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Yahoo! Inc.- Numbers Behind the News
FREE - 4/28
Shares of Yahoo! traded lower on Friday, down 50 cents or -1.8% closing at $26.80 as investors' confidence wanes over closing the merger deal with Microsoft. Keeping our eye on the historical ball, we put Yahoo!'s price action into perspective...
By Jay Pasch
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Papal Visits to the U.S. - Heaven and Hell (CORRECT)
FREE - 4/16
Pope Benedict XVi landed at Andrews Air Force base on Tuesday, commencing his first visit to the United States since he was elevated to pontiff of the Catholic Church, and the first papal visit of the third millennium...
By Gibbons Burke
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Stocks - The Smell of Fear Redux
FREE - 4/14
Stocks saw a massive sell-off on Friday - the Dow and S&P 500 fell 2.0%, and the Nasdaq dropped -2.6% - all three are 'big' one-day moves relative to recent volatility. Meanwhile capital withdrawn from stocks moved into Government bonds...
By Gibbons Burke
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Cerner Corp - A Healthy Reversal
FREE - 4/9
Cerner, a health care information systems concern, broke its 2008 sell channel with conviction this week with an 'extra large' 5-day gain, closing at $40.68 with a $1.49 gain, 3.8% in yesterday's weak tape.
By Jay Pasch
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Crude Oil Futures - They're Baa-ack
FREE - 4/4
Crude Oil Futures took a couple of days off the first two days of the week, but it did not take long for them to bounce back. How high will Crude be bouncing this time?
By Mickey Schoenhals
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Tyson Foods - Spring Rally
FREE - 4/3
Tyson Foods declined by a 'big' 3.2% on Wednesday to close with a share price of $16.29. Could this be a good time to own TSN, taking advantage of a historical tendency for this equity to rally from the beginning of April through the end of May?
By Ryan Soudan
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Oil Stocks Index - Gathering Momentum
FREE - 4/3
The AMEX XOI index of oil-related stocks has been gathering a head of steam since a late March re-testing the February low below 1300. The index closed at 1386.27 after the high was just shy of the 1400 level, ending with a 1.2% gain on the day...
By Gibbons Burke
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U.S. Dollar Index - Strong Moves. Will They Last?
FREE - 4/2
The U.S. Dollar Index has rallied 4 consecutive days with a 'very big' 1.1% rally on Tuesday. Many of us are hoping the Dollar will dig in, pull itself up by its bootstraps and get out of this deep hole, but what does history say?
By Mickey Schoenhals
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U.S. Dollar Index Futures - April Fools Rally
FREE - 4/2
U.S. Dollar Index Futures have enjoyed a fantastic couple of days, rallying in 4 consecutive days including a 'very big' gain on Tuesday, April Fools day. NBT.DX gained 1.1% on Tuesday to finish at 72.965.
By Ryan Soudan
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S&P 500 Index - April Fools?
FREE - 3/31
Today we evaluate the S&P 500 Index's 1315 close and -10.56 point decline of -.85% which comes one day ahead of quarter-end. Do the bulls have more than a tepid bounce off of 2008 lows with anemic volume in mind?
By Jay Pasch
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Southwestern Energy Co. - Bullish Seasonal
FREE - 3/31
Southwestern Energy Co. managed to hold up nicely through last week's market volatility. The stock gained 9.9% in a week that the S&P 500 lost -1.1%. This time of year seems to be quite favorable to the bulls in SWN...
By Ryan Soudan
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Live Cattle Futures - Rock Bottom
FREE - 3/28
Live Cattle Futures have seen back to back 'big' 'trend day declines' that crossed the market below its 52-week lowest low on Thursday. Will the Live Cattle Futures rebound or continue to drop to new lows?
By Mickey Schoenhals
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S&P 500 Index - An End-of-quarter Run
FREE - 3/27
The S&P 500 gave back a tolerable -11.85 points on Wednesday, or 0.88%, with a close at 1,341.14 after a 'very large' 5-day gain. History suggests continued up-side with the approach of quarter-end...
