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Osama Bin Laden and the market

After Sunday night’s announcement that Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was killed, US futures jumped, in anticipation of a market rally. True to form, the market did get a bump early on, but it wasn’t long before the warm … Continue reading

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How scared is the market?

Whenever we get a little bout of selling, the perma-bears get all cocky, predicting doom and gloom. We saw it earlier on Tuesday, when the headlines were screaming that Japan’s nuclear crisis level had been elevated and that Goldman Sachs … Continue reading

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Stock Market Crash Coming?

This is the big question these days. Is the market headed for a big crash? I’ve reported before that some of the sentiment indicators are off the charts, meaning the market is unbelievably stretched. For example, the Rydex Bull Bear … Continue reading

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Identifying an Overbought Market

Sometimes a market gets ahead of itself, making it more difficult to pull the trigger on long positions. We’ve see this happening recently, where momentum is very strong, but the underlying technical indicators and oscillators are flashing warning signals. This … Continue reading

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Market Topping?

Right now, the market is hot, with a great deal of optimism, even on the heels of President Obama’s State of the Union Address. Just about everyone feels there’s nowhere to go but up, and perhaps that might be true … Continue reading

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