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The Deipnosophist

Where the science of investing becomes an art of living

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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!

25 October 2005

Updating "Perk up"

Due to the 2:1 stock split in the shares of Starbucks/SBUX, I think it important to update this post, in particular this comment...
"Note also that lows A & B are 2/3 of a potential double bottom, which require a trade (preferably, a close) above point C ($56.90) to confirm the pattern; call the breakout as $57 to include PnF analysis."

The $57 level equals $28.50 post-split; the shares traded yesterday as high as $28.25...

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The trade at $28.50 is the final holdout that transmutes this pattern from possible top to probable bottom. I have argued repeatedly that it (SBUX) is in the process of building a bottom, becoming more vocal (contentious?) the past month, as you know. No matter how long this base requires to complete itself, I see nothing but blue skies ahead.

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