Oil Tanker Hijack Drama
Maybe I should explain this one because in a few years nobody will know what had happened..
Auteur: the Wiseguy
Trendlines
In short: Trendlines are used in TA to quickly point out the general direction of a stockprice by connecting the highs and the lows. Unlike horizontal support and resistance, trendlines are diagonal or slanted areas of value. Trendlines do behave like support and resistance in that price action can be confined…
A Bear Market
In short: A Bear Market when stocks in general go down more than 20% we call it a bear market. A bear market occurs when the price of an investment falls at least 20% from its high. For example, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average continued a decline on March 11 from its…
the Nasdaq Index
In short: The Nasdaq is a Tech index of 100 largest Tech companies. The NASDAQ Composite (ticker symbol ^IXIC) is a stock market index of the common stocks and similar securities (e.g. ADRs, tracking stocks, limited partnership interests) listed on the Nasdaq stock market. Along with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 it is one of the three most-followed indices in US stock markets. The…
Sector Rotation
In short: ” It is the movement of money invested in stocks from one industry to another as investors and traders anticipate the next stage of the economic cycle. Based on the idea that the economy moves in reasonably predictable cycles.” We as long term investors know that some stock will go out…
Fair Value
In short: The Fair Value is the actual value of an asset. the value of the company divided by the number of shares. The fair value or intrinsic value of an asset, in this case, can be anything – a stock, a property, a product. The value is agreed upon…
Leading and lagging indicators
In short: Technical traders use indicators to identify market patterns and trends. Most of these indicators fall into two categories: leading and lagging. Leading tries to predict the future, Lagging shows exactly what has been. What is a leading technical indicator? A leading indicator is a tool designed to anticipate…
Why do we focus on TA
We focus on Technical analysis only. Want to know why?
There are 3 primary things that influence a stock price:
The sector accounts for 50% of the move.
The market, 30%.
So company fundamentals is only responsible for 20%. I will explain more in this blogpost…
Best Brokers (online)
In short: Online Brokers come in 2 types, full-service and self-service. Depending on what kind of service you expect there is a fee that you (eventually) pay. There are many online brokers, Some are expensive, some are plain cheap. Some are simple (but lack features), some are very advanced (but…
Will we see inflation this year?
It is not a question if but how much and when do we see inflation this year. As tonight we did not get very good news from the fed. They told us that they expect a rise in inflation later this year. This news from te Federal Reserve by its…