Chart Review: Rally in Rare Earth Stocks Take A Pause

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on February 7, 2012. Click here to read the entire piece.)

Many rare earth element stocks have taken on new life in 2012 as investors and traders have scrambled to speculate on some of 2011’s poor-performing stocks. The current run-up has been remarkably well-correlated (inversely) to 2011’s performance. {snip}

I have used 2012’s rally to unload most of my latest round of holdings in REE stocks. {snip}

The rallies in most of these rare earth stocks have now stalled and taken a pause. The charts below show how most of them have stopped cold at key technical resistance. If they overcome, the rallies could persist even longer until the next wave of fear over the global economy sends these stocks hurtling downward again.

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Aavlon tries to form a base off 2011 lows
Aavlon tries to form a base off 2011 lows

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Great Western takes a hard pause at critical resistance from the 200DMA
Great Western takes a hard pause at critical resistance from the 200DMA

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Lynas falls back from its 200DMA resistance
Lynas falls back from its 200DMA resistance

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After a brief jump over the 50DMA, MCP has got that sinking feeling again
After a brief jump over the 50DMA, MCP has got that sinking feeling again

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REE stopped cold at the 200DMA
REE stopped cold at the 200DMA

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Can Stans Energy survive this important test?
Can Stans Energy survive this important test?

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UCore meanders between the 50 and 200DMAs
UCore meanders between the 50 and 200DMAs

Be careful out there!

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on February 7, 2012. Click here to read the entire piece.)

Full disclosure: long MCP and UURAF.PK

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