Nothing Gold Can Stay (Requires Free Registration)
Gold is down 22% from its early October high and people are scrambling. None of the fundamental reasons supposedly favoring a continued rally in metals...
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7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use
In regards to the S&P 500, it was a slow week with the index mainly hovering below its unchanged line but in the end it...
Are Corporate Earnings and P/E Ratios a Leading Stock Market Indicator?
As usual, Alcoa kicked off the quarterly earnings ritual. Corporate profits will be on display for weeks to come, but are earnings a leading or...
Research and the Real World: a Naked Straddle Story (Requires Free Registration)
Research is essential. Without it, it’s difficult to tell whether you aren’t just trading noise. Practical experience is essential, too. Without it, it’s difficult to...
What Option Markets Are Not Telling Abe and Kuroda (Requires Free Registration)
In a call for aggressive, Draghi-like behavior during the Bank of Japan meeting this week – Kuroda’s first – Bloomberg’s William Pesek overstates the amount...
Know Your Past
The market is overheated, but do not expect anything dramatic. Over the past 7 years, the market has been up in 6. The trend for...
AAPL, GOOG, AMZN and MSFT – Tech Sector Giants Turn Laggards
It’s said that a fractured market is an unhealthy market. The reverse is true and based on the recent string of index highs the market...
The Biggest Cyber Attack Ever Has Left at Least One Security Stock Very Attractive (Requires Free Registration)
If you use the Internet, you were likely caught in the crossfire Wednesday of the largest cyber attack – ever. Did it stem from China?...
Chart of the Week: Global Economic Risk and The Money Printers (Requires Free Registration)
This week we have lots of charts showing essentially the same story – the global economy is on the edge. On the edge of WHAT...
Prospect Theory in the Real World (Requires Free Registration)
What is your edge? Every successful investor has...n...nswer to this question before they enter...ny new position. Every successful trader has...n idea...bout the expected return...nd possible...