Chart School: Gold’s Reversal Effort is One to Remember, and Fibonacci Lines Apply

Two weeks ago, gold prices were falling, and even teetering on the edge of a major breakdown. What a difference two weeks can make. Right on cue, and finally with a little help from the U.S. dollar on Thursday, a budding turnaround from gold took firm hold. With the undertow moving in a bullish direction again, it wouldn't be wrong...

Third Quarter Earnings Season Update Raises as Many Questions as it Answers

A week ago when we took a look at the third quarter earnings results to date, we were pleased to see the collective numbers rolling in better than it seemed they would as of mid-October. At the time, the S&P 500 was on pace to report a Q3 bottom line of $31.79, up from the likely $31.66 the pros were...

Third Quarter Earnings Season Update Raises as Many Questions as it Answers

A week ago when we took a look at the third quarter earnings results to date, we were pleased to see the collective numbers rolling in better than it seemed they would as of mid-October. At the time, the S&P 500 was on pace to report a Q3 bottom line of $31.79, up from the likely $31.66 the pros were...

Five important reasons why a stampede into stocks may be just getting started

– Synchronized global growth further boosts the case for strong U.S. gains – By Sue Chang, MarketWatch Success breeds success and strength begets more strength—that will likely be the overriding theme for stocks going forward as strong fundamentals, positive sentiment and favorable seasonality keep an already pumped-up market on a steady adrenaline rush. All major indexes closed at records this...

Five important reasons why a stampede into stocks may be just getting started

– Synchronized global growth further boosts the case for strong U.S. gains – By Sue Chang, MarketWatch Success breeds success and strength begets more strength—that will likely be the overriding theme for stocks going forward as strong fundamentals, positive sentiment and favorable seasonality keep an already pumped-up market on a steady adrenaline rush. All major indexes closed at records this...

Growing market divergence could prove to be stocks’ ‘Achilles heel’

By Stephanie Landsman, CNBC Big tech has been driving the bull market, and one closely watched strategist argues it's creating an anomaly — one that could change investing strategies. DataTrek Research's Nick Colas sees an atypical trend affecting the relationship between small cap stocks and large caps. He's calling it "one of the Achilles heels of indexing." According to Colas,...
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