Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) announced Wednesday plans to add 80 jobs in the next two-year period at their hydraulic cylinder plant in South Carolina after finishing a $20 million expansion.The company said expansion of the plant is to handle increased demand for Caterpillar products.Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) has potential upside of 14.8% based on a current price of $113.3 and an average consensus analyst price target of $130.05.
Shares of Pacific Sunwear (NASDAQ:PSUN) made a plunge on Wednesday after the company released its earnings report late yesterday.The retailer reported Q4 EPS loss of $0.19. Revenues for the quarter fell 1.4% year-over-year to $234.16 million, missing consensus estimates of $245.37 million.Shares fell 14% to $2.15.Pacific Sunwear (NASDAQ:PSUN) has potential upside of 12% based on a current price of $2.16 and an average consensus analyst price target of $2.42.
Rue21 (RUE) announced that it earned $12.9 million, or 52 cents per share in its fiscal fourth quarter, while analysts expected 49 cents per share. Earnings increased from $10.9 million, or 44 cents per share, a in the same period last year.
A free webinar by Muhammad Azeem of ReadyForex.com
Date: 18-March-2012 (Sunday)
Time: 8:00 AM GMT
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About Muhammad Azeem and ReadyForex.com
Mr. Muhammad Azeem started his trading journey by joining a local Commodity and Forex brokerage house as a business executive in year 2001, Lahore, Pakistan.
In year 2002 he joined Top worth Investments Limited, Hong Kong to learn more about trading and portfolio management.
From year 2003 to 2006 Mr. Azeem worked as a guest trading agent and Forex mentor with Rock investments, LLC
In year 2006 Mr. Azeem started his own web site, http://ReadyForex.com After doing a lot of research and hard work; Azeem developed his own Forex trading video course and Meta trader 4 custom indicators.
He wrote many e-books and articles on Spot Forex trading, and also runs his own Swap free and Segregated Forex managed account program for individual traders and investors.
In addition, Azeem has published financial forecast on major Spot Forex currency pairs and Gold and is a frequent contributor of trading articles to several other portals.
Education and Experience
Mr. Azeem has attended around 300 online paid seminars and courses covering almost every topic in the field of Trading, Technical analysis & Trend forecasting, Trading systems, Money management, Investor physiology, Chart patterns and Elliott wave analysis etc., and has read over 400 books on different trading topics.
Strengths
Muhammad Azeem holds a degree in the field of computer science.
Trading Style and Methodology
I am a pure technician and I solely employs technical market analysis in trading. I believes that the news is just the catalyst for technical events. In my opinion, prices are so far ahead of any news story as every conceivable fundamental possibility has already been discounted.
About Losing Trades
I do lose trades, some times. So, losing trades do occur and it is the cost of doing the business over here. If I am in a losing trade then I usually try to close it as soon as possible and I do not marry my trades. Not to mention that I always trade with stop loss along with money management rules. I try to lose less and win more and that is why I keep making money in Forex trading.
About Winning Trades
Winning trades do occur and I always wait with patience for a valid price pattern to develop on price charts. I usually do not trade with profit target or take profit. I let my profits run! I use different types of exit strategies (trailing stops) to pull maximum pips out of the market.
Micron Technologies (NYSE:MU) rose 3.4% in early morning trading to $8.80 a share after the company was upgraded to outperform from market perform by Bernstein.Micron Technology (NYSE:MU) has potential upside of 17.4% based on a current price of $8.81 and an average consensus analyst price target of $10.35
The Swiss National Bank kept its target for the 3-month franc LIBOR steady at 0-0.25 percent, and reaffirmed its commitment to the EURCHF 1.20 floor set on the 6th of September. The Bank said it “will continue to enforce the minimum exchange rate of CHF 1.20 per euro with the utmost determination. It is prepared to buy foreign currency in unlimited quantities for this purpose. The target range for the three-month Libor will remain unchanged at 0.00–0.25%. The SNB will continue to maintain liquidity on the money market at an exceptionally high level.”
The SNB intensified its currency measures late last year. Switzerland reported annual consumer price inflation of -0.9% in February, -0.5% in November, 0.2% in August, compared to 0.50% in July, meanwhile, the Bank is forecasting inflation of 0.4% during 2011, while 2012 inflation is expected at -0.3% and 0.5% in 2013. The Swiss economy grew 1.3% on an annual basis in the December quarter (1.6% in Q3, 2.3% in Q2 and 2.5% in Q1). The Swiss franc (CHF) last traded around 1.21 against the Euro, and 0.92 against the US dollar.
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Tradervox (Dublin) – Euro printed a fresh high of 1.3282 during the US session after moving sideways in the Europeans session. The pair is trading around 1.3072, up about a third of a percent for the day. The support may be seen at 1.3060 and below at 1.3040. The resistance may be seen at 1.3100 and above 1.3140.
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Tradervox (Dublin) – The Bank of England has been relentless in its efforts to revert the current economic trend in the UK. However, its efforts have been met with skepticism from analysts and politicians who do not believe in the viability of its plans. After disappointing results from the Jobless claims report yesterday, the Fitch Ratings have lend a blow to the sterling pound as it warned UK of losing its top investment ratings.
The sterling pound consequently fell against eleven of its sixteen major peers. Fitch changed its rating to negative citing the current huge debt levels and the weak recovery. This statement did not come as a surprise to many analysts as they had already expressed their concerns about the measures being taken to curb the negative economic situation in the country. Ulrich Leuchtmann a Currency Strategist at Commerzbank cites the monetary and fiscal policy as some of the factors that are haunting the pound for now.
