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Download3D Printers - Is The Game Back On?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS..."Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated." Mark Twain
Adobe - Is The Acrobat Tiring?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After bottoming in 2009 Adobe soared more than 400% to its March 2014 peak just shy of $70. But its best days may be behind it based on what the technicals and fundamentals are saying.
CME Euro FX Continuous Contract: Is The Trend Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The study of relationships between range and volume provides a valuable insight to market conditions.
DJ Vu: Where Is the Next Top?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Continuing an exploration of the similarities between today's market environment and the Great Depression leads to a price target for this move up.
Electronics Boutique Holdings: Is The Party Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Electronics Boutique is trending up, with a couple of gaps as well as support from various indicators.
ExxonMobil: Is The Selling Overdone?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Down by 10% during the past month, shares of ExxonMobil are getting close to a key support zone.
Gold Is The Big Picture
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Having turned the corner, gold is headed back down.
Heavy Is The Heart Of The Homebuilders
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Negative divergences augur lower prices ahead for homebuilding stocks.
How Accurate Is The A/D Line? by Lawrence G. McMillan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How Accurate Is The A/D Line? by Lawrence G. McMillan Maybe not as accurate as you think. Here's one way to get more realistic results. For much of 2001 -- especially the first eight months of the year -- market technicians were often quoted as saying th
How Good is The Dow Theory? PART I by Bill Dunbar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How Good is The Dow Theory? PART I by Bill Dunbar An excellent article on the Dow Theory appeared in the December 1984 issue of this magazine, written by Timothy A. Maguire. The present article may be looked on as an extension of that one but since Magu
How Good is The Dow Theory? Part II by Bill Dunbar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How Good is The Dow Theory? Part II by Bill Dunbar I had just sat down at my desk in Advanced Design when Cliff walked In. ""Ya hear the news?"" he asked. ""What news?"" ""The rails confirmed yesterday!"" He announced it like he expected me to stand
How Random Is The Dow by Tony Baker and William Arnold
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How Random Is The Dow by Tony Baker and William Arnold This study looks at the market fluctuations of the DJIA to determine if there is any consistency in the markets. One of the best-known, universally reliable characteristics of the financial markets
Interview: What Is The Future Of Trading? by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What Is The Future Of Trading? by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan At The Start Of Our 20th Year, We Ask: What Is The Future Of Trading? The trading exchanges have been going through various changes lately, shifting from member-sponsored entities to for-profi
Is The 200-Day Moving Average A Reliable Trend Indicator?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With major averages facing resistance at their 200-day moving averages, we test the reliability of this indicator.
Is The A-B Base What The Bottom Will Look Like?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is this A-B base the future market bottom picture?
Is The Airline Index Ready For Takeoff?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The airline index plunged 50% in the past year. Now there are signs of a bottom.
Is The Amazon.com Cyclical Turn At Hand?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Despite today's selloff in the broad US markets, Amazon shares managed to produce a potentially significant, bullish reversal bar.
Is The Average Analyst Average-Aware?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Such a simple term, yet easy to misinterpret. Here, we clarify the differences between mean, median, and mode
Is The Bear Going Back To Sleep?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Several weeks ago, the bear woke up. Is winter over, or is the bear going back to sleep?
Is The Bottom In Yet For CSC?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a long-running bullish money flow/price divergence finally shows signs of playing out, sharp traders and investors start to take notice and then take positions carefully.
Is The Bottom Near? - Mike Byrum Of Rydex Funds
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the market bottom near? That's one of the questions we asked Mike Byrum, chairman of the Rydex Investment Strategy Committee, which oversees investment activity for all Rydex Funds. He is also the portfolio manager for the Rydex OTC Fund. Byrum w
Is The Correction Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Global unrest was the cause of the expected correction in the market. With the DJIA going strongly positive on February 28, is this suggesting the correction is over?
Is The Cycle High For .RUT?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The R2K just broke higher out of an inverted head & shoulders pattern, but is this rally attempt too little, too late?
Is The DJIA A Defective Indicator? by Max Bader, M.D., M.P.H.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is The DJIA A Defective Indicator? by Max Bader, M.D., M.P.H. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is the most popular and commonly quoted of the stock market averages used to measure market activity. This is due mainly to its long history as a marke
Is The DJIA Starting A New Leg Up?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The DJ 30 appears to have started a new leg up. How much further might be left?
Is The Dollar And Gold Decoupling?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Normally, the US dollar and gold move in opposite directions. However, in recent days they moved in the same direction. Is this a sign that the dollar and gold are decoupling, or is this just an anomaly?
