Archive for the 'Market direction' Category

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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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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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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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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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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Contrarian indicator: When journos become brokers

Having been a journalist for almost a decade, mostly as a finance reporter, I’ve had plenty of lunches with former …

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Does the Fed have a clue?

The Fed appears not to have a clue as to how inflation and growth will pan out. So how could …

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Is this a proper war scare?

The violence in Lebanon has sparked a sell-off around the world’s market as Israel escalates its attack. Has this created …

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No signs of top

The director of global investment strategies at Van Kampen Investments, which runs a series of mutual funds including aggressive growth …

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Tech and resources to lead rally

Garrett Van Wagoner of VanWagoner Funds says he expects a strong rally when the fed stops raising rates. Leading …

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