Big Pharma just struck a big blow against its generic competition. Fueled by a string of high-profile drug patent expirations, a wave of new generics has hit the market in the past few years. A… Read More

In response to news from central banks in Europe and the United States, stocks and gold ended the week with solid gains following big moves on Thursday and Friday. Easing has been bullish in the past, and traders have learned they… Read More

Being born and raised in the former industrial city of Pittsburgh exposed me to the old-school way of doing things at a young age. Although it’s currently evolving, Pittsburgh was a city stuck in its ways for decades.  The city was built upon the so-called dirty businesses of steel and… Read More

Right now, investors should be taking note of a powerful 20-year trend that carries a perfect track-record: A 100%, dead-on market factor that offers bullish investors a competitive edge. If this trend holds true once more, then by… Read More

It’s often said that what is past is prologue, and that’s usually true when it comes to financial markets. And when we look at past performance for the markets in September, we get a gloomy sense of prologue. That’s because, historically, September is the worst-performing month of the year for… Read More

The last week of August ended with big moves on Thursday and Friday. Stocks look ready to break out of their dull trading range now, and a detailed indicator analysis favors an upside breakout. Stocks gain after Bernanke’s speech SPDR S&P 500… Read More

The stage has been set, and the central bank bands are about to start playing. In just a couple of weeks, we’ll find out precisely what songs both the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Federal Reserve decide to sing when… Read More

The recent bounce in volatility, a cost component in an option‘s price, has made premium-selling strategies more attractive. After a new five-year low in the CBOE Volatility Index… Read More

To build wealth in the stock market, it takes time, study, and a little bit of good fortune. It pays to find a tactic or strategy that has been proven to work time and again. Combining two or more successful… Read More

The equity markets have been relatively quite over the past couple of weeks, no doubt due to the summer lull. But things have been anything but quiet in the precious metals complex, with traders springing into action and buffing up the shine on gold and silver. In… Read More