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Rick Pendergraft: The past year’s market has been a tough one for long-term investors. We saw the S&P 500 locked in a trading range from mid-November through mid-July with 1,250 serving as the low and 1,350 as the top. Read more…
J.W. Jones: Writing about financial markets is probably the most challenging endeavor I have ever immersed myself into. I am a trader first and a writer second, but I have really come to enjoy scribing missives about financial markets because it really forces me to concentrate on my analysis. Read more…
George Maniere: Above my desk I have a big sign that says “the market will always do what the market has always done, misdirect, confuse and confound.” The way the S&P has been behaving since August is proof perfect that this slogan is as true as ever. Read more…
Chris Ciovacco: As we mentioned yesterday, a fear-induced buying climax may occur in the coming days as shorts cover and managers sitting on cash move to the “I can’t take it anymore” stage. While a sustained break above the 1,266 to 1,276 range on the S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) would increase the odds of stocks Read more…
David Banister: Back on October 3rd I wrote a public article forecasting a major market bottom at around 1088 on the SP 500 index (NYSE:SPY). I surmised we were about to complete a 5 wave move to the downside that commenced with the Bin Laden highs of 1370 in early May of this year. The following Read more…
George Maniere: Several weeks ago, for the second time, I called for a buy of SPXU too early. The Pro Shares Ultra Pro Short S&P 500 (NYSE:SPXU) seeks a triple leverage or 300% return on the inverse performance of the S&P 500. Conversely, Pro Shares Ultra Pro S&P 500 (NYSE:UPRO) is a triple leveraged Read more…
Andrew Snyder: Earnings season is off to a strong start. It’s good enough for now, but trouble is brewing. It’s not how we normally do things, but we’ll start with a chart: Read more…
Chris Ciovacco: The most important story as we head into the new week – from Bloomberg: Read more…
Toby Connor: As many of you know who have read my work in the past, the dollar (NYSE:UUP) put in a major three year cycle low back in May. It has been my expectation all along that the rally out of that Read more…
J.W. Jones: The past few months have been very difficult to navigate for retail investors and institutional money managers. The huge week to week price swings and increased volatility have made Read more…
Mike Larson: If you didn’t know, read or watch anything before October 4, you’d think we were in the strongest economy and strongest market environment ever! Read more…
Toby Connor: The 75 week moving average has been a very clear dividing line between bull and bear markets for the last couple of decades. Read more…
Jared Levy: It is a big week, with lots of stocks in play. Alcoa (NYSE:AA), JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) are just a few of the companies that will kick off earnings season this week. Read more…
What a ride we had in October. This past October was the best month for stock market gains since October 1974 and the second best month for the S&P 500 since 
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