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The major indexes continue to reward those who follow the "trend is your friend" trading philosophy again this week. Unemployment appears to be improving, the Fed reinforces low rates and Greece cuts a deal. Did anyone really think Greece wouldn't be bailed out? That's the way the world economies work these days. No longer do things fail (sarcastically). You would think this market would be ripping into new high territory with much more conviction but it just continues to shake the week intraday and moves higher as the day unfolds. It's a fairly interesting theme of late which almost makes you wonder if there's a bit of a underlying "sell the news" tone out there?

Blue chips continue to report good earnings for the most part with a cost cutting reorg type feel to them. I mentioned this could be the case earlier in the year but to be honest, it does surprise since that has been the tone for many quarters now. I really believe the next few quarters are going to be the tell-tale sign for how this economy is really shaping up... for real.

For now, we'll continue to go with it until proven otherwise. There's plenty of money being made and we're no exception. Many of our trading ideas and Featured Stocks continue to do well so I thought an edition on what to do when you're in the money would be valuable and appropriate for all of our Members.

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Good Wednesday morning everyone! I hope you're up and at 'em today because we've got a little more stuff than usual to get through in this edition. One of the updates is about a mobile marketing technology name that just garnered all the credibility it would ever need in my book (and I'm not easily impressed), and the other is a life-science - aka biotech - milestone being reached.

So, no fanfare - let's just dive in with updates for you regarding a pair of our Featured Stocks.

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Good Monday all. A new week means new ideas and another big opportunity to make money in the market. We mentioned early last week we've been noticing biotechs have been breaking out recently and sure enough, the whole sector continued its move higher last week as evidenced by the impressive move in the NBI (NASDAQ Biotechnology Index). As a matter of fact, the NBI is crushing virtually every other major index that exists which tells us trading and investing in biotechs is not only alive and well, it's leading the charge.

For educational sakes, the NBI consists of roughly 120 select large NASDAQ Biotech Stocks. It's a great barometer for getting a good feel for how big money is flowing in and out of the biotech sector. Based on the daily chart of the NBI I've included here, well... you can see for yourself. It's running like a banshee so let's go with it and not ask questions.

A big part of having long-term success in the markets is knowing when and where big money is flowing... early and often. This was the foundation for last Tuesday's newsletter suggesting now is an excellent time to play in the biotech space so let's stick with it.

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Good afternoon fellow small-cappers. For those of you who were still in it, I hope you locked on the nice triple-digit win on U.S. Precious Metals (USPR), per yesterday's alert. Money is a wonderful thing, especially when it's scraped up in this tepid market environment. Speaking of....

I'll say this much for the bulls - they're persistent.

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Well Apple didn't quite help the cause for a continued pullback on the major indices now did they? Good for them - not so good for us. Since we took out a short position in the Q's a few days ago, we had to close it out this morning because like we said, if the market took out yesterday's high, we'd be out. The NDX gapped up slightly this morning above yesterday's high, sold off in the first hour and we got out with no blood. Although the trend is usually your friend, we're not chasing this to the upside.

As for Apple (AAPL), it just goes to show you if you put your money to work in the right ideas, there's plenty of money to be made in this market. We've been saying all along that tech is the longer term strength in this market. While so many other sectors like energy, commodities, retail etc... have garnered most of the attention for years, it appears tech is again on the rise. Will we see another tech bubble in the near future? I doubt it but it's definitely the place to be for the time being.

So what did you all think of last night's State of the Union? Personally, I could have puked at least a few times for a number of reasons. What's likely going to bother me most during this presidential campaign is both parties are going to do everything they can to separate the values and ideals amongst the masses in this country to an extreme, when in fact we need to be bonding and coming together. Too many self-serving interests out there right now in a time when the American people should be on the same page for a common goal. Just my two cents... you don't have to agree but that's the way I see it.