Forex Quest for the golden cross

Forex Quest for the golden cross RELATED QUOTES Symbol Price Change MA 348.79 +0.96 XOM 85.83 -0.94 PFE 21.48 -0.15 K 49.73 -0.26 TRI 27.82 -0.10 By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) - January has turned out strong for equities with just two trading days to go. If you're afraid to miss the ride, there's still time to jump in. You just might want to wear a neck brace. The new year lured buyers into growth-related sectors, the ones that were more beaten down last year. The economy is getting better, but not dramatically. Earnings are beating expectations, but at a lower rate than in recent quarters. Nothing too bad is coming out of Europe's debt crisis - and nothing good, either - at least not yet. 'No one item is a major positive, but collectively, it's been enough to tilt it towards net buying,' said John Schlitz, chief market technician at Instinet in New York. Still, relatively weak volume and a six-month high hit this week make some doubt that the gains are sustainable. But then there's the golden cross. Many market skeptics take notice when this technical indicator, a holy grail of sorts for many technicians, shows up on the horizon. As early as Monday, the rising 50-day moving average of the S&P 500 could tick above its rising 200-day moving average. This occurrence - known as a golden cross - means the medium-term momentum is increasingly bullish. You have a good chance of making money in the next six months if you put it to work in large-cap stocks. In the last 50 years, according to data compiled by Birinyi Associates, a golden cross on the S&P 500 has augured further gains six months ahead in eight out of 10 times. The average gain has been 6.6 percent. That means the benchmark is on solid footing to not only hold onto the 14 percent advance over the last nine weeks, but to flirt with 1,400, a level it hasn't hit since mid-2008. The gains, as expected, would not be in a straight line. But any weakness could be used by long-term investors as buying opportunities. 'The cross is an intermediate bullish event,' Schlitz said. 'You have to interpret it as constructive, but I caution people to take a bullish stance, if they have a short-term horizon .' GREECE, U.S. PAYROLLS AND MOMENTUM Less than halfway into the earnings season and with Greek debt talks over the weekend, payrolls data next week and the S&P 500 near its highest since July, there's plenty of room for something to go wrong. If that happens, the market could easily give back some of its recent advance. But the benchmark's recent rally and momentum shift allow for a pullback before the technical picture deteriorates. 'We bounced off 1,325, which is resistance. We're testing 1,310, which should be support. We are stuck in that range,' said Ken Polcari, managing director at ICAP Equities in New York. 'If over the weekend, Greece comes out with another big nothing, then you will see further weakness next week,' he said. 'A 1 (percent) or 2 percent pullback isn't out of the question or out of line.' On Friday, the S&P 500 (Chicago Options:^INX - News) and the Nasdaq Composite (Nasdaq:^IXIC - News) closed their fourth consecutive week of gains, while the Dow Jones industrial average (DJI:^DJI - News) dipped and capped three weeks of gains. For the day, the Dow dropped 74.17 points, or 0.58 percent, to close at 12,660.46. The S&P 500 fell 2.10 points, or 0.16 percent, to 1,316.33. But the Nasdaq gained 11.27 points, or 0.40 percent, to end at 2,816.55. For the week, the Dow slipped 0.47 percent, while the S&P 500 inched up 0.07 percent and the Nasdaq jumped 1.07 percent. A DATA-PACKED EARNINGS WEEK Next week is filled with heavy-hitting data on the housing, manufacturing and employment sectors. Personal income and consumption on Monday will be followed by the S&P/Case-Shiller home prices index, consumer confidence and the Chicago PMI - all on Tuesday. Wednesday will bring the Institute for Supply Management index on U.S. manufacturing and the first of three key readings on the labor market - namely, the ADP private-sector employment report. Jobless claims on Thursday will give way on Friday to the U.S. government's non-farm payrolls report. The forecast calls for a net gain of 150,000 jobs in January, according to economists polled by Reuters. Another hectic earnings week will kick into gear with almost a fifth of the S&P 500 components posting quarterly results. Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM - News), Amazon (NasdaqGS:AMZN - News), UPS (NYSE:UPS - News), Pfizer (NYSE:PFE - News), Kellogg (NYSE:K - News) and MasterCard (NYSE:MA - News) are among the names most likely to grab the headlines. With almost 200 companies' reports in so far, about 59 percent have beaten earnings expectations - down from about 70 percent in recent quarters. (Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Additional reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak and Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Jan Paschal)

Earn September 7th Penny Stock Winners, Losers, and Stock Scans

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24.5 possible target.

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Earnings last night.

Forex Swing trading opportunities

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Several stocks are breaking out and there are some nice setups showing up in our scans. Many stocks are going sideways during market consolidation and are now breaking out. 

Forex Swing trade idea: RYL

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RYL seems to be ready to head higher after 2 months sideways base for swing trade. 10 to 20% potential from here.

