If you think Jamba Juice has some of the best smoothies in the world, then you’re in the same boat as me. I’ve been drinking a lot of Jamba Juice lately because I just had my wisdom teeth pulled and their smoothies offer great taste and nutrients. On the front door, I noticed a […]
In the last week, we’ve had a series of breakdowns through support levels. The previous lows of 1480s were tested and broken on Thursday and Friday. The market has entered a very volatile state, and you can expect it to remain this way for a while. Indecision from investors permeates the market at the moment.
On […]
All of us have had difficulty selling stocks whether we’ve made a good profit or taken a sizable loss. Why do we doubt ourselves when we make the decision to sell?
Well, renowned Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert in Stumbling on Happiness offers an answer:
“Because experiences are inherently ambiguous, finding a ‘positive view’ of an experience is…simple…and […]
The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is a great way to figure out when it is safe to put money into this volatile market. The VIX measures the market’s expectation of short term volatility conveyed by stock option prices of the S&P 500. Because volatility means financial turmoil, the VIX is often referred to […]
If you haven’t heard of Facebook, then you’re obviously behind on the times. Facebook is the second most popular social networking site - next to MySpace - in America with over 30 million registered users. Of course, Facebook seems to offer much more potential than MySpace for the following reasons:
Clean user interface
Middle to upper class […]
I’m sure you’ve heard of the subprime crisis and how that’s affecting the stock market. Well, keeping an eye on the iShares High Yield Corporate Bond Fund (HYG) can give you an advantage and insight into where the stock market’s headed.
It is well known to most investors that the stock market pales in comparison to […]
Dorsey Wright offers a technically managed PowerShares ETF (PDP) based on relative strength that you can purchase right on the market. As you can see in their index performance chart, they have outperformed the market significantly. You can see that the correlation between the two portfolios is very similar. Dorsey Wright, however, has done a […]
Oil is too close to last year’s highs right now to not trade there. With oil currently at around $75, it will most likely head to $80/barrel before hitting $70/barrel. When commodities move one way, they typically stay that way until some type of technical break down or exhausting buying climax reverses the trend. When […]
Last week, we found that the market technicals looked bullish. This week, however, we had some indecision in the market. Investors have been hesitant about putting more money into the market at its all-time highs. This is a good sign as the hysteria that is so typical of the last leg of a bull run […]
After the Dow first hit 14,000 a few days ago and Bear Stearns announced that their two sub-prime hedge funds are basically worthless, we were set up perfect this morning to open down and trade much lower. Intel (INTC) traded down the other day after good earnings and forecast was another sign that we […]