Watching the Pre-Earnings Setups
By Rev Shark
Street.com Contributor
10/13/2006 4:56 PM EDT
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Although the bulls certainly weren't as energetic today as they were yesterday, they still were pretty darn feisty once again. By just about anyone's measure this move is getting a little long in the tooth, but when the market is flying and underperforming money managers have cash on hand, they just keep on feeding the beast.
Breadth turned nicely higher as the day progressed, but volume fell slightly once again. Semiconductors, oils and commodities led to the upside while retailers, drugs and biotechnology lagged. The big-caps continue to dominate, but there does seem to be some broadening into smaller stocks. At least I'm finding some much better trading on the long side in the stocks without mega-billion-dollar capitalizations.
Next week is when the rubber hits the road and the real test of this market begins. A number of big-caps that have shown excellent strength lately will report earnings, and the sell-the-news setups in some of them -- such as Intel (INTC - commentary - Cramer's Take), IBM (IBM - commentary - Cramer's Take), Motorola (MOT - commentary - Cramer's Take), Apple (AAPL - commentary - Cramer's Take), etc. -- are almost too painfully obvious to work.
It should make for some good opportunities one way or the other, so be ready to rumble. Enjoy the weekend.
By Rev Shark
Street.com Contributor
10/13/2006 4:56 PM EDT
§
Although the bulls certainly weren't as energetic today as they were yesterday, they still were pretty darn feisty once again. By just about anyone's measure this move is getting a little long in the tooth, but when the market is flying and underperforming money managers have cash on hand, they just keep on feeding the beast.
Breadth turned nicely higher as the day progressed, but volume fell slightly once again. Semiconductors, oils and commodities led to the upside while retailers, drugs and biotechnology lagged. The big-caps continue to dominate, but there does seem to be some broadening into smaller stocks. At least I'm finding some much better trading on the long side in the stocks without mega-billion-dollar capitalizations.
Next week is when the rubber hits the road and the real test of this market begins. A number of big-caps that have shown excellent strength lately will report earnings, and the sell-the-news setups in some of them -- such as Intel (INTC - commentary - Cramer's Take), IBM (IBM - commentary - Cramer's Take), Motorola (MOT - commentary - Cramer's Take), Apple (AAPL - commentary - Cramer's Take), etc. -- are almost too painfully obvious to work.
It should make for some good opportunities one way or the other, so be ready to rumble. Enjoy the weekend.
