Understanding When Cash Is King
By Ross Heart
If I were constrained to only one pearl of investing wisdom I’d have to select legendary trader Jesse Livermore’s line: “It never was...
Market Update: Defensives Up, Equities Down, and Risk Flatlining
By Andrew Nyquist
Last week I posted a chartology of the Utilities Sector (XLU) projecting a path higher and stating that outperformance by defensive sectors "...
Media Market Forecast: Positively Sunny with Chance of Torrential Downpour
By Brad Tompkins
If you are trying to determine the current market disposition through popular financial media, you are hearing a great deal of contradiction. For...
Supplementing Stock Positions with Options Strategies
By Jeff Wilson
After discussing some simple terms and definitions on options here, the next step is to discuss some Options strategies that can be used...
Facebook Stock May Benefit From Expectations Game
By Andrew Nyquist
For the past 2 plus months, Facebook (FB) has been range bound between $18 and $23, attempting to carve out and form a...
Silver Knockin On Fibonacci’s Door
By Andrew Nyquist
Since breaking out above its downtrend line, Silver (SLV) has rallied to the key Fibonacci retracement level of 38.2 percent ($34.12). This level...
Gold Consolidation Continues Near Key Resistance
By Andrew Nyquist
Consolidation is A-Okay with Gold (GLD) bulls. Or at least it should be. In fact, a quick low volume move lower may assist in...
Chartology: Apple (AAPL) Stock On the Ropes
By Andrew Nyquist
On Tuesday, Apple (AAPL) traded through pivot support around 660. As mentioned in my last update, the 50 day moving average was first...
Market Update: Trade Within Your Means
By Andrew Nyquist
I spend a fair amount of time talking about living within your means on a personal finance front. And really, that same respect...
Trading Ideas: Apple, Fruit of Doom then Bloom
By Alex Salomon
I ended up taking a break from updating this column in the last trading week, partially because I could not come up with...