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Rick's Picks features timely, actionable, easy-to-digest analysis for individual issues. A dynamic format gives subscribers fast access to timely information.Rick's Picks Features
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Subscribers get exclusive access to Rick's list of "Picks" published each trading day. The Picks cover a basket of rotating stocks, futures, indexes, and other hot issues.
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Unlike traditional newsletters, Rick hangs out on the iste each trading day responding to subscriber emails and publishing Intraday trading ideas and alerts.
Anatomy of a Pick
Actionable advice is detailed and specific, so that even a novice can follow most of the recommendations. Entry prices and stops are given to the penny, and changes to existing positions are clearly described.
Past Comments, Forecasts and Advice
The best way to see what Rick's Picks has to offer is to examine what we've said in the past. Below are links to archived comments that will give you the flavor of our commentary.
Do Oil, Gold
Sniff a War? May 12 2008
Unless your were trading oil futures on Friday, the markets might have seemed pretty dull. A barrel priced for June delivery hit a new record high of 126.27, and we shudder to think what that might mean at the pump. So, what has been driving crude’s spectacular rise? Until a few weeks ago, there was a simple answer to that question: the...
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Do Oil, Gold Smell a War? May 09 2008
Unless your were trading oil futures on Friday, the markets might have seemed pretty dull. A barrel priced for June delivery hit a new record high of 126.27, and we shudder to think what that might mean at the pump. So, what has been driving crude’s spectacular rise? Until a few weeks ago, there was a simple answer to that question: the...
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A Crime Spree For the Kiddies May 09 2008
Here’s more bad news for parents of teenage boys: Grand Theft Auto is here to stay. In its first week, the latest version of the adult-themed video game racked up $500 million in sales, beating the phenomenally successful popular Halo3 by a country mile. For comparison, the top grossing film of all time, Titanic,...
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Sell-Off Barely Registers a Blip May 08 2008
Yesterday’s 206-point drop in the Dow was the worst decline in a month, according to a headline that caught our eye. But look at the chart below, which shows the Mini-Dow futures. From ledge to pavement, the dive produced barely a splat, failing to take out even a single prior low of significance. We’ve labeled a few such lows just so you know what it would have taken to merely hint of trouble...
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Street Shrugs Off Soaring Oil Price May 07 2008
With the price of a barrel of crude currently wafting north of $120, Wall Street seems oddly, if not to say blithely, unconcerned. How else to explain a 50-point rally in the Dow on a day when oil prices roared to new all-time highs, violently reversing last week’s brief shakeout? Oil futures closed yesterday above $120 for the first time,...
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» More Archived Commentary
Unless your were trading oil futures on Friday, the markets might have seemed pretty dull. A barrel priced for June delivery hit a new record high of 126.27, and we shudder to think what that might mean at the pump. So, what has been driving crude’s spectacular rise? Until a few weeks ago, there was a simple answer to that question: the...
» Read more
Do Oil, Gold Smell a War? May 09 2008
Unless your were trading oil futures on Friday, the markets might have seemed pretty dull. A barrel priced for June delivery hit a new record high of 126.27, and we shudder to think what that might mean at the pump. So, what has been driving crude’s spectacular rise? Until a few weeks ago, there was a simple answer to that question: the...
» Read more
A Crime Spree For the Kiddies May 09 2008
Here’s more bad news for parents of teenage boys: Grand Theft Auto is here to stay. In its first week, the latest version of the adult-themed video game racked up $500 million in sales, beating the phenomenally successful popular Halo3 by a country mile. For comparison, the top grossing film of all time, Titanic,...
» Read more
Sell-Off Barely Registers a Blip May 08 2008
Yesterday’s 206-point drop in the Dow was the worst decline in a month, according to a headline that caught our eye. But look at the chart below, which shows the Mini-Dow futures. From ledge to pavement, the dive produced barely a splat, failing to take out even a single prior low of significance. We’ve labeled a few such lows just so you know what it would have taken to merely hint of trouble...
