Morning Call: How to Trade the Uptrend

Scott Redler, chief strategic officer for T3Livecom, advises active investors to focus on the U.S. recovery and stock leadership from energy, tech, industrials and materials.

Author:: Scott Redler
Publish date:: Mar 30, 2011 8:39 AM EDT

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Stocks around the world are posting big gains led by the Nikkei, up 2.6%, following Tuesday's strength in the U.S. markets.

Hitachi announced that it would re-open it main plant next month, providing investors with optimism. The European markets are also trading higher, despite the costs of insuring Portugal's bonds, soaring to the highest level since 1999.

Standard & Poor's

trimmed Portugal's debt rating another notch lower to BBB-, which is barely above junk status. It also cuts Greece's rating two notches to BB-.

S&P futures are positive in early trading as investors anticipate the jobs number show a strong recovery in the U.S. economy.

Silver futures are up over 1.5% and gold is positive, as it looks to rebound following 4-straight negative days.

Silver Wheaton

(SLW)

trades close to 52-week highs, while gold stocks like

Newmont Mining

(NEM) - Get Report

and

Agnico-Eagle Mines

(AEM) - Get Report

continue to underperform precious metals.

Crude oil is down slightly ahead inventory numbers today coming at 10:30 a.m. in New York even as unrest in North Africa and the Middle East remains. Gadhafi's forces were able push back rebels forces from his birth city, Sirte and retake the oil port of Ras Lanuf. Energy stocks continue show relative strength, the

Oil Service HOLDRS

(OIH) - Get Report

closed at 52-week highs. Oil stocks like

Schlumberger

(SLB) - Get Report

Marathon Oil

(MRO) - Get Report

and

Halliburton

(HAL) - Get Report

lead the sector, as they sit at or near 52-week highs.

Industrials and materials groups also helped to push the market higher.

Cliff Natural Resources

(CLF) - Get Report

gained 2.66%, while

Caterpillar

(CAT) - Get Report

and

Massey Energy

(MEE)

are at 52-week highs. Rare earth stocks

Rare Element Resources

(REE)

China Shez Zhou Mining

(SHZ)

and

Avalon Rare Metals

(AVL)

all posted gains well over 10%, while

Molycorp

(MCP)

traded up over 7%. Internet and technology leaders include

Amazon

(AMZN) - Get Report

Baidu

(BIDU) - Get Report

Lululemon Athletica

(LULU) - Get Report

and

Sohu

(SOHU) - Get Report

Active investors should continue to focus on the U.S. recovery and stock leadership from energy, tech, industrials and materials, while the TV commentators worry about low volume moves.

Will the job number gives investors that fundamental confirmation of the U.S. recovery, that traders see in the markets?

Morning Call: Trading the Uptrend

Disclosures: Scott Redler is long JDSU, V, LEI, OIH, AIG, AMZN, GLD, DANG, SOHU, JPM, VLO, POT, LVS, NYX and short SPY. Jordan Kimmel is long AFOP, ASYS, AXK, COOL, CROX, GPIC, IRBT, JDSU, LDK, MCZ, MGIC, NXPI, OPLK, OVTI, POT, RES, SOL, SOLR, TEA, TIII, CIMT, LMLR, IRBT and short MCR, PVA, SGMS

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