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A handle pattern on a stock chart represents one last shakeout before a stock tries to break out to new highs. You want to see light volume as this pattern takes shape. This signals an orderly exit by some investors, rather than a stampede out of the stock by many big investors. You also want [...]
Baidu’s (BIDU) fundamentals are the very picture of a market superstar. But scrutiny of China’s top search engine shows a stock that may reflect a golden opportunity — on the short side. That isn’t odd. The ideal short candidate will often show you the sort of earnings and sales growth you’d want to see in your [...]
Gold and silver ETFs weakened further alongside global markets Monday as the congressional supercommittee nearly collapsed and the European debt crisis worsened, sending major U.S. indexes back into negative territory for the year. Meanwhile, economist David Levy projected the U.S. will fall into a recession in 2012 or sooner despite upbeat economic data. SPDR Gold [...]
Given the turmoil in Europe, what are the best ETF investing strategies? Several ETF experts and money managers share their market outlook and top picks. • Tahar Mjigal, co-portfolio manager at International Capital Management Corp. (ICMC) in Dallas. Debt-related problems with the PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain) were the catalyst of significant market volatility in [...]
The upscale or aspirational market is often where investors find strong growth stocks. The downside for such companies is that a recession can cause customers to delay purchases. Mattress company Select Comfort (SCSS) serves the high end of the market with adjustable air-chamber mattresses. Select suffered eight quarters in a row of declining sales during the 2007-09 [...]
You can read dozens of news articles on a company and still have no idea whether it shows potential as a leading stock. Of course, understanding a company’s story, its products, management strategy and markets, are crucial pieces of fundamental research. But the most important data point in determining a potential leading stock is quarterly [...]
Bad credit does not mean that you are a bad person. Have you recently applied for a loan only to hear the dreaded word “denied”? This type of situation is one that can be devastating. It doesn’t mean you are irresponsible or shirk your bills. Regardless of the stigma attached to a low credit rating, [...]
Retail investors want more information about the bonds they invest in, according to a new study released today by the Charles Schwab Corporation. Specifically, they want to know what the base price of bonds are and how much they are marked up by brokers. “The fixed income markets are very different from equities,” said Peter [...]
Pacific Investment Management Co. says investors should buy Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage-backed securities that slumped in response to planned changes to the government-supported companies’ refinancing rules. “If you didn’t sell them two months ago and you’re selling them today, you deserve to be fired,” Scott Simon, the mortgage head at Newport Beach, Calif.-based Pimco, [...]
Settles Finra claim that it allowed short-sales without reasonable expectation of delivery UBS AG, Switzerland’s biggest bank, will pay $12 million to resolve Financial Industry Regulatory Authority claims that a brokerage unit allowed millions of short-sale orders to be placed without reasonable grounds to believe that the securities could be delivered.The supervisory system for locating and [...]