Mar 17, 2015 | Technical Analysis, Types of Analysis
LEVEL: BEGINNER The capital markets ebb and flow throughout the course of time, driven by supply and demand for specific financial instruments. There are numerous factors that drive specific instruments, and a portfolio manager’s job is to determine the future...
Sep 25, 2013 | Technical Analysis, Types of Analysis
“The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.” – Willie Nelson You need not watch too many trading sessions before noticing that trending is least likely to occur during the noon hour. And why not. The noon hour is unlikely to trend since...
Sep 25, 2013 | Technical Analysis, Types of Analysis
“The trend is your friend.” ― Marty Zweig “The trend is your friend except at the end where it bends.” ― Ed Seykota Trendlines are the most basic chart “pattern.” They are intended to depict the market’s intent to rise or to fall over time. They are also utilized to...
Sep 25, 2013 | Technical Analysis, Types of Analysis, Uncategorized
Capturing the Moment with Charting Tools Twenty or thirty years ago, technical analysis (TA) was considered on par with reading tea leaves as a type of financial analysis, and its reliability was doubted by almost every type of investor on Wall Street. The widespread...
Sep 25, 2013 | Technical Analysis, Types of Analysis
Half-full vs. half-empty: Which market plunges to buy, and which to sell. “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t after you” ― Joseph Heller, Catch-22 The market is plunging, and you are long a stock that is rapidly losing...