Is The East Colonizing The West?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In a turnaround, in today's world, it is India and China that are "colonizing" the West — but they are doing so financially.
Is The Economy Slowing?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is The Economy Slowing?
Is The End Near?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The first positive divergence in the hourly chart of the QQQQ since the late October top offers hope for the bulls.
Is The Financial Sector Ready To Break Out?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The pullback rally of the Financial Sector SPDR has moved closer to the moving average resistance. The technical check is necessary for the direction of the breakout.
Is The Four-Year-Old Bull Run In .SPX Fading?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With the .SPX still trading within a few percentage points of its post-crash highs, might the impending fiscal cliff be the triggering event prior to a major decline in the US stock indexes?
Is The Gold Rush Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The gold trust shares have had an incredible run since mid-August, but is there still future upside potential? The answer lies in its trendline.
Is The Google Uptrend Finished?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Google prints a down gap on earnings news.
Is The Lehman Treasury Fund Finding A Bottom?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Lehman Treasury Fund has bounced off key support levels but are prices ready to rally?
Is The Low Finally Here For UNG?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In just three and a half years, the United States Natural Gas Fund LP has fallen from $127.78 to as little as $5.06. Might not this market be closer to the ultimate low now than ever before?
Is The Market Building A Bottom?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One good overall measure of the market is the Vanguard Total Market ETF. What is it telling us about the market?
Is The Market Poised For A Turndown?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For some time now, I have been suggesting that the market could start turning down, moving into a new bear market that will last two to three years.
Is The Market Really In A Trading Range?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It would seem so, since the market appears to be starting a five-month rally that should complete wave 2 of a long-term horizontal correction.
Is The NASDAQ Calling The Way?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trying to find market direction by looking at today's indexes is not easy.
Is The Oil And Gas Rise Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the rise over? For the moment, yes.
Is The Oil Uptrend Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...USO has been in an uptrend since 1999, but it now looks like the upward trend is over and a sizable correction in oil is at hand, one that could drop the price of oil to as low as $53 per barrel.
Is The Philippines The Next Asian Tiger?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...While the rest of the world fears a double-dip recession, this small nation is booming and is emerging into the next Asian tiger.
Is The Price REIT?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Equity REITs were crushed during the last two years. Is it too soon to start buying? Are REITs going to recover soon or should you wait for the elusive interest rate cuts? To remove the guesswork, here is a strategy to trade REIT stocks based on their co
Is The QQQQ Breakout At Hand?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Trapped in a trading range since early November, is the NASDAQ 100's tracking stock finally ready to move higher?
Is The Rally In Devon Energy Almost Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Even though Devon has reached my ultimate upside target, current market sentiment is not indicative of a significant top.
Is The Rally In The US Dollar Index Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The US Dollar Index has rallied since late December, but this strength may be coming to an end.
Is The Recession Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the recession over and the economy In recovery? One way to answer this question is by looking at what the financial market sector is doing.
Is The Selling Over For First Solar?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a long and trying selloff, shares of First Solar appear to be at or near a major turning point.
Is The Slippery Slide Over For Oil?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Between the middle of June 2014 and the end of January 2015, the price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate dropped from $107 to a low of $43.55, a decline of 60%. Is there more downside to come or is the worst over for Texas Tea?
Is The Soybean Complex Slipping?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Negative divergences and parabolic moves to the upside suggest caution may be prudent for bean bulls.
Is The Stock Bear Market Finished?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The balance of evidence is now bullish for stocks. Here's what happened and how to take advantage of a probable trend change.
Is The Stock Market Bottom Here?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...News reporters, economists, and stock market forecasters view the current low in the stock market as the stock market bottom. There are many ways to measure to find out if it is. Here is one way.
Is The Stock Market Random? by Bill Dunbar
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is The Stock Market Random? by Bill Dunbar Professor Aikinheit of the Economics Department strokes the bottom of his mustache up out of the way, tips his martini glass and drains the last precious drops. ""Have another?"" Joe Grubber licks his upper li
Is The Tiger Losing Its Stripes?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Not long ago, Chinese growth dominated the financial news. What happened?
Is The Time Right For Fossil?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Fossil offers fashion accessories all over the world, but how's the stock look?
Is The Top At Hand?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Many methods can be used to determine if the stock market is still in a bull market or if a new bear market is just now getting under way. The method used here analyzes each stock within the S&P 500 and draws a conclusion as to the whole of the stock
Is The U.S. Dollar Ready To Rebound?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The U.S. Dollar Index has been in a decline for nearly three years now but various signs are pointing to a potential bounce in the near-term.
