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Four of our stocks reported first quarter earnings.

One of our stocks reported this morning and results came in just shy of expectations. The bottom line is that the stock is selling off hard and is back down to its 200-day line, and in the zone of support that’s held for the last four months.

One of the stocks in our portfolio is involved in a merger. I virtually always advise investors to sell upon receiving buyout offers. However, I admit that owning a debt-free oilfield service company in today’s stock market is enticing. I’ll make my recommendation within a few days.

It’s been a constructive week for the market, and for our portfolio. After bouncing off its 200-day moving average two weeks ago, the S&P 500 turned positive for the year yesterday, its first return to the black in four weeks.

Our Emerging Markets Timer is still negative, but it’s good to see EEM perk above its (still downtrending) 25-day line today. A good day or two from here could flip the intermediate-term trend.

One of the stocks in the portfolio reported strong earnings and a revenue beat—it moves from Buy Low Opportunities Portfolio to Growth Portfolio.

One stock reports a slight first quarter earnings beat; and another moves from Strong Buy to Hold.

Three of our stocks reported first quarter earnings. There are no rating changes.

One of our portfolio stocks reported a huge earnings beat and moves from Strong Buy to Hold.

Apple (AAPL) has a good earnings report and a stock moves from Hold to Strong Buy.

If you are an investor who owns mutual funds or ETFs, either in taxable accounts, IRA accounts, children’s custodial accounts, variable annuities, pension funds, 401(k) plans or 403(b) plans, you probably own AAPL as part of those funds’ portfolios.

Remain bullish, but keep your eyes open. The overall market looks fine, but remains extended to the upside, which makes finding lower-risk entry points more difficult. We continue to advise holding your uptrending stocks to give them a chance to turn into bigger winners.

We remain (a) in a very strong bull trend, which (b) portends higher prices in the months ahead, but (c) has left most indexes, sectors and stocks very extended to the upside.

Updates on three of our stocks that reported quarterly earnings, plus updates on two stocks with Strong Buy ratings.

We remain bullish and heavily invested, though we’re being selective with new purchases and waiting to see how the market and leading stocks react to earnings in the weeks ahead.

One of our stocks reported earnings per share that beat analyst estimates. Revenue came in on target, expenses came in below estimates and operating income came in much higher than expected.

When it comes to the overall market, the song remains the same—the major indexes are in steep uptrends, our trend-following measures are bullish and many longer-term indicators and studies point to the bull market having months of upside ahead.

One stock moves from Hold to Buy, one moves from Hold to Sell, and we have earnings reports on five stocks.

Crista gives an update on the Section 232 investigation into the steel industry and describes what a normal stock market correction look like and how you should handle it. One rating change.

It was another good week for small caps, and the S&P 600 Small Cap Index keeps grinding higher. The 1% gain over the past week has the index well above its moving average lines and just slightly behind large caps in terms of year-to-date performance.