By Jay Pasch
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Google Inc.- A Gap Reversal
FREE - 3/25
Shares of Google gapped up and away from its 2008 declining trendline during yesterday's session, up $27.01, or 6.3%, to close at $460.56. Was yesterday's gap-and-go day a bullish tell?
By Jay Pasch
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Southwestern Energy - SeasonalEdge
FREE - 3/25
After losing over 10% in the 5 days leading up to Monday, Southwestern Energy came out strong responding with a 2.5% rally. Will the stock return to its heights or will the dip continue to drop?
By Mickey Schoenhals
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Aflac - Catching a Trend
FREE - 3/25
Last Thursday, the final trading day of the week, Aflac had its 5-day average cross above its 20-day average, and on Monday, despite closing lower on the day, its 10-day average crossed above its 50-day average. AFL could be picking up some momentum.
By Ryan Soudan
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CSX Corp - Carrying the Load
FREE - 3/24
The transport index continues to carry the bullish load across the sector landscape, with index component CSX among the top performers in the sector. CSX closed Thursday at $54.59, up $1.54 or 2.9% as it challenges all-time highs.
By Jay Pasch
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Allergan Specialty Therapeutics - Crossing Averages Redux
FREE - 3/24
Allergan Specialty Therapeutics saw its 50-day average cross below its 200-day average on Thursday after 3 consecutive rallies to close out the short week. Do these trend lines crossing have a long term affect?
By Mickey Schoenhals
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Update - Dow 1924-1937 Analog
FREE - 3/20
Back in May 2007 we featured an analog chart that shows the closely related patterns of movement between the Dow, which peaked in 1929, crashed and then bounced around for the next several years with the Nasdaq from the 2000 peak...
By Anthony Kolton
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Alexandria Real Estate Equities - Its not 'Unusual' to Bounce Back
FREE - 3/20
Alexandria Real Estate Equities posted a 'very big' loss on Wednesday, and it was accompanied with 'extra high' volume. The result was an 'unusual volume price decline', but history shows a reversal may be in store next...
By Mickey Schoenhals
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Marvel Enternainment- A Bullish Seasonal
FREE - 3/18
Marvel Entertainment (MVL) treaded Wall Street's violent wave action yesterday, closing nearly unchanged at $24.85 with an inside-day as the stock winds up ahead of a short-term period of bullish seasonality.
By Jay Pasch
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NASDAQ 100 Stock Index Futures - The Bearish Position is a Crowded One
FREE - 3/17
According to the most recent Commitment of Traders Report released two Friday's ago, both Commercial Hedgers and Large Speculators are net short of contracts. So with the bearish position being a crowded one, let us turn to history...
By Ryan Soudan
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Exelon Corporation - Testing its 100-MA
FREE - 3/17
Exelon Corporation has crossed below, then above, then below that average again on consecutive days ending on Friday. If history is any guide, this type of price action is quite bullish for EXC moving forward into the next month.
By Ryan Soudan
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The Coca-Cola Company - Price Warms Up with the Weather
FREE - 3/17
The Coca-Cola Company a 'very big' -2.4% decline on Friday. With a closing price of $57.53, is this the time of year to buy this price action to close out the week? Let us turn to history...
By Ryan Soudan
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Japanese Yen Futures - Found a Top?
FREE - 3/17
Japanese Yen Futures have rocketed up nearly 8% from the final days of February to today, but has the market found a top?
By Mickey Schoenhals
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U.S. Economy - Recession
FREE - 3/14
A lead story in the Wall Street Journal reports that most economists surveyed are 'increasingly certain' that the U.S. economy is in a business contraction, or recession. Our early warning indicator confirms this...
By Gibbons Burke
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Macy's - Bottoming?
