Posts Tagged ‘ Russell 2000 ’

Be Prepared: Don’t Get Caught Short…

Oct 19th, 2011 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Penny stocks
There is a fine line between success and failure — and in this market, that fine line is separating stocks from what could be a recovery and additional downside action. In whatever direction the market chooses, there will inevitably be money making opportunities. However, patience will be key in the following ...read more

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Back From The Brink?

Oct 12th, 2011 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Penny stocks
One trading week and more than 6% in gains — that’s all it takes to get investors excited about the markets again after two nonstop months of stocks giving back all the ground gained in 2011 and more. The rally began more than a week ago as stocks surged from the ...read more

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Preparing For A Correction

Aug 3rd, 2011 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Penny stocks
With a pending solution to the debt ceiling debacle on the table, investors awoke to find upbeat news and futures pointing to a nice gap to the upside Monday morning. How quickly the atmosphere can change... It would be easy to look back at Monday and proclaim that the market's troubles are ...read more

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Russell 2000 Is Destroying the Dow

Aug 15th, 2008 | By | Category: Investing Strategies
Many feel that the stock market is only truly understood by the fat cats on Wall Street. The intricacies of daily stock movements confuse outsiders. But in reality, that’s nothing compared to what it was like a century ago. The old days of trading stocks was a wild-west show. Finding ...read more

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Investing with the Russell 2000

Feb 26th, 2007 | By | Category: Investing Strategies
Ever since the Russell 2000 took a hit in May, a lot of money has been flowing into large-cap stocks. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial has soared while the Russell 2000 and the NASDAQ have lagged behind. That’s the whole story as far as most investors are concerned. There has been ...read more

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Small-Cap vs. Large-Cap Returns in 2007

Jan 22nd, 2007 | By | Category: Investing Strategies
An Associated Press headline caught my eye early this morning. It read "Signs Point to Good Year for Investing in Large-Cap Stocks." I couldn't help but wonder what signs these people are reading... The gist of the article is that it might be time for small-cap investors to rethink their investment strategy. ...read more

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Relative Strength of Stocks

Oct 17th, 2006 | By | Category: Investing Strategies
Hello again, Sleuths, Back on July 25, I wrote a column on the concept of "relative strength." I examined the nine American Stock Exchange Select Sector SPDRs to compare the performance of nine different market sectors and illustrate how one can use relative strength analysis to determine which areas of the ...read more

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Bulls and Bears and Pigs, Wolves and Sheep and Eagles, and One Dead Frenchman

Feb 1st, 2005 | By | Category: Investing Strategies, Macroeconomics
Irwin Greenstein reports from Baltimore a go-go… *** I went to the podiatrist yesterday and got a dose of bad news. It looks like I have arthritis in my right big toe and will require surgery. The doctor said it probably came from a combination of treadmill and ...read more

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