Gold Miners (GDX) Technical Outlook
Gold mining stocks are officially on the trader radar. Including today's surge higher, the Gold Miners (GDX) are 25 percent off the 52 week lows recorded in...
10 Things I’ve Learned About Trading Over The Past Decade
For the past 10 years, I worked at Schaeffer’s Investment Research. Over that time, I woke up every day and watched and traded the...
3 Solar Stocks To Watch This Summer
Solar stocks are back on the radar again. And 3 solar names in particular have caught my attention: Sunpower Corporation (SPWR), SolarCity Corporation (SCTY), and...
Symphony of Destruction: How Stocks, Bonds and Crude Are Reprising 2007
Of all the indicators foreshadowing economic health and the future of stock market returns, perhaps none has been a better tell than the inverted...
4 Auto Stocks At Technical Crossroads
Cyclicals historically lead early in a bull market, and are among the first to show signs of trouble later in the cycle. Representative of...
Biotech Buyouts Boost Sector ETFs
Biotech buyouts may be en vogue again. Nothing exemplifies this more than the recent buyout of Idenix Pharmaceuticals (IDIX) by drug maker Merck & Co...
Small Cap Stocks In Focus: Russell 2000 Resistance Looms Large
The first sign of relative weakness in the equities market showed up in the form of risk-off for high beta stocks. These included small cap...
How To Calculate Intangible Assets In Company Valuation
In my last article we looked at valuing a business using an asset valuation method. One of the issues identified was that intangible assets...
S&P 500 Stretched, But Time And Price Wearing Bears Down
It was 12 sessions ago that the S&P 500 broke out above 1900. And considering that the index closed today at 1943 (or just 2.3% above...
The Importance Of Trend Lines In Price Confirmation
As a technical analyst I rely on price to lead my bias. To help find interesting setups in price I use various indicators and second derivative...