With the economy in upheaval, it’s getting more and more difficult to establish a reliable investment, or indicator for that matter.  To illustrate, two longtime blue chips are currently teetering on the Dow Jones industrial average fence. With stocks dropping below the $2 mark, GM and Citigr...

With the Dow taking a major dive today to the sad song of xxx points, everyone should be taking a long look at their portfolio and the investment strategy they have been employing. “Buy and hold� has been a popular topic on CNBC recently. Since the staff at tech:stocker are fans of this strategy...

Fed Chairman Ben Bernake tried to buy some time for President Obama today. If you think the “stress test� concept is anything but, then the staff at tech:stocker has a nice bridge to sell you. When the Fed was doling out billions last Fall, they had to have a decent idea what the books held at B...

Watching the Dow giveaway another 100 points as investors continually lose confidence in the bank stocks, the staff at tech:stocker is wondering where is Treasury Secretary Tim Geitner? If we were in Mr. Geitner's shoes, we would be a little scared to face the media after last Tuesday's debacle. It ...

Like everyone else, the staff at tech:stocker is hearing the rumors that President Obama is considering nationalizing Bank of America (BAC:NYSE), Citigroup (C:NYSE) and any other financial institution that appears to be headed for life support. Nationalization of these banks is a bad idea. A very ba...

After talking one of our faithful followers off of the ledge yesterday, the staff at tech:stocker was elated that his patience was rewarded with a 279 point gain in the Dow today. What was the difference in the market between yesterday and today? We hate to say it but our 8000 bottom theory was back...

Like many investors, we expected the markets to remain fairly steady the last few weeks of December. And like many investors, we were wrong. Unfortunately, the bad news doesn't stop and skittish investors keep pulling out of the markets. We expect this trend to continue for the next six months. Whil...

Merry Christmas, happy Chanukah, or happy holidays investors! Now that the federal fund rate is between 0 and .25 percent, everyone should feel confident that the Fed is hardly going to sit back and wait for the economy to recover. Some investors may portray Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernake as a...

With the Dow sliding almost 200 points today, the staff at tech:stocker spent the afternoon on the phones talking with anyone who would give us some insight on the drop. We heard two common themes: redemptions everywhere are forcing mutual funds and hedge funds to sell whenever they can and impatien...

We have one word for today's rally: sell. With the Dow settling just shy of 9000, the staff at tech:stocker is putting in multiple sell orders on Tuesday to actually realize some profits. Let's be clear, we are not day traders nor do we think day trading is a smart investment strategy. But, with the...