, The Big Picture, Recession, Economic Common Sense, History, Barack Obama, Democracy, Capitalism, Congress, Big Picture, Energy, Energy Savings, Alternative Clean Green, Crude Oil, Boone Pickens, Wind Turbines, America, Lifestyle, Living Standards, Cap & Trade, Big Picture View, Oil Exploration, Lobbying, Business, US Housing Crisis
America's Path Forward

A Recap of: THE WORLD IN 2020 : POWER, CULTURE AND PROSPERITY By Hamish McRae (1994) Before my memory fades, let me recap a bit of the fact and opinion filled book I read on my vacation. Essentially Mr. McRae, an acclaimed commentator with a 25-year career...

Published 07-09-2008 9:31 AM by Richard Schwartz

Filed under: Principles of the Stock Market, Richard Schwartz, Value View, US Economy, Politics, Global Investing, Macroeconomics, Historical Perspectve, The Principle of History, The Big Picture, Global Trend, Economic Common Sense, Consumer Spending, Service Economy, Industrial Economy, Global View, Global Economy, US Presidential Election, Capitalism, Congress, Big Picture, Economic Trends, The Principle of Crowd Psychology, Bullish on America, Bureaucracy, De-Industrialization, America, Culture, Trade, 2020, Natural Resources, Government, Hamish McRae, Change, Lifestyle, Living Standards, Service Sector, Telecommuting, Demographics
Yay for the Pickens Plan!

YOUR ALTERNATE CLEAN GREEN ENERGY UPDATE Finally! A Plan! The Pickens Plan. Kudos to Mr. Boone Pickens ! Yep, it finally came down to a long time oil man to propose a way out of our energy bind. Obviously, it’s only a first step and it has a lot...

Published 07-09-2008 9:19 AM by Richard Schwartz

Filed under: Principles of the Stock Market, Richard Schwartz, Clean Energy, Green Energy, Investing Strategies, Alternative Energy, The Principle of Primary Trend, Portfolio Strategy, Historical Perspectve, Oil, The Big Picture, Investment Themes, Energy Conservation, Battery Technology, Economic Common Sense, Stock Market, Capitalism, Gasoline, Energy, Group of Eight, G-8, Energy Savings, Energy Controls, Alternative Clean Green, Economics, Gas Prices, Bullish on America, Natural Gas, Job Growth, National Security, Boone Pickens, Foreign Oil Dependency, Natural Gas Vehicles, Wind Turbines
San Jose to Lake Tahoe

Just got back from vacation and before jumping back headlong into the stock market again, thought I'd relive and relate the highlights of my trip. My best, Richard A RECAP OF LAKE TAHOE & SAN JOSE Before my memory fades, let me recap Lucy and...

Published 07-08-2008 8:42 AM by Richard Schwartz

Filed under: Principles of the Stock Market, Richard Schwartz, US Economy, Personal Remarks, Perspective, Agricultural Commodities, Global Warming, Capitalism, Gasoline, Big Picture, Sell in May & Go Away, Gas Prices, Tourism, Driving, Bullish on America, Trout Fishing, Lake Placid, Airlines, Redwood trees, San Jose, Farming, Cellphones, Silicon Valley, Swimming, Ausable River, Sierra Nevada's, Snow, Sports Book, Lake Tahoe

July 2008 - Principles of the Stock Market

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Reasons For a Summer Rally

Monday Weekly Overview Sample Letter

We Need To Move Past Oil!

Summer Rally Ahead?

IBD 100 Weekly: Two Ways to Profit

Stock Market Strategy: 6:30 am EST, Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Two Technicals: 1. Why No Capitulation; 2. How Inflation Returns

Respect The Bear But Nibble On Energy Savers

Portfolio Strategy: Monday, July 14th, 2008

Let's Face Our Problems! Americans are Ready.

America's Path Forward

Yay for the Pickens Plan!

San Jose to Lake Tahoe