Mark McMillan

Fundamental Trader

Contributor since: 26 Feb 2010

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• The Acknowledgement of Risk...

  Published 05 March 2007 | viewed 3,696 times

  Index Advisor 018 3/5/2007 8:18:05 AM Recommended Trades: There are no trade recommendations at this time. Open Positions: In general, once we have entered a…

• The Bottom Dropped Out...

  Published 28 February 2007 | viewed 6,566 times

  Index Advisor 017 2/28/2007 8:19:31 AM Recommended Trades: There are no trade recommendations at this time. Open Positions: In general, once we have entered a…

• Fed Stands Aside...3

  Published 26 February 2007 | viewed 3,739 times

  Weekly Trader Alert #93 2/26/2007 9:47:10 AM Overview In this past holiday shortened week, earnings reports have clearly taken a back seat to worrying about…

• The Glass is Half Full...

  Published 26 February 2007 | viewed 3,825 times

  Index Advisor 016 2/26/2007 7:51:07 AM Recommended Trades: There are no trade recommendations at this time. Open Positions: In general, once we have entered a…

• Fed Stands Aside...2

  Published 20 February 2007 | viewed 4,020 times

  Weekly Trader Alert #92 2/20/2007 9:28:04 AM Overview This past week was highlighted my mostly benign economic reports, some merger news, and a lot of…

• Fed Stands Aside...

  Published 20 February 2007 | viewed 4,592 times

  Index Advisor 015 2/20/2007 8:35:25 AM Recommended Trades: Sell shares of QQQQ short at market at the open. Open Positions: In general, once we have…

• Inflation Worries...

  Published 13 February 2007 | viewed 4,623 times

  Weekly Trader Alert #91 2/13/2007 8:44:32 AM Buy shares of CLF at the open to cover the short position. Overview The previous weekly noted that…

• Fed Heads Cause Dread...

  Published 12 February 2007 | viewed 4,927 times

  Index Advisor 013 2/12/2007 8:07:32 AM Recommended Trades: Sell shares of IWM short with a limit of $80.60. At this time, we intend to exit…

• Fed on Hold...

  Published 05 February 2007 | viewed 3,604 times

  Index Advisor 011 2/5/2007 8:15:42 AM Recommended Trades: We missed our QQQQs entry, so we will be patient while we look for a set-up. Open…

• Builders Dominate Leadership...

  Published 30 January 2007 | viewed 3,382 times

  Weekly Trader Alert #89 1/30/2007 9:17:36 AM Overview With earnings season in full swing (about one third of S&P-500 companies reported last week), the focus…

• Results are Underwhelming...

  Published 29 January 2007 | viewed 4,861 times

  Index Advisor 008 1/29/2007 7:45:54 AM Recommended Trades: None at this time. Open Positions: We have the QQQQs short from a legacy Fundamental Trader recommendation.…

• Earnings Season Concerns... 2

  Published 23 January 2007 | viewed 3,406 times

  Overview Traders and investors have become more concerned with earnings as several bellwether tech companies have been punished. IBM, Intel, and Apple being among them.…

• Earnings Season Concerns...

  Published 22 January 2007 | viewed 3,118 times

  Index Advisor 006 1/22/2007 7:57:10 AM Recommended Trades: Thursday's trading gave a clear signal to short the SPYders (AMEX:SPY). Open Positions: We have the QQQQs…

• Earnings and Oil...

  Published 17 January 2007 | viewed 4,159 times

  Weekly Trader Alert #87 1/17/2007 9:26:46 AM Overview Last week was the first week of earnings season. Alcoa kicked off earnings season with a positive…

• Oil and Earnings...

  Published 16 January 2007 | viewed 3,850 times

  Index Advisor 004 1/16/2007 9:25:00 AM Recommended Trades: We need to wait for a reversal to enter a trade here. Open Positions: We closed our…

• The Fed Tips the Balance...

  Published 09 January 2007 | viewed 4,900 times

  Weekly Trader Alert #86 1/9/2007 9:08:06 AM Welcome to the new look of the Fundamental Trader. We hope you enjoy it and any comments are…

• Broken Support...

  Published 08 January 2007 | viewed 4,278 times

  Index Advisor 002 1/8/2007 8:27:23 AM Recommended Trades: We are not making a trade recommendation at this time. Open Positions: The Index Advisor currently has…

• Is that a Santa Claus Rally?

  Published 03 January 2007 | viewed 5,416 times

  Index Advisor 001 1/3/2007 6:59:00 AM Holiday volumes shrank significantly with some of the lowest volume days of the year seen in the last week.…

• Welcome to 2007 and a New Look...

  Published 03 January 2007 | viewed 5,346 times

  Weekly Trader Alert #85 1/3/2007 6:49:12 AM Overview During the last year, the Fundamental Trader deviated from its initial concept, which was to provide regular…

• Is the Soft Landing Threatened?

  Published 26 December 2006 | viewed 6,280 times

  Weekly Trader Alert #84 12/25/2006 11:16:49 PM Overview Lighter holiday volumes has seen the markets begin a sell-off, which has broken some trend lines and…