When Warren Buffett left college in 1951, he had $9,800. After 62 years of investment success, his net worth is now estimated at… Read More

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) is down more than 35% in the past six months, making it one of the worst-performing stocks during that period. This rapid decline has also led many traders to question whether Apple is a buy after falling so much. In my… Read More

Traders use momentum indicators like moving average convergence/divergence (MACD) to confirm price trends. If both prices and momentum are rising, then they expect momentum to keep pushing prices higher. When momentum slows, they watch for a reversal in… Read More

Every investment appeals to emotions at some level. Behavioral economists might argue that we buy stocks to satisfy our need for security since stocks are associated with long-term growth. Bonds are… Read More

Concerns are often raised in isolated news stories and research reports long before a problem becomes a crisis. Warnings that real estate was overvalued, for example, fell on deaf ears until the subprime… Read More

We can gain valuable insights into currency markets by looking at who is long and short in the futures market. The smart money in these… Read More

Despite the long odds against them, many people are drawn to the oil and gas industry. Like gold miners in the gold rush days, they know that one big discovery could lead to wealth for successful drillers. Others see the promise of the industry but prefer to take on less… Read More

Despite the long odds against them, many people are drawn to the oil and gas industry. Like gold miners in the