Technical Analysis Archive
Why I Bought Financials Today
If you're going to be a trader, and you don't have to be and trading is not the core of what I do, at some point you have to pull the trigger. We always want ...
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Too Big To Fail
The access to credit via the Treasury and Fed means the implicit guarantee on the GSEs' debt is now explicit.
- Ian Shepherdson (subscription required), Chief US Economist, High Frequency Economics
Capitalism without failure is like religion without ...
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Getting Close To A Good (Short Term) Buying Opportunity
Raymond James Investment Strategist Jeff Saut has an interesting idea that "selling stampedes" generally last about 17-25 trading days. By my count, the current one just completed its 19th day (Friday June 6 - Wednesday ...
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Signs Of A Top In Oil
The trading in the stock market the last few days has been all about oil. And the trading in oil has been all about speculative psychology.
Yesterday, spurred by a surprise drawdown in oil inventories reported ...
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Bulls Have Eye Of The Tiger Ahead Of Fed
April 30, 2008 · Category: Macro Economics, Technical Analysis, Sentiment Analysis, Market Commentary, Federal Reserve
Risin up, back on the street
Did my time, took my chances
Went the distance now I'm back on my feet
Just a man and his will to survive
Its the eye of the tiger,
Its the thrill of the ...
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Technicians Say We’re At a “Critical Juncture”
April 24, 2008 · Category: Technical Analysis, Market Commentary
As I've mentioned before, observers of financial markets speak of "critical junctures" on, it seems, a daily basis. I try hard to refrain from using this phrase often, but I sincerely think we're at a ...
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A Wonderful Day To Sell Stocks
April 24, 2008 · Category: Technical Analysis, Market Commentary
All of you who have been wishing you sold some stocks earlier, who have been waiting for an opportunity to get out at a higher price, who have been whipsawed by recent market action, today ...
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Monster Rally - S&P Up 10% In Five Weeks
Wow. Yowza. Is the stock market cool or what? I mean if you like ideas, if you like psychology, if you like money and people and games, how can you not love the stock market?
Let's ...
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Wait And See Market
April 9, 2008 · Category: Technical Analysis, Market Commentary
Given the uncertainty on how the economic downturn will ultimately impact profits, investors have decided to sit on their hands and take a wait and see attitude.
- Jack Ablin, Chief Investment Officer, Harris Private Bank
In today's ...
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It Talks Like A Bull, It Walks Like A Bull ..... But Is It Really A Bull?
April 4, 2008 · Category: Macro Economics, Technical Analysis, Sentiment Analysis, Market Commentary
Clear and unmistakable recession signals from the labor market..... This magnitude of a rise in the unemployment rate has never occurred in the post-war period without the economy being in recession.
- Bear Stearns
This economic slump ...
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