Forecasting the S&P 500 from GDP Data and What It’s Telling Us Now
By Brad Tompkins
Last week the commerce department released their estimate of 2012 third quarter’s GDP growth rate. The preliminary 2.0% growth was better than 1.3%...
Global Obesity Trends Offer Investment Opportunity
As an active, but long term investor I believe identifying long term investment themes is a key element to success. One long term trend...
S&P 500 Support Levels to Focus On
By Andrew Nyquist
It been a chop and drop, grind lower type of market. And for traders, that's tough... especially those trying to enter swing long...
Market Update: Where’s the Love?
By Andrew Nyquist
The past six weeks have been an interesting ride full of crosscurrents and cautionary tales in the financial markets.
Rewind to the week of...
Letting Your Winners Run: The Disciplined Art of “Sitting”
By Ross Heart
“Let your winners run.” Guessing you have heard that one a few times. Easy in thought and words, but perhaps the hardest investment...
Chartology: Intel (INTC) May Be Nearing “Tradable” Value
By Andrew Nyquist
Without a doubt, technology stocks have been leading the market lower of late. And within the technology arena, semiconductors have been particularly weak....
Macro Technical Update on Silver
By Andrew Nyquist
Due to time constraints this morning, I'm going to keep this a bit short and let the charts speak for themselves. In summary,...
Options Strategies for Earnings Season
By Jeff Wilson
In the previous post I talked about supplementing stock positions with options as part of a hedging strategy. In this article, I will...
Trading Ideas for the Week Ahead: October 15
By Alex Salomon
Ever since I went "all in" bearish in my trading column on October 1, 2012, it has been challenging to offer weekly setups....
A Closer Look at the Banks
By Andrew Nyquist
Last weekend I penned a technical piece "Watch the Banks" and wrote the following:
"After topping with other major market indices on Friday September...
