Sketchers USA (SKX) Breaking Out

Sketchers, the footwear manufacturer, has been printing money as of late and the stock has rallied nicely over the past 12 months. Most recently, it has traded in a range near its 52 week high but looks to be breaking out once again. Set to release an earnings report towards the end of July, the stock price of Sketchers USA (SKX) could move higher will improved expectations and a moderate price to earnings ratio.

Market Weakness Creates VMWare Inc (VMW) Buying Opportunity

VMWare Inc (VMW) stock has been on a nice run over the past year from a low $26.12 a share on July 8, 2009 to a recent high of $70.71. The company develops, markets, and sells the very popular software product by the same name that allows enterprises world-wide the ability to better utilize computer server space by partitioning the resources into separate virtual servers.

SanDisk Corp (SNDK) Moves Higher

In addition to great stock performance and solid earnings and revenue improvements, SanDisk (SNDK) today announced new improvements in flash memory devices while Gartner predicted rising chip sales. The flash devices of SanDisk are now moving into PC applications as replacements for hard drives and allowing netbook makers to design even smaller portable devices. The performance of the new memory products along with reliability and storage capacity make the devices ideal for many application according to reports.

A Brief Guide to Options to Swing Trade

Option swing trading is advantageous as it enables you to maximize potential rewards while minimizing potential risks. Those involved in option swing trading are able to leverage their investments by purchasing and selling in a variety of combinations. Options are termed wasting assets: time significantly impacts option prices and trade profitability. The value of the options falls as their expiration date nears. Investors must therefore liquidate their positions prior to option expiration if they realized their profits. Unprofitable options expire on the final trading day of that particular option.

Autozone (AZO) Climbs as Earnings Approach

Despite a slight sell off down to the $175 a share range along with the market swoon Monday this week, the stock of Autozone (AZO)continues to perform and is close once again to a new 52 week high. The stock has moved back to $185 over the past three days within reach of the current year period high of $187.94. With earnings season approaching, the stock should behave well over the near term.

Markets Fall and Will Fall Further

The markets began correcting at the end of April with three out of four of the market stock indexes now giving a sell signal. Taking a look at the ClearStation.com index charts present on their home page, you can clearly see the top formations and the hold signals at the end of April this year. The sell signals all came yesterday on the major downturn for the markets with the Nasdaq Composite, the Down Jones Industrials, and the Standard & Poors 500 all in the red today.

Goldman Sachs (GS) Earnings Improve

I recently wrote about exiting a Goldman Sachs (GS) position because the earnings expectations were falling weekly leading up to an earnings release. Well let’s state for the record that selling a Goldman position before a government criminal probe is something that is lucky and makes for good conversation with wide smiles. But the odd thing about the stock movement down is the earnings estimates have now become very attractive.

Great Organization Tips for Your Finances

One of the greatest challenges for families and individuals is the budgeting and managing of their finances. Nearly irrelevant of income level, households struggle to keep their expenses in proportion to their income. This is largely due to a lack of budget itemization and having no or little monetary latitude for unexpected expenses.