Markets

Feb 16, 2012 at 10:52

With ongoing market turmoil, investors may want to reduce their exposure to interest and credit risk in their international fixed income investments. One way to accomplish this may be to…

Feb 16, 2012 at 09:49

Since financial stocks make up 14% of the S&P 500 Index, it is difficult to sustain a rally without strength in banks and financial services firms. With the Fed and…

Feb 16, 2012 at 09:42

While the gold stocks have enjoyed a decent recovery, they have certainly lagged the broad market which has almost broken out to new highs. Should you be worried that a…

Feb 16, 2012 at 08:55

Today, people who believe that gold is money think that one should hoard gold. They seek to take possession personally. Or when they have it stored professionally, they look for…

Feb 16, 2012 at 08:45

As we've alluded to over the past several weeks, the United States economy has been picking up, despite continued worries over Europe and the occasional negative piece of economic data.…

Feb 16, 2012 at 06:49

Following Wednesday's session, nearly all our indicators are now in sell mode. The summation 21 remains in sell mode. We would like to get some negative momentum on the blue…

Feb 16, 2012 at 06:08

In an extended move it is often the case that price does not unfold the perfect last wave of an ending pattern. This is what most likely happened yesterday with…

Feb 16, 2012 at 06:06

Greece, Greece, Greece. I've had it up to here with Greece. I'm tired about writing about Greece. Apparently, I am not alone; after the conference call today, Jean-Claude Juncker said…

Feb 15, 2012 at 19:34

The Popgun is a two-bar pattern composed of an outside bar preceded by an inside bar. (Quick refresher course: An outside bar occurs when the range of a bar encompasses…

Feb 15, 2012 at 19:30

Excess is again evident in the credit markets and a couple weeks ago an outstanding performer--municipal bonds (MUB) - registered an Upside Exhaustion. As the reversal comes in, we've thought…