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Watch That Triangle!
A triangle appears to be forming in the S&P 500, and also in the Dow Industrials. We always sit up and take notice when a triangle forms, because it almost always resolves in a major price move.
A triangle is composed of not fewer than five waves (a-b-c-d-e) which ricochet like a pinball between the upper and lower trend lines of the triangle. When the “e†wave is complete at or near a trendline, prices will bounce away from it in the direction of the next major move. As prices exit the triangle at the opposite trendline, we can measure…
24Oct2008 | William Kurtz | Comments Off | ContinuedVery Superstitious Writings on the Wall
There is nothing I’d like better than to begin a tirade on some great stocks to that will supercharge your portfolio right now. However, my obligation to tell you the truth supersedes any such urge.
I have been successful trading the markets. However, there is one thing that I wish I had learned when I began: knowing when not to trade can be twice as important as knowing when to trade.
The solid gains I made throughout my early career could easily have transformed into obscene profits had I grasped the concept of resisting the unnecessary trade. This can be difficult…
5Sep2008 | Oxbury Research | Comments Off | ContinuedBeware the Dividend Trap
For years, investors have bemoaned the low dividend yield on stocks. But with the market down roughly 20%, the yield on the S&P 500 Index is up to 2.25%.
That doesn’t sound terribly rich, I know, but it is only slightly less than the average money market is paying right now.
In the short term, you may sleep a lot better with a big chunk of money tucked safely away in cash. But in the long run, you may lose sleep. After all, your biggest risk as an investor is not market risk – the inevitable rise and fall of your…
24Jul2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | Continued
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