Profitable Investing Tips
How Will the Pandemic Change the Economy?
How will the pandemic change the economy? That is the question that investors and traders need to ask themselves.
Japanese Candlestick Trading Signals
An excellent technical analysis tool for trading stocks, options, futures, or Forex is the collection of Japanese Candlestick trading signals. Since the days of the Samurai, these signals have guided traders to reliable profits. Candlesticks are not only a reliable trading signal but also easy to read and use. There are a dozen major signals and many secondary signals that rice traders in Japan used centuries ago and these patterns work just as well today in the fast-moving stock market.
The Secret Code of Japanese Candlesticks
Japanese Candlestick Trading Signals
The fact is that Japanese Candlesticks are […]
Why Is the Stock Market Ignoring the Economy?
The stock market has had an excellent couple of weeks, recovering half of its recent losses but the economy does not look so good. Why is the stock market ignoring the economy?
What Is the Meaning of Gap Analysis?
Gap analysis can refer to the comparison of performance versus expectations in a business or in large jumps up or down in opening stock prices. Both are useful for investors.
Will There Be a Post-coronavirus Stock Market Rally?
Recessions are eventually followed by economic recoveries and stock market crashes are usually followed by rallies. The usual questions for the market are how soon, to what degree, and which stocks will lead the way. The coronavirus pandemic and the need for worldwide social distancing measures have driven the world into a recession that some fear will last ten years or more. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has lost all of the gains of the Trump era and US employment has lost all of the gains since the Financial Crisis. If you are investing […]
What Will the Recovery Be Like?
As the coronavirus pandemic seems to be leveling off there are hopes for better times ahead. What will the recovery be like and how should you invest?
Important Moving Averages
Investors who keep an eye on the important moving averages will be able to buy and sell at the most advantageous times.
Is This a Golden Opportunity to Invest in Energy Stocks?
The coronavirus pandemic has ushered in the worst financial
crisis since the Great Depression. Add to that the oil production war started
by the Saudis and you have the lowest oil and gas prices in almost 20 years! It
might seem like a good idea to get out of any investments related to oil and
gas production. But, this terrible crisis, like every crisis, will pass. When
that happens there will be a rebound. How fast or slowly that happens will
depend on how quickly the virus threat recedes and how well the Fed and
congress do in supporting credit markets and providing cash to work with. […]
When Should You Start to Buy Stocks Again?
Economists are already saying that the coronavirus pandemic
will drive the world economy to levels not seen since the Great Depression. In
our article, How Far Could Stocks Fall, we noted that the 1929 stock
market crash (which ushered in the Great Depression) was not limited to October
of 1929. The market continued to fall until late 1932 by which time the Dow
Jones Industrial Average had lost 90% of its previous value. Anyone who has
cash in hand will have many opportunities to buy excellent stocks at bargain
prices when the market bottoms out. But, when will that be? When should you buy
stocks again?
When Should You […]
Is Now the Time to Invest in GE?
General Electric is an American conglomerate originally formed by a merger in 1880 of the Edison General Electric Company (started by Thomas Edison) and Thomson-Houston Electric Company. It was one of the original stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1898 where it was listed most of the time for the next 122 years. The high point for GE stock was $59 a share in June of 2000 before the dot com crash. It fell to $23 a share by late 2002, rose to $41 a share by 2007 and fell during that […]