Chart School: Lines in the Sand Are Never Really Erased

For weeks now we've followed the slow but increasingly certain recovery of crude oil prices. Though in the minority in terms of our mostly-bullish outlook, the call has panned out. Indeed, it got even more certain as of last week, when an old resistance line became a new support line. While this is bullish in and of itself — and...

Chart School: Lines in the Sand Are Never Really Erased

For weeks now we've followed the slow but increasingly certain recovery of crude oil prices. Though in the minority in terms of our mostly-bullish outlook, the call has panned out. Indeed, it got even more certain as of last week, when an old resistance line became a new support line. While this is bullish in and of itself — and...

Opinion: Here’s how bitcoin can fit with your stocks and bonds

– Cryptocurrency, like gold and other alternative assets, has a place in an investment portfolio – By Atulya Sarin, MarketWatch Is bitcoin a fraud, a fad, an asset, or the currency of the future? Detractors explain its meteoric valuation by suggesting the former; proponents, the latter. It is important to understand what bitcoin (BTCUSD) is before deciding if its valuation...

Opinion: Here’s how bitcoin can fit with your stocks and bonds

– Cryptocurrency, like gold and other alternative assets, has a place in an investment portfolio – By Atulya Sarin, MarketWatch Is bitcoin a fraud, a fad, an asset, or the currency of the future? Detractors explain its meteoric valuation by suggesting the former; proponents, the latter. It is important to understand what bitcoin (BTCUSD) is before deciding if its valuation...

Weekly Market Outlook – The Bears Miss a Good Chance

As of Wednesday of last week, the market was teetering on the edge of a long-awaited (and a little overdue) correction. The bears just couldn't deal a death blow though. By Friday, the bulls were back in the same buying mood they've been in since late August. Nevertheless, the stumble did verify that the market is vulnerable now that it's...

Weekly Market Outlook – The Bears Miss a Good Chance

As of Wednesday of last week, the market was teetering on the edge of a long-awaited (and a little overdue) correction. The bears just couldn't deal a death blow though. By Friday, the bulls were back in the same buying mood they've been in since late August. Nevertheless, the stumble did verify that the market is vulnerable now that it's...

Beneath a calm surface, the stock market is undergoing a major change

– Falling correlations could make life easier for active managers – By Ryan Vlastelica, MarketWatch [Editor's note: The S&P 500 closed down 0.55% on Wednesday, following the Wednesday morning publishing of this commentary. That sizeable loss ends the very streak Vlastelica was discussing. The point, along with several others, are still worth making though.] If there’s one word that would...

Beneath a calm surface, the stock market is undergoing a major change

– Falling correlations could make life easier for active managers – By Ryan Vlastelica, MarketWatch [Editor's note: The S&P 500 closed down 0.55% on Wednesday, following the Wednesday morning publishing of this commentary. That sizeable loss ends the very streak Vlastelica was discussing. The point, along with several others, are still worth making though.] If there’s one word that would...
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