Why is it so hard for individual investors to make winning decisions?Part of the answer is psychology. It starts with a simple question. When is a stock "expensive?"It often helps to... read more »
Apple (AAPL) investors rode a roller-coaster of news and stock price action last week, culminating in a massive sell-off in four days from the $215 area to the present $190 level. Let's take a quick... read more »
With all eyes focusing on the earnings announcement post-market close January 25th and then the 'mystery' product event announcement on January 27th, I thought it would be a good time to take a... read more »
Looking at a chart of the Nasdaq 100 index you would conclude life is good relative to investing in the index. However, there are plenty of headlines focused on the technology sector. Most are not... read more »
The Technology sector continues to shine as the NASDAQ charged higher on Monday, rising 1.1% on below average volume. The Index confirmed a new 52-week closing high, however the S&P 500 is still... read more »
Sometimes, when trying to assess the broader market, it can be very helpful to look at the daily or even weekly charts of leading stocks that have a tendency to give us an early 'heads up' on turns... read more »
I've been reading prominent market pundits predicting everything from the "Crash of 2010 coming" to "Major surge ahead." With such divergence of predictions, it seems like a good... read more »
In yesterday's broad market post, I highlighted that the key US Stock Market Indexs were poised at critical ‘make or break' resistance levels. It's no surprise that certain stocks are showing... read more »
There are times when stocks move to levels where common sense says there is no way it can justify the price. Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), the online retailer may be hitting those levels. The company has... read more »
The Powershares Nasdaq 100 Trust (Nasdaq: QQQQ) is a highly liquid, very popular ETF with actively traded options. But for traders who want to implement an options strategy on the Nasdaq 100 with any... read more »