FREE - 3/14
Macy's has tested its 20-day lowest lows in two of the last 3 trading days; however, in both instances, M recovered to finish the day with a rally. M enjoyed a 0.3% gain on Thursday, one day after its 10-day average crossed below its 50-day average.
By Ryan Soudan
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Quicksilver Resources - SeasonalEdge
FREE - 3/13
Quicksilver Resources have seen a great run in the midst of a bearish market gaining over 75% since September began. SeasonalEdge shows that this trend should continue at about the same pace.
By Mickey Schoenhals
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BorgWarner - Crossing Trend Lines
FREE - 3/13
BorgWarner has been tip-toeing along a line of support around $40 per share. Wednesday the 50-day average crossed below the 200-day average. How will the stock respond in the past to these major trend lines crossing?
By Mickey Schoenhals
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Bank of America - Stock Price Fighting Back?
FREE - 3/13
Bank of America has not been spared in the credit crisis that has plagued many banks for what is quickly becoming the better part of a year now. Is this another opportunity to nibble on the dips and sell the rips in the beleaguered financial sector?
By Ryan Soudan
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S&P 500 Index - Getting a fix and getting high
FREE - 3/12
Like a heroin addict after a fix, stocks rallied sharply today, flush with a liquidity injection from its pusher the Fed. The S&P 500 index opened high and finished higher - a 'very big' 3.7% trend-day gain that set the shorts back on their heels...
By Gibbons Burke
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General Electric - A Trend Reversal Signal
FREE - 3/12
Off some -25% from last October highs, GE joined in yesterday's Bernanke-led rally, gaining $1.70, or 5.4%, closing at $33.40 with an 'extra big' gain on the day. The relative enormity of yesterday's move suggests a trend reversal in favor of the bulls.
By Jay Pasch
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Abbot Laboratories - Pulling off its Lows
FREE - 3/12
Abbot Laboratories traded down to a low of $50.32, one cent below the previous day's low. In fact, ABT has traded to new 13-week lows over five consecutive trading days. ABT eventually settled 0.5% higher on Tuesday with a share price of $50.86.
By Ryan Soudan
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Rohm and Haas - Chemically Balanced
FREE - 3/11
Shares of Rohm and Haas tend to rally after having a 'trend day' decline while posting a 'very large' five day decline. With the stock closing at $50.93, should we expect a turnaround rally or a continued decline?
By Pratik Shah
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British Pound in Swiss Franc - No Support In Sight
FREE - 3/11
The value of a British Pound in Swiss Franc went through a 'big' decline to start the week after closing last week with a similar rally. After dropping from the CHF2.4 mark down below CHF2.1, can the exchange rate come back and rally or continue to drop?
By Pratik Shah
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Coffee Futures - Reversal of Fortune
FREE - 3/5
Coffee Futures experienced a 'very big' 'bearish reversal' to close with a price of 160.65 cents/lb.. As recently as Friday, KC was trading at a 52-week high, but has a short-term top been reached? Let us turn to history...
By Ryan Soudan
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Dollar in Yen - Meltdown
FREE - 3/4
The Dollar continues to deteriorate in value versus the Japanese Yen, approaching support at the low set in 2004 at JPY101.7 which was a test of the previous low in 1999 at 101.3. The exchange rate closed on Monday at 103.466...
By Gibbons Burke
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Honda Motors Company - Breaking off its Highs
FREE - 3/3
Honda Motors Company gapped lower on both Thursday and Friday. Despite this HMC finished out the week losing only -0.4% in the five trading days, as on Wednesday, it crossed above its 20-day highest high.
By Ryan Soudan
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The Russell 2000 Index - Continuation
FREE - 2/29
The Russell 2000 remains in a steep downtrend measured by its 200, 100, and 50-day averages. As a result of the big 1.5% decline on Thursday RUT also crossed below its 20, 10, and 5-day averages. With a closing price of 705.72, let us turn to history...
