Markets

Dec 17, 2010 at 13:10

There is an old adage on Wall Street: no one rings a bell to signal a market top or bottom. Yet, I have found that bells do ring; it's just…

Dec 17, 2010 at 12:40

As the U.S. dollar takes a nosedive and precious metals gain more and more attention from individual investors, the number of questions and concerns is increasing as well. The following…

Dec 17, 2010 at 12:13

Life has a funny way of reminding a person that he is not really in control of what is going on around him. While he may be proficient in a…

Dec 17, 2010 at 11:50

Silver has been a rock-star in recent months, rocketing higher to dazzling gains. After such a blistering near-vertical ascent, technicians understandably fear this metal has become wildly overbought. Nevertheless, an…

Dec 17, 2010 at 10:59

For years, analyst and market traders have been carefully watching for divergences as a clue to when a trend reversal was going to occur. Many professional investors base their buy/sell…

Dec 17, 2010 at 10:07

With Friday's triple witching, we're entering into the last couple of sessions of the running year, and the S&P 500 is already up +5.26% month-to-date, and up +11.46% year-to-date (on…

Dec 17, 2010 at 09:46

Gold has gained 26% this year, putting it on track for its third double-digit gain of the last four years. To chart gold's price movements since 2000 take a piece…

Dec 17, 2010 at 08:53

During the twentieth century long-term U.S. treasury bond yields experienced 4 major cycles. As the century opened yields were just coming off of a secular bottom that occurred in the…

Dec 17, 2010 at 06:23

Thursday's trading was about head fakes. The major players took the major indexes down to important support levels where they reversed and caught some salivating bears unaware. The shorts had…

Dec 17, 2010 at 06:10

Unfortunately, due to millions of years of evolution, human beings make absolutely terrible investors. It appears that most investors seem to have a good memory for very long term trends…