One underlining headline you might miss today in the media’s focus on the Bail-Out Bill is the fact that Apple Inc (AAPL) was downgraded by RBC and Morgan Stanley – Apple’s share price declined over 15% in early trading on Monday. The Street.com reports that RBC Capital downgraded Apple Inc from “Outperform” to “Sector Perform”…
Although volatility and volume were less than the previous week, we still had some wild swings that left some traders confused and frustrated at the seeming ‘randomness’ of last week’s equity index action. Let’s take a quick look at the S&P 500 and see if we can glean any clues from that action. S&P 500…
Whoever wins the White House in November will affect the economy and of course the Stock Market in different ways, so let’s take a quick look at the polls and see who’s up and what could transpire in the upcoming election just over a month away now. By virtually all accounts, Democratic Senator Barack Obama…
First, we never know when a company will declare bankruptcy or cease trading – charts can’t tell us that. What they can do is warn us to a deteriorating situation and allow risk-management procedures to take place, as well as warning us that we should probably avoid or reduce exposure to a given stock. Let’s…
In a testament that classic technical analysis is still ‘working’ in this environment, the US Dollar Index supported at the $76.00 level, which I highlighted in prior posts “US Dollar Index and Support” and “Dollar Index Targets Achieved Today“. What’s likely in store now and has the structure changed? Earlier, I indicated that the $76.00…
Contrary to popular belief, the US Equity Market did not rise when Monday morning’s trading opened… or Tuesday’s… or Wednesday’s… but a lenghty and significant positive momentum divergence formed which has given us in part today’s rising index action. Let’s see this informational formation and what could be ahead. We’ll use the SPY (S&P 500)…
I came across a relatively new blog on psychology with a unique perspective and title that I wanted to share with you entitled “Had Enough Therapy?” written by Stuart Schneiderman, an executive life coach. Though the blog is not entirely focused on trading (but touches a variety of topics from politics to sports), Schneiderman has…
Gold prices have made record movements recently, and has defied classic technical analysis, so let’s take a quick look at the current structure and listen to an analysis that projects possible gold prices out six months. First, the Daily Chart that I refer to as “mystifying” technical analysis structure: Price broke through the 200 day…
Early this morning, I highlighted the possibility that the US Dollar Index would test the $76.00 level soon which would set up a test of support – surprisingly, that target assumption was achieved in one day – and here we are at the critical test. Dollar Daily Chart (with Fibonacci): I mentioned that the next…
With many eyes focused on the US Dollar Index, the value rose significantly, surprising many analysts, but now is experiencing a pullback in prices. What does the structure look like and where will we likely find potential support? Let’s look. US Dollar Index Daily Chart: The US Dollar Index turned a new leaf and emerged…