日期：2007-09-02 16:25:00 点击：0 评论：0

John Carter is president of Trade the Markets, Inc., and has more than 19 years' experience trading stocks, options, and futures. In 1999, he and a group of traders launched the "Trade the Markets" Web site to post their daily analysis and specific

日期：2007-09-02 16:24:51 点击：0 评论：0

As I sit here at 3 am staring at the epic stock market data tonight, I am tempted to share my analysis of yesterday's data in the hope that we will all make more profitable trades over the next several days. For instance, there were more than 1000 ne

日期：2007-09-02 16:24:33 点击：0 评论：0

MARKET ANALYSIS Spooked bulls and further scary credit woes sent the broader indices to fresh corrective lows over the past three days. Entering Fridays session, though, leadership from the most unlikely of areas has the SP500 () establishing a rall

日期：2007-09-02 16:24:17 点击：0 评论：0

The stock market continued its volatile run Aug. 16, with the Dow Jones industrials plunging more than 300 points after problems at mortgage lender Countrywide Financial (NYSE: - ) confirmed investors' fears that the worst of the credit crunch isn't

日期：2007-09-02 16:24:08 点击：0 评论：0

On Aug. 15, we asked you to identify the base count of a particular stock. The stock in question is that of oil-field services giant Halliburton (NYSE: - ), a stock that was in a first-stage base at the time shown on the chart. Starting with the week

日期：2007-09-02 16:23:57 点击：0 评论：0

It may seem counterintuitive to buy stocks as they hit new highs. But many leaders have logged successful rallies after breaking out into new high ground. That's what IBD founder and Chairman William O'Neil calls the "great paradox." "What seems too

日期：2007-09-02 16:23:40 点击：0 评论：0

The market remains great for traders and challenging for investors. Swing traders have likely needed to shorten their time horizon as market weakness is met by central bank cash infusions to shore up problems stemming from the credit markets. Regard

日期：2007-09-02 16:23:29 点击：0 评论：0

It sounds like plausible logic: Base patterns can signal potential advances in leading stocks. So why not apply base-pattern analysis on a larger scale to market indexes? Here's one good reason: It just doesn't work so well. Trace a chart of nearly a

日期：2007-09-02 16:23:19 点击：0 评论：0

The SPX took out the 1427.39 low (8/6) yesterday, closing at 1426.54 -1.8%, while the $INDU was -1.6% to 13029, and the QQQQ -1.7% to 46.79. NYSE volume was 1.79 billion shares, with the volume ratio just 9 (1.62 billion shares down) and breadth -247

日期：2007-09-02 16:23:10 点击：0 评论：0

Amid the freeze on private equity deals, big investors like pension funds and college endowments are still plowing money into buyout funds, suggesting they still see opportunities for outsized returns. Buyout funds have already raised $139 billion gl

日期：2007-09-02 16:23:02 点击：0 评论：0

Is this stock in a first-, second-, third- or fourth-stage base? Knowing what stage a stock is in can save you a lot of frustration. If you buy a breakout from an early- stage base, you could be in for a nice, long ride. But be wary of buying late-st

日期：2007-09-02 16:22:50 点击：0 评论：0

Be a detective and follow the money. A company's sales are a great place to start sleuthing. It's a simple idea: A booming business is likely to show strong signs of life, such as sales growth. But not just any growth qualifies. Winning stocks show s

日期：2007-09-02 16:22:35 点击：0 评论：0

MARKET ANALYSIS After spotting "Three White Soldiers" in the broader indices, one "Market General" has become a casualty of still-spooked bulls and a few grizzly bears. Entering Tuesday, though, both the SP500 () and NASDAQ Composite () remain in po

日期：2007-09-02 16:22:25 点击：0 评论：0

If you could hire a top money manager who would accept as little as $1,000-$5,000 and charge you less than 2% of your assets a year while more than doubling your investment in 10 years, would you do it? That's essentially the proposition put before t

日期：2007-09-02 16:22:14 点击：0 评论：0

Buying something for less than its value may sound great, but remember that everything tends to sell for what it's really worth. The same goes for stocks, which some investors find attractive when they trade at prices low compared with earnings or as