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There is Danger in Holding ETFs Long Term
by Dr. Van K. Tharp, Ph.D.

In my big picture assessment, I look at the world markets by looking at the performance of various ETFs that represent the markets. And I used to believe that ETFs were great trading vehicles to own long term. However, it’s recently come to my attention that sometimes ETFs do not actually own wha...

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Identifying Overbought and Oversold Markets using The Keltner Channel
by Jim Wyckoff

The Keltner Channel was developed by Chester Keltner back in the early 1960s. He is a well-known commodity trader, especially grains. It is a volatility-based indicator that makes use of the "envelope theory." Moving average bands (or channels), like the Keltner Channel, fall into the general cat...

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Daily Stock Market Update
by Robert W. Colby

Stock Market: Technology looks like the upside leader for 2010. Technology Stock Sector Relative Strength Ratio (XLK/SPY) rose above its highs of the previous 7-years on 12/31/09. Industrial Stock Sector Relative Strength Ratio (XLI/SPY) sagged slightly below previous 8-week lows on 12/31/09. Eme...

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Currency/Commodity Markets
by Kevin Klombies

Below is a comparison between the S&P 500 Index (SPX) and the combination of the CRB Index (commodity prices) times the TBond futures (bond prices). In general bond prices and commodity prices move inversely. Not all the time- especially when there is significant ‘slack’ in the system- but as...

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Tilting At Windmills
by Dr. Janice Dorn, M.D., Ph.D.

The day was more or less like any other trading day...full of thrills, chills, panic, elation, some "high-fiving" and some "what is happening here?" Then he appeared. It was the first time I had seen him, but the look in his eyes was familiar. It was not sad, not happy--- just empty. What could I...

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