Financial Trend Forecaster

The old Wall Street saying “The trend is your Friend”  is as true as ever but what does that really mean to your investing? In this article,  Chris Ciovacco shows us how to manage risk by following the trend and using volatility to our advantage rather than letting it wipe out all of our gains. He also shows us where the markets are trending now.~ editor

By Chris Ciovacco

Long-Term Investors Need Trends to Make Money

Most of us would prefer to be investors instead of traders. Investors, with an intermediate to long-term time horizon, must be aligned with a positive trend in order to make money. This is true even for value investors who focus on a company’s valuation rather than a trend that can be seen on a chart. For the value investor to make money, eventually the position must turn up. Continue reading →