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Category Archives: Market Trends
Comparing Major World Indexes Since March 9, 2009 – Michael Covel
Posted in Historical Data, Market Trends, Other Blogs
Tagged technical analysis techniques, trendfollowing
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Oil Price Spikes: Historical Data Point
I have received several questions on the impact of oil price spikes (both personally, via invest-safely.com, and comments on this blog). I do have an opinion, which is based on my limited knowledge of the facts. I am no expert … Continue reading
Rule-Based Investing Saves the Day
Right now, the market has been in an uptrend for almost two years. Statistically speaking, the rally is one of the longest uptrends on record. So it is only natural for people to begin questioning “when will we see a … Continue reading
Behavioral Investing – Anger or Denial?
Today’s link touches on behavioral investing and comes from Damien Hoffman (Wall St Cheat Sheet) via Barry Ritholz (The Big Picture). Basically, this graphic describes a “market cycle”, which is based on the feelings of investors during certain stages of … Continue reading
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Look out Below!
Drastically falling market prices, such as the ones we saw today, highlight the need for individual investors to use stop-loss orders. Placing “stops” means that you are entering a limit order to sell your stock. The “limit” is the price … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Market Trends
Tagged flash crash, stop loss orders
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