By Ryan Soudan
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Heating Oil Futures - Highest High
FREE - 2/29
On Thursday, Heating Oil Futures traded to a 52-week high for the 3rd time in 4 days. HO closed Thursday with a price of 284.56 exactly on its daily high of 284.56.
By Ryan Soudan
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Tredegar Industries- Buying the Pullback
FREE - 2/29
Tredegar Industries gave back $1.60, or -8.7%, closing at $16.71 during yesterday's trade, retesting this week's double-bottom breakout by printing back-to-back days that were 'very big' in range, history of which a win for the bulls.
By Jay Pasch
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Euro in British Pounds - Very Big Rally
FREE - 2/28
The value of a Euro in British pounds jumped dramatically on Wednesday in inter-bank trading, gaining a 'very big' 1.3% from the previous day's 'close' in New York at GBP0.7632. The exchange rate also crossed above the upper Bollinger band...
By Gibbons Burke
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Reliance Steel & Aluminum - Bollinger breakout
FREE - 2/27
After plunging from a high near $60 in late October 2007 down to a low of $43 in late January, Reliance seems to be mounting a strong attack on the $60 level again. The stock closed on Tuesday at $57.45, after making a 13-week high...
By Gibbons Burke
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Heating Oil - Bullish Seasonal
FREE - 2/22
One might be exused for thinking that after the peak of winter, demand for heating oil would slacken off as we move into the warmer spring, leading to lower prices. But history seems to indicate the opposite is true...
By Gibbons Burke
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Edwards Lifesciences - Can't Keep a Good Stock Down
FREE - 2/15
Shares in the provider of products and technologies for those with cardiovascular disease suffered a mild infarction starting on Wednesday with a repeat episode on Thursday. Like much of the market EW has been trending down since October peak...
By Gibbons Burke
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Gold Futures - Gapping Up and Down
FREE - 2/13
The Gold Futures market gapped up on both Friday and Monday only to gap lower on Tuesday, losing a big -1.7% on its value on the day to close at $907.40 per ounce. Let us turn to history for a closer look at similar moves in gold in the past...
By Ryan Soudan
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Conoco Phillips - Trend Day Declines in February
FREE - 2/6
Conoco Phillips saw a 'big' gap open move to the downside and continued down all day to close with a 'big' decline of -4.6%, closing at $76.09 and removing some of the gains of last week. The daily bar formed a 'trend day' pattern...
By Gibbons Burke
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Big Blue Wrecking Crew Wrecks Patriot's Perfect Season
FREE - 2/4
This evenings contest between the New York Giants and the previously undefeated New England Patriots was an exciting Super Bowl - one of the most closely contested matches in memory. The Giants prevailed - will the mood in the markets be affected?
By Gibbons Burke
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Microtune Inc- Seasonally Out of Tune
FREE - 2/4
Shares of Microtune fell 6% on Friday, contrary to a bullish market session, with shares dropping 35 cents closing at $5.49, front-running a coming period of bearish seasonality.
By Jay Pasch
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Fording Canadian Coal Trust - Red Hot
FREE - 1/30
Fording Coal continues to consolidate after last week's explosive 13-point move to challenge its all-time highs. History suggests a period of continued consolidation before a break into all-time highs. FDG closed nearly unchanged, up 9 cents at $43.30.
By Jay Pasch
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S&P 500 Index - Quintuple Plunge
FREE - 1/24
The S&P 500 index has seen several heart-stopping plunges to intra-day lows in the last week, but Wednesday's was different - it actually rallied from a 3.1% deficit at the low of the day to a 2.1% gain on the day - an event that hasn't occurred since...
By Anthony Kolton and Gibbons Burke
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Light Crude Futures - Buy the Dip?
FREE - 1/24
Crude Oil Futures have declined in consecutive days, including a -2.5% decline Wednesday. Tuesday, its 10-day average crossed below its 50-day average. However historically, this bear signal appears to be false, and in fact, it actually seems bullish...
