Merger Mania Took Place In 2006 And 2007 And Look What Happenedok What Happened

In 2006 and 2007 the stock market saw a lot of merger and acquisition activity. In fact, that was the catalyst for the stock market advance throughout 2006 and it helped support and recover the markets three times in 2007 despite the brewing mortgage crisis. Here we go again in 2010 as the merger...

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Up And Down And Up We Go

Can you believe it?  It’s as if we were all abducted by aliens and placed in a different world, a world where good news has replaced bad and optimism has, well, if not replaced pessimism, made a small dent in the wall of worry, at least for today … LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks hit a two-week h...

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Dow 10,000: Line in the Sand, by Jeffrey Friedman

Fall tends to be a bearish time for the stock market, and as trading volume picks up after the dog days of summer, many investors are a bit cautious about what may come next. People like to talk about psychological levels, and 10,000 in the Dow Jones Industrial Average is one of them. Will the Do...

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GDX Gets Back On Track

The GDX which is the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF has recovered some yesterday's declines. Yesterday gold and gold miners declined as market fears subsided and the major stock indexes rallied. The GDX will have short term intra-day resistance around the $53.80 area.

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All Eyes On The Government Payroll Report Tomorrow

Yesterday the major stock market indexes surged higher on the back of positive Chinese data, a positive ISM Index in the U.S., and a severe decline in the U.S. Dollar Index. This sharp reaction higher in the stock market obviously caught many short traders and investors off guard in the short ter...

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Trading Stock Indexes During Critical Periods

Webcast recording for "Trading Stock Indexes During Critical Periods" with Darrell Jobman, Senior Analyst for TraderPlanet.com on Thursday, September 2, 2010.  Watch video »


Trades for September 1 2010.

Trades for today are in the usa/jyn currency pair and in the ETF market the Comex Gold Trust (IAU)  Watch video »


Using Pattern Recognition to Find Tops and Bottoms

Archive recording for "Using Pattern Recognition to Find Tops and Bottoms", presented by Darrell Jobman, Senior Analyst, TraderPlanet.com on Tuesday, August 31, 2010.  Watch video »


Trades for August 31, 2010.

Trades for today are in Coffee and Lumber Futures and in the Forex market the Usa/Cad currency pair.  Watch video »


Forex Weekly Outlook

A complete look at the week ahead including a review of the main currency, equity and commodity futures that will effect trading in the Foex market.  Watch video »


Up And Down And Up We Go

Can you believe it?  It’s as if we were all abducted by aliens and placed in a different world, a world where good news has replaced bad and optimism has, well, if not replaced pessimism, made a small dent in the wall of worry, at least for today ...  Read More »


The Sky Is Falling, The Sky Is Falling – Is It?

Based on the breathless media reporting recently, one would think the global economy is collapsing.  Looking at the news coming out today, the reality seems to be quite different around the world.      BEIJING – Auto sales in China, the world's bi...  Read More »


Expect Rattlesnakes On Rattlesnake Canyon Trail

The other day, three of us went horseback riding in the sandy hills just off the ocean.  The trail we were riding is named Rattlesnake Canyon trail.  Sitting there on the back of my quarter horse, I thought about the fact that I had never seen a r...  Read More »


Clarity In Writing Is Important, Even In Today’s Fast-Paced World

Hope all had a quiet and relaxing weekend.  I know I did, as the summer weather has been so wonderful that being outside is easy with the temperature rarely exceeding 85 degrees because the onshore breeze blows in from the ocean consistently day a...  Read More »


Just The Facts, Ma’am – Jack Webb, Dragnet

As traders/investors, it is our obligation to get the facts, to understand the facts, and to then apply what we know as factual to our trading decisions.  We cannot rely on the words of others, as the words of others, unless documented, can be bia...  Read More »


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LBRgroup

Linda Bradford Raschke is President of LBRGroup, Inc., a registered CTA and money management firm and president of LBR Asset Management, a CPO. She began her professional trading career in 1981 as a market maker in equity options. In addition to running LBRG...

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