The Apple (AAPL) iPad tablet computer looks like it will launch into a market where it has no rivals. The Amazon (AMZN) Kindle is not a PC at all. It is underpowered and has limited software for anything but reading books. HP (HPQ) made it clear through a series of demonstrations yesterday ... Read more

The market closed strong on Friday, as AAPL broke out to a new high.  Technology is where the action is right now.  However, one caution flag is that the T2108 is now at 81%, very near to being in overbought territory.  Last May, the T2108 reached a peak at 92%. ... Read the full ... Read more

The Apple patent suit against HTC really riled up my friend Sawyer.  I wasn’t planning on posting another missive from him until next week, but I thought this was particularly timely given the public statement from Apple, including a specific quote from Steve Jobs ... Read the full post ... Read more

The segment of the consumer electronics market that includes all the miniature or handheld PC alternatives grows by the day. Smartphones including the RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) Blackberry and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone post sharply increased sales each quarter. Netbook sales are the only rapid growth ... Read more

We have compiled Monday’s top pre-market day trader and active trader alert stocks.  There is a link to each story for more detail and analysis at VSInvestor.com: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is hitting new highs, again. AMICAS, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMCS) is up big on a going-private deal. Internationa ... Read more

With AAPL now closing above its 30 day average (red line),  the short term trend is up again.  A close back below the average (currently 199.02) would cancel this up-trend signal. The longer term trend remains up. gmi: 6 gmi-r: 10 t2108: 70 ... Read the full post ... Read more

AT&T (NASDAQ:T) has had trouble with its network, reported due to the huge amount of activity by Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone customers. Today, the phone company’s PR firm, Fleishman-Hillard, put out a release saying that independent research showed AT&T had better connection speeds tha ... Read more

Corporate IT spending will pick up in the first quarter of 2010. That is the finding of a new research survey from ChangeWave. A total of 1,753 respondents involved with corporate IT spending in their organizations participated in the November 9-20 survey. Twenty-two percent of respondents report ... Read more

I am still concerned that AAPL (and NFLX) is showing technical weakness.  On Friday, the stock could not hold its 30 day average and its 10 day average (blue dotted line) remains below its 30 day average.  See the daily chart for AAPL below. While AAPL could always break above its 30 day t ... Read more