Rob's Lobs

[billyjoe]

Rob,
Did you notice the similarity of charts EBAY vs. BMHC ?.... scary.

---------billyjoe

[Rob]

Did you notice the similarity of charts EBAY vs. BMHC ?

I hadn't until you mentioned it. There is an undeniable similarity, though it would be hard to explain why. Must be coincidental.

[mrmarket]

I hadn't until you mentioned it. There is an undeniable similarity, though it would be hard to explain why. Must be coincidental.

Can you throw in a graph for the NASDAQ also...just to see the correlation?

[billyjoe]

Mr. Market,
I can't post a chart , but I can tell you that starting from a common point around Feb. 1st '06 , EBAY and BMHC are down over 35% while NASDAQ is down maybe 3%.

------------billyjoe

[spikefader]

Very nice list of good-looking charts there, Park! Thanks for sharing that list.

Ain't there some gems in there! Yep, thanks for the heads up Park. I've put a few of em in my chart index tonight if anyone's interested.

[Rob]

Can you throw in a graph for the NASDAQ also...just to see the correlation?

Sure can. It looks like this:

[billyjoe]

Rob,
Did you ever tell us how you got to Virginia from California ? Were you and Lye buddies in the California days? You always reminded me of someone from your avatar and I just thought of who it was . Martin Mull from Fernwood 2 Night.

---------------billyjoe

[Rob]

Did you ever tell us how you got to Virginia from California ?

Here's the short version: I've got deep, deep family roots in this area, and I've always loved this place since my earliest memories of coming here to visit family. One day in the Spring of 1991 I up and decided we were going to move here, which we did in August that year. It took my dear, patient wife several years to get over the culture shock.

Were you and Lye buddies in the California days?

Lyehopper never resided in California. He's a North Carolina boy, displaced all the way to SW Virginia.

You always reminded me of someone from your avatar and I just thought of who it was . Martin Mull from Fernwood 2 Night.

I could think of worse people to be told that about. I'm unfamiliar with the Fernwood thing, but I know who Martin Mull is. Incidentally, I no longer wear that mustache; that picture's a couple years old.

[Rob]

Closin' In Once More

Just looking at the intraday high on the Dow so far, 11,476.50 is a mere 2.39% from the all-time intraday high of 11,750.28 and only 2.15% from the close of that day. (Of course that's based on Jan. 2000 dollars, which bought a bit more than today's dollars.)

[New-born baby]

Just looking at the intraday high on the Dow so far, 11,476.50 is a mere 2.39% from the all-time intraday high of 11,750.28 and only 2.15% from the close of that day. (Of course that's based on Jan. 2000 dollars, which bought a bit more than today's dollars.)

Throw in the volume dry up, and we could have a real sell off when the volume returns next week. Lookout Mildred!

[Rob]

Rob's Insomniac, Technical Case for EBAY

[Rob]

Applied Materials (AMAT)

From Dr. Jack's thread:

A few weeks ago we (my company) started receiving some nice component orders from an equipment manufacturer (privately held) that makes a lot of "stuff" for INTC (100% of these orders are INTC related). I have not seen this kind of work for a loooong time. My customer is saying that INTC is "tooling up" for something right now and spending on this type machinery is about to explode. We have been told to get prepared for this influx of work.

The new toling is going to take place at the Santa Clara Headquarters D2 facility subfabs. I have been in close contact with the supervisors at the manufacturing techs. Theyre gearing up to use the 300mm wafers-- which their current tools are useless for.

In this elvolving smackdown between INTC and AMD it occurs to me that those who own AMAT stand a good chance of being enriched—over the near term anyway—regardless of who prevails. Here's a snapshot of Applied Materials' revenue and earnings history:

Note that the 2006 column in each of the annual charts is for 3 quarters only. AMAT's fiscal year ends in October.

[peanuts]

From Dr. Jack's thread:
In this elvolving smackdown between INTC and AMD it occurs to me that those who own AMAT stand a good chance of being enriched—over the near term anyway—regardless of who prevails. Here's a snapshot of Applied Materials' revenue and earnings history:

Note that the 2006 column in each of the annual charts is for 3 quarters only. AMAT's fiscal year ends in October.

Those charts that you do are really helpful. I'm surprised that nobody else presents it as well as you do... but I guess it's tough to beat the best, huh?

I've owned AMAT as a MT stock and didn't make very much last year. I haven't even looked at it this year, but I should have been keeping an eye on it. Thanks for the update.

Are you having sleeping problems?

[New-born baby]

Robert: How come my charts are smaller now that I paste them according to your method (print screen, Paint shop)? Can't read my own writing. . . might be a good thing for some . . . .
MACD is a trailing indicator that trails too much behind for me. I don't use it anymore for that reason. But the rule is this: any RSI 30 combined with a full STO crossover at the 20 line has the potential of being a major bottom.

EBAY is headed North for awhile, though it may not be to a new high. On your charts you can see that each upswing has been to a lower high, and the downswing to a lower low, each time. One would have to say that officially EBAY is still in a downtrend until the last lower high is taken out. Still it is very tradeable to the upside with these charts you've posted.
Take a gander at this:

[peanuts]

Robert:
MACD is a trailing indicator that trails too much behind for me. I don't use it anymore for that reason.

NBB,

I've been having a lot of success using the MACD as an indicator when timing my buys. I found a site about a year ago where this guy would do a whole bunch of TA work and he used the following parameters when using MACD: 2,13,12... It is much more reactive, so much more up to date information can be had from it. Every time I post a chart, I use these parameters. I also use a 7 day RSI and fast stochastics. I like to be current.