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Piotroski Screen Results: 1.5.11
The Piotroski stock screen is one that I am familiar with and have discussed previously on this blog. This is a value based screening tool which was developed by Joseph Piotroski. I haven’t ran this screen in awhile (since June 2010 to be exact….what the hell have I been doing for the past seven months….oh [...]
This article scares the $h!t out of me……
Not really. It is actually slightly annoying, even if it may be true. First, please read (or skim or just skip all together and read my summary below) the article here: Investing Dying as Computer Trading, ETFs & Dark Pools Proliferate. Essentially, what the writer (John Melloy) is saying is that high-frequency trading is ruling [...]
New Piotroski Screen Stocks
Good evening. The markets were primarily bullish today, as traders await the jobs report number tomorrow. Tomorrow at 8:30 am EDT we have the following economic number releases: Nonfarm payrolls Unemployment rate Hourly earnings Average workweek I am looking to see about 500k for Nonfarm payrolls, versus prior period of 290k. Since this is released [...]
BP
The markets kicked off a new month with continued worries about BP’s (BP) problems and its impact on the energy sector. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 112.61, or 1.11%, to 10,024.02, and the S&P 500 dropped 18.70, or 1.72%, to 1,070.71. The Nasdaq sank 34.71, or 1.54%, to 2,222.33 (TheStreet.com) As BP prepares to [...]
Thursday Action
“The Dow jumped 284 points, or 2.9 percent Thursday to 10,258, and the S&P 500 rose 35 points, or 3.3 percent to 1103. Stocks turned higher Thursday as China denied that it was reviewing its euro zone bond holdings, a story that drove stocks lower into Wednesday’s close.” (CNBC) — But the financial news networks [...]
New addition to the Piotroski Screen
As of yestrday, 5/25, there was a new addition to the Piotroski Screen! Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg (TSM) has been added to my Piotroski screen, which I have saved in an Excel file which can be refreshed against a web query from The Graham Investor website. TSM engages in the computer-aided designing, manufacturing, packaging, testing, and [...]
Stock Screen v.1
U.S. stocks on Wednesday ended lower after a late-session lapse that coincided with a drop in the euro below a key threshold, as investors focused on reports that China might review its European bond holders. (MarketWatch) Dow 9,974.45 -69.30 (-0.69%) S&P 500 1,067.95 -6.08 (-0.57%) Nasdaq 2,195.88 -15.07 (-0.68%) Currencies Euro – USD 1.2199 -0.0114 [...]
Monday and SecondMarket
Happy Monday. The major U.S. market averages were lower today and the bearishness continues. Dow 10,066.57 -126.82 -1.24% Nasdaq 2,213.55 -15.49 -0.69% S&P 500 1,073.65 -14.04 -1.29% The S&P seems to be trading in the same range as Thursday and Friday of last week and many investors are looking for a trend reversal, but are [...]
