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You may have heard about Dendreon (DNDN), a small money losing biotechnology company that is in the process of getting its cancer vaccine, Provenge, approved by the FDA. Full results from a crucial phase three study were released yesterday afternoon in Chicago, but about half an hour prior to their release, shares of Dendreon fell [...]

Regrettably I was out of town for several days and as a result it has been awhile since I’ve posted anything. So, I decided to give you all a conservative trade idea now that the market has had a huge run over the last four weeks. We are definitely getting overbought here, so tread carefully.
Anyway, [...]

During crazy market times like this I can talk my head off about fundamental issues that show the market is undervalued, but fundamentals don’t matter right now. Stock prices are claims on future corporate profits forever? Who cares, earnings are going to be terrible in 2008, 2009, and maybe even 2010. Rather than trying to [...]

One of the most important things to know about investing is that the stock market is a discounting mechanism. That does that mean? It means that expectations for future events are reflected in stock prices ahead of time, before the events actually occur. People who try to guess what the headlines next week are going [...]

John writes:
Hi Chad,
How do you differentiate between “trading” and “investing”? I’m always curious to hear what people think is the difference.
Thanks for the question, John. I don’t think there is too much of a debate over the difference, and my views likely aren’t much different than most, but I’m happy to give my personal [...]

Regular readers of this blog know that I am a fundamental-based investor. As a result, over the long term the two key determinants of future stock price performance that I focus on are earnings and valuation. Although I strongly believe that technical analysis only works over short periods of time, in the absence of new [...]

Maybe we can hold here.

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About a month ago I mentioned that it was possible the market could find resistance near the old highs on the S&P 500 index and perhaps make a seven-year double top. Interestingly, yesterday marked the third straight day the market could not register a new closing high on the S&P 500 (1,527 and change).
I’m not [...]

It has truly been a breathtaking run, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising in 24 of 27 sessions, the longest streak since eight decades ago in 1927. Unfortunately, Tuesday’s four point drop snapped the streak. How should investors play this? Many are stuck between two prevailing ideas, either ride the momentum to ensure not [...]

This really isn’t a prediction as much as it is just mere speculation about what could happen to the market in the coming weeks and months. Short term movements don’t really concern me as I mostly just focus on undervalued companies regardless of market level, but sometimes it’s still interesting to point things out.
A lot [...]