The Importance of Routines…and Stocktwits

The market is RARELY easy. Through 2008 and the beginning of 2009, global averages melted down. The last 5 months they have melted up. Because I am mostly a momentum investor in the stock market, the last few weeks have been extremely agonizing. The breakout signals have been coming and I have been mostly passing. Too much Stocktwits and managing private investments and I have learned over the years to invest small or not at all when you can’t put in the hours. Because I don’t really ha
Posted under Futures Trading Systems by Content Keyword RSS on Thursday 30 July 2009 at 10:06 pm

Backbone Not Likely in Fed’s Exit Strategy Toolkit

Good Evening: Just when market participants had grown used to the stock market’s recent pattern of falling in the morning and rising in the afternoon, U.S. share prices pulled a George Costanza and did the opposite today (if you are unsure what this “Seinfeld” reference means, click here). Higher markets overseas, some decent earnings reports, and a positive interpretation of the jobless claims figures were all factors in pushing stocks to new highs for the year this morning. Some profit taki
Posted under Futures Trading Systems by Content Keyword RSS on Thursday 30 July 2009 at 9:07 pm

Update: optionsXpress Mobile (finance)

optionsXpress Mobile 1.4.1 Category: Finance Price: Free ( iTunes ) Version: 1.4 -> 1.4.1 Description: optionsXpress mobile is an easy, convenient way to monitor your investments and place stock, option and futures orders via your iPhone. The easy-to-use navigation system provides quick access to a range of timely market data and vital account information, as well as a variety of trading tools, market news, and charts. optionsXpress accountholders can install the new app for free by following
Posted under Futures Trading Systems by Content Keyword RSS on Thursday 30 July 2009 at 6:19 pm

ETF Trading Signals Taught Me A New Way To Invest

'italic;' class='tradesbyline'>by Taylor Bans I like a good return on my investments, and I thought that ETFs, while a safe investment, probably wouldn’t bring the returns I wanted on my money. The low buy in cost with the low risk makes them attractive, but the yields can be disappointing and I considered them a long term strategy. A friend of mine told me about ETF Trading Signals and said he was doing better with his ETF investments since he started subscribing to the service. I was
Posted under Futures Trading Systems by Content Keyword RSS on Thursday 30 July 2009 at 2:31 pm

The Great American Bubble Machine

By Matt Taibbi | Pak Alert Press | – From tech stocks to high gas prices, Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression – and they’re about to do it again.The first thing you need to know about Goldman Sachs is that it’s everywhere. The world’s most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money. In fact, the history of the recent finan
Posted under Futures Trading Systems by Content Keyword RSS on Thursday 30 July 2009 at 8:52 am

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