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Posted by btr Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:25:00 GMT
In 2006, RUT performed the best followed by INDU and S&P 500. QQQQ recovered the 10% loss from the mid-year and ended up more than 5%.
Both QQQQ and RUT are in the overhead resistence levels, only INDU and S&P 500 broke out. INDU is at all-time high and S&P 500 is about 100 points away from its all-time high.
Posted by btr Sun, 19 Nov 2006 20:06:53 GMT
12,000 is at the rear mirror now. INDU has been strong in the past two weeks. Even though it’s in over-bought territory, INDU has the momentum to reach higher at year end rally. The mid-term election was over, the market did not over-react to the new political landscape in Washington.
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Tom Lydon more
You’ll recall my bragging about the buy signal in the Ultrashort Financials (SKF) at $169 after it closed above $260 just three days later. SKF traded above $300 the next day and then reversed, collapsing to around $110 over the next week. The entire time my model said “sit.” T more
The defeated governor, Anibal Acevedo Vila, of the Partido Popular Democratico (PPD), ran for re-election despite his indictment by federal prosecutors for alleged fraud relating to the funding of his 2000 campaign for the post of resident commissioner in the US (which he held from 2000-04). The iss more
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We must ensure that banks continue to lend and also that core markets are kept continuously open, writes Mark Carney more
Treasury Secretary Paulson is debating whether to ask Congress for the second installment of the $700 billion rescue package. more
In times like this, it's always good to get back to the basics, so I thought I'd post a few basics of stock market investing for the self investor just starting out. Note that some of these go against the conventional wisdom of Wall St, such as the buy and hold mantra. It shoul more
Jordan, not Jimmy, was on CNBC on Monday morning before the open. It wasn’t what he said, but how he said it. Wins the award for the number of market cliches that can be packed into one interview. Hands down. Don’t Fight the Fed [WATCH VIDEO] The huge amount of market intervention fro more
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The holiday season has arrived, and with it comes self-reflection, writes Todd Harrison. more
As the bear market becomes situation normal, successful investing has become more a matter of "my stocks are down less than your stocks." But should it be? The old adage is that any fool can make money in a bull market and we saw that writ large over the past couple of years. Making money in today's more