Happy Friday, Friends. I’m always sorry to see the non-farm payrolls report go, as the volatility around it creates a great trading opportunity taught by Todd Mitchell as the “First Half Hour Breakout”. Like much of what Todd teaches, the method lends itself to additional uses, and data releases that tend to generate strong and rapid reactions from the market […]
It is highly probable that a short-term correction is developing in the markets.The price point to watch on the Dow Industrials is 15750 and on the Transports it is 7100. If these levels hold solidly over the next few days then we will more than likely have a year-end rally. However, if they break over the next week or so […]
The Dow and S&P 500 extended their losing streak into a fourth successive day as strong private sector labor data intensified apprehensions that the Federal Reserve would soon begin trimming its economic stimulus package. Stocks traded lower for most of the session before make up for some losses ahead of the closing bell. The prevailing mood of uncertainty meant that […]
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[Editor’s Note: The following post is by TDV contributor, Jayant Bhandari, writing from India. It is exerpted from this week’s TDV Dispatch, which you can subscribe to here.] I have devoted the last 8 years analyzing companies in the junior resource sector. I still […]
Signs of a weak holiday shopping season and apprehensions over the central bank trimming its economic stimulus plan dragged benchmarks into the red on Tuesday. Profit booking also turned out to be a deterrent for the markets. The Dow and S&P 500 extended their losing streak into a third day. These losses come after benchmarks recorded eight consecutive weeks of […]
Uranium Stocks for Long-Term Investing Success
Commodities / UraniumDec 04, 2013 – 12:52 PM GMTBy: InvestmentContrarian
Sasha Cekerevac writes: Many times people ask me how I come up with my investment strategy.Obviously, there is no one answer, but a common trick I use when developing any investment strategy is to look for areas where market sentiment still remains […]
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You have only one month left to pad your 2013 returns.So I have to ask…Are you trading the right stocks?As the market enters the home stretch, the sentiment picture is little changed. Investors are beginning to come around to the idea that equities might not be such a terrible investment idea. But most remain skeptical– and that’s good news for […]
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock indexes opened lower Tuesday, […]
In addition to its three previously announced so far “Top Trades” for 2014 (see here, here and here), just over an hour ago Goldman revealed its fourth top recommendation to clients. To wit: Goldman is selling China equities (via the HSCWI Index), while buying copper (via Dec 2014 futs), or at least advising its flow clients to do the opposite […]
