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Over 10 Big Stocks Hitting New All-Time Highs (AAPL, DLTR, ECL, MCD, MNST, NKE, PNRA, SBUX, AAP, AZO, ORLY)

Posted: January 18, 2012 at 2:52 pm

The logic from technical traders is simple: "Stocks hitting new highs tend to keep hitting new highs."  Eventually that comes to an end, sometimes a painful end.  Until that end ...
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Why Gold Traders Are So Concerned (GLD, GDX, AU, GOLD, ABX)

Posted: December 19, 2011 at 2:40 pm

Asking a technician or chartist about directional movement is often mind-numbing for fundamental investors.  Basing future price movement prediction solely on the past without a care about the underlying fundamentals and ...
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Charting Silver Versus Gold… Dollar/Euro Reserve Currency Challenge (SLV, GLD, FXE)

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 9:30 am

We often look for a read on gold and silver and we have a potentially interesting development underway.  We track these via iShares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV) and SPDR Gold Shares ...
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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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Is September Really A Cursed Month For Stocks? (VZ, T, IBM, BAC, KFT, MCD, KO, HPQ, XOM, CVX, DIA)

Posted: September 2, 2011 at 12:30 pm

The recovery has been stalling and it is becoming easier and easier to argue that the next recession (often mislabeled as a double-dip recession) is afoot.  Friday's net-zero in August ...
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How Gap-Up Opens After Big Sell-Offs Hose Investors (DIA)

Posted: August 5, 2011 at 10:35 am

When you get a 500 point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DIA) and a drop of more than 100 points in the NASDAQ after about two straight ...
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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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Week’s Top Market Gainers (Capital IQ)

Posted: May 29, 2011 at 6:40 am

S&P 500 WEEK TOP 10 (20 MAY – 26 MAY) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 26May11 Close Price 20May11 Market Cap ($Mil) Tiffany & Co. TIF 9.8 ...
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The Top 5 Analyst Calls of the Week, Plus Bonus (DNDN, INSP, MCP, SIRI, VICL, SLV, SIVR)

Posted: April 30, 2011 at 8:01 am

This last week brought many reactionary calls from analysts after earnings.  Our goal in the top analyst calls of the week is not to highlight after-the-fact research but to highlight ...
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The Devil’s Metal Beyond $50… The $80 Silver Call (SLV, SIVR, AGQ, SLW, PAAS)

Posted: April 28, 2011 at 3:23 pm

The recent rise of silver and gold is hopefully the last wave of the new buyers hedging against inflation and buying protection against uncertainty in hard assets over paper money.  Sadly, ...
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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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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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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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An Odd Chart Read on Gold, Silver, and Rare Earths (GLD, SLV, AGQ, MCP, REMX, REE, AVL)

Posted: February 9, 2011 at 11:14 am

Using charts alone is something that may not make sense to most people. Still, thousands of investors make a living at just that.  Fundamentals be damned!  We do not subscribe ...
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