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• UP Yet AGAIN ….  The markets have advanced now 11 out of the 13 market days in February.
• With Apple Inc. stock falling hard and other stocks showing signs of fatigue, we pulled our investment of Intel Corp. (INTC) off the table.  See more below.  Our entry was at $22.04/share and our exit at $22.12/share.  We hope to have a clearer view of things next week.  While it looked as if Intel would not hold it’s break above $22.07, it did – closing at $22.14.
• On Monday the markets will closed in observance of President’s Day and the Stock Market Companion 15MinuteStocks Market Update and Watchlist will be again available on Tuesday.
  
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– Markets “At a Glance” –

(Please scroll down to the end of the report to see your favorite benchmarks – Dollar, Oil, Gold … closing prices and daily direction.)

– Market Trends –

*Summary of terms from Trader Vic II-Principles of Professional Speculation (pg. 140-141)
*_________* Represents a change in trend rating.

– Market Perspectives –

For your added perspective, we’ve included this chart of the broader market (Successful stock investors develop and start with a minds-eye view of the broader market and keep it clear) –

1. SMC SP-500 ETF Daily Chart (Click to open helpful chart in a separate browser window).

– Today’s Highlights –

Here are a few of our thoughts concerning the market today –

This old adage is appropriate for the market that we are in, “Don’t fight the Fed (Federal Reserve)”.

The Fed is forcing investors to re-think about where their money is and is driving it out of bonds and cash and into the equities markets.  We predicted this, have written extensively about it, and have profited strongly from it.

This market may continue to levitate higher, but without some form of pull-back it is very difficult to engage it here.

Last year was a strong year for us as we rode many stocks higher.  It has been exciting and rewarding as we timed the market correctly at all major transition points.   We were out of the market when the flash crash came.

Our portfolio return for 2010 was +46.8%.  Some of our individual stock selections were up more than +90%.  We were also successfully engaged with the market last month.  Now however we are on the sidelines – due to our exit from the market and reluctance to get back on board as the unrest in Egypt unfolded and provided the market with an opportunity to sell-off – which it did for 1 day!

We are going to be patient with this market and see what we need to do to successfully work with it.

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– Stock Market Companion – Performance –

Please click on this chart to see the Stock Market Companion 15MinuteStocks stock performance versus the SP-500.  It will open in a separate browser window.
* Gains (losses) do not include brokerage fees.   Our returns are very strong … BUT …  WE have to remind everyone just like all other financial sites in America – Past Performance is No Guarantee of Future Returns.  Unlike others however, our objective is to teach you to be able to make these types of strong returns On Your Own.

All of the investments – stocks, entries, and exits are listed on our Stock Market Companion Watchlist at the bottom of the spreadsheet, in the section labelled Former Holdings.

– Benchmarks “At a Glance” –

Data Source : Financial Visualizations Inc.

Signing-Off for Today,

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