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Download"Sell In May And Go Away"
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...That saying's been around for a long time, but you have to wonder: Is it for real?
A Buy In May?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The maxim is "Sell in May and go away." Here is one stock that is suggesting the opposite.
A Head And Shoulders Top For May Crude Oil?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...May crude oil has been hitting new highs in recent months but the head and shoulders breakdown could indicate a correction in the near-term.
ALL Heading For A May Cycle Low?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Will shares of Allstate Corp. manage another run higher after its recent consolidation, or is the downward pull of multiple price cycles going to be the determining factor in the stock's near-term direction?
Beleaguered Biovail (BVF.TO) May Be Close To Turning Higher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This Ontario based pharmaceutical company has had its share of woes but the chart hints at a possible turn developing.
Best Buy Co. May Be Best Buy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This huge specialty retailer of consumer electronics may be poised for another large move.
Bon-Ton: A Beaten-Down Retailer That May Have Bottomed
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Midpriced retailers are likely to do well in the coming months, as their customers get rebate checks under Congress' recently passed stimulus package.
Buy In May And Stay
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 and Shanghai Composite could soon give signals for an important bottom.
Canadian Nickel Giant Inco May Have Topped Out
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The world's second-largest nickel producer, Inco Ltd., has started a downleg. How far can it go?
Columbus McKinnon (CMCO) May Be Ready To Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This leading worldwide designer and manufacturer of material handling products has had a deeper correction than the overall markets and now appears ready to rebound.
Comerica May Undergo Relief Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Comerica is in an intermediate downtrend, and the highly bearish indicators suggest a relief rally could be under way.
Crude Oil May Bounce Back
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The sharp plunge in oil prices since July brought great relief across the financial markets. The commodity has cooled almost $40 from the highs. Can the oversold stochastic result in a price bounce?
DELL Recovery May Be On Horizon
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The name is synonymous with computers. Charts are suggesting the company, recently in the doldrums, may have found a path upward.
DJ US Chemical Index May Move In Narrow Range
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...$DJUSCH is forming a continuation pattern at higher levels, so the index may move in a narrow range till the formation matures if lower support is held.
DJ Wilshire 5000 May Retrace
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...DJ Wilshire 5000 index is facing two resistances.
Demand May Overwhelm Supply of Deluxe
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Multiple indicators point to higher prices for Deluxe.
ENDP Prior Resistance May Become Support Area
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When a strong relative strength stock makes a new high after a break in major resistance, savvy traders plan ahead for a possible long reentry point.
Energy Select Sector May Undergo Some More Correction
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...XLE has moved into the overbought area, and the daily price chart has formed a rising wedge. The sector is likely to witness a correction during the uptrend.
Gigamedia May See Bears Ride
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a long bullish rally, Gigamedia shows symptoms of a temporary halt in the directional move. The two bearish formations should be observed carefully.
Gold Moves Sideways, May Be Distributing
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Except in extraordinary cases, tops and bottoms take time to form. This is because large traders and investors tend to distribute their holdings to retail traders just when these retail traders expect prices to hit new highs again.
Google May Retrace Back To Support Zone
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The uptrend in Google is well developed and easily sustainable. Some minor twists suggest profit-booking for safe trade, as support can get retested.
HongKong iShares May Remain Choppy
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The intraday fall has retraced the Hong Kong iShares below resistance, leading to volatile sessions and a wide-range consolidation on the daily chart.
In This Issue - May 2001
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...In This Issue - May 2001
LKQ May See Hard Days In Near Future
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...LKQX is showing indications of topping out with an overheated long-term trend. A long trading range was taken off by a gap up, but a shooting star turned down the breakout in sideways action.
Liberty Global May Tumble Lower
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...As Liberty Global Inc. breaks important support, downside targets are being considered for this NASDAQ 100 company.
Material Select Sector May Retest Other Supports
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...After a symmetrical triangle breakdown, XLB is dragged below its initial support and may continue the decline.
May Coffee's 2B Test
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Does a short-term 2B test of bottom anticipate an upswing in coffee futures?
May Price And Volume Be With You
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The relationship between price and volume is key to trading profitably. Here's an in-depth look.
MetLife Inc.: Strong Money Flow May Prompt Breakout
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Shares of MetLife, Inc. are up nearly 54% in less than a year -- with more near-term gains possible.
Nat Gas Triangle May Favor Bulls
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Triangles and pennant formations are fairly common, but when they appear as part of a long-term bottoming process, commodity bulls tend to pay attention.
Paychex May Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This payroll and benefits outsourcing company looks ready to start an upleg.
Pfizer May See A Bullish Rally
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A small range-bound rally may complete the cup with handle pattern. The bullish breakout of the pattern may attract new traders.
