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MASShole said:
That's because OZ and NZ companies pay really high divs relative to other developed countries, and have pretty good fundamentals backing those divs.
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That they do. But both country's economies are heavily commodity based. Which would make me worry about the currency fluctuations.
 
You guys should check out Nordex

WKN: A0D655 / ISIN: DE000A0D6554

German Wind Energy.

Especially for daytrader its a must. Goes up and down 10% all the time. Sometimes I sell and buy it 8-10 times per day.

I also like

Netflix even that its really high. They just started in Europe. Lots of profit in the future.

Bank of Ireland, Lufthansa, Adidas, Lenovo, Balda, Telefonica Deutschland is also interesting.
 
I don't have a Euro account, so I can't touch any of those.

Also, I don't day trade.

How is Tesco as a day trade/short? It has had bad news for a good year now, and now the profit statements being wrong...
 
Nordex is also listed at the NASDAQ. You wont need an Euro account.

Have a look. Tomorrow Nordex will go up big time. Around lunch time they fall and in the afternoon they go up again.

Lots os shares lost 30-40% last week. Thats paradise because everything is going up 20-25% again. Easy money.
 
I don't have time to pay attention to the market during the day for day trading. I have a full time job, and am about to become minority partner in a business, plus I have a wife, 3 month old and a house to take care of. I'm much more into buy and monitor investing over the long term.
 
Fannie went 25% up today. Fast and easy money. At the moment there are changes like this everyday.
 
What do you guys think about the intermediate outlook on the market right now? The indices seem to have hit resistance at the 50 day moving average and gave back most of Friday's gains.

I'm hoping for the bull trend to continue so I can buy up Monster energy and a couple of medical stocks, but I'm scared to touch anything right now due to the bearish behavior of the indices.
 
German said:
Fannie went 25% up today. Fast and easy money. At the moment there are changes like this everyday.
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I like some volatility, but I can't handle that much. My risk tolerance isn't quite that high.


I've watched one really experienced day trader start his trade down like 10-20% on a trade, and somehow turn it into a win by averaging down at the exact bottom. And he did that kind of thing consistently. I've tried but I can't do that, I get scared once my loss is anywhere near 5-8%.
 
retail day trading is for newbs, suckers and noise traders who never last more than half a business cycle.

For a month now I have taken off my S&P risk for:
long volatility
short silver
long USD

Easy money has been made on the S&P. After these trades I'm prepared to sit in cash and wait for a year or two if need be with the occasional small bet when they arise.

Would love to buy puts on some technology stocks but I think it is too early and would pay too much time premium.
 
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Phelly2 said:
What do you guys think about the intermediate outlook on the market right now? The indices seem to have hit resistance at the 50 day moving average and gave back most of Friday's gains.

I'm hoping for the bull trend to continue so I can buy up Monster energy and a couple of medical stocks, but I'm scared to touch anything right now due to the bearish behavior of the indices.
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I think we're in for a period of horizontal movement over the next 6 months or so, and then we'll see from there.
 
volatility is still to low for a horizontal range bound market in equities. If right now volatility was high it could decay for 6 months and nothing could happen in equities but that is not the case.
I'm pretty sure we are going up or down but it is incredibly unclear what direction. I'm sure there are some nice spreads to be put on with options but that is not my game.
 
Good to see the market come off of the daily low like that at the end.

Also good that today's drop was on reduced volume.

A high volume upward break of the 50 day moving average within the next few days would be very bullish.

I've got my eyes on MNST after they gapped up on their deal with Coca cola and have consolidated into a tight cup-and-handle base pattern with several mutual funds reporting new positions in the stock(while the other funds who got in earlier are taking their profits). The top of the handle is 92.72, so an above average volume breakout of 92.82 would signal that buyers have overwhelmed the sellers, and it's currently within 1% of that. Shooting for a 20% gain on that one with a 6% downside or so, since the depth of the handle is less than that.

Monster's strength relative to the market has been steadily rising due to the tightness of its consolidation even in the face of the recent market downturn, and that's very bullish as well. And their fundamentals, as always, are strong; their earnings and sales continue to steadily grow.
 
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Oh, and also UGAZ (a natural gas times 3 ETF) has been stuck in a very predictable horizontal channel between the prices of $13.30 and $16.80. It has bounced predictably between those two prices (give or take 50 cents a share) for a couple of months now.

I've made two straight wins in the 10% range just by buying at $13.50 and selling around $15(with a stop loss at 12.99). But if I wasn't a scared trader, I'd wait for it to hit $16 for something more like a 20% gain. I also took an 8% profit by shorting it at the top this last go around, but I don't think I'll be doing that again. I'm bullish on natural gas going into the winter, and that average volume is snowballing up. It won't stay in this range for long.

I'm in 100 shares of UGAZ at $13.60, looking for another run to $16 and maybe a breakout on Thursday when that weekly report comes out. I'll add to it if shows a bottom reversal pattern on the 10 minute if it's under $14.
 
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Wel HP is splitting into 2 companies. I guess it is beneficial to both sections that are splitting. But what I thought was interesting, was on bloomberg they said HP and Yahoo are just so badly mismanaged, and need new CEOs. As both CEOs have done nothing to help the core of their companies.


Yahoo, prolly should just put the money into the S&P for as crappy as there at at M&A. I like Yahoo as a company, on the personal not financial level, but they suck at doing business now
 
AggieBoy said:
volatility is still to low for a horizontal range bound market in equities. If right now volatility was high it could decay for 6 months and nothing could happen in equities but that is not the case.
I'm pretty sure we are going up or down but it is incredibly unclear what direction. I'm sure there are some nice spreads to be put on with options but that is not my game.
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Yeah, I don't/can't see which way we are going here either. The volatility is still very bi polar. I think once rates go up, you'll see a surge back to bonds. Esp from older investors. When will rates go up? Got me, the ECB and BOJ are making that answer ambiguous.
 
Oct31st Kimberly Clark is spinning off the med unit. You get 1 share for every 8 you hold.
 
Just bought a position in MNST on the 92.72 breakout. Judging by the weak market and MNST's reaction after the breakout, I'm starting to question my decision, but will give it until the end of the day to show above average volume and to close above the breakout point.


UGAZ looks great though, it seems to be hitting resistance at $14, but that's expected, normal behavior for this ETF. I've been watching/trading it, and it has done that like clockwork the last few times. When it finally breaks $14, it's usually a quick jump to $15+.
 
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