Tuesday, February 17, 2015

The first technical uptrend for the overall market for the year!

Since the beginning of the year (2015), for the first time the broader market has officially entered a new technical up-trend, as of late last week.  A great time for taking new positions.

Some of the top sectors/industry groups trending since January: 
Internet-Security/Cyber-Security, Chips/Semiconductors-related sector (almost all of the related sub-groups),
fast-food/specialty-foods/restaurants, to name a few.

Some of the individual stocks worth considering (either as of late last week or this week if they are still near the buy-point+):

Slow-n-Steady: (Low-risk-low-to-medium-returns):
Top of the list:
SKX
GNC
SYNA
ARAY
SSI
FEYE*

Others in this group:
DATA
INFA
RUTH
ETFC
CTSH
BIIB
MIDD
SIMO
PLKI
ONNN

Fast-n-Furious: (Not for the faint of heart):
VRNS
EIGI
CYTK
TWTR
GRUB
QLYS*
CYBR
VDSI
SONC
AMKR
WAGE
LNKD

Fund-n-Forget: (Low risk, longer term, but not to forget monitoring!)
Stocks:
TMH
MOH
HW
ETFs: (do your research on costs/tradeoffs)
XSD or PSI or SMH or SOXX
IGN or VGT or IYW


Disclaimer: The above is not investment advice or stock purchase recommendations.  Past performance is no guarantee of future returns!  Investments may lose value over time.  Not a member of FDIC!  Invest responsibly knowing your risk tolerance.
+ Buy-points are proprietary technical triggers/alerts accessible to premium members only.
* HBFS (Humble Buddha Financial Services) may have or have had a position in these stocks.