Investing in 2010: The Opportunity Continues

eChristian Investing submits:Darden Restaurants (DRI) is scheduled to report their fiscal third quarter 2010 results after the market closes on Tuesday, March 23rd.

By Contextuall:There have been academic studies that show investors tend to place too much importance on recent information, also known as psychological anchoring.During periods of negative news, investors may continue to sell a stock, pushing it below its fair value. Conversely, during periods of positive news, investors may get overly optimistic and push the stock beyond fair value.

Stocks closed at a new post-crisis high today. Meanwhile, earnings growth expectations, which are the most important drivers of stocks, continue to fall.

By Brian Gilmartin:Intel (INTC) reports their calendar Q3 '12 earnings after the market closes on Tuesday, October 16th, with analyst consensus now expecting $0.50 per share in earnings, on $13.2 bl in revenues, for expected year-over-year growth of 23% and 7% respectively.

Amalgamator submits: In my analysis on March 2nd, I suggested that the stock market correction should last around 4 weeks (based on cycles and previous corrections) and sufficiently reset overbought or extreme indicators in order for the cyclical bull to continue.

Jeff Miller submits: A recurring theme here has been the seductive power of charts and trading systems. Televised commercials from brokerage firms suggest that anyone with a computer can develop and test a system.

Daniel Broby submits:Investing in the Gulf states (think the Middle East - not the BP spill) certainly makes sense as the region has some of the fastest growing economies in the world.