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ETF Base: Leveraged ETFs are under fire for creating volatility in the stock markets, especially in the last hours of trading. The story goes that traders move through large positions in leveraged exchange-traded funds which then permeate through prices for individual securities. Read more…
John Townsend: Last April I wrote an article titled Fibonacci Gold and to tell you the truth, I have always been very proud of that analysis and particularly so regarding the beauty and elegance of the Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: With the S&P 500 interacting with another key overhead price level, let’s take a moment to pull the perspective back to update the long-term (from 2007’s peak) Fibonacci “Bull Market” Retracement Grid. Read more…
Jeff Harding: There is a lot of good news to buoy the markets and give cheer to the public. We hear that new jobless claims are down another 15,000 to 358,000, the ninth week of declines out of the last ten, finally breaking below the 400,000 mark. A reduction in unemployment is a very positive sign Read more…
Jeff Nielson: It has become increasingly difficult to engage in credible economic analysis, especially with respect to the U.S. economy. The problem: ever more limited sources of uncorrupted data, while the farcical “official statistics” have long since been totally divorced from the real world. Read more…
Jeff Harding: There is a lot of good news to buoy the markets and give cheer to the public. We hear that new jobless claims are down another 15,000 to 358,000, the ninth week of declines out of the last ten, finally breaking below the 400,000 mark. A reduction in unemployment is a very positive sign and Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: I wanted to highlight one of my favorite intraday trading “combo” set-ups that occurred twice on February 13th. It’s the “Retracement plus Dual Divergence” set-up that develops on all timeframes. Read more…
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: 2012 may turn out to be the year that, when it comes to a close, Americans will feel like they were under the influence of some kind of psychedelic drug. Read more…
Sy Harding: I’ve been writing some quite optimistic and positive columns since October, quite a contrast to the negativism I was exuding last April in explaining why I expected a significant market Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: Both the Dow Jones (NYSEArca:DIA) and S&P 500 (NYSEArca:SPY) face price challenges at critical levels currently, particularly that of the rising 20d EMA. Read more…
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Suddenly the Baltic Dry Index (BDI), a key index that economist watch for signs of expansion or trouble ahead for the world economy, has collapsed. Because two Read more…
Chris Vermeulen: “I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their Read more…
Sy Harding: In investing much is said about the folly of following the crowd. It’s voiced in age-old maxims like “The market will do whatever it must to fool the majority”, and Warren Buffett’s advice to “Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful”. Read more…
Michael Snyder: Everywhere you turn these days, someone is proclaiming that the economy is improving. Barack Obama is endlessly touting the “improvement” in the economy, the mainstream media is constantly talking about “the economic recovery” and an increasing number of Americans seem Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: One of the main activities that trip up traders, especially new traders, is the concept of continual price movement in one direction without meaningful pullbacks – also known as “powerful trends,” “creeper trends,” or “positive feedback loops.” Read more…
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