By Ryan Soudan
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S&P 500 Index Futures - Follow the Smart Money (CORRECT)
FREE - 1/23
The S&P 500 Index Futures have been in a bit of a free fall, as it seems selling has only begotten further selling. With Commercial Hedgers sticking their toes in the water, is it time traders considered doing the same, at least for the short-term?
By Ryan Soudan
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Martin Luther King Pushes Insurance out of Favor?
FREE - 1/23
AON and Aetna both closed lower on Tuesday and these stocks have more in common than just insurance; they both perform poorly in the weeks after Martin Luther King Day.
By Ryan Soudan
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Fed lowers Federal Funds and Discount Rates 75 bp - UNPRECEDENTED
FREE - 1/22
The Fed, doing its part in the Plunge Protection effort, today lowered the short-term interest rates by 75 basis points, an unprecedented easing after equity markets opened sharply lower following the holiday where overseas markets were hammered...
By Gibbons Burke
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Autoliv, Inc. - Hitting 52-week Lows
FREE - 1/22
Autoliv, Inc shares hit new 52-week lows for the majority of last week, takings hits on 4 out of the last 5 days of the week. The value of each share dropped to $45.75. Have they hit resistance?
By Pratik Shah
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United States Steel Corp - Waffling on its 50
FREE - 1/22
United States Steel Corp first crossed below and then above its 200, 100, and 50 day averages on successive days finishing out last week. The stock closed with a share price of $104.72 with a 'big' gain on Friday.
By Ryan Soudan
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Monsanto - Digging Deep
FREE - 1/18
Monsanto has shed a rare 'extra large' five-day decline of 18.4%, with three 'big' declines in a row, and the last two were 'very big'. The violence of this downdraft, coming right after the stock made an all-time high, is astounding...
By Gibbons Burke
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Lumber Futures - Cut Down
FREE - 1/18
Lumber futures have been in a steep decline, losing 8% in the last 5 trading days. They gaped lower to close at 227.5 on Thursday, and history seems to suggest that the declines will not stop there.
By Ryan Soudan
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Harmonic Inc. - Time to Own
FREE - 1/16
Harmonic Inc has been beaten down a bit since the start of November, moving from above $12 to $9.32, where it closed on Tuesday. A seasonal pattern has developed in HLIT, suggesting that this is a great time to own.
By Ryan Soudan
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Crude Oil - Continuing Weak
FREE - 1/16
Crude Oil futures resumed their decline after a brief attempt at a rally on Monday. The futures market fell a 'big' -2.4% on Tuesday with the front month (February) closing at $91.90/bbl. Will the market bounce?
By Gibbons Burke
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Estee Lauder - Freshening Up
FREE - 1/15
Estee Lauder was rated a 'good buy' by S&P Equity Research on December 14th, and the stock proceeded to have four days of strong rallies. Since then, however, the stock has been bushwhacked. Is Estee Lauder still a 'good buy?'
By Mickey Schoenhals
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Dow - Two weekly declines in January
FREE - 1/14
The Dow on Friday concluded its third week in a row with a weekly decline, losing 844.4 points (-6.3%) over that period. Last week the average fell -1.5% to close at 12,606.3. Can the Dow recover from such a blow so early in the year?
By Anthony Kolton
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Crude Oil Futures - Don't Be Fooled!
FREE - 1/14
Crude Oil has eased its fury as it has lost over -5% in the last week of trading, and has crossed below its 50-day moving average. Things appear to be on a downward trend, but is that the case?
By Mickey Schoenhals
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Yum! Brands - Bear Snack
FREE - 1/11
Yum! Brands, Inc. shares recorded its third rally over the last five trading days on Thursday. The 2.2% gain during Thursday's session was the second consecutive one. But is YUM beginning to lose its flavor?
By Ronish Patel
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Euro in Yen - Depreciating Further?
