How do you know when to take profits in your tech trades?
Pete Najarian practices a strategy involving 3 signals. They follow:
Signals That Tech Has Topped
- Supply: Beware rise in chip inventory levels
- Demand: Beware drop in Asia pc demand
- Technicals: Beware the moving averages for semiconductors
Want to hear more about when Najarian takes tech profits? Watch the video now!
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Grasso owns (AAPL)
Grasso Owns (BAC)
Grasso Owns (C)
Grasso Owns (CSCO)
Grasso Owns (PFE)
Grasso Owns (WMT)
Grasso Owns (V)
Stuart Frankel is Short (QQQQ)
For Steve Cortes:
Cortes Owns (GD)
Cortes Is Short (TOL)
Cortes Is Short (PHM)
Cortes Owns (SPX)
Cortes Owns US Dollar
Cortes Is Short Gold
For Pete Najarian:
Najarian Owns (LLTC) calls
Najarian Owns (MS) & Short (MS) Calls
Najarian Owns (PFE)
Najarian Owns (STEC) Call Spread
For Joe Terranova:
Terranova Works For (VRTS)
Terranova Is Chief Market Strategist Of Virtus Investment Partners, Ltd.
For Jeff Harte:
Sandler O'Neill Has Received Compensation from (C)
(C) Is A Client Of Sandler O'Neill
For Steve Levenson
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc. makes a market in the securities of (ALOG)
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compensation from (ASEI)
For Tom Lydon
Lydon's Clients Own Shares of (TIP)
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Lydon's Clients Own Shares of (EEM)
Lydon's Clients Owns Shares of (GLD)
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