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Tricky TICK - Several readers have noted that the cumulative NYSE TICK was persistently positive during the day on Friday, yet the S&P 500 Index could not surmount its opening levels. One particularly observant reader wondered if the ...
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In this next installment of the "Introduction to Trading" e-book (see this link for all prior segments), we'll examine examples of the aperiodic stock market cycles that form the first leg of our conceptual framework. ...
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As details emerge regarding the government's proposed plan to assume toxic bank debt and backstop the mortgage and money markets, the estimates of the cost are quite high. How does such a massive assumption of debt affect perceptions of ...
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In an amazing turn of events, the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 stock market indexes ended one of the most turbulent weeks in their history virtually unchanged in percentage terms, while the NASDAQ and Russell 2000 closed higher on the week ...
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We went from lukewarm, boring sentiment overviews to white hot. As the saying goes, “May you live in interesting times”.Volatility IndicesI complained in last week’s sentiment overview and the VIX responded giving us a real spike to 42.16 (VXN to 40.44).These are levels at which we can...
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MarketWatch.com released a visual representation and timeline of the wild economic and trading activity of the previous week in their image post entitled “Five Days that Shook the Financial World.” ...
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Last days were full of fear . I think such times are ideal for entering counter trades. I entered short bond trade during this week and covered on Friday as bonds made huge drop. I also entered and covered some gold short trades. ...
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As soon as I saw the list of 799 financial stocks which were banned from shorting I was surprised that the financial ETFs, both long and short/inverse, were not of the SEC’s list. It struck me as very odd that the inverse instruments ...
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What an end to a wild and historic week! Yet for all the volatility the indices ended near flat for the week. The Nasdaq finished the week up 0.56% while the S&P 500 was up just 0.27%. In yesterday’s watchlist i gave a warning to “be ...
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Sure, if we're gonna spend a half trillion, I can think of better ways to spend it then on propping up companies that fucked up.
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Today was the biggest gap up ever for the SPY. Here are links to the past two Trade Reports, where you can see how I outlined my plan for trading SPY: September 18 Report September 19 Report Trade Update: I exited all my long positions ...
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The TED spread is one of the most basic gauges of fear in the financial markets. TED stands for Treasury Eurodollar because originally it was calculated by taking the US 3 month treasury bill and subtracting it by the 3 month Eurodollar contract rate. Today the spread is calculated by taking the...
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Chart courtesy of stockcharts ( click to enlarge ). HPQ - The technical chart shows very positive sign as the stock has bounce back up after dropping near 50 day moving average. Now that K line is on top of D line again the stock should ...
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Here is the statistics provided by ShinyStat describing the overall Statistics of AC Investor Blog over this month. If you're interested in advertise on AC Investor Blog, send an email to antonio.mrcosta@gmail.com with your offer or use ...
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Already considered by many analysts the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, the actual financial crises are dramatically shaking markets worldwide. The financial crisis that began 13 months ago is pushing stocks to ...
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