Archive for February, 2009

Leveraged ETFs are for day traders.

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Managing Risk With ETFs Can Backfire

Investors are still flocking to Treasury bonds and shunning riskier debt, a signal of the continued woes plaguing the economy and financial markets.

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Treasury Sales Defy Deficits

History shows that the road to recovery from a catastrophic bear market can be distressingly long.

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Stocks Face Long Road Back After Crash

Dozens of Stanford investors are crying foul over their accounts being frozen by a court-appointed receiver, claiming they did not invest in the certificates of deposit at the center of fraud charges.

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Asset Freeze Frustrates Many Holders

Financial firms are seeking to lure skittish investors with products that are touted as “safe,” but they can still come with pitfalls.

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‘Safe’ Fund May Still Pose Risks

More gold investors are having the metal delivered, reflecting worries about economic prospects.

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Worried Investors Want Gold on Hand

Of all the facets of trading, perhaps the most challenging is properly exiting a winning trade. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen first-hand, or have heard of, traders and investors committing the cardinal sin of turning a hugely profitable position into a losing one, simply because they lacked an exit strategy

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A Discussion About Exit Strategies

This article is taken from the Forex Journal (February 2009 issue). The author, Cornelius Luca , is the writer of Technical Analysis Applications – McGraw-Hill, 2004, Trading in the Global Currency Markets – Penguin Books, Third edition, 2007, Technical Analysis Applications in the Global Currency Markets – Penguin Books, second edition, 2000, and Introduction to Technical Analysis – Euromoney, 1997. He has authored numerous articles in both Stocks & Commodities and Futures

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Leash in Retracements with Arcs

Pivot Point analysis originated many years ago in the grain pits. Before the Pivots, all that the pit traders had to trade off of in reference to yesterday’s range was the sacred High, Low and Close.

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Pivot Point Analysis

Amid the rocky fourth quarter, investors that work with fee-based financial advisers pulled money from both SMAs and mutual funds, but brokerage firms’ high-rolling SMA clients appear to have been far more rash.

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Firms See Higher Outflows in SMAs