Author: Richard Hefter

Oil prices and the US Oil Fund ETF (USO) leapt 4% off of Friday’s low in sympathy with the climb in the Euro/USD and as part of an investment portfolio that mimics the direction of equities. That said, oil is a vital...

Extreme Volatility Continues Below S&P 500 1150…… The past few days have been something you don’t see very often. 2000 point swings in the Dow each day. It really does blow your mind to watch this type of...

While everyone is fixed on Greece (for good reason), why don’t we look at the pattern developing in the German equity market, just to keep an eye on the country within the EU that is on the hook for the lion’s share...

Today was a day I’ll never forget. The most interesting day in my market life. What can one say when a market falls 1000 points on the Dow. Let’s go over the set-up and how things worked out. What we can take from...

The stock market had an epic day today as the indices rolled over in the morning, accelerated in the afternoon, and then plunged with a huge spike down on heavy volume, reaching a negative tick of nearly 1700. The Nasdaq 100...

How nice it was to nail that bull market run off the February lows and ride it all the way up. Although it felt bad nearing the end of the run up in terms of buying in to overbought, we did, and things went very well. Easy...

The stock market indices suffered another down day as a follow-up to yesterday’s break, and confirmed that the downtrend may be underway. Early in the morning they gapped lower and moved sharply down to get extremely...

The stock market indices had a significant turnaround Tuesday down session and plunged from the get-go with a big gap to the downside. A strong downside move early in the morning plunged the indices down to 1960 on the Nasdaq...