Before I dive into this article, I would like to let you all know that I just finished my Product Management internship at Google and will be going on vacation to Peru in the following week, so I won’t be posting until I get back.
In last week’s stock market overview, I examined the correlation between […]
Honeywell (HON) is an aerospace and defense products and services company that is one of the thirty stocks that comprise of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. They primarily make money by selling its products and services to the government through space and military technology.
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Honeywell has formed a hammer with a very long […]
The volatility has continued to keep this market on its toes as investors continue to struggle to find direction. The underlying economy still appears sound, but credit concerns have continued to plague the market.
In the following three charts, I’ve annotated the S&P 500, the Volatility Index, and the Put/Call Ratio. You’ll find that the blue […]
The elimination of the short-sell “up-tick” rule has made a sketchy market even scarier. The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 was created to provide governance of securities transactions on the secondary market and to regulate the exchanges and broker-dealers in order to protect the investing public. Within this law was a rule that […]
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting today will be the most influential event of the month. With all the bad news that keeps piling up about the credit issues arising from loose lending in the past two years, this market needs to know that the Federal Reserve Bank is there to provide liquidity […]
The stock market is fascinating because you can make the right decisions and lose money or make the wrong decisions and make money. Far too often, experienced investors get caught up in the day to day performance of their portfolio that they lose sight of the big picture of making long term profits. Here’s a […]
I’m proud to say that I’ve officially been blogging on The Fresh Trader for two months now. I started The Fresh Trader in the beginning of June in order to promote stock market for beginners. I’ve received a lot of positive feedback, adhered for the most part to my goal to make at least one […]
The stock market has continued to be extremely volatile and the bears have taken control in the last two weeks. You can see the vast difference in volatility by comparing single-day movements between the run up from April to June and the wild fluctuations from June to August.
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Price has broken through […]
I’m sure you’ve heard the terms “long” and “short” thrown around in investing jargon. Many of you may have always wondered what that meant. Well, going long on a stock means that you are purchasing the stock expecting it to go up whereupon you can sell the stock for a profit. This is the traditional […]
One of my favorite technical analysis chart patterns is the hammer. The best hammer patterns happen at the end of a long downswing and on very high volume. The following graphic from Investopedia on the hammer explains the pattern well:
In essence, the price falls significantly from the open, and rises back to near or above […]