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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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Apple Comes Clean On Fate Of Margins (AAPL)

Posted: October 27, 2010 at 5:43 pm

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is trading lower in the after-hours period after its annual report was filed with the SEC after the close of trading today.  The drop is due ...
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Trading Gold Pullbacks on Charts (GLD, IAU, PHYS, SGOL, GLL, DZZ, DGZ)

Posted: October 20, 2010 at 11:04 am

Tuesday's drop in gold may be a culmination of many things and Wednesday's attempt at a recovery needs to be watched closely.  Profit taking, China rate hike, currency extremes with ...
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Time For Brazil: Two Takes, Two Solid Bets & Alternatives (PBR, EWZ, BZF, BRF)

Posted: September 25, 2010 at 8:01 am

Looks like it is time for Brazil to shine again.  Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (NYSE: PBR), or Petrobras, managed to get off the world's largest stock sale.  This appears to be ...
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Technical Alerts Flying in S&P and VIX (SPY, VXX, VXZ)

Posted: August 11, 2010 at 12:14 pm

The S&P 500 and the SPDRs (NYSE: SPY) as the key tracking ETF may have just found trouble on the charts this Wednesday as the DJIA is down over 200 ...
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Chart Breakout Calls: Oil, Financial, Industrial (USO, XLF, XLI, GE, COF, BWA)

Posted: August 3, 2010 at 12:53 pm

Chart breakouts are happening as the market recovers.  Maybe.  Monday's triple digit DJIA gains on the first day of the month followed an extremely strong July.  You just have to ...
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When The Market Goes Into No-Man’s Land (SPY)

Posted: July 29, 2010 at 11:37 am

The S&P 500 may be stuck.  We'd call it a technical no-man's land on a longer-term basis.  Rather than using the S&P 500 Index, we look at the trading in ...
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Trade Set-Ups For Gold (GLD, IAU, SGOL, PHYS)

Posted: July 20, 2010 at 11:17 am

While many remain bullish on gold, the recent trading activity has been impossible to ignore.  Our technical analysis affiliate, Adam Hewison of INO, has a quick yet detailed audio-visual interactive ...
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Could the S&P 500 Index Really Fall 75%? (DIA, SPY, QQQQ)

Posted: July 7, 2010 at 10:36 am

The calls for another crash are becoming more and more resounding.  The double-dip recession, depending upon its severity, would certainly help the arguments for a potential new market crash... Imagine ...
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Suddenly, Airlines Looking Oversold (FAA, CAL, UAUA, LCC, AMR, DAL, LUV, JBLU)

Posted: May 8, 2010 at 12:37 pm

After the Continental Airlines, Inc. (NYSE:CAL)  merger announcement with UAL Corporation (NASDAQ: UAUA) , something interesting happened in the sector.  Suddenly the valuations seemed too high.  Then the shares started ...
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Nasdaq Will Cancel Trades, NYSE Arca May As Well.

Posted: May 6, 2010 at 7:21 pm

Nasdaq Operations said it will cancel all trades executed between 2:40 p.m. to 3 p.m. showing a rise or fall of more than 60 percent from the last trade in ...
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