Forex UYMG Issues Impressive News Today

Forex UYMG is a stock I posted last week as a bounce candidate.  Today's news could help bolster investor sentiment.  After posting some strong revenue numbers the president of UYMG stated:

'Our authorized share count has risen this year to account for our transition into On Track Technology becoming our main subsidiary. We will not be raising the Authorized share count any further while we control/own UYMG,' said Michael Oliver president of Unity Management group Inc. He went on to add that our valuation or market capitalization is very low for the nature of what we are trying to accomplish. Our valuation is that of many OTC Market shell companies at this time. We are not a shell and have many results, announcements, and filings coming, that will yield a higher value immediately as traders and investors participate in the trading of our stock. We are looking for millions of dollars of value and business here, not 10s of thousands or hundreds of thousands.

Might not be a bad time to take a closer look at UYMG.  I think the stock heads back over $.002 this week... but what do I know?



On Track Technology Begins Work On Production Leases In Navarro County
EAST HANOVER, N.J., Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Unity Management Group (OTC Pink: UYMG), a business resource and service company, is pleased to announce its wholly owned subsidiary, On Track Technology Solutions Inc. (OTT), and their consulting firms have entered into a farm out agreement to begin work to establish production on a group of contiguous leases in Navarro County. There are approximately 52 wellbores with 6 being State approved injection wells; wellbores identified at the Texas Railroad Commission as lease numbers 01689, 02032, 02033, 02216 and 02503.

OTT President, Eddie Schilb said, 'On Track is working with an area Geologist, and a Chemical firm to develop a confidential completion, and chemical Huff & Puff treatment using Co2, Nitrogen or a combination of the two. Based on conversations with one Petroleum Engineer we believe a potential of 89 BOPD may be achievable upon a successful implantation, and successful results of treatment, installation of proper production equipment, and pressurization of certain/specific wellbores within the leases. While the price of oil varies daily we used $86.08 per barrel (todays price although most 5 year forecast is $101.07 Per Barrel); upon successful implementation 89 BOPD would add approximately $186,318 per month or $2,235,821 annually.

On Track Vice President and Staff Engineer Ayo Odetunmibi commented that this property fits nicely with our other properties. 'We are looking forward to testing these wells; it is an exciting time and I am excited about the potential in this field. Eventually we want to test the possibility of other profitable formations on this acreage.'

'Our authorized share count has risen this year to account for our transition into On Track Technology becoming our main subsidiary. We will not be raising the Authorized share count any further while we control/own UYMG,' said Michael Oliver president of Unity Management group Inc. He went on to add that our valuation or market capitalization is very low for the nature of what we are trying to accomplish. Our valuation is that of many OTC Market shell companies at this time. We are not a shell and have many results, announcements, and filings coming, that will yield a higher value immediately as traders and investors participate in the trading of our stock. We are looking for millions of dollars of value and business here, not 10s of thousands or hundreds of thousands.

Earn Hotel industry looks for deal pace to pick up

Earn LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hotel companies and real estate firms are optimistic that deal transactions will pick up this year despite concerns about Europe's economy and challenges in obtaining debt financing. While a business-led economic recovery has helped lift U.S. hotel occupancy rates, development is still a soft spot as tight credit conditions have limited new-hotel builds. Still, there is a growing sense that the hotel sector has momentum and performance will continue to improve. 'People are expecting 2012 to be a pretty positive year, with solid performance by the industry in terms of the demand for hotel accommodations and the ability to get deals done,' Arthur de Haast, chairman of Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels, said at this week's Americas Lodging Investment Summit. The hotel investment services firm has forecast that hotel deals in the Americas this year will at least match the 2011 level in value of an estimated $15 billion. U.S. hotel deal activity picked up in the first half of 2011 but calmed in the latter part of the year as debt woes in Europe began dominating the headlines. While Europe is still a risk, attendees at the three-day hotel conference said a continued recovery marked by rising room rates would make the sector attractive for investment. 'There's a lot of money on the sidelines waiting to pounce and find opportunities,' said Christian Charre, president and chief executive of the Charre Group, a Florida-based hotel brokerage and consulting firm. FOREIGN MONEY Private equity funds that have capital will be in a good position to make acquisitions, some said. Real estate investment trusts were active buyers in the first half of 2011 but are expected to be quieter this year as their share prices suffered in the latter part of 2011. 'The mix of the investors probably will change,' said Sri Sambamurthy, co-founder of real estate firm West Point Partners in New York. He said Middle Eastern, European and Asian investors especially find the U.S. market to be extremely attractive now. 'The U.S. is still considered very safe, the dollar has performed extraordinarily well,' Sambamurthy added. Hotel companies said they were looking to make acquisitions in a bid to expand their reach. 'No question that we'll be active in the marketplace in 2012,' said Paul Whetsell, president and chief executive of Loews Hotels, which owns and/or operates 18 hotels. The unit of Loews Corp (NYSE:L - News) has committed more than $500 million to acquiring hotels or developing new properties. Whetsell said Loews is looking for 4-star or higher-rated hotels in major cities where it does not have a presence such as Boston, Washington, San Francisco, Chicago and Los Angeles, as well as smaller markets like Charlotte, North Carolina, and Baltimore, Maryland. Choice Hotels International (NYSE:CHH - News), which franchises hotels focused mainly at the mid-tier and economy market segments under brands such as Comfort Inn and Econo Lodge, said it is in the hunt to acquire a value-oriented, full-service upscale brand that would help attract more business customers.