The attached table shows the performance of the Dow over the last 10 years by season. Note that the summer months Q3 (July- September) are the worst performing months with 6 out of 10 years being down and only 2 out of 10 being up. Q4 is historically the best performing months with 8 up […]
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What do you think of when you hear the phrase stock market correction? If the major media is to be believed, a stock market correction is akin to Armageddon. The sky is falling, etc, etc. Truth be told, stock market geniuses like Billionaire Warren Buffett see corrections as a fabulous thing. It’s the flip side
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The typical financial disclaimer reads, “the past is no predictor of the future” but learning from historical markets is definately a good thing to do. For some time now Robert Prechter has been telling us to expect a double dip with 2008 being the first wave down. Today we are going to look to Chris Ciovacco,
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Typically the best time to buy is when everyone else is selling. This one motto has made Warren Buffett a billionaire. He’s said,
Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it…
We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful. Warren Buffett
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By Tim McMahon, editor I read quite a few books on investing strategy every year but one that sticks in my mind is by legendary investor and trader Larry Williams called The Right Stock at the Right Time. In it he outlines the monthly and yearly trends that can provide a basis for your overall
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Before blaming falling stocks on the most recent weak economic reports, let’s check some dates. As of June 10, the Dow has suffered the “longest losing streak since the fall of 2002. The market’s last seven-week stretch of losses began in May 2001, as the dot-com bubble deflated,” reports The Associated Press. As for why
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Today the stock market bled out with a river of red candles. All of the recent gains vanished in one session. Strong selling volume sessions like this are typically a warning sign that distribution selling is starting to enter the market. Distribution selling is when the big money players start unloading large positions in anticipation
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A free Club EWI report exposes the TEN most misleading myths of Wall Street, including this one: “Earnings drive the stock market.” Since the time of buttonwood trees, Wall Street has had its own version of the Ten Commandments — the cornerstone principles of conventional economic wisdom. The first of these writ-in-stone notions is the
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Elliott Wave International’s free 118-page Independent Investor eBook explains why financial markets are NOT a matter of action and reaction “There is no group more subjective than conventional analysts, who look at the same ‘fundamental’ news event a war, interest rates, P/E ratio, GDP, economic policy, the Fed’s monetary policy, you name it and come
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Doug Casey’s Secret to Finding Winning Stocks I’ve been asked “What’s the secret of finding winning gold, silver, and other natural resource stocks?” more times than I can even begin to count. And for over 20 years, my answer has remained pretty much the same: the Eight Ps. The Eight Ps is a relatively simple
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