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Has Gold Moved From ‘Safe Haven’ To ‘Risk-On’?… Reading the Charts (GLD, IAU)

Posted: October 13, 2011 at 3:08 pm

Paper money was supposed to be dead, the dollar was supposed to implode, and hyperinflation from all of the bailout money and deficit spending was supposed to eat us alive.  ...
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Special Report: Chart Deaths of BRIC & Emerging Markets (EEM, VWO, EWZ, BRF, ECH, CH, RSX, TRF, CEE, EPI, PIN, IFN, IIF, FXI, GXC, TAO, HAO, CHN, TDF)

Posted: October 3, 2011 at 6:46 pm

The old saying goes, "When the U.S. sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold."  But what about when Europe gets the flu and when China and India drink ...
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Is The VIX Signaling Another Selling Climax? (VXX, VXZ, SPY)

Posted: October 3, 2011 at 2:52 pm

The CBOE Volatility Index, or 'The Fear Index,' is reaching levels not seen since the height of the August selling panic.  That peaked around 47 in August and we just briefly ...
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Google Takes Out $500… Chart Damage Analysis (GOOG, ORCL, YHOO, BIDU, YNDX)

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 3:59 pm

Something is happening at Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG).  Something bad.  That is what its  chart is saying.  Google's stock has today broke down under the $500.00 mark for the first ...
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Is Investor Bearishness Overstated? Or Overrated?

Posted: June 13, 2011 at 2:47 pm

Investors and economists vary on how much credence they are willing to give to any single survey.   The excessive bearishness of last week's AAII survey  came  as  the Dow ...
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Before E3, Activision Blizzard Still Stuck in the Mud (ATVI, ERTS, SNE, GME)

Posted: June 7, 2011 at 11:18 am

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) is probably looking for anything it can find to drive its share price higher.  Whether it is social gaming or more MMORPG platform games, The ...
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Ford Fights Headwinds & Chart Into Analyst/Investor Day (F, GM, TM)

Posted: June 6, 2011 at 8:03 pm

Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) is set to meet with the financial community on Tuesday and its chart is at a critical juncture.  As far as the news and company, ...
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Yum! Brands Rapid Growth Is Over

Posted: May 23, 2011 at 6:25 am

Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) buried some of its essential P&L data and information about its US operations in its first quarter earnings release. Most of the highlights of the report ...
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Apple Chart Watch: The Inevitable Breakdown (AAPL)

Posted: April 6, 2011 at 6:31 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is in trouble on its stock charts.  Its stock has now fallen five days in a row, a feat not seen in months.  Pure technical analysis ...
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Can Silver Keep Rising Against Gold? (SLV, GLD)

Posted: April 4, 2011 at 2:31 pm

Silver keeps rising against Gold.  Gold is supposed to be the ultimate inflation trade and hedge against world currencies, but perhaps silver is the better judge of that.  It is ...
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Apple Stock Chart Outlook, Wavering to Very Ill (AAPL, QQQ, SPY, T, VZ, GOOG, MSFT, NFLX, AMZN)

Posted: April 3, 2011 at 8:00 am

Using technical analysis may often feel like alchemy even under normal circumstances.  Using it on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is especially tricky. Nonetheless, Apple's stock chart has wavered for weeks.  ...
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ETF Watch: The Trouble With Semiconductors (SMH,XSD, SPY)

Posted: April 1, 2011 at 3:02 pm

We have seen a steady climb up again this week in stocks.  The market may have not been in a straight line but it did trend higher.  What we wanted to ...
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The Top Analyst Call of the Week (AAPL, MSFT, HPQ, GOOG)

Posted: March 19, 2011 at 10:47 am

A research report from JMP Securities this last week ended up having a significant impact on shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and may have been considered blasphemy by many ...
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Analysts and Charts Duel Over First Solar (FSLR, SPWRA, JASO, STP, TAN)

Posted: February 25, 2011 at 11:55 am

First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is starting to enter into a no-man's land after earnings.  It is such that even the analyst community is very mixed on the stock both ...
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Is Silver Still Better Than Gold? (SLV, GLD, SIVR)

Posted: February 23, 2011 at 11:18 am

Arbitrage trading and spread trading is not without risks.  Just ask those who decided in late-January that Brent Crude was widening out too much compared to historic spreads against West ...
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