Ben Gersten: Some investors fail to realize that successful investing is a matter of continuous performance, not instantaneous performance. Read more…

NYSE:SDY

Joseph L. Shaefer: Are you an investor/speculator who likes to jump aboard a moving train because you believe it will pick up even more speed (and aren’t particularly concerned about when or whether it will crash?) Or are you, perhaps, more inclined to do what value investors do: peruse the railroad cars still Read more…

NYSE:XLK

Ron Rowland:  Today’s stock market is starting to remind me of 1999. Back then, you may recall, the technology sector led the whole market higher. The same thing is happening so far in 2012. Read more…

NYSE:FXL, NYSE:IGM, NYSE:IYW, NYSE:VGT, NYSE:XLK

Jared Cummans: As earnings season comes to a close, investors have just a few more big name reports before another three month lull. So far, this most recent slew of earnings has been so-so, with a number of bellwether firms both meeting and missing their respective analyst targets. Many had hoped Read more…

NYSE:IGN

Jared Cummans: Markets are off to a bland week as a mixture of overseas drama and lower than expected data on the home front have combined to put a halt to the nice rally that 2012 had brought. Amidst all of the drama, Wall Street has been circulating rumors of a Facebook IPO and it seems likely that Read more…

NYSE:IGN