Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ZMH)

Zimmer Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, manufacture, and marketing of orthopedic reconstructive devices, spinal and trauma devices, biologics, dental implants, and related surgical products in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers orthopedic reconstructive devices that restore function lost due to disease or trauma in joints such as knees, hips, shoulders, and elbows; dental reconstructive implants, which restore function and aesthetics in patients who have lost teeth due to trauma or disease; spinal devices that are utilized by orthopedic surgeons and neurosurgeons in the treatment of degenerative diseases, deformities, and trauma in various regions of the spine; and trauma devices used primarily to reattach or stabilize damaged bone and tissue to support the body's natural healing process. It also provides surgical products comprising surgical supplies and instruments designed to aid in orthopedic surgical procedures and post-operation rehabilitation. Its customers include orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, oral surgeons, dentists, hospitals, stocking distributors, and healthcare dealers, as well as agents, healthcare purchasing organizations, or buying groups.
To review potential trading opportunities with Zimmer's stock, please take a look at the 1-year chart of ZMH (Zimmer Holdings, Inc.) below with my added notations:
1-year chart of ZMH (Zimmer Holdings, Inc.) After trending higher since last summer, ZMH has formed what appears to be a Triple Top price pattern (navy). Triple Tops are reversal patterns that are as simple as they sound: Rallying up to approximately the same point on (3) different occasions (T) while finding the same support twice in between the tops. As with any price pattern, a confirmation of the pattern is needed. ZMH would confirm this pattern by breaking the $72 support (red) that was created by the Triple Top pattern.
Keep in mind that simple is usually better. Had I never pointed out the Triple Top pattern, one would still think this stock was moving lower simply if it broke below the $72 support level. So, whether you noticed the pattern or not, the trade would still be the same.
The Tale of the Tape: ZMH may have formed a Triple Top price pattern with a $72 support level. A short trade should be placed if the stock were to break $72 with a stop set above $72.
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Euro Capital Flight Begins

oth from Europe and United States indicate that capital is starting to flee from Southern Europe which prompted the statements by politicians that Cyprus will not become the standard model, which of course it is. The European banks are closed today. Resistance for any knee-jerk reaction will begin at the Monthly Bearish Reversal that was elected 12972 level with weekly system resistance at 13030 level this week. Again, a pause this week will suggest a resumption of the decline into next week, but if they try to support this, then and rally will end by next week and it will be down into May. Europe is clearly now finished. Rumors that in-laws of the President of Cyprus quickly wired out €21 million Euros to London just before the banks were frozen is showing that there are two rules (1) politicians & family, and (2) us.
http://rt.com/news/cyprus-president-money-withdraw-129/
Great Revolt 1381
In 1381, the king of England massacred citizens who refused to pay his outrageous taxes. Once he killed someone, he could then confiscate your property and throw your family out on the streets. This is why he began torturing people because once they confessed, all felonies were death and he got your property. People would endure tremendous torture to save their families.

This first uprising against taxation in England was led by Wat Tyler in 1381 that was a bloody affair. This served as a rally cry for another five rebellions until 1405, this tyranny led to another major rebellion led by William (Jack) Cade in 1450. It was Cade’s rebellion that was immortalized by the famous Shakespeare’s play concerning Henry VI (1422-1461; 1470-1471). The memorable line – “the first thing we do is kill all the lawyers”, really meant the king’s prosecutors since you had no right to hire a lawyer in those days. It was the king’s prosecutors who were confiscating farms and property for taxes. Are we headed for a sequel?

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Planned Economic Collapse 2013-2014


There is a real, viable, proven in the USA, alternate monetary system that benefits the people not the bankers. We need to end fractional reserve banking. The government should issue debt free money by spending it into existance (roads, schools…) instead of private banks printing it out of ‘thin air’ as debt with interest. All this means is that banks must lend out money that actually have, not just what they create out of thin air, like credit unions. This way there would be no national debt, no interest payments on that debt.All countries need to end fractional reserve banking. We need to issue debt free money instead of debt based money.The Cyprus government steals from the people and now the blame is being shifted to the successful business people. Typical Leftist tactic. 

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How To Lose Money in the Stock Market

It's tough to retire on a 2% yield. Factor in inflation, and you're all but guaranteed to lose money on many traditional income products, including high-quality government bonds, bank certificates of deposit and savings accounts.

Even riskier corporate and government debt is currently offering paltry yields. Consider that Spanish 5-year bonds currently yield just 4.1% despite the fact that just six months ago, some were speculating the nation could be forced out of the euro or would need to restructure its debt burden. That's a lot to ask for taking on all those risks for such a low yield.

In such an environment, there's nothing quite like a fat, double-digit yield to attract investors' attention.

But while most investors might salivate at the prospect of a double-digit yield, smart investors should be cautious.

Let me explain...

Many investors equate dividends with safety. After all, some of the best dividend-paying stocks are solid companies with a long operating history and consistent cash flows. And during the past decade, stocks offering dividends have outperformed the broader market.

