This week the market took me by surprise. The Dow rose 4%. My watch list shrank from 15 companies to 11 companies. Here are the companies on my watch list as of July 24, 2009.
Dividend Achiever Watch List
Nasdaq 100 Watch List 
The companies that are within 10% of the low offer a great opportunity to do research and consider buying.
The companies that are within 10% of the low offer a great opportunity to do research and consider buying.Market Action
The biggest development was the Dow Theory confirmation of a bull market that occurred on Thursday. The Transports confirmed the Industrials with a big move (see charts below).With this action, Richard Russell recommended people to buy Goldman Sachs (GS). I would suggest you consider either the names I recommended on this blog in the watchlist above or the Dow index (DIA) or S&P 500 index (SPY).
Recent Analysis
On July 22, 2009, I wrote an article about the current market and a comparison to the 1980's. It also contained some information and important news on real estate. Also, I did a review of my investment strategy for the Dividend Achiever Carlisle (CSL) on the July 23rd. It was a great position for those who followed my advice.
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