If a commodity is hot, stocks of companies that deal in that commodity should be hot as well, right? Well, not necessarily so. To be sure, energy shares have outperformed the stock market indexes during the recent period of oil price ... Go to Full Article

China, India, and the Food Crisis Sat, 10 May 2008 15:57:21 PDT Today’s Chicago Tribune has an article that paints a worrying picture of food consumption trends. Although grain prices are already up sharply, the article suggests the ... Go to Full Article

Newsflashr Business Blogs - Excellent Site! If you want weekly Stock Links - Kirk is the Master! Trader Mike has Great Daily Stock Links; Tim Sykes has a Great New Blog Design; New Car every 10 years or Used Car every 5? ... Go to Full Article

I just received a call asking about a nearby proprietary trading firm that trains their traders. The catch is that they charge tens of thousands of dollars for the training. We got a taste of this particular scam when Devon was doing . ... Go to Full Article

The Importance of Keeping Score. How much do you know about your trading? * Take the absolute value of your daily gains and losses and divide them by your total portfolio value. How much of your portfolio are you putting at risk each ... Go to Full Article

I have spent a good part of the week in Stavager, Norway on a sort-of recognisance visit in preparation to pack up our Canadian home and relocate. It is both a scary and exciting time. However, in between house hunting trips, ... Go to Full Article

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Widespread homework should always attempt completely by any investor in bonds. All the factors that significantly affect you should be correctly examined, that may be your estimated income, debt or any unexpected irregularities, ... Go to Full Article

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Back from Washington DC next week - update then. Go to Full Article

Recall that the NYSE TICK is a measure of very short term sentiment across the broad universe of NYSE issues. When a stock trades at its offer price, that contributes +1 to the NYSE TICK. When a stock trades at its bid price, ... Go to Full Article

Below are some stocks I will be watching for potential trades next week. When I look for stocks to trade I do not set out to find longs or shorts, I just look for what appear to be low risk opportunities. This week I have quite a few ... Go to Full Article

Before going any further, review the post below. This post is an update for the post below. This is a 5-min chart of the QQQQ and a new custom indicator I've created with the help of the team at Blocks.com. This is the BlocksTrader, ... Go to Full Article

It really doesn't matter what I think, the market doesn't care, you shouldn't care (not too much any way) and I really shouldn't get too involved in my own opinions. The old market cliche, "let the market be your guide" (every time I ... Go to Full Article

The US Dollar Index staged an impressive rally on the daily charts, but is currently failing to surmount resistance via the strong 20 period moving average on the weekly chart. Notice how the falling 20 period moving average ... Go to Full Article