FREE - 1/9
The value of a Euro in Japanese Yen has bounced back and forth from the JPY160 to JPY165 level since the 2nd week of November. Will we see the exchange rate break through the lower support?
By Pratik Shah
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Sunspots and the Business Cycle
FREE - 1/8
The Sun, for the most part, regulates business activity around the globe. People make hay while the Sun is shining and rest at night. Should it be a surprise, then, to link a longer-term solar cycle with the business cycle?
By Anthony Kolton and Gibbons Burke
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Tis the Seasonal or the Trend?
FREE - 12/20
Stocks continue to move crabwise through this trading range between 1400 and 1550 on the S&P 500 index scale, and a trend-following indicator just fired off a bearish signal. Trend-following signals don't usually work well in trading ranges, however...
By Gibbons Burke
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Sugar - December Sweets
FREE - 12/18
Visions of sugar-plums danced in the heads of traders in the sugar futures market in New York as the market rallied in a gap move above 10.5 cents per pound on Monday, busting through that resistance level. What's fueling the move?
By Gibbons Burke
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Loonie In Yen - Targeting above 112 Yen
FREE - 12/17
The 5-day moving average for the value of a Canadian Dollar in Japanese Yen crossed above the 20-day moving average, signaling a bullish move for the two weeks to follow...
By Pratik Shah
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Equitable Resources - Slumping Returns
FREE - 12/12
Shares of Equitable Resources tend to decline on FOMC Meeting Days similar to Tuesday's...
By Pratik Shah
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Heating Oil - Little Dipper
FREE - 11/29
Heating Oil has lost 'big' on its last two trading days for a total loss of -5%. Will the market bounce back, or is it setting a new trend?
By Mickey Schoenhals
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Anheuser Busch - Very Big Gain in November
FREE - 11/28
Shares in the brewers of Budweiser beer are starting to build up some bullish momentum, with two 'big' gains in the last three trading days combining to bring about a 'very big' five-day percentage gain of 3.9%. Will this momentum carry the stock farther?
By Gibbons Burke
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Light Crude Futures - Buying Opportunity?
FREE - 11/28
Light Crude Futures have pulled off their highs declining in two consecutive days, including a -3.4% decline on Tuesday. Could this be a reversal in trend, or is it simply a better price to be long at? Let us turn to history...
By Ryan Soudan
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Dow - Post-Thanksgiving Declines
FREE - 11/27
The Dow took a 'big' 1.8% dive on Monday after Friday's tryptophan-fueled 'big' 1.4% gain to bring the average to a -3.3% five-day rate of change, which because of recent volatility, is no longer considered 'large'...
By Gibbons Burke
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Dow - Veterans Day Seasonal Bullishness
FREE - 11/13
The modern history of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, following the 1982 introduction of financial futures on stock indexes, shows a fairly consistent bullish edge into the start of the New Year...
By Gibbons Burke
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Dow Jones Industrial - Secular Trend Change?
FREE - 11/12
Like the OEX, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell below its average value over the last 200 trading days on Friday, closing the week with a 'large' five-day decline of -4.1% at 13042.74, having lost 552.36 points during the week...
By Gibbons Burke
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Hindenburg Omen Again
FREE - 11/8
This is just an update to an earlier story featuring the Hindenburg Omen - the event occurred again, according to our criterion, on Monday, November 5th.
By Gibbons Burke
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Monsanto - Trend Days in November
FREE - 11/7
Monsanto shares saw a 'big' 'trend day' rally of 3.6% on Tuesday, closing at $96.74, within striking distance of last Wednesday's all-time high of $98.70, and the round number target $100. How have such 'trend day' rallies played out in the past?
By Gibbons Burke
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Exxon Mobil - Double Bollinger Dip
FREE - 11/5
Exxon Mobil drilled deeper into bearish territory on Thursday and Friday, dropping 4.4% over those two days and making for a 'very large' weekly loss of -4.6%. The stock closed on both days below the lower Bollinger band - is this significant?
