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What Stocks & Sectors Top Hedge Funds Are Buying (And Selling) Funds increase bet in consumer discretionary, Google present in majority of funds Q1 2013: Funds Increase Bet in Consumer Discretionary Stocks The 50 largest hedge funds increased their equity exposure by over 5% in
2013 Preakness Handicapping, Analysis & Picks This Saturday is the Preakness at the Pimlico race track in Maryland, the 2nd leg of Horse Racing’s Triple Crown. Orb took home the Kentucky Derby on a sloppy track. A big longshot, Golden Soul at 32-1, came in 2nd in the
The 3000 Year Brief History of Options, Derivatives, and Futures Trading A History of Derivatives : A 3,000 year History 1700 BC – The history of derivatives is very long, there is even a reference in the Bible – Genesis 29 where Laban offers Jacob an option
Rising Sun Redux – International ETFs Lag The US, Except For Japan It’s been another strong year for the US markets in 2013 thus far (as we had forecasted after the first few weeks of the year). But many international single country exchange traded funds
Oil Could Be Early Warning Bell For Fed & The Market Will Oil Futures Stop the Fed’s QE Program? The sell-side analysts and economists are reminding retail investors that risk assets in the United States have been on quite a tear to the upside recently.
6 Key Questions Say Bull Market Can Continue 'Bear Market Checklist' Goes a Perfect 0-for-6 David Darst has six boxes on his bear market checklist, and none of them are filled in yet. The Morgan Stanley chief investment strategist is a realist – cautious but
2013 Kentucky Derby Handicapping Analysis Picks from BigTrends.com It's time for our annual KY Derby selections and commentary. Last year we were pretty dead on, hitting many horses that finished in-the-money in the Triple Crown Races (especially Price's picks). First, we'll start off with an updated table
The Modern Art of Tape Reading & 6 Favorite Trading Indicators The Old Days Tape reading, as I define the art form, is the unemotional analysis of the trend of stock valuation culled by the cause of that change in value, the velocity of that
Multi-Year Lows in Companies Beating Earnings & Revenue Estimates Mediocre Earnings and Revenues Below is an updated look at the earnings and revenue beat rates for stocks that have reported so far this earnings season. Last week this data stood at 58% for the earnings
Watch the 15 Year Trendline – Weekly Market Outlook Stocks may have ended the week on a high note with Friday’s 0.88% gain, but it was nowhere near enough to undo the losses suffered earlier in the week. When it was all said and done,
Fibonacci and Key Levels – Inside an Eventful Week for Stocks and Commodities First, our thoughts are with those affected by the tragedy in Boston. After a quiet time in the markets with steady gains throughout 2013, it’s been a wild and woolly run in the
15 Essential Technical Analysis and Charting Technique Trading Books [All of these are available on Amazon.com] Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets: A Comprehensive Guide to Trading Methods and Applications by John J. Murphy Widely regarded as the modern bible of technical analysis, this outstanding
One Expert’s Data Indicates 21% Gain on S&P 500 in 2013 Do Bulls Have History on Their Side? Convergent Wealth CEO David Zier is a sought after financial advisor. And he has some surprising views of the market. Zier suggests that the best way to
Mexico Preferred Over Brazil By Some Large Research Firms Why Mexico’s Become a Hotter Investment Than Brazil Mexico, overshadowed by Brazil for years, has secured its place as the new favorite among investors looking to put cash into Latin America. “A lot of funds are looking
Current Fed Policies Cause Shadow Inflation, Macro Risk & The Case For Gold Gold vs. S&P 500 – Where is the Value? This past week we received the final 4th Quarter GDP number which came in at 0.39%. The total 4th Quarter growth was terrible, plain
Using Low-Volatility ETFs and other Less Volatile Securities for Diversification Low Volatility ETFs Live Up To Their Hype [BigTrends.com Editor's Note: In addition to the low-volatility specialty ETFs the author discusses here, we've notice a trend in general that lower-volatility ETFs and stocks (when trending
2013 – Not the Year of the BRICs So Far (or Europe) We're now almost finished with the 1st quarter of 2013. It's been a good year for the US markets … and the strong start to the year by the major broad stock market
Real Estate is Pacing the Economy – Weekly Market Outlook Despite Friday’s bounce, the market still closed in the red for the week… the first losing week in the last four. The push off the low for the week (hit on Tuesday) offers a glimmer
Creating an Effective Trading System: Acceleration Bands and Williams Percent R Try This Simple Trading System For option traders, correctly forecasting short-term price action is imperative to long-term success and, in my view, technical analysis is the best way to achieve this. Many would say
18 Timeless Trading Rules to Increase Your Investing Profits Here is a nice list of 18 trading principles below. I must admit, I am not smart enough to have devised these ridiculously simple trading rules. A great trader gave them to me some 15 years
