• The broader market and the DOW moved HIGHER today…  The NASDAQ closed lower.  S&P 500 (+0.24%); DOW (+0.36%); NASDAQ (-0.27%).  This is a divergent condition.  Approx. 12% of the NASDAQ’s move is represented by Apple, Inc. shares alone.
• Market Overview =  On Wednesday, the market exhibited characteristics of a strong reversal day.  Leading stocks like Apple, Inc. (AAPL), Deere (DE), Visa (V) and others staged reversals and closed DOWN for the day – on Wednesday.  These stocks have not recovered their leadership position, but others like Intel Corp., Microsoft, and financials like J.P. Morgan-Chase have taken up the slack – allowing the broader market to move ABOVE the July 2011 highs.  This has the feel of a healthy rotation to it.  This is something we haven’t had in a long time – due to the underlying fear that has accompanied the markets since 2008.  Another way to say this is this – some leading stocks are taking a much needed break, and institutional investors are stepping in to purchase shares in other excellent companies which haven’t traveled quite as far as the recent leaders.  The market is in a confirmed uptrend since the October 4th pivot point that we identified at its inception and profited from. Click here for today’s SMC S&P 500 (ETF SPY) chart.
• Although there have been exceptions, broadly speaking it hasn’t been particularly rewarding to buy “break-outs” over the past year, but now these conditions may have changed as institutional investors are showing an increased willingness to drive stocks higher.
• The equities (stock) markets in the U.S. will be closed on Monday in observance of President’s Day.  Your next SMC 15Minute Market Update will be published for you on Wednesday, February 22nd.
  
• SMC Holdings Mitek and Ebay have moved strongly HIGHER this week.
• Another development stage pharmaceutical company, Cell Therapeutics (CTIC $1.35/share) has our attention today after the company received tentative approval by the European equivalent of the FDA Advisory Board for their late stage Non-Hodgskin’s lymphoma drug.  The shares jumped approx. +25% higher today on 24 million shares.  See our S.I.M.P.L.E. Stock Investing section, below.
• We’ve created 3 short videos for your review concerning CTIC, below.
  
• There has been notable weakness in the shares of raw and processed material leaders like Freeport McMoran, U.S. Steel, and Alcoa.  We’d like to see these stabilize and possibly offer us a re-entry in shares of Alcoa (AA).
• Special “Thank You!” to SMC Member Chad.  Last week, he reported these great results since becoming an SMC member – “I have been using your 15Minute Market Update Program on our Florida Stock Market Simulator and have moved from last place to first place among our 6 groups. Good information.” – Chad. B. Yulee, Fla.  USA.
• Did you know that SMC members ALWAYS get 1 free month for each new paying member they recommend who joins our 15Minute Stocks Program?  It’s a great way to help friends and gives everyone something new to talk about!  NOW you can call 360-695-6985 or email support@stockmarketcompanion.com for a special, significant discount code to give them.
• We introduce a NEW Feature to the SMC 15Minute Update Program = Advanced Investor Opportunities … Please see below for details.
• Please click here to send us your feedback.  Let us know how we are doing – We are here to serve you. Support@Stockmarketcompanion.com

• Here is a video interview of a father and son using the Stock Market Companion successfully together – as a teaching and investing tool.
  

– Stock Market Companion – ADVANCED INVESTOR OPPORTUNITIES –

We will streamline this section with a link to a table in the days ahead.

Our objectives are to teach principles of successful investing and to offer you as many real and excellent investment ideas and opportunities as possible.  When we launched Stock Market Companion in October 2009, we knew that we would eventually be faced with the situation where we had more ideas and more opportunities presenting themselves than we would be able to invest in ourselves.

We want to make sure that we present you excellent opportunities that are unfolding NOW, even when we do not engage them ourselves.  Many of you are already using our SMC Watchlist and monitoring it to see such opportunities unfolding, on your own.  But we don’t want to be confined with just what is in our SMC holdings and in our SMC Watchlist.

A recent, excellent example of this: On 1/13/2012 we presented the idea that Sears Holdings (SHLD) director Mr. Eddie Lampert  purchased approx. $140 million of SHLD shares on the open market between approx. $27.50 and $30 / share.  The stock jumped higher the next day and for us was “overextended” – but the shares roared on another +60% in a few days!  For some SMC members who are more risk tolerant, SHLD may not have appeared overextended and our thoughts on the investment may have kept them from participating or participating more fully.  We want to give ideas and offer valuable insights, but Get out of the Way!

We are introducing this section so that at SMC, we can “get out of the way” and let you decide for yourselves and not influence members so greatly with our own risk-tolerances and objectives at the time.  We WILL point out key characteristics that we think are important to consider, or logical areas to place stops or offer realistic targets based on our over two decades of investing experience, but we will be less inclined to judge these opportunities beyond that.  What we list in this section will be cover many dimensions:

• Growth stories following our successful S.I.M.P.L.E. investing method
• Unusual opportunities arising from oversold or overbought conditions
• Opportunities presenting themselves due to key technical developments in the shares (key support and resistance line engagement, high volume clues…)
• Stocks that offer excellent dividend yields and measurable risk
• Covered Call ideas
• Higher risk but possibly quite unique investment opportunties
• Excellent mutual funds and ETF ideas (including off-shore)

At this time, we are including this section in the SMC Basic Membership.  Our advisors may determine that these insights should be offered outside of the basic membership for a modest additional fee. That decision is for sometime later.  Let’s proceed …

Nr.	Introduction Date	% Gain or (Loss) (Introduction)	Co.	Ticker	Possible Opportunity NOW	STOP Level or Other Considerations	Possible TARGET	REWARD / Risk Ratio	S.I.M.P.L.E. Notes +

– Markets “At a Glance” –

• The markets were AGAIN divergent today, just as yesterday revealing further weakness in the technology sector while the broader market (S&P 500) and the DOW (DJ-30) held POSITIVE.
• Research in Motion (Ticker: RIMM $27.75) reported earnings last night that were a major disappointment.  We go through the details below.  The company received 2 broker upgrades going into earnings.  The stock then lost -21.45% from yesterday’s close into today.  We go through our steps in handling our brief investment in the stock this last week – AND WHY, below.
• Crude oil continued to descend today, reflecting a drop in value of the U.S. dollar – BUT also  concern of future demand as the global economy slows down.
• The S&P 500 is finding support at its 200 day exponential moving average.  If the broader market doesn’t find strength here and begins to sink further, the next near point of support is the low it plumbed during the recent nuclear crisis in Japan.  If it fails that point, then the intermediate term trend will be DOWN.
  
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