By Gibbons Burke
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Treasury Bonds and the Euro
FREE - 11/2
The European Currency fell a 'big' -0.4% on Thursday (basis the close of business in New York) to $1.4425, after making a 52-week high on Wednesday of $1.4505. Treasury Bond futures, however, rallied 'very big'
By Anthony Kolton and Gibbons Burke
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Marathon Oil - Crude Oil Spooked
FREE - 10/31
Marathon Oil lost an 'extra big' 5.2% on Tuesday, in sympathy with the oil market generally as Crude Oil futures fell a 'very big' -3.4%. Is it time to bail on energy stocks just yet? Not according to the history of such spooky moves...
By Gibbons Burke
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Crude Oil Futures: Still Bullish?
FREE - 10/26
What does the MIM make of Crude Oil futures two-day rally in light of the Energy Information Administration weekly inventory report?
By Scott Murani
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S&P 500 - Hindenburg Omen
FREE - 10/19
On Wednesday, October 18th, the Hindenburg Omen, a technical market signal named after the Hindenburg tragedy in 1937 was triggered. Let us put this impending turmoil trigger to the historical test...
By Ryan Soudan and Mickey Schoenhals
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Dow-Nasdaq Analog - Updated (through end of 2007)
FREE - 10/12
We update a chart we published back in May 2007 which shows an overlay of the Nasdaq Composite index on top of a chart of the Dow back around the 1929 crash and bear market. We may have reached a top if this analog is a guide...
By Anthony Kolton
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Hansen Natural - To Infinity, and Beyond
FREE - 9/28
Hansen Natural has been surging into new all-time high territory every day so far this week, but on Thursday the stock price declined 0.8% after making a new all-time high at $57.96 to close at $56.67. What comes next?
By Gibbons Burke
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Clorox - Bleached Bears
FREE - 9/27
Clorox shares rallied significantly on Wednesday, gaining a 'big' 1.2% and forming a 'trend day' gain pattern as it crossed above its 20-day high as it climbed out of the hole it jumped into in early August. Do the historical prospects look good?
By Gibbons Burke
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Bear Stearns - Up For Sale
FREE - 9/27
Rumors of Bear Stearns selling up to 20% of its business has got the stock soaring sky high, but is it too high too fast?
By Mickey Schoenhals
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Dow Jones Industrial Average - Bulls Continue the Stampede
FREE - 9/20
The bulls took a victory lap on Wednesday, adding another 76.17 points to the Dow, pushing the index up 0.6% to close at 13815.56. Today we highlight the Dow's history in the context of this week's price action and FOMC rate cut.
By Jay Pasch
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Energizer - Will it Keep Going?
FREE - 9/20
Energizer Holdings rallied 1.8% on Wednesday, making the second one percent or better move in as many days. Tuesday the stock rallied 1.9%. The gains lofted the stock above the king of technical indicators - a new all time high...
By Gibbons Burke
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SPX Mid-Cap 400 Index - Very Big Gain
FREE - 9/19
The Mid-cap 400 Stock index enjoyed a 'very big' 3.0% gain on Tuesday along with the rest of the stock market's ebullient reaction to the Federal Funds rate cut announced yesterday afternoon. Is this the start of something good?
By Gibbons Burke
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S&P 500 Futures - Trend Day Friday
FREE - 9/17
The S&P 500 index has rallied nicely in each of the last four trading days of last week, bringing the market, basis the futures, to a 1.7% gain for the week, a nice show of strength amidst so much doom and gloom about the credit market...
By Gibbons Burke
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Dressed for Success
FREE - 9/14
Dress Barn shares fell back to test support at the $16 level on Thursday with a 2.1% 'trend day' decline below the lower Bollinger band whose lows took the stock to a new 52-week low. This rash of bearishness isn't promising till we look at history...
