Guest post written by Steve Tack Steve Tack is chief technology officer for Compuware?s APM Solutions business. Website crashes shouldn?t surprise us, but there was something different about last year?s Amazon EC2 problems and similar service interruptions with Microsoft Office 365 and Akamai. The impact seemed more widespread. More websites were affected, either knocked out ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 23:52

Expectations are high for LULU, but if the company can continue to deliver positive earnings and sales surprises, expect the stock to continue its upward trajectory.

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 23:50

With bullish sentiment on the homebuilders uncomfortably high and volume not supporting the recent highs, now is clearly not the time to buy...but using technical analysis, we can determine the levels at which a pullback will create better buying opportunities. There was plenty of new data on the housing sector this week, and the latest new-home sales figures will come out later today. The consensus view is that there will be 325,000 newly constructed homes with a committed sale in February. Sentiment on housing stocks has certainly changed over the past five months, as the consensus view now seems to be that the housing market has bottomed. The fundamental data has improved sharply in 2012, causing one analyst to write on Monday that it is "an ideal time to load up on housing stocks." Last fall, the tone was quite different. On October 21, one headline read, "The Housing Sector Is a Mess," and in the story, the author cast doubt on the recent surge in housing starts, suggesting things were only going to get worse. Then in early November, after the latest S&P/Case-Shiller data reported a 3.6% drop in housing prices, one analyst said, "Housing probably won't go anywhere for the next several years." At the time, the technical picture for the housing stocks was quite positive. This is another good example of how the technical action leads the fundamental data. Now, the daily technical action of the homebuilders suggests a further correction is likely before the intermediate uptrend resumes. In a late February Trading Lesson, "Don't Miss Another Big Rally," I shared some suggestions about how not to get caught up in buying frenzies, and I used the housing sector as one example. Now that it appears that the homebuilders are completing their daily top formations, we can start to target the price levels for new buying.

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 23:47

This twelfth trading week of 2012 comes to a close with investors analyzing the latest housing data [...]

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 22:56

The Mass Effect 3 ending controversy shows no signs of slowing down. Various BioWare creatives, including Casey Hudson and Ray Muzyga, have talked to media and/or posted their thoughts on the official company blog. Now Commander Shepard, himself, has weighed in on the controversial ending. Actor Mark Meer, the voice of the male Commander Shepard ...

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 22:56

Is any great name in old media doing a better job navigating new media than The New York Times? I'm not saying their every foray into newness has been successful. But overall The Times has embraced new tools with enviable energy and imagination, and even managed to let its hair down in the process.

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 22:56

Just when it seemed we could relax, the U.S. economic recovery surprising with its strength, the Greek debt crisis kicked into the bushes, and most global stock markets in impressive six-month rallies, here comes dark clouds and rumbles of thunder again.

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 22:56

How do you win when the odds are stacked against you? Fred H. Bartlit, Jr., one of the country's top litigators, offers his two cents.

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 22:56

HollyFrontier is still an attractive value play, even with the fall in earnings. Shareholders are also rewarded with a dividend, yielding 1.1%.

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 22:56

With Paypal Here, eBay is making a bold move to enter the mobile payments market and grab market share from Square.

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 22:25