Fed Testimony Could Jolt Safe Haven Assets $SLV
Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, strongly defended the U.S. central bank’s...
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Wait For the Sink Water To Level Off
Ho hum … On Tuesday, the market took back a good portion of its losses from Monday. Yawn...
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E-mini Dow Futures – TraderPlanet Trading Idea
E-mini Dow futures a selling opportunity on more price weakness. See on the daily bar chart for...
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Stock Leadership Turns Defensive $SPX $XLP $XLU
U.S. dollar strength and commodity weakness is starting to have a negative influence on the stock...
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Tuesday’s stock price partial recovery seemed to be lacking.
Tuesday’s stock price indexes gapped higher on the open, turned choppy, but managed to close...
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Market Place Digesting Bernanke’s Dovish Remarks
Wednesday, February 27–Jim Wyckoff’s Morning Web Log * LATEST MARKET DEVELOPMENTS *...
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U.S. Treasuries See Fresh Safe-Haven Demand this Week
June U.S. T-Bonds closed up 13/32 at 144 5/32 yesterday. Prices closed nearer the session low...
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Some Comedians and Clowns Are Not That Funny
Do you ever wake up, look around, and for a moment think, “This all seems so familiar, as if...
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Is This Really the Fifth Year of the Recovery or Does the Long Term Bond Market Tell a Different Story? $SPX
Comparing the S&P 500 chart over the last five years since the US markets bottomed in March...
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Italy Elections Refocus Markets On Europe $EURUSD
The Italian elections gave the euro a harsh dose of reality. The lower house was won by the Pier...
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Play BOJ Views with $FXY Options
FXY (CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust), the ETF tracking dollar/yen (USD/JPY) exchange rate, has...
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Stock volume rose to confirm a bearish trend change.
Bond, iShares Barclays 20+ Year U.S. Treasury ETF (TLT) price jumped up above its 50-day SMA on...
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EU Debt Crisis Back on the Front Burner Tuesday
* LATEST MARKET DEVELOPMENTS * The European Union and its sovereign debt problems are back on the...
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Gold Sees Fresh Save-Haven Demand Surface
April gold futures closed up $13.30 an ounce at $1,586.10 yesterday. Prices closed near mid-range...
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Crude Coiling for a Breakout $CL_F
April NYMEX crude oil futures has been in a relatively tight $92.44 to $93.94 balance bracket for...
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China: Minimize Risk with Pairs Trade $EFA
I’m a fan of pair’s trades. I like the notion of minimizing market risk by taking a...
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Inflation Expectations: Warning Signal for Stocks $SPX
It is well-known that equities are an inflation-hedge. Financial advisors have been telling this...
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Action Is What Gets The Job Done
Ultimately, no matter the market sentiment on any given day, the goal of every trader or investor...
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Trading is a Mindset, Not a Technical Set-Up
Last week, I discussed a variation of a stochastic crossover trade. All by itself, buying or...
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“Dr. Copper” appears to be cutting its estimates for the global economy.
Copper, iPath DJ-UBS Copper TR Sub-Index ETN (JJC) fell below its lows of the previous 12 weeks....
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