Technical analysts have been fighting the ignorami and kool aid drinkers who profess that there is no value in looking in the past to try to predict the future. Tell that to the patrons of your local OTB as they pour over racing...
Read MoreIn doing research for this afternoon’s Barron’s Online column, I found an article by Richard Bloch on Seeking Alpha. It tells us what we should have already known about the currency ETF – that conditions in the...
Read MoreThis survey says American Airlines has the worst customer service of the major domestics. And it says Delta had the biggest turnaround. I still think Delta is a flying sardine can with crappy seats, no room and lots of...
Read MoreIn this morning’s Quick Takes Pro newsletter, I wrote up a few of last year’s leaders that actually fell significantly on a day when the Dow came roaring out of the gate (mixed metaphor – horses do not roar...
Read MoreI can see why everyone is so excited. But just as a follow-through day happens 4-7 days after the supposed change, so too might be the return from a long, long...
Read MoreThis is the chart subscribers saw a few weeks ago and Barron’s Online readers saw, albeit with some of the markings removed, in today’s column. I do believe that there is an 18 or so year cycle of secular bull and...
Read MoreOh there was plenty of action but if you look at where the stock market was at the end of last year even your saving account interest might have beaten it. Oh, it looks like a rally this month but the current price is pretty...
Read MoreYet another piece I wrote for Scottrade – this one in November 2009. Given what just happened in gold, it might be a nice read today.After the last two bear markets, most investors understand that they have to have a plan...
Read MoreIt is a national pastime of traders to make fun of CNBC and I won’t argue on most of it. But I have always thought that there are some smart people there and perhaps it is the mandate to provide a constant stream of...
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