The Dow is down 40% since its all-time high set on Thursday, October 9, 2007 and the NASDAQ is down 45% its 52-week high set on Wednesday, October 31, 2007. The NASDAQ’s all-time high was set on March 10th, 2000 at 5132.52; ... Go to Full Article

Despite last Friday’s limit-down futures the Dow and S&P 500 managed to stay above their October lows. This morning the futures have come roaring back to near unchanged after some serious overnight weakness. So perhaps those October ... Go to Full Article

A reader asked that I revisit my dismissal of Ticker Sense’s blogger sentiment poll so here’s a chart to see if we can once and for all decide if this has any value to analysis of stock market sentiment.The Ticker Sense Blogger Sentiment poll started on July 10th 2006. But it was a while until ...

A lot of must read stuff on news.tradersnarrative.com so be sure to check it out! Here is a small sample - I especially recommend the “How to Fix the Mortgage Business” article. It offers a very simple and non-invasive way to realign risk with return to help the market help itself. Oh and don’t...

Somehow, for some strange reason a progressive tax system which is what the US has had and which it will continue to have, has been called a “socialist” system by the McCain campaign: “His (Obama’s) plans are redistribution of wealth.. that is one of the tenets of socialism.” But as anyone will...

here's a note i posted in last night's report on trade management and my strategy during the past two weeks: during the past two weeks, as noted in the reports and blog, my oversold bounce trades have basically broke even. ... Go to Full Article

“all through time, people have basically acted and re-acted the same way in the market as a result of: greed, fear, ignorance, and hope – that is why the numerical formations and patterns recur on a constant basis� – jesse livermore ... Go to Full Article

well, i am fresh off of my europe trip and ready to study the charts this week. i’ll start by posting a few charts of the us dollar. i have talked about these buy and sell signals in the past and wasn’t surprised to see this pattern ... Go to Full Article

Before you make another online purchase of Dansko products, there is a site you have to check out, FootwearEtc.com. This is an online store that sells a wide selection of Dansko footwear including clogs, sandals, shoes and boots for ... Go to Full Article

in most businesses, many hours are spent defining their unique selling propositions. this is the “edge� which make these businesses unique. in day trading, you will need an “edge� to help you define what it is that makes you money on a ... Go to Full Article

for most investors, they have their full time job other than watching the stock price movement daily. stock is investments not jobs. however, that does not mean you should ignore your stock after you have bought it. ... Go to Full Article

As you can notice, I do not post too much now. The main reason is that I did not trade too much with individual stocks in last two weeks. I have not found too much good trade setups in individual stocks during last two weeks. ... Go to Full Article

Sentiment SurveysAccording to Investor’s Intelligence newsletter publishers are as gloomy as they have ever been. This week’s sentiment bearish sentiment was 54.4% with bullish newsletter editors unchanged. While slightly more than half may not seem like much, you have to understand that like...

No question, this was a financial shock that leaves everyone grasping for superlatives. But as measured by the TED spread and other financial health metrics, it is all but over: Unlike the CBOE VIX volatility index which reached record territory, this spread has been higher actually. I’ll...

For those of you who accuse me of being a Nasdaq hater, that's Reuters's headline, not mine. If you'd prefer, you can take the DealBreaker blog's headline on the same subject: Rules Were Meant To Be Broken. ... Go to Full Article