Trading countertrend moves can be profitable but risky, so it pays to line up as many factors as... Read More
Trading countertrend moves can be profitable but risky, so it pays to line up as many factors as possible in our favor before putting money to work. When a stock sports a price-to-earnings... Read More
Anyone following the market via their broker’s recommendations would understandably not think... Read More
Anyone following the market via their broker’s recommendations would understandably not think very highly of energy stocks. Fortunately, we have charts to follow what the market, not the... Read More
While following a rising trend is usually the best way to make money in the stock market, chart... Read More
While following a rising trend is usually the best way to make money in the stock market, chart reading can tell us where that trend is likely to run out of steam. And when we have a big stock like... Read More
The biotech sector scored a short-term breakout last week, and the bullishness spread to its... Read More
The biotech sector scored a short-term breakout last week, and the bullishness spread to its larger, more established cousins, the big pharmaceutical stocks. While most of these drugmakers have... Read More
Sector work is a big part of the stock selection process. Right now, financial stocks from banks to... Read More
Sector work is a big part of the stock selection process. Right now, financial stocks from banks to specialty finance are lagging the major indices. However, property and casualty insurer and member... Read More
With interest rates still in decline, the stodgy, old utilities sector is leading the pack. ... Read More
With interest rates still in decline, the stodgy, old utilities sector is leading the pack. Of course, with a more than 20% gain under its belt since early December, it’s unlikely the Dow... Read More
Pundits fall all over themselves trying to pick stocks that will beat the market. However, in the... Read More
Pundits fall all over themselves trying to pick stocks that will beat the market. However, in the current market environment it seems traditional filters are not working the way we would normally... Read More
Sometimes all we really need is a trendline to identify what to do with a stock. One look at... Read More
Sometimes all we really need is a trendline to identify what to do with a stock. One look at the chart of digital telecommunications product maker Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) tells us that the... Read More
From 2008 to 2013, organic and natural foods retailer Whole Foods Market (NYSE: WFM) was a... Read More
From 2008 to 2013, organic and natural foods retailer Whole Foods Market (NYSE: WFM) was a superstar. But backlash over its high prices and a reduced outlook ended the rally and sent the stock into a... Read More
Shares of Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) went on a roller-coaster ride in 2015 worthy of one of its theme... Read More
Shares of Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) went on a roller-coaster ride in 2015 worthy of one of its theme parks. They rallied from $90 to over $120, not once but twice, and by early 2016, they had fallen... Read More