» Read more
Street Shrugs Off Soaring Oil Price May 07 2008
With the price of a barrel of crude currently wafting north of $120, Wall Street seems oddly, if not to say blithely, unconcerned. How else to explain a 50-point rally in the Dow on a day when oil prices roared to new all-time highs, violently reversing last week’s brief shakeout? Oil futures closed yesterday above $120 for the first time,...
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Current Coverage
Issues currently tracked in Rick's Picks appear below. If an entry is boldfaced it means the most recent analysis contains actionable advice.
| STOCKS | |||
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| Bank Sector Index Titanic/Hindenburg Signals Apple Inc. Americredit Arch Coal Archer-Daniels-Midland Amerada Hess Alon USA Energy Inc Advanced Micro Devices American Superconductor Amazon Alberta Star Development Yamana Gold Aurizon Mines Boeing Co. Bank of America BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Bank Sector Index June 30-Year T-Bond September British Pound Bear Stearns Peabody Energy Beazer Homes Citigroup Canadian Dollar Gaming Companies Cameco Corp. Coeur D'Alene Central Fund Cephalon Inc Chesapeake Energy Commercial Metals Consolidated Energy Nasdaq Composite Index September Copper September Corn July Cotton Peru Copper Inc. CanWest Petroleum Corp CanWest Petrroleum Corp Crosshair Exploration & Mining Decode Genetics Dell Inc. D.R. Horton Diamonds Trust Dow Industrial Average Dune Energy Inc. Dollar Index Dollar Index | Mini-Dow DRDGold Ltd Dollar Index June Mini-Euro eBay Inc. Bob Farrell's 10 Rules Endeavour Mining Capital E-Mini Russell E-Mini S&P March Mini-Euro March Euro Hong Kong Index Fund Eurozinc Mining Corp Ford Motor Fannie Mae Frontline Ltd. May Unleaded Gas General Electric Gold Fields Ltd. Goldcorp Gold ETF General Motors June Gold Google Inc Goldman Sachs Group Golden Star Resources Bird Flu Update #10 Harmony Gold Mining ADR Gold Bugs Index Int'l Business Machines Intrawest Corp InPhonic Inc. Intel Corp JetBlue Airways Kinross Gold Kerr-McGee Corporation Crystallex International Corp Lehman Brothers Lennar Corp. Accredited Home Lenders Merrill Lynch Minefinders Corp. MGM Mirage Miramar Mining Microsoft Microvision Inc. December Natural Gas Newmont Mining | Novagold Resources Mini-Nasdaq Nvidia Corp. Nexen Inc. S&P 100 Index June Crude June Mini-Crude Pacific Rim Mining Pan Orient Energy Corp Qualcomm Inc. Nasdaq 100 Trust Nasdaq 100 Trust South African Rand Royal Gold Research In Motion Rio Tintopic S&P 500 Index Charles Schwab Corp September Silver Apex Silver Mines July Silver Sirius Satellite Radio UltraShort Financials Silver ETF September Soybeans S&P Depository Receipts Suncor Energy July Sugar Target Corp. Titanium Metals Toll Brothers Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Time Warner June 10-Year T-Note (Continuous) United Health Group Valentis Inc. Wachovia Corp March Wheat Gold & Silver Index Energy Spyder Fund Amex Oil Index Exxon Mobil September Yen December Mini-Gold June Mini-Dow Yum Brands T-Bond Futures (Electronic) Zoltek Companies Inc | |
| COMMODITIES, INDEXES, & FUTURES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Titanic/Hindenburg Signals June 30-Year T-Bond September British Pound Peabody Energy Canadian Dollar Consolidated Energy September Copper September Corn July Cotton CanWest Petroleum Corp Diamonds Trust Dow Industrial Average Dollar Index Mini-Dow | Dollar Index Bob Farrell's 10 Rules E-Mini S&P March Mini-Euro March Euro General Motors June Gold Bird Flu Update #10 IBM Accredited Home Lenders December Natural Gas Newmont Mining Novagold Resources | June Crude June Mini-Crude Nasdaq 100 Trust South African Rand S&P 500 Index September Silver July Silver September Soybeans July Sugar Valentis Inc. March Wheat September Yen June Mini-Dow | |
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