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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 those research...
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, that...
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 does not care about the fundamental...
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...
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 look at were the key semiconductor ETFs to...
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 Texas...
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 to the notion that...
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 to ongoing margin pressures. ...
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 reversal,...
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 a good event for...
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 points and as the S&P 500 is down by more than 27...
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 keep in...
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 the SPDRs (NYSE: SPY) as the S&P ETF of...
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...
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…...