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Editor's Note: This is a guest post Trading with price action can yield very high income for the smart investor, and can produce good profits on several FX pairs, futures and commodities. In this article we intend to describe few of the most consistent stock patterns for most gains. Pattern: MA...

  The start of a new year and everybody is getting ready to make their investment decisions for the year ahead. Professional market analysts make their projections for what the market is going to do over the next 12 months. Exactly what are the benefits of these projections? Nothing! They are...

Candlestick signal formations make trend analysis easy! The signals and patterns created by Japanese Candlesticks provide visual benefits for quickly spotting trends. The graphic picture created by these signals and patterns dramatically improves investors’ ability to correctly assess the general...

Aside from the fact that the equity and commodity markets are substantially higher than they were at the end of last week... we really don't have too much more to add. Nothing new at least. The arguments have been that the markets tested the point of maximum stress around a week ago... and held....

We are fairly certain that we are supposed to concentrate more on providing answers than questions but from time to time we work up a chart comparison that makes us wonder how the future might unfold. We are going to start off today with just such a perspective. From 1998 into the period extending...

We are never sure whether it is because the days are getting shorter in the northern hemisphere, seasonal construction and jobs are slowing down, or whether individuals are depressed after coming back from summer vacation only to face the prospect of yet another winter but... there is something...

As the days, weeks, and months roll by we get closer and closer to the final quarter of 2011. While perhaps not important in any number of ways we have argued over the past few years that this may prove to be a key turning point for the markets. So... once again we return to the Decade Theme. The...

Every time we read or hear the financial news we are amazed that the stock market hasn't fallen even further. Surely the bears have to be right given the state of  global growth and the apparent certainty of a Greek debt default. Surely the smart money still heading for the exits has to be correct...

With the Eurozone in crisis, banks weak, commodity and equity prices declining... it probably feels a bit like the second half of 2008. But it isn't. At least not yet. Let's start off today with a bit of perspective. Just below is a chart of the ratio between the S&P 500 Index and the price of...

It is the beginning of a new month, so let's review our models on equities, bonds, gold, and crude oil — where are they and what is going on. The SP500 ended the month below the 10 month moving average, and this is a sell signal for a widely followed strategy that utilizes the 10 month moving to...

The data in the chart above come from a fascinating 2007 Bloomberg article "The Fall of Detroit: An Insider's Tale," by John Lippert, chief of Detroit' Bloomberg New bureau, and formerly a GM employee from 1973 to 1981. Customer complaints were so high for Ford and GM in 1980 because they were...