November 21 2009 1:19PM

Market Stubbornly Holding Range

Nov 19, 2009 11:54AM ET

For three days the market has had every reason to go down, but each time it was threatened the level was held, resulting in large tails on the chart. read more »

FAS Car: Financial ETF Has Room to Run

Nov 19, 2009 11:55AM ET

The hit and run approach has been the only one working, and with todays gap down we are going to look to buy the pull-back. read more »

Caterpillar (CAT) Crawling Higher

Nov 19, 2009 11:57AM ET

CAT has been in an uptrend before tailing down recently, and we are going to look for one more breakout of the stock. read more »

Market Again Breaks Highs Before Pulling Back

Nov 15, 2009 5:20PM ET

After the biggest and fastest correction of the rally to date, the market again surged to new highs this week before trading back below. read more »

Stocks

FedEx Upbeat Holiday Forecast

Nov 10, 2009 8:30PM ET

According to an emailed statement put out by the company, FedEx (FDX) is ramping up operations in anticipation of a record holiday shipping rush. read more »

Stocks

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Futures point lower after Dell, D.R. Horton results

Nov 20, 2009 8:56AM ET

U.S. stock index futures remained lower on Thursday after data showed the number of workers filing new applications for jobless benefits was unchanged last week. read more »

Futures down on weak commodities, on quarterly results

Nov 20, 2009 7:56AM ET

U.S. stock index futures fell on Friday, as a stronger U.S. dollar weighed on commodities and natural resource stocks and weak results from computer maker Dell and homebuilder D.R. Horton underscored th... read more »

Futures lower after Dell results

Nov 20, 2009 7:16AM ET

U.S. stock index futures were down on Thursday, as a stronger dollar pressured commodities and ahead of the release of weekly jobless claims data. read more »

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ETF

Currency Risk of Frontier Market ETFs, Low Volume Risk in Emerging Market ETFs

1:09 PM ET

Emerging markets in the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) may be capable of surviving worldwide jockeying for currency positioning. It is the Frontier Market ETFs like Turkey (TUR), Vietnam (VNM)... read more »

Wall Street drops after Dell, D.R. Horton results

Nov 20, 2009 10:32AM ET

U.S. stocks fell on Friday after worse-than-expected quarterly results from computer maker Dell Inc and homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc underscored that the road to recovery would not be smooth. read more »

Goldman holders seek bonus pool reduction: report

Nov 20, 2009 10:16AM ET

Some big Goldman Sachs Group Inc shareholders have asked the U.S. bank to cut what could be the biggest bonuses in its history to pass more profit onto investors, the Wall Street Journal report... read more »

P&G repurchasing shares, quiet on potential deals

Nov 20, 2009 9:40AM ET

Procter & Gamble Co does not see acquisitions as a core part of its growth plan and has started to buy back shares again, Chief Financial Officer Jon Moeller said on Friday. read more »

Education

Ten Rules for Trading

Nov 16, 2009 7:30AM ET

The collection of my trading experience is really this: I've learned that being a profitable trader is all about managing a specific mental state while trading. read more »

Getting Out of a Slump

Nov 16, 2009 7:29AM ET

Slumps are a natural part of anyone's trading career and should not be feared with trepidation. Even the best traders are prone to getting in slumps, just like the best baseball players are liable to go... read more »

AMAG – Put Options

Oct 18, 2009 9:02PM ET

One set of numbers came up out of the mouths of traders more than their own birth dates this past week; 10,000 points. Indeed, the 10,000 points level is predicted to be an extremely strong resistance l... read more »

Technical

Daily Comments for Monday, November 16, 2009

Nov 15, 2009 3:16PM ET

Friday left the day with modest gains and in the four day range we've sat in. Only Monday advanced the market leaving Tuesday - Friday to sit in range. read more »

Daily Comments on Thursday - Nov 12

Nov 11, 2009 10:51PM ET

Wednesday brought a modest gain across the broader markets on light volume for the NYSE and Nasdaq. read more »

The S&P Futures Head Higher Amid Broad-Based Dollar Weakness

Nov 09, 2009 12:53PM ET

Investors are ignoring Friday's disappointing unemployment data and have sent the S&P futures well beyond our downtrend line. Hence, investors appear to be opting for the topside following Friday's erra... read more »

The S&P Futures dip below 1100 as Dollar strengthens

Nov 20, 2009 1:10PM ET

The S&P futures have ducked back beneath their highly psychological 1100 level, and it seems investors are finally reacting to this week's wave of negatively mixed econ data. Overall, despite encouragin... read more »

Dow Jones - Trading Signals

Nov 19, 2009 5:45PM ET

Trading Sigals about Dow Jones from 11/19. read more »

The S&P Futures Hold Strong Above 1100 Despite Housing Data

Nov 18, 2009 12:58PM ET

The S&P futures continue to hold strong above their highly psychological 1100 level despite a disappointing set of housing data. Housing Starts and Building Permits both missed analyst expectations, imp... read more »

FSLR - Chart of The Day

Jun 17, 2009 5:18PM ET

In my weekly newsletter EPIC Insights, I am short the First Solar (FSLR) June 145 calls (QHB+FI). Since being short calls has a similar profit profile as being short the shares, I have closely watched t... read more »

Rising Channel Break in POT

May 26, 2009 10:02AM ET

Today's "Trades for Thought" setups is to short Potash Corp.Saskatchewan, symbol POT. This stock has had a large price movement higher in a very short period of time, and on Thursday of l... read more »

Gamestop (GME) Facing Potential Challenge from Walmart (WMT) on Used Video Games

May 18, 2009 5:29PM ET

It is quite amazing how often "the stock" knows, ahead of the news... Gamestop (GME) despite a virtual monopoly on pure play video game retail (one of the few recession proof niches) has been ... read more »

At or Near Initial Daily Fibonacci Index Targets 09-15-09

Sep 15, 2009 9:22AM ET

While we're focusing on upside on all index timeframes, let's be prepared for the possibility of pullbacks at the daily target extension. read more »

Pivotal Fibonacci Time and Price Factors on S&P, Dow, Nasdaq - 08-26-09

Aug 26, 2009 9:32AM ET

The daily index charts managed to show slight new highs yesterday in the focus of the timing highs. We've seen a struggle with intraday directionality as the dailies have met upside targets and we have... read more »

S&P, Dow, Nasdaq Daily High Timing - Still Holding Intraday Support 08-25-09

Aug 25, 2009 9:41AM ET

Daily index charts showed new swing highs yesterday and then a relatively sharp decline in comparison to recent downside corrections. We're still holding 45 minute support, and the current swing low coi... read more »

Fundamental

ETFs For Jim Rogers, ETFs for Nouriel Roubini

Nov 06, 2009 6:08PM ET

This is where it gets interesting... when two gurus start calling each other to the carpet. Jim Rogers slammed Nouriel Roubini recently, chastising his fellow guru with, "It's clear that Mr. Roubini has... read more »

Today's Employment Report: Focus on the Long Term Trends

Nov 06, 2009 10:04AM ET

After this morning's employment report, all of the hopefulness that surrounded an impending economic recovery is quickly eroding. read more »

RIP the Private Sector Economy

Nov 04, 2009 6:22PM ET

Long-time readers of Gains, Pains, & Capital know that one of our central themes is the REAL issues plaguing the US economy and how the powers that be have completely failed to do anything to remedy the... read more »