Today's Off-Color Joke

This one goes out to the prigs and prudes at Dow Jones & Co.

Intraday Update of TZING, er, TZOO

Combine equivolume with a little fuzzy logic and you stay the course during huge moves.

TZOO, 5-minute Chart

TZOO or TZING?

I've renamed TZOO; it's now known as TZING. I'm off to the gym. Have a good day, guys.

TZOO, 1-minute Chart

Stocks to Watch -- Monday, November 1

Intraday Fuzzy Logic - Google, 15-minute Chart

Although I normally don't use Fuzzy for intraday stock set-ups, he's had a good run with Google. It helps that GOOG has gone more or less straight up these last couple of months: when every dip is a buy, even the biggest dipsticks can make out!

GOOG, 15-minute Chart

Nice Listing of Gary B. Smith Articles

Trader Mike posted a nice list of links to articles by Gary Smith: The Chartman Unleashed.

In the old days I exchanged some emails with Gary and found him to be a good guy; what happened to the goatee, Gary? (I also exchanged quite a few emails with Cramer, but that's another story.)

I never visit theStreet.com because they make you click "Next" 18 times to read one article (in order to serve more ads, the greedy buggers), and I don't subscribe to RealMoney.com either. Never fear, Mike, we'll get ahold of that Altucher article.

Chart of the Day -- US Dollar futures, Weekly Chart

When you read in the Economist that "a further steep decline in the dollar seems inevitable," it's tempting to put on one's contrarian hat and say "an immediate steep rally in the dollar seems imminent." If your clever prediction comes true then you can cry, Look At Me, I'm So Smart!

US Dollar futures, Weekly Chart

Best and Worst Performing Large-Cap Stocks (last 12 weeks)

Every Monday I feature a stock scan from my universe of Large-Cap stocks. Last Monday I listed the best and worst year-over-year performers; today I'm posting the list of the best and worst performers over the last 12 weeks.

Best:

• Apple Computer Inc (AAPL)
  Up ~76% {personal computers and peripherals}
• Citrix Systems Inc (CTXS)
  Up ~59% {access infrastructure software and services}
• Monster Worldwide Inc (MNST)
  Up ~56% {online job advertising}
• TXU Corp (TXU)
  Up ~54% {power production; electricity, natural gas}
• NVIDIA Corp (NVDA)
  Up ~53% {graphics processing units}

Worst:

• Winn-Dixie Stores Inc (WIN)
  Down ~44% {major food and drug retailer}
• Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc (MMC)
  Down ~35% {risk and insurance services}
• Merck & Co Inc (MRK)
  Down 28% {pharmaceutical products}
• Chiron Corp (CHIR)
  Down ~26% {pharmaceuticals}
• Calpine Corp (CPN)
  Down ~26% {electric power generation}

Sentiment Update for the Week Ending October 29, 2004

A large and unexpected rally last week... I was hoping prices would continue to fall, but there are a gazillion funds out there that are desperate to show positive calendar-year results. If there is post-election chaos then the sentiment could go terrible on the double, which would be nice for those of us who are sitting by with ready cash.

(Last week's Sentiment Update)

Vanguard Total Stock Market VIPERs, Weekly Chart