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Day July 20, 2009

3PAR (PAR) : Issue Revenue Warning

3Par issues revenue warning recently and with that news it gapped down hard from 11.45 to 9.68

I was caught off guard. A huge mistake on my part as I have not been reviewing its daily chart for some time.

A closer look will review that there is a danger on July 8 as the price fell and cuts the Kijun sen. A signal that should have flagged off and tell me to take my profit and walk away.

With the gap down, needless to say, the Daily Chart also exhibit a bearish Tenkan sen – Kijun sen cross. (>> me: Needless to say, I cut my position the moment I saw this news.)

2009Jul-3par Inc-800x600

On the Weekly Chart, we can see that the kumo is thinning out; probably a suggestion that the demand for the stock is going down as well. With thinning kumo as support, it will suggest that the support level is weak below the current price level.

2009Jul-3par Inc-800x600_Weekly

And it is not difficult to understand this. 3PAR has said that operating margin will be reduced

More on 3PAR’s earning can be found here at Barron’s

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2009/07/14/3par-issues-rev-warning-trouble-in-storage-sector/#mod=yahoobarrons

Red Hat, Inc. to Replace CIT Group Inc. in S&P 500

First congratulation to RedHat; a testament to the growing importance of its contributions to businesses.

Red Hat, Inc. will replace CIT Group Inc. in the S&P 500 after the close of trading on July 24

http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/keyDevelopments?symbol=CIT.N&timestamp=20090717215400&rpc=66

Are we also seeing a sign that tech stocks are replacing financial institutes on the indices. First we have CISCO (CSCO) and now RedHat (RHT).

Is this also a sign that tech stocks may be the leaders in the next rally?