Intel (INTC) Up Six Days In A Row
Since it's earnings announcement on April 19 Intel is up 15%, and six days in a row in the gree. If it closes green today that would make it seven consecutive days of gains. Excessive? Probably, at lest in the short term, which is why I expect a pull-back to the $22 area early next […]
Intel (INTC) Important Price Resistance Area
For the entire month of March and into early April it looked like semiconductors were trying to tell us something about their usually leading indicator ability, at least as it relates to ends of cyclical bull markets. All of that changed however, and not when Texas Instruments (TXN) announced the acquisition of National Semiconductor […]
Intel (INTC) To Rally Much Higher?
After yesterday's large rally in INTC, the semiconductor complex almost completely destroyed a very bearish chart pattern in many semiconductor stocks, as well as in the SMH ETF. The point here is not so much to look into the details of the daily chart but noticing how hard INTC bounced off the $19 area, […]
Semiconductors Are Messing With A Bearish Pattern
After announcing earnings last night, Intel is up almost 7% as of this writing today. As such it has sparked a rally in the semiconductors that led the SMH ETF to break above its 50 day movnia average and above the key 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level. Individual names like CY and AMAT still have their […]
Intel May Have Room Higher In The Near-Term
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), the world’s largest semiconductor chip maker has a confluence of positive signals currently that may offer a good long-side opportunity for traders. Besides the solid technical picture, the company currently sports a 7.5 times 2012 price/earnings ratio, a 4% dividend yield and net cash on its balance sheet of around $10 […]
Semiconductors Slipping Lower Again?
I talked about it much lately and it's a big topic in the steadytrader.com chat-room and newsletters. Today AMAT and CY are slipping yet INTC is holding up well. Be that as it may, the SMH is down 0.90%, which isn't much, but so far the 61.8% retracement levbel near $35.10 has held as resistance. […]
INTEL (INTC) Better Entry Level
After the huge move up since its earnigns announcement on April 19th, INTC is now coming into more attractive long-side entry levels as it's pulling back to near the mid $22s. From the weekly chart below you can see the multiyear narrowing trading range (light blue dotted lines), which could serve as an area of […]
Semiconductors Remain Looking Weak
Semiconductors as a group remain looking weak as displayed by the SOX index below and should slide lower. Two things however; 1) the SOX index is no longer as representative of the semiconductor industry as it used to be due to foreign listed competitors adn 2) Intel is back below the $22 level and as […]