Asia Time Corporation, a Chinese timepiece manufacturer, was featured in a trade alert issued today by Beacon Equity. The stock has traded from $4.50 to over $5.00 in just a few sessions, with indicators pointing toward a continuation of momentum.

The company’s first quarter financial results were impressive, showing a marked improvement across the board, as compared to those of a year ago. Revenues hit $36.8 million, with a net income of $2.4 million, greatly superseding last year’s Q1 revenues of $21.1 million, and net loss of $193,000.

With a market cap of a mere $126.8 million, Asia Time Corporation is a subject of intrigue for many investors, and appears to be building strength as a company at an alarming rate. According to the Beacon Equity report, “The company attributes the increases to a portfolio of diversified products with higher selling prices, flexible and extended credit terms, and a targeted

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I am doing about 2 weeks worth of transactions in 1 day... exhausting. Just to avoid being a pig I am taking down my Cummins Engine (CMI) by 1/3rd. I restarted this position April 18 as a weak dollar, undervalued US multinational [Apr 18: Restarting Cummins Engine as the Rest of the World Moves on Without USA] in the $53s. I am now looking back at old holdings that are industrial in nature and am going back to Cummins Engine (CMI) - which has great exposure to India and China. This was a previous fund position, that I closed in November [Nov 13: Closing Cummins Engine] correctly anticipating a selloff and weak period for these type of names. Since then, on April 30th it reported excellent earnings [Apr 30: Cummins Engine Excellent Report on Strong International Sales] at which point I sold 200 of my 500 shares in ...

As a result of recently adding new filters and alerts to Trade-Ideas, I learned new tricks on helping others get their ideas from their head and into Trade-Ideas much more easily.

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- Lehman traded lower yesterday by 8.9% to $38.71 on rumors that the firm is "short on cash".  Keep in mind this same type of rumor and corresponding sell-off happened with Bear three weeks ago.  I'm not saying the same is going to happen with Lehman but I am saying taking caution in trading this name. The shares have fallen 41% percent this year amid the $200 billion in industry-wide losses.  I wouldn't be surprised to see more weakness in this stock over the next week or so. 

- The number of bearish put options traded on Lehman's stock exceeded call options by 3-to-1 and put volume in the first three hours of the day topped the daily average of the past 20 sessions. This is a very bearish sign with respect to investor sentiment as it applies to LEH.  Puts are generally bought by people who believe

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I am just back from a great conference in Phoenix sponsored by optionsXpress. I learned alot about Trade-Ideas while interacting with the audience and our Director of Education, Jamie Hodge.We added so many new filters and alerts to Trade-Ideas recently, I fell behind a bit on everything we can do. I also learned new tricks on helping others get their ideas from their head and into Trade-Ideas much more easily. Even the other sponsors at the conference got excited about the things going on at Trade-Ideas!So the good folks at DTI and Tom Busby (who were also in attendance at the weekend conference) are inviting Trade-Ideas to present during their very popular Fed Day Live TradeRoom sessions tomorrow, March 18 beginning at 8:15 AM CST.I will be speaking at 11:00AM CST.Topic: How to Find a Profitable Strategy in Under ...