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Can Junk Bonds Lift Stocks Up Off The Floor?

High yield bonds, also known as junk bonds, have several purposes in the marketplace. One of those is to serve as a key indicator...
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Assessing The Top In Apple Stock (AAPL)

All the way back in February 2015, I blogged here about the coming stock top in Apple (APPL - quote). This wasn't a biased...
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COT Report Data: Traders Still Uneasy About Commodities

The following is a recap of The COT Report (Commitment Of Traders) released by the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) looking at futures positions...
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The Stealth Bear Market: A Review Of 2015 And Look Ahead

In a newsletter I wrote in August, I speculated that we might be in a stealth bear market. This was certainly not something that...
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2 Charts Showing The Fastest Growing Tech Companies

In an aging bull market with stretched valuations there is one antidote to a market pull back. That antidote is growth.   The market has for a...
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The Morning Report: S&P 500 Futures Testing Overhead Resistance

All that bullish movement evaporated with Thursday and Friday’s selling in the S&P 500 futures (ES_F). We are now bouncing off another important support...
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The Inflation-Factor In The History Of Interest Rates

Neil Irwin had a really good write-up at The Upshot this week about the history of interest rates. He made the case that low...
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Top Trading Links: Mr. Market Punishes Fed Speculators

It was a wild week for traders. With the Fed meeting on tap, many traders were caught guessing what the Federal Reserve would do...
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Selloff Creating Opportunity In Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs)?

With all the chaos in the Energy space and select energy stocks (Oil, Oil services, Natural Gas, etc...), I've been giving a look into...
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The Importance Of Mental Flexibility In Trading

Possessing mental flexibility is essential for any trader, but it is especially important for short-term traders who constantly have to reevaluate the merits of...

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