The sterling pound declined by 0.2 percent against the euro to trade at 0.8327 at the start of New York trading session yesterday. Against the yen, the pound weakened by 0.3 percent to trade at 130.85 yen but remained little changed against the dollar at $1.5677.
In its statement, Fitch said that it had decided to change UK’s rating due to the limited fiscal ability to absorb further economic shocks and the elevated debt levels. The current weaker than expected economic recovery only added to the already existing fears of the county’s ability to absorb economic shock.
The decision by Fitch came barely a month after Moody’s Investor service warned the UK that it risked losing its top credit ratings due to the deteriorating economy. The UK is in economic turmoil, and unlike the euro area crisis, the efforts by the BOE are not receiving positive reception from some opposition politicians and analysts who claim that the BOE is trending on risky waters with its QE program.
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Tradervox (Dublin) – US economy is showing some signs of improvement and reports from the region are causing volatility in the market. The greenback has increased against most of its peers showing signs of a major technical breakout in the coming months. The USDJPY overtook 84.00 level today before retreating to just under it later in the day. US dollar has been strong against the Kiwi and the Aussie since the beginning of the week and the trend continued today in the Asian session.
The New Zealand dollar fell during the day to close at 0.8180 after falling from 0.8232. Commodity currencies had pushed upwards yesterday as investors were positioning themselves for the FOMC decision. However, the currency was pushed to a 7-week low of 0.8061 as the market prepared for a report on US jobless claims, expected to show a decline.
The Australian dollar fell to $1.0423, which is the lowest it has been since Jan. 20 but later rose to $1.0459 at the close of trading in Sydney. The demand for the Aussie was diminished by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s comment indicating that China would keep restrictions on the real estate market.
The decrease in demand for the south pacific dollars came as investors waited for the confirmation of the unemployment insurance payment which is expected to reduce by 5,000 for the week ending March 10. The report is to be release midday on March 15.
According to Mike Jones, a Currency Strategist at Bank of New Zealand, the risk for the two south pacific dollars has always been a change in sentiments toward the US dollar. This change has come upon positive economic reports from the US. The drop in the Aussie has been attributed to US economic recovery and the negative reports from the Chinese property stocks.
However the Kiwi is expected gain against the Aussie as New Zealand’s Performance of Manufacturing Index increased to 57.7 in February. This is the highest reading for the index since April 2010. Investors are expected to play the Aussie/Kiwi pair as opposed to the US dollar pair.
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“Bears make headlines, bulls make money.” Old Wall Street saying
Over the weekend, I spent some time one-on-one with conservative talk show host Glenn Beck at a private meeting at Mar de Lago – Donald Trump’s Florida retreat. My friend Dan Mangru invited a group of friends to meet Beck and talk about his new non-profit organization Mercury One.
Glenn is still doing well with his nationwide radio program and his new for-pay television show. He wears glasses all the time now, due to his suffering from macular dystrophy, but his wife told me that his condition has stabilized for now.
What’s Glenn’s outlook for the economy? For all the years I’ve known him (appearing on his show twice), he’s what we call a “permabear.” He remains quite pessimistic about the direction this country and the world is headed. His greatest fear is big government…
“I’d be fearful of any government that can give out tickets to kids who start a lemonade stand,” he said. He believes that the current debt crisis is leading us to a new kind of French revolution – resulting in a monstrous government where everything is either prohibited, mandated, or regulated. “We are close to losing our freedom of speech in America,” he told us.
Glenn Beck is in good company, too. Other permabears include Agora Publisher Bill Bonner and Editor Porter Stanberry, who have been predicting the end of western civilization and the dollar for some time. Porter’s little book The End of America, which predicted the collapse of the dollar by now, caught the attention of millions of investors who signed up in droves for his newsletters.
Yet the market continues to recover. After struggling in 2011, the Dow has leaped ahead 7% to 13,120 points this year, closing in on its previous high of 14,000 in 2007, before the financial crisis.
It reminds me of the old saw on the street: “Bears make headlines, bulls make money.” (See my book, The Maxims of Wall Street.)
For a number of reasons, I remain cautiously optimistic:
Source: The Economist
That’s why I’ve been recommending a variety of growth and dividend-paying stocks. In my last Investment U column, I recommended Pulte Group (NYSE: PHM), which has since risen 40%.
Even bank stocks are coming alive. In that sector, I like Barclays (NYSE: BCS).
But I’m not the only one cautiously optimistic. A slew of my brightest friends and colleagues will be sharing some of their favorite plays for the second half of 2012 at an incredible event in July!
Investment U and The Oxford Club are co-sponsors of this year’s big show, FreedomFest, July 11 to 14, in Las Vegas.
Big name speakers including Steve Forbes, John Mackey (CEO, Whole Foods Market), Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, Steve Moore, Yaron Brook and Charles Murray, among many others.
Plus, we’ll be holding a top-notch three-day investment seminar there with Rick Rule, Alexander Green, Doug Casey, Louis Basenese, Keith Fitz-Gerald, Karim Rahemtulla, Jeff Berwick, Frank Trotter, Lenore Hawkins, Frank Holmes, Van Simmons, Martin Truax, Dan Mangru, David McAlvany and Bob Prechter, among others.
FreedomFest, the world’s largest gathering of free minds, is expected to draw over 2,500 people this July 11 to 14 in Las Vegas, due to it being an election year. Steve Forbes and John Mackey are co-ambassadors and attend all three days. Come join us!
Good trading, AEIOU,
Mark Skousen
P.S. The early bird special ends this week, so call NOW to register and save $100 per person/$200 per couple. Call Tami Holland at 1.866.266.5101 or go to www.freedomfest.com.
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