By Gibbons Burke
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Google - Earning Its Keep
FREE - 9/13
Google is, tentatively, scheduled to announce earnings on October 18th, 2007. As of Wednesday's close we have 26 trading days between now and then. The crowd following Google is used to and expecting good news, and the stock reflects this...
By Mickey Schoenhals and Gibbons Burke
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Expediting a Bullish Move
FREE - 9/13
Shares in Expeditors International fell a sharp 2.4% on Wednesday after rallying on Monday and Tuesday, to close at $42.37 and bringing the five-day return down to -2.9%. The stock has fallen from its August high above $54...
By Gibbons Burke
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Stocks - The Smell of Fear Redux
FREE - 9/10
Major stock indexes took a big tumble on Friday, falling 'big' in all three cases, the Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite. The Dow and Nasdaq both fell -1.9% while the S&P fell -1.7%. In a flight to quality, Treasury bonds benefitted...
By Gibbons Burke
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The Dow and Employment Disappointments
FREE - 9/10
The Dow fell a 'big' -1.9% on Friday on the heels of the monthly Employment Situation report, which was a disappointment for economists. Have we seen such reactions before?
By Gibbons Burke
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S&P 500 Index - Retreat to the Rally Point
FREE - 9/4
In military tactical planning for a special forces mission, a unit is given the objective and a rally point - a location where, after the attack, the unit will meet to gather to retreat from the arena in an orderly fashion, or to meet a counter attack...
By Gibbons Burke
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Wheat Futures - One Day Edge
FREE - 8/30
Wheat Futures have performed very well as of late, closing up a big 3% on Wednesday to close at 742. Is there any steam left in this rally?
By Ryan Soudan
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Gilead Sciences - Bollinger Band Success?
FREE - 8/30
Gilead Sciences has closed below its lower Bollinger Band for two days in a row. Have the shares his a resistance level?
By Pratik Shah
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Fed Changes DISCOUNT rate
FREE - 8/17
Here is an updated version of Friday morning's trading idea with the correct rate change applied - in this case the Discount Rate, not the Federal Funds rate....
By Gibbons Burke
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Crude Oil - In it for the Long Haul
FREE - 8/13
Crude Oil has seen 3 consecutive losses that drop the market below the 50-day moving average. Though hedgers were correct by being net short for at least the last 5 trading days, they may want to reconsider their position.
By Mickey Schoenhals
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Natural Gas Futures - Ready to Sink?
FREE - 6/5
Natural Gas Futures, traded at the New York Mercantile Exchange, saw a 'very big' gain of 4% during Monday's session to be up 5.3% over the last five trading days despite declining on three of the five days. But what goes up, must come down...
By Ronish Patel
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Dow 1930s versus Nasdaq in the New Millennium (UPDATED Chart)
FREE - 5/3
When the market declined over 3% one day back on February 27, I mentioned that I thought that this was not the beginning of the end for the stock market, but not just yet. A chart we have published before is still playing out in an interesting way...
By Anthony Kolton
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Fastenal - Fast Recovery?
FREE - 4/13
Fastenal shares have been resurrected from a beaten down place having fallen from a high at $43.20 level in October 2006 down to the recent lows in early March at $33.00. But Thursday's move came in a surge of trading...
By Gibbons Burke
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Dow - First Negative Quarter since June 2005 [UPDATED with option strategy]
FREE - 4/2
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed the first quarter of 2007 with a -0.87% decline, ending the quarter on Friday at 12354.35. This is the first negative quarter since 2Q 2005, and it ended a six quarter streak, the longest since 3Q 1997...
By Anthony Kolton and Gibbons Burke
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AMEX Oil Index- On the March
FREE - 3/15
The AMEX oil index, XOI, rose nearly 1% to close at 1150 in Wednesday's trading with a March cross above its 50-period moving average. History suggests a high percentage bullish trade on this event.
By Jay Pasch
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