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The Deipnosophist

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A private investor for 20+ years, I manage private portfolios and write about investing. You can read my market musings on three different sites: 1) The Deipnosophist, dedicated to teaching the market's processes and mechanics; 2) Investment Poetry, a subscription site dedicated to real time investment recommendations; and 3) Seeking Alpha, a combination of the other two sites with a mix of reprints from this site and all-original content. See you here, there, or the other site!

21 February 2005

FLIR Systems redux

I have a private request to update FLIR Systems/FLIR...

The oft-stated breakout at (split-adjusted) $32 remains intact. Note the trend line of declining tops in the chart below:


This event -- if and when it occurs -- must happen with explosive volume (note the diminution of volume during the past many months while the presumed base built), and close convincingly above the $32 breakout.

I believe this anticipated breakout could occur as early as this holiday-abbreviated week -- arguably on Wednesday, if you insist upon a specific day. Watch for a surge in volume in advance of, or coincident to, the price breakout. Trading objective is ~$42-44, stop is $28+...

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