But, stocks offering 10% yields and higher in the current low-yield environment are often downright speculative. There's no free lunch on Wall Street. If a stock is paying a sky-high dividend yield, it's often because investors expect the firm to cut its payout. Many of the highest-yielding stocks are cyclical and exposed to risks such as an economic slowdown or a slump in commodity prices.

Raymond F. DeVoe, a widely read economist for Legg Mason, once noted that more money has been lost reaching for yield than at the point of a gun.

Based on the experience of the past year, he's absolutely correct. At the end of 2011, there were a total of 11 stocks in the combined universe of the S&P 500 and Bloomberg Europe 500 indices with an indicated yield of more than 10%. One year later, these stocks had risen an average of just 4.5% in a year when the S&P 500 was up more than 16% and the Bloomberg Europe 500 was up nearly 20% in dollar terms.

That's not to say investors can't make money from stocks offering strong yields. It's simply a matter of being selective and paying attention to macroeconomic and industry-specific factors that might prompt a stock to cut its payout.

But it's also important to consider other factors besides just a company's yield. Specifically, some of the best-performing income stocks are those that offer a single-digit yield and boast a history of consistently boosting their payouts to shareholders.

Just look at Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG). Its dividend yield has stayed below 3% for much of the past decade, even though it's raised its dividend payment by 173% -- from 21 cents a share to 56 cents a share -- during that time. With the company boosting its dividend payment 10 times in the past 10 years, you'd think its dividend yield would be much higher than it's been.

But because every time the company has increased its dividend, investors have jumped to buy more of the stock, driving up the price and keeping the dividend yield low as a result. The upside of course is the healthy gains from holding on to a dividend-growing stock like this -- if you invested in P&G 10 years ago, you'd be sitting on a total return of 121%. And thanks to the dividend raises, you'd also be collecting an effective yield of 6.6% on your original investment.

Compare that to Frontier Communications (Nasdaq: FTR). With a dividend yield of 10%, it's the second-highest yielder in the S&P 500. But because of its mixed earnings reports during the past few years, no dividend raises and two dividend cuts, investors haven't exactly flocked to the stock. If you had invested in Frontier 10 years ago, your dividend payment would actually be 60% smaller now than it was (25 cents a share to 10 cents a share), and your total return would amount to just 1% -- even with the large dividend yield.

That's exactly why you shouldn't blindly chase every high-yield stock you see.

Simply find cash-rich companies with wide-moat business models paying decent yields, and let the rising payouts do the rest.

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An Update on the Silver Stocks

by Jordan Roy-Byrne, Silver Seek:
When we discuss gold stocks we often refer to gold and silver stocks. Today we take a look at the silver stocks specifically.
Below is a chart of our partially weighted producers index which contains 14 of the largest silver producers. We didn’t cherry pick the 14. We went down the list and that includes a handful of companies which have really struggled in recent years. Anyway, the 56% in the current cyclical bear is well in line with history. Previous downturns have been 51% and 49% and then 85% from 2007-2008.
Only time will tell but there is a chance that this evolving spring bottom could be the right side of a major long-term double bottom. Keep an eye on the trendline above. A break above that and the multi-year outlook becomes all the more bullish given the lack of overhead resistance.
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NetSuite Inc (NYSE: N)

NetSuite Inc. provides cloud-based financials/enterprise resource planning (ERP) software suites in the United States and internationally. It offers NetSuite, a single platform for financials/ERP, customer relationship management (CRM), professional services automation (PSA), and e-commerce capabilities that automate processes across departments. The company also provides NetSuite OneWorld, which offers the ability to manage various companies or legal entities, with different currencies, taxation rules, and reporting requirements, within a single NetSuite account; NetSuite CRM+ that includes sales force automation, marketing automation, customer support, and service management functionality; and NetSuite OpenAir PSA, a PSA solution that is used by professional services organizations and is targeted to companies with thousands of employees, which provides a view into the services organization's performance and profitability with dashboards and reports. In addition, it provides SuiteCommerce solutions for retail and B2B businesses; NetSuite Retail Anywhere, a point-of-sale solution to retail businesses; add-on modules; NetSuite industry editions; and SuiteCloud Platform that allows customers, partners, and developers to tailor and extend its suite to meet specific company, vertical, and industry requirements for personalization, business processes, and best practices.
To review NetSuite's stock, please take a look at the 1-year chart of N (NetSuite, Inc.) below with my added notations:
1-year chart of N (NetSuite, Inc.) N has almost doubled in price since its $40 bottom in May. Along the way, the stock has formed a nice trendline of support (blue). Always remember that any (2) points can start a trendline, but it's the 3rd test and beyond that confirm its importance. Obviously N's trendline is very important to the stock since it has been tested on multiple occasions. Another point worth noticing is N's tendency to find support on the increments of $5 (red).
The Tale of the Tape: N has created a nice trendline of support over the last year. A long position could be entered on a pullback to that trendline, which is approaching $70, and $70 would make sense considering N's common $5 supports. A short position could be entered if N were to break the trend line support.
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