Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Wednesday wonders

Some premarket thoughts and ramblings from the middle of the Pacific Ocean...

• Is it just me, or is there a correlation between National Bank of Greece stock (NBG) and the number of riotous footage shown on CNBC and Bloomberg? NBG down to 2.71 premarket with three dead after a fire was set on a Greek bank.

• AAPL down to 253.33 in the face of Fed antitrust scrutiny regarding apps. I don't think a company stipulating certain limitations to app makers constitutes a monopoly, but what I think matters squat. AAPL is about 18 bucks below its high. 256 was its immediate support level. If it its 250 or 249, a hell of a lot of stop-loss sells will kick in. Or it bounces. I have no idea. I like AAPL long term, but I can only bend over and get kicked so many times. If this is a one-week correction, I can bear it. Any longer, and I might add a few more shares way down below...

• IMAX deathly silent in premarket. Not a single share has traded, but the bid and ask are both below yesterday's closing price (19.10).

• BIDU dipping to 686.37 on very limited volume.

• Probably safe to say that FAZ and VXX will leap into green pastures when the bell rings. For one minute, one week ... who knows? FAZ booming to 13.20 premarket (12.52 close) on decent volume (2.9 million shares) and VXX up to 22.58 on minimal volume.
According to Cramer, the market will stop selling off at mid-day, the coast will clear and buying shall commence. Love him or hate him, he went on a limb saying that yesterday.

Being out of dry powder at the wrong time really sucks. I miss the flexibility of cash. There are two reasons to liquidate: 1. prevent further losses and 2. load up ammo for the coming bounce.


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