Is The US Dollar Likely To Weaken Further?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...How far would the US Dollar Index descend?
Is The Wilshire 5000 Daily Index Giving Us Good News?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A look at the divergence of the commodity channel index on the Wilshire 5000 is telling us something important.
Is The Worst Finally Over For Netflix?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Netflix has been pummeled in the last few months but as 2011 ended and 2012 began, the stock began to show some signs of life.
Is the Bond Bull Market Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One intermarket analysis of the relationship between gold, commodities and interest rates suggests that bonds may be loaded for bear.
Is the FTSE Trying to Tell Us Something?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The study of intermarket analysis tells us that global indexes tend to follow one another. At times they diverge but eventually they align. With that in mind, there are a few things that the FTSE may be trying to tell us about the Dow.
Is the Pig Party Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A failed 2B test of top leads to a head and shoulders breakdown in June hogs.
Is the S&P 100 Cycle Confirming A Recovering U.S. Economy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...I have written many articles on cycles, and shown how a simple cycle can be a reliable arrow in your quiver of technical analysis weapons. Here is another one.
Is the Worst Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...General Electric (GE) has been in a painful downtrend for the last two years. In fact, its stock has fallen so sharply that on June 26, 2018, it was replaced by Walgreens (WBA) as a Dow component. That GE was an original member of the 30-company index a
It's Topping Season - But Is the Worst Over?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As another Halloween approaches and with it a rising number of bearish market forecasts, is now the time to hunker down with your portfolios?
Juniper Networks (JNPR). . .What Is The Right Strategy?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Juniper Networks (JNPR) is in the midst of confusion. There is a struggle between supply and demand with the supply side winning at this point.
Of Gold And Bonds, Gold Is The Leader by Alex Saitta
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Of Gold And Bonds, Gold Is The Leader by Alex Saitta Does gold lead the bond market, or is it the other way around? Previously, we uncovered strong coincidental relationships between gold and the dollar, inflation, bonds and the CRB index. As bond trad
So What IS The True Elliott Wave Count?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We should stick to the rules.
So, Is The Bottom Around The Corner?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The stock market has fallen heavily over the past few weeks. When will it start recovering?
So, Where And When Is The Bottom?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The correction looks as though it is here. If it is, then where is the bottom?
Tesla - Is the Parabolic Run Done?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Between the first trading day of 2013 and the end of May, Tesla Motors Inc. enjoyed a three-bag run -- the stock was up more than 300%. But as the spring stock rally began to unravel, TSLA looked increasingly vulnerable.
The British Pound: Is The Smart Money Accumulating?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After tracing out a distinct five-wave pattern of reasonable proportion, price-momentum divergences suggest that the British pound may be due for a reversal.
What Is The Best Purchase Price?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Have you analyzed your trading setup to determine what the best price is for buying a security? Here we explore some ways to do that
What Is The Real Meaning Of The EMA Alpha?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In an exponential moving average, the smoothing fac tor, also known as a weighted multiplier or alpha, is the parameter that determines how values in the lookback period are weighted. Weights decline exponentially as the data points get older. How
What Is The Real Risk Of System Trading?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...By knowing the risk of being in the market, you can hedge and control portfolio volatility better. Here is a rundown of the most popular ways to evaluate and measure risk, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of each. In the end, you'll find out what'
What Is The VIX Telling Us?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Is the VIX now telling us to be prepared?
What is the Impact of the S&P 500? by Clifford J. Sherry, Ph.D.
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...What is the Impact of the S&P 500? by Clifford J. Sherry, Ph.D. What impact does the variability of the market have on the price behavior of an individual stock? Technicians often use the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index as a model for the market when
Where Is The Market Heading?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...If you're wondering when the markets will correct, here's one forecasting method to use that has stood the test of time
Where Is The Price Of Oil Going?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...To determine the movement of the oil price, I looked at the oil ETF.
Where Is The Weakest Link? by Damir Smitlener
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:12 (42-45): Where Is The Weakest Link? by Damir Smitlener With the year coming to a close, it's a good time to revisit your trading system. Here are a few things to consider that you may never have thought of. Varied and vari
Which Is The Best Trading System For You?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Some trading systems appear to be almost a tailor-made fit for a given stock's trading characteristics.
Which One Is The Correct Count?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...We all know that the year ahead until the Presidential elections is going to be a nail-biter.
Which Way Is The Nasdaq Headed?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A descending right triangle seems to have formed.
Why Is The Toronto 300 Index Bullish?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Why is the Toronto 300 in a strong bull market while the DJIA is dithering?
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