An Amateur’s Approach to Investing in Uncertain Times
By Joshua Schroeder
If you are an amateur investor like me, the last few years have presented market moves that are difficult to understand and even...
Five Stocks to Buy in September
The market has been a wild card of late.  Although the trend has been down, it's been a bumpy, volatile ride.  Each morning seems to...
Ford Looking to Flex its Muscles
The financial crisis brought about tough times in the automobile sector. Hearings, bailouts, restructuring, and layoffs were front and center in our homes and...
A Technical Look at the Major Market Indices
The past two weeks have been historic. And that’s a nice way of putting it. Watching the major market indices fall 15-17 percent in...
Anticipating Bottoms Can be a Dangerous Game
Yes, it feels good to say "Danger is my middle name," but when the financial markets move into correction mode, participants are best to...
Market Snapshot: Watch the Banks
Uncertainty, then certainty. Huh?  V is for volatility!  Today, the markets are racing ahead on the heals of strong earnings reports, word of a temporary...
Amgen Ready for a Technical Bounce
After a strong 3 month move from February to May that delivered a pop through its long term upper wedgeline, Amgen Inc. (AMGN) has been...
MetalMania: Playing Gold’s Fool
Two weeks ago, Greece was headlining the news. The S&P 500 was resting on its 200 day moving average for the second time, and...
A Decade of Discovery: My Investment Journey
For many, the tech bubble was painful. But in the larger scheme of things, it was all relative, part and parcel to the journey...
It...
See It, Market: Gold and Silver Under Pressure
While the markets have used quarter end and the 200 day moving average as a springboard to greener pastures, Gold (SPDR Gold Trust:Â GLD) and...
