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Sun Tzu - Art of Stock Trading?

Bud Fox and Gordon (GG) Gekko made famous, Sun Tzu’s Art of War in the 1987 Wall Street.  The famous work of warfare was brought into the business world and to our trading world.  How is a centuries old piece of brilliance worth a penny in today’s trading world?  There is one passage that I’ll […]

SMART Index not confirming run

What is the SMART index?
The Smart Money Flow Index is calculated by taking the action of the Dow in two 
time periods: the first 30 minutes and the close. The first 30 minutes represent 
emotional buying, driven by greed and fear of the crowd based on good and bad 
news. There is also a lot of buying on […]

FOMC fails to inspire bulls

Wall Street spasmed as the FOMC rate decision was released at 2pm EST.  Volume ran light up, through, and at the close of the day.  The lack of volume and price movement isn’t enough to extract much analysis.  For once, the market was able to predict the FOMC’s move and was shocked it had done […]

Tick tock…FOMC

Mixed open, awaiting the FOMC rate decision.
ASIA
ARGN
RRST
Watching closely.
Market Speculator

Stocks surge ahead of FOMC policy statement

The stock market certainly has given investors a run for their money.  Durable goods started the day on a disappointing note but the NASDAQ didn’t care.  Never looking back the NASDAQ ended the day higher by 1.21% with volume slightly lower.  Over on the NYSE volume ended higher with S&P 500 stopping just short of […]

Tax cuts work

Bloomberg says that through June 21, the government had collected almost $1.6 trillion in individual and corporate income taxes — an increase of 7.7 percent from a year earlier.
7.7% increase in tax receipts, hmmm…remember the lower income families less than 50% of the population pays 1% of the taxes where the top 50% pay 99%. 
Market […]

Roller coaster ride continues…

Constant whipsaw action will likely get daytraders trigger happy.  No doubt will it bring overtrading into light.  Volume should expand, new volitility will bring out the daytraders.
GOOG coming back flilling back into its pre-breakout area.
AAPL holding nicely, beginning to think the Iphone will be a bigger hit than most would give credit for.
ARGN bouncing
IDSA is […]

Wild and crazy, stocks go through a bit of a roller coaster ride

A wild day for traders, intraday swings are begining to wear down stock market investors.  Volitility has picked up, most notably by the VIX.  Traders are continuing to find reasons why this market has to go down.  Interest rates  and subprime still seem to be the culprit for the fears.  Strength of the economy will be showcased […]

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