ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. To learn more about it, see my T2108 Resource Page.) T2108 Status: 55% and Neutral General Trading Call: Hold. Commentary T2108 dropped 9 percentage points to 55% as the S&P 500 dropped 0.8%. So far, the index is holding the first … Read more
Dear Readers, I am writing to alert you to a change in my publishing model that may have a slight impact on the way you consume content at “One-Twenty Two.” If you do not want to read my nostalgia and a brief history of this blog, you can skip down to the section at the … Read more
Resist the madness of the crowd – investing psychology – MSN Money …what is required to make money is not a change in the business, but rather a change in the perception of that business. And if you are lucky enough to get both, you can benefit from a double whammy, as the earnings and … Read more
Dangerous Views of Volatility: Pay attention to the VIX, but don't just follow the crowd – Barrons.com The market remains schizophrenic. One day, stock prices tumble because Standard & Poor's questions the credit rating of the United States, and investors panic and sell and fret, and the front pages of many newspapers are apocalyptic. The … Read more
The Sun is Rising on Solar Stocks (aka Getting Started Trading Solar Stocks) – by Dr. Duru The solar industry represents an electric convergence of technology, advanced research, energy, environment, credit markets, speculation and politics. This volatile mix represents the opportunity and challenge in trading solar stocks. (tags: solar stock_market trading_strategy energy)