Author: Richard Hefter

Rare earth names are getting cheap. The only question is how much cheaper before Mr. Market considers them in a fire sale? For those of us who think that the rare-earth, or strategic resource, space is actually worth something,...

The market really waited for this day to come. The day fed Bernanke would announce just how much stimulus he is going to flood out banks. Would it be another QE program? Would he buy back treasuries? Would he do nothing at all?...

About 30 minutes after the FOMC announcement, and we see that the initial knee-jerk reaction was a swoon from 1190 in the emini S&P 500 to a new intraday and three-day low at 1176.00, which violated key near-term support at...

While Apple (AAPL) has rocketed to new all-time highs during the past several sessions, the price action has not been confirmed by momentum. In addition, price strength has propelled the stock 20% above its 200-day moving...

You could see that reality take place today in the stock market. There was every reason for the market to get crushed today. There was terrible news overnight from Europe regarding Greece, and some bad news right here at home as...

This is the bigger picture question we have to deal with. It’s always fun to look only at the little picture, because most people are so short-term oriented these days, and really, who can blame them with how fast the...

Kinross Gold Corporation (KGC) is having an interesting session, especially from a technical perspective. Today’s low at 16.40 in KGC represents a near 60% retracement of the prior up-leg from 15.07 to 18.29. The ability...

That doesn’t mean anything bullish bigger picture, but it is playing a role for the very short-term. The updated bull-bear spread came in today showing 5.4% more bears than bulls. This is very unusual and almost always...