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Palm Holding Up Relatively Well After Pre Release: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Prior to the release of Palm's PALM new Pre smartphone over the weekend, the stock had run up from $3 to more than $13 in 2009. Leading up to the Pre release, dozens of market commentators said that this was a classic...; Tags: Gadgets, Bespoke Investment Group, Apple Inc., Palm Inc.; External links 2009-06-10
Options Expiration Week Similarities Continue: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: In a post yesterday, we highlighted how this month's expiration week was starting off much in the same way that May's options expiration week progressed. Heading into Friday, we see that the similarities over the last two trading days have continued. ...; Tags: US Market, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-18
Microsoft Extends Well Above Its 50-DMA: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: On March 9th, Microsoft MSFT closed at $15.15. After three straight months of gains, the stock is now all the way back up to $24.07 for an increase of 59%! For a stock that investors have treated as "dead money" for...; Tags: Software, Bespoke Investment Group, Microsoft Corp.; External links 2009-06-22
Market Inflection Point: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Down 2% at the midway point of the trading day, the S&P 500 is also trading right around its 50-day and 200-day moving averages. At the same time, the 50-day is set to cross above the 200-day soon, which is considered a positive...; Tags: US Market, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-22
Nasdaq Nearing Support: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: The Nasdaq is on pace for its worst day since May 13th with a decline of 2.97% as of 2 PM. As shown below, the index is currently trading at a level (1,770) which up until early May was providing formidable resistance....; Tags: US Market, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-22

Snapback Rally?: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: The S&P 500 was down 3.06% yesterday, which was the 35th one-day decline of 3% or more for the index since the last bear market began in October 2007. Below we highlight how the index did the next day and over the...; Tags: US Market, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-23
Options Expiration Hangovers: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Yesterday's 3.1% decline in the S&P 500 was only the seventh time since 1990 that the S&P 500 declined more than 3% following an options expiration Friday. Even more notable is the fact that it was the fourth time it has happened...; Tags: US Market, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-23
Warren Buffett Getting No Respect: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: When it rains, it pours. After his stellar investment record took a major hit last year, Warren Buffett suddenly finds himself in a situation where Rodney Dangerfield probably gets more respect. For starters, shares of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) are now down...; Tags: Financial, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-23
IBM Down Eight Days in a Row; Industrial Sector Down Seven: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: In last night's Bespoke Stock Odds report available to Bespoke Premium members, [[IBM]] and the S&P 500 Industrial sector both stood out for their current losing streaks. IBM has been down for 8 consecutive trading days, while the Industrial sector has been...; Tags: Software, Materials/Industrials, Bespoke Investment Group, IBM Corp.; External links 2009-06-24
The Market Has Loved Fed Days: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: After declining over the past couple of weeks, the market could sure use a Fed day -- at least based on its reaction to the last 4 Fed days. As shown below, the S&P 500 went up 5.14%, 3.36%, 2.09%, and 2.16%...; Tags: US Market, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-24
Two Strategists Up Their 2009 Price Targets: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Each week Bloomberg surveys Wall Street strategists for their year-end S&P 500 price targets. Since we last updated our table highlighting the various price targets a few weeks ago, two firms have upped their year-end numbers. Deutsche Bank's Binky Chadha upped...; Tags: US Market, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-25
Michigan Confidence at Highest Level Since January 2008: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Michigan Confidence joins the growing number of indicators that are now at or better than Pre-Lehman levels. Today's reading of 70.8 is actually the highest since January 2008. This month's reading is also the fourth consecutive month-over-month increase in confidence. ...; Tags: US Market, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-26
Government-Run Health Care: Will It Fly?: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Whether you're hoping desperately for it or praying that it doesn't pass, government-run health care is a major issue of the day. Fortunately Intrade.com has a contract that allows people to bet on whether or not some new form of government-run health insurance...; Tags: Healthcare, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-18
Financials Testing 50-Day: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: After trying unsuccessfully to break above its 200-Day Moving Average (DMA) several times last week, the S&P 500 Financial sector has been showing considerable weakness in recent days. Today alone, the sector is down over 3% for its largest decline so far...; Tags: Financial, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-17
Potash Down $20+ in a Few Days: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: For investors that haven't realized how much some of these commodity stocks have fallen in recent days, take a look at the chart of Potash POT. After rallying from $80 up to $120 in a couple of months, the stock has fallen...; Tags: Materials/Industrials, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-17
Trading on Last Month's News: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Treasuries are notably weaker today as the yield on the ten-year approaches 4% and the Long Bond Future trades closer to the official threshold for a bear market (20% decline from a peak). This morning's weakness has been attributed to reports that...; Tags: US Market, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-10
S&P 500 Back to Bottom of Short Term Range: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: On Monday we highlighted that the S&P 500 has formed a new trading range above its 200-day moving average. After reaching the top of its range (around 950) this morning, the index quickly pulled back and moved to the bottom of its...; Tags: US Market, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-10
Natural Gas ETF (UNG) Activity Catching Up to Oil (USO): Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: While you wouldn't expect it from the price of natural gas, trading in the natural gas ETF UNG has recently become extremely active. For much of the last few years, investors who wanted exposure to energy related commodities bought [[USO]. Over...; Tags: ETF, Bespoke Investment Group, United States Natural Gas Fund LP, United States Oil Fund LP; External links 2009-06-11
FAS and FAZ: A Short-Seller's Dream?: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Since mid-November, the triple long financial ETF FAS is down 71% to $10.38, while the triple short financial ETF FAZ is down 95% to $4.43. Over the same time period, the financial index that the ETFs track is up 7%! Go...; Tags: ETF, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-12
Barron's Roundtable Head Scratcher: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: This weekend's Barron's provided a mid-year update to its annual "Roundtable" report, and as the title of the article suggested, the consensus among panelists was that the market has come "too far, too fast." While that view is certainly not a minority...; Tags: US Market, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-15