Guess which commodity has performed the best during the past 10 years. Is it corn, its price spiked by ethanol production and the drought? Copper needed by China for its infrastructure build-out? Cattle, with overseas markets demanding higher quality protein? The answer… Read More
Melvin Pasternak, Ph.D., is an experienced market technician. He designed a course for TD Waterhouse titled "Winning in the Stock Market," which combined intensive technical and fundamental analysis to uncover how to profitably beat the market. Dr. Pasternak was a professor at the Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta, for more than 25 years. In 2006, after retiring, he published his book on candlestick charting, 21 Candlesticks Every Trader Should Know. Due to his trading expertise, he has been interviewed several times by CBC Radio-Canada and the Calgary Herald.
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In less than a month, Americans will celebrate Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year. People stand in line for hours to get blowout bargains, and many retailers’ cash registers will be stuffed. Immediately after Black Friday, the holiday… Read More
Charts are Signaling 45% Upside in This Under $3 Stock
October 17, 2012
When I bought a new vehicle last year, it arrived with a free six-month trial to Sirius XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI), the commercial-free satellite radio provider. I was skeptical, but took advantage of the trial — after all, it wasn’t costing me anything. But with dozens of free, local radio… Read More
Surprising Triple-Digit Gainer’s Chart Signaling More Upside Ahead
October 10, 2012
With the economic situation in Europe, you’d think consumers would be spendthrifts. But one high-end clothing, footwear and accessories retailer appears to have captured the hearts and wallets of fashion-conscious Europeans. Since going public in December,… Read More
In early 2011, this stock traded at a high near $175. Within a year, shares plummeted to less than a third of that value, near $50. They continued in a freefall into early summer 2012, hitting a low near $11.40 in early… Read More
Short This Troubled Mobile Phone Maker Before It Plummets
September 24, 2012
At one point in its history, this stock was synonymous with success in the cellphone market. But not any longer. During the past year, it has reported billions in operating losses, closed several of its worldwide manufacturing sites, cut tens of thousands… Read More
This Amazing Stock Should Provide 10% Returns Minimum
September 20, 2012
Maybe they should have named this giant retailer Amazing instead of Amazon.com (Nadaq: AMZN). The story is truly nothing less. From its 1997 IPO price near $1.50 (adjusting for stock splits), shares gained more… Read More
In this low-interest-rate environment, investors have turned to high-yielding blue chips for retirement income. This is the final part of a five-part series outlining what I believe are the top five dividend aristocrat stocks, the ones most suitable for… Read More
In this low interest rate environment, investors have turned to high-yielding blue-chips as a source of retirement income. This five-part series will outline what I believe to be the top five dividend aristocrat stocks, most suitable for a retiree’s portfolio. My first three articles in our five-part series on… Read More
In this low interest rate environment, investors have turned to high-yielding blue-chips as a source of retirement income. This five-part series will outline what I believe to be the top five dividend aristocrat stocks, most suitable for a retiree’s portfolio. In my previous articles on… Read More