Posts Tagged ‘ trends ’

Selling in May and Going Away

May 7th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Technical Analysis
Should you “sell in May and go away?” After Friday’s 1.6% drop in the S&P 500, I’ll bet that a whole lot more people are saying yes this weekend... The idea of selling in May and going away is an old Wall Street adage that’s based on the seasonality of summer ...read more

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Finding an Edge When the Market Moves Higher

Feb 2nd, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Small Caps
It is becoming more and more difficult for me to deny the rally we are now witnessing. The market is melting up right before our very eyes. Bears will try to explain away the 5%-plus move in the S&P so far this year as a fluke or a temporary reaction ...read more

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Did You Buy the Market Bottom?

Sep 1st, 2011 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Technical Trading
With a bottom in stocks, and value sitting all around the market, it makes sense to be a buyer right now. I know that it’s been a scary couple of months. The floor fell out of stocks at the beginning of August, and the S&P 500 index went from modest gains ...read more

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3 Immutable Rules for Buying Rebounding Small Caps

Aug 31st, 2011 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Penny stocks
Only a couple of weeks removed from the double-dip sirens sounding around every corner of the financial world, investors have cast aside gloomy predictions in favor of blind bullishness. Traders eagerly chased the market up to dizzying heights to start the week, capping off a massive rally that began early ...read more

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Is It Time for a Breakout?

Feb 23rd, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Options
While the Dow Industrials busted to new lows, the S&P 500 retested its low and MAY have formed a Double Bottom, one of the first signs a change in trend (down to up) may be near. Meanwhile, the NASDAQ has been holding much stronger. While it too has pulled back, it ...read more

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Five Charting Patterns You Need to Know

Feb 19th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies
Today, let’s take a look at five of the most well-known charting patterns and what they mean for your money. In technical analysis, stock chart patterns are used as tools to determine where a stock’s price is going. Even if you’re a fundamental investor – someone who invests based on a ...read more

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Does It Really Matter Where This Market Is Going?

Feb 17th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Investing Strategies, Technical Analysis
This week saw the economic stimulus package FINALLY get passed. However, don't hang your hat on that development being the end all be all. Remember 2001? Yep, all the king’s horses and all the king’s men tried to put humpty dumpty together again and did a good job for a ...read more

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