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Facebook Inc Shares Pulling Back After Reaching New Highs: A Pause That Refreshes?
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 - 4:59pm | 464Read More...Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) shares have ranged from $51.85 to $78.36 this year. The latter of those two levels, in fact, was just tested in the last few days. So, is the current pullback a buying opportunity? Right now, the bulls have the edge in terms of actual price evidence, as the stock...
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Tesla Motors Inc Stock Coming Back To Earth, But For How Long?
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 - 4:07pm | 498Read More...Shares of Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) seemed to be invincible as recently as September 4, when it peaked out at $291.42. Since then, however, the stock has pulled back over 10 percent to under $260. Is this just a normal, healthy correction, or the start of something more serious? What...
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General Electric Company Stock 'Stuck In The Middle With You'
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 - 9:46am | 475Read More...General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) stockholders have had their patience tested for the duration of 2014, as the stock has corrected and consolidated following the late 2013 peak at $28. Now just under 10 percent off the December high, investors and traders alike are wondering if the stock is...
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Cisco Systems, Inc. Off Its Highs And Failing To Show Any Real Fight
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 - 8:54am | 456Read More...Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) has long been the go-to gauge of health for the networking and audio/visual sectors of the telecommunication world. After a simply dismal performance in 2013, the company's shares rallied nearly 30 percent during 2014 and had the bulls seeing life through...
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Microsoft Corporation Leading The Trend Higher In The Markets: How Much More Can We Expect?
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 - 8:29am | 445Read More...Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the bluest of blue chips in the technology sector. However, unlike many other so-called blue chips, Microsoft has shed the “stodgy and old” label and has joined the sexy, newer technology stocks with a renewed upside vigor. With a company this...
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Macy's, Inc. Is Pulling Back After Huge Run: An Opportunity For Bulls?
Monday, September 8, 2014 - 4:45pm | 399Read More...Macy's, Inc. (NYSE: M) stock had a nice breakout to the upside recently, but has pulled back in the last several sessions. Is this an opportunity to sell ahead of more downside, or buy ahead of even more upside? Macy's has been one of the top-performing retail stocks this year –-...
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Target Corporation Pulling Back Ahead Of More Upside?
Monday, September 8, 2014 - 4:26pm | 510Read More...Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) stock has been trudging its way through months of congestion trying to decide which direction it will break. Are traders and investors finally getting a resolution to this consolidation pattern? Target shareholders have been forced to display extraordinary...
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Author/Trader Anne-Marie Baiynd Discusses Market-Winning Strategies
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 3:36pm | 785Read More...Anne-Marie Baiynd is a trader, author and financial analyst best known for her book, The Trading Book Course: A Practical Guide to Profiting with Technical Analysis. Baiynd was the guest on Benzinga's #PreMarket Prep earlier this week, and was eager to share her experience and knowledge....
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FX Technicals: Where Are We Now?
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - 10:28am | 628Read More...Currency pairs have been on the move over the past few weeks, most notably with the yen regaining some ground and the dollar's gains stalling. However, the moves in currencies have actually led those of stocks, so traders would be wise to take note of where currencies are heading from here. Yen...
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The Beginner's Guide to Technical Analysis (AAPL, FXE)
Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 2:00pm | 354Read More...Technical analysis is a great tool for both short-term traders and long-term investors alike. In this slideshow I made, I go over the basics of technical analysis and how simple patterns can help all better manage their positions. For traders, technical analysis is greatly important, as intraday...
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What, Actually, Is Support And Resistance?
Monday, January 23, 2012 - 5:23pm | 346Read More...Those who philosophize about the root causes of market movements will have certainly come to the conclusion that there is an ongoing battle between bullish and bearish participants. To help you understand this concept better, let us use a metaphor: Imagine resistance being an immense wall that...
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5 Bold Predictions for 2012, Black Swan to Trigger Unfortunate Events?
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 - 3:15pm | 1074Read More...A black swan event, developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his book The Black Swan, is a metaphor that explains in logical hindsight the reasoning to an unexpected event which has a major impact on society but should have been foreseen. Developed nations saw a black swan event – the 2007-2008...
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Gold Direction Depends on Symmetrical Triangle Pattern, Global/Macro Economy
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 12:48pm | 592Read More...After making all-time highs back in September, Gold has retraced some of those gains and is now sitting in a Symmetrical Triangle, as traders jockey for future direction. The bottom of this triangle comes from a long-term uptrend support line and the top of the triangle comes from a short/mid-term...
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Crude Oil Hangs on to $100
Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 11:48am | 113Read More...On Wednesday, crude oil futures closed above $100 per barrel for the first time since June. The commodity continued to move higher throughout the day and into Thursday morning. However, at about 6:30 this morning, following mostly all assets, the commodity spiked lower. It moved from about $103 to...
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Is Gold Headed for $3000?
Monday, November 14, 2011 - 4:45pm | 637Read More...Gold is seen by most as a safe-haven. If equity markets are in turmoil, buy gold, we always hear. Gold bulls are currently predicting gold to move over $2000 an ounce by year end. Some of the gold bull's thesis goes something like this: Italy, Greece, and eventually Spain will cause a European end...
