By Adib Motiwala of http://adibmotiwala.blogspot.com/
Let us look at two popular stocks among investors (both long and short).
Lets start with Netflix (NFLX). Netflix, Inc. provides online movie rental subscription services in the United States. You can rent movies in the form of DVDs that are mailed to you and you can also view movies via streaming …

Update on supports and resistances.

These companies have outperformed the SP500 index since early June, and its recent out performance is likely to continue.
(NASDAQ:INTC) – Intel Corporation
(NASDAQ:AAPL) – Apple Inc
(NASDAQ:ORCL) – Oracle Corporation
(NASDAQ:CMCSA) – Comcast Corporation
(NASDAQ:ARNA) – Arena Pharmaceutical
(NASDAQ:QCOM) – QUALCOMM Incorporated
(NASDAQ:ADCT) – ADC Telecommunications
(NASDAQ:SNDK) – SanDisk Corporation
(NASDAQ:BIDU) – Baidu Inc
(NASDAQ:ERIC) – LM Ericsson Telepho
(NASDAQ:ATVI) …

The euro has suffered from the Greek debt crisis, and Spain and Portugal also are under closer scrutiny.  But there are still significant opportunities for profit in the Eurozone.
Germany, for example, has the lowest debt to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio of all the major advanced industrial economies.  And right now, …

A month ago I highlighted a list of proposals presented to FINRA which would generate a significant level of transparency into Wall Street’s self-regulator. Given everything we have gone through over the last few years, who in America would not now want greater transparency from Wall Street’s self-regulator? I wrote FINRA Owes America Answers on These Proposals:
FINRA can …

Update on supports and resistances.

Combination of soft economic data and unimpressive earnings from Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) (-9.16%) and Citigroup (NYSE:C) (-6.25%) weighed on investor sentiment throughout the session which as a result saw the major averages endure heavy losses. There was little in terms of fresh news flow but worth noting that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) (-0.62%) …

By Adrian Clayton, Alphen Asset Management.
I don’t know about you, but I have become a self proclaimed soccer expert. Never short of a view on the strikers, quick to criticize coaches on substitutions and boasting deep insights into defensive patterns, in the past four weeks I have often found myself hotly debating football with equally enthusiastic …

The video clips below provide a handy summary of the reports expected on the economic, financial and corporate front around the globe during the week ahead.
US: Deluge of earnings reports
Some 139 companies will post results, giving a broader view of the economy. On Wednesday, President Obama is expected to sign into law the most comprehensive …

According to a report published by Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE:JLL), a leading real estate investment trust (REIT), global commercial real estate (CRE) sales in fiscal 2010 second quarter doubled from the year-ago period to $66 billion, showing signs of recovery.
The report also unearthed that global CRE sales totaled $130 billion during the first half …