S&P 500 Correction May Be Ending
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Markets move sideways about 70% of the time. The S&P 500 has been in a 70-point range of a downward sloping channel since April 2004. Is this resilience in the face of an expected oil shock or is this the lull before the storm? Either way, get read
S&P 500 May Be Ending Its Sideways Phase
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Markets often go into sideways trading channels when there are no big triggers to take the market up or down. This seems to have happened with the S&P 500 in the last four months, but it may have finally broken out of the channel.
Sell In May And Go Away
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...'SELL in MAY and GO AWAY' is a maxim that is always on every investor's mind.
Sell In May And Go Away
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The S&P 500 continues to make most of its gains between November and April and underperform between May and October. Here is an updated look at this phenomenon and how you can put it to use.
Sell In May And Go Away?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This maxim is on everyone's lips at the moment. Is the market going into a quiet phase over the next few months because of the start of the summer holidays? Or is there something else involved?
Sell In May...
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...That mantra "sell in May and go away" did not happen this year.
Semiconductor Index May Get Churned
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index is in a strong support/resistance zone.
Sigma-Aldrich May Be Topping
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Sigma-Aldrich Corp., a leading life science and high technology company, may be topping in a potentially weak pattern.
Stocks & Commodities V.8:14: May Mystery Charts
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...For the May Mystery Chart (Figure 1), I contrasted theperformance of two blue-chips headed, I said, in different directions despite their industry fundamentals. Which stocks were they and where would they be in a year.
TLT May Change Direction
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Price and volume action of TLT shows it's ready to reverse its short-term downtrend.
Telus Corp. May Be Building Another Head & Shoulders Pattern
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...It is too early to call a head and shoulders top, but the placement of the usually relevant 200-period EMA (exponential moving average) makes this a distinct possibility going forward. In the meantime, traders may be able to position themselves for a pos
Ten-Year Rates May Show Effect Of PIMCO's Selling
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...When one of the world's largest holders of an asset sells, there are bound to be signs in the market.
The Bell May Be Ringing For Cincinnati Bell
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...During the last great bubble of 2000, this was a $40 stock... now it's spent considerable time below $5. However, things are looking perkier now as the stock is coming off a two year low.
The January Barometer May Not Work This Year
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A market adage claims, "As goes January, so goes the year." Are we likely to see more declines over the next 11 months?
The May Count
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...With a minute ii wave peak in late April, look for the current decline in the S&P 500 to bottom near 1045.
US Dollar Index May Boost the Indices Higher
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The strength or weakness of the USD often impacts the equities markets. Everyone knows that the greenback has taken a beating- has it bottomed?
VIX Shows Bull (Bear Rally?) May Tire Soon
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Previous articles have shown a good correlation between VIX and the main indices -- especially Nasdaq. There is an inverse relationship here as VIX runs opposite to the indices.
VIX Topping Out Soon May Mean Market Bounce
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index is used by stock and options traders to monitor the market's anxiety level. There is an inverse relationship to market direction. Generally when one peaks, the other troughs.
VSE's Bullish Rally May Halt
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...A signal's bullish formation can get ignored by overheated indicators, resulting in a pause in an ongoing bullish rally.
Was Thursday, May 6's Selloff The End Of Wave II?
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...One lesson I have learned over the years is that when a major selloff occurs, a market bottom is usually signaled.
When is it Safe to Short a Stock? Air Canada May Be Losing Altitude
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Since topping out at the $8 area, Canada's dominant airline is now in a potentially bearish pattern - a descending triangle.
Why the Rally in Starbucks May Not be Over
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Starbucks' bullish trading range and "out-of-favor" status with Wall Street may indicate higher prices ahead.
Williams Partners May See Minor Dip
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...WPZ made a new high with an overbought relative strength index. Some profit booking may be possible before the next bullish rally.
Working Money: May Price And Volume Be With You by Tim Ord
YHOO Shock Selloff May Initiate Further Declines
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Yahoo shares had been chopping sideways in a six-month, $3-wide consolidation zone, but the recent decline in the stock now has all the makings of a significant trend reversal.
YOUR LETTERS - May 2001
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...The editors of Working Money, The Investors' Magazine, invite readers to submit their thoughts and opinions on subjects relating to investing and this magazine. This column is our means of communication with our readers. Is there something you would
Your Dividends May Be Costing You Money
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...Waiting for a payout? Selling your shares? Either way, consider the money management behind the company you've invested in.
Zarlink Semiconductor May Be Fighting An Uphill Battle
ARTICLE SYNOPSIS...This Canadian semiconductor stock has been enjoying a rising trend but what is the bigger picture revealing?
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