LinnCo LLC (NASDAQ: LNCO)

LinnCo, LLC, through its limited liability company interests in Linn Energy, LLC, focuses on the acquisition and development of oil and natural gas properties in the United States. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Take a look at the 1-year chart of LinnCo (Nasdaq: LNCO) with the added notations

Over the last 2 months, LNCO has been consolidating within a couple of short-term price levels. First, the stock has formed a clear support level at $20 (red). Next, the stock has also been forming a down trending resistance level (blue). These two levels combined have LNCO stuck within a common chart pattern known as a descending triangle that will eventually have to break one way or another.

The Tale of the Tape: LNCO is currently trading within a descending triangle. A long trade could be made on a break above the down trending resistance or a pullback to the $20 support. A short trade could be placed on LNCO if the stock breaks below the $20 support level.
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China’s Rate Cuts Spur Speculation

Nowadays, it seems like everyone claims they foresaw the magnitude of the collateral damage that hit after the U.S. housing bubble burst.
In reality, most people ignored the major warning signs.
In July 2007, Bear Stearns disclosed that two of its credit hedge funds with exposure to subprime mortgages had lost nearly all of their value.
Yet the S&P 500 didn’t peak until October 2007, well after problems in the mortgage market had begun to spread. And even then, most economists and strategists were clueless as to what would happen next.  (more)

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19 US Shale Areas That Are Suddenly Endangered, “The Shale Revolution Doesn’t Work At $80″

Despite the constant blather that lower oil prices are "unequivocally good" for America, we suspect companies working and people living these 19 Shale regions will have a different perspective...

Drilling for oil in 19 shale regions loses money at $75 a barrel, according to calculations by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Those areas pumped about 413,000 barrels a day, according to the latest data available from Drillinginfo Inc. and company presentations.


“Everybody is trying to put a very happy spin on their ability to weather $80 oil, but a lot of that is just smoke,” said Daniel Dicker, president of MercBloc Wealth Management Solutions with 25 years’ experience trading crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange. “The shale revolution doesn’t work at $80, period.”
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Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN)

Myriad Genetics, Inc., a molecular diagnostic company, focuses on the development and marketing of predictive, personalized, and prognostic medicine tests in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Research, Molecular Diagnostics, and Pharmaceutical and Clinical Services.
Take a look at the 1-year chart of Myriad (Nasdaq: MYGN) with the added notations:

MYGN shot higher back in the beginning of the year, but has since traded sideways. You will notice that since March the stock has found support at $32 (blue) whenever that level has been approached. Now the stock is almost there again. Traders should be able to expect some sort of bounce, most likely up to $34 (red), and then $40 (green) if that resistance is broken.
However, if the $32 support were to break, much lower prices should follow.

The Tale of the Tape: MYGN has a key level of support at $32. A trader could enter a long position at $32, or on a break above $34, with a stop placed under the level. If the stock were to break below the support a short position could be entered instead.
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Three Most Vulnerable Dow Stocks: GS, PFE, MSFT

More records for the market to start off the holiday shortened week as the market internals were positive in line with the market’s gains. The small-caps once again led the way as the S&P 600 and Russell 2000 were both up over 1%.
The Dow Utilities and the Philadelphia Oil Service Index led on the downside losing over 0.80% on the day. The market seemed to shrug off the disappointing economic data and the market gets a series of new economic reports before Thanksgiving.
Today we get the second reading on the 3rd quarter GDP, the S&P Case-Shiller Housing Price Index, and Consumer Confidence. On Wednesday, we get the University of Michigan's month end reading on Consumer Sentiment, Durable Goods, New Home Sales, and the Pending Home Sales Index.  (more)

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Top 5 Penny Stocks for 2015: Novavax Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), Halcon Resources Corp. (NYSE: HK), Data I/O Corp. (Nasdaq: DAIO), Plug Power Inc. (Nasdaq: PLUG)

The best penny stocks to buy for 2015 have something many penny stocks don’t give investors. They all belong to solid companies.
You see, penny stock investing is full of risks. Shell companies masquerade as profit machines. Pump-and-dump scams can leave investors penniless. And over-the-counter (OTC) and Pink Sheets stocks don’t report financial information.
You won’t find any of that here. These five stocks all trade on the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq. They have strong 2015 guidance figures. Some operate in a high-growth industry.  (more)

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OPEC to Declare War on the US on Thanksgiving Day

caseyresearch.com / By Marin Katusa / Nov 25, 2014
In two days, on Thanksgiving Day in the US, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will meet in Vienna. The hot question of the day is, of course: Will OPEC cut oil production or not, and by how much?
Saudi Arabia alone makes up 25% of OPEC’s oil production and is OPEC’s controlling member. Will Saudi Arabia want a reduction, and will OPEC make a meaningful production cut of, say, over 2.5 million barrels of oil per day (bopd)?
2.5 million barrels—that’s the amount the current bulls have been speculating about. (In comparison, the average production cut by OPEC over the last 30 years was around 1.25 million bopd.)
My answer is no; there’s no way that OPEC under Saudi Arabia’s watch will cut production anywhere near 2.5 million bopd. At most, it’ll make a nominal cut, most likely between 500,000 and 1 million bopd… closer to 500,000, if any cut at all.
A senior officer of OPEC agrees with me, as you’ll see in the video interview below.

A Few Important Aspects of OPEC’s Oil Production

Even if OPEC does agree to cut oil production—and anything below 2.5 million bopd isn’t going to change the current oversupply of oil—we fully expect some of the member states to cheat and not stick to their production quota. That’s an assumption the aforementioned OPEC officer confirms.

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