Archive for the 'Market direction' Category
December 7th, 2008
A truly amazing year in the market
The graphic I saw on Greg Mankiw’s blog really hit home how shocking the market has been this year …
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December 1st, 2008
Stocks are cheap. Buy! (for the long term)
A few days ago I was discussing with a friend what might happen in the market.
I said there was …
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August 5th, 2008
Is the bear market over?
When deciding if we’re at the end of a bear market, it’s important to know what stage we’re at.
Bear market’s …
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July 22nd, 2008
How to tell a new bull market from a bear rally
A new rally always gives hope that his is the start of a new bull market. But how do we …
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July 15th, 2008
Stocks going ok despite doom and gloom
Despite all the gloom and doom, the market is actually putting in a solid performance.
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September 19th, 2007
Have we got the big mo - momentum?
Last week I said the market wasn’t showing momentum traits. But it did it’s best yesterday to get some …
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September 11th, 2007
A cool equation to help analyse market risk
Conventional wisdom says market timing is impossible. I don’t agree. Here’s another tool I’ve come across to help analyse broader …
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August 27th, 2007
Note: it’s been a low-volume rally
After a correction I like to see a big-volume up day before buying. It’s usually necessary to give the market …
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May 28th, 2007
Why I missed the recent big rally in the stock market, part II - 5 lessons learnt
In part I of this article I told how I had effectively botched the last seven months and missed the …
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May 20th, 2007
Inflation is rampant but the stock market isn’t going down
One problem I’m working on is trying not to be too bearish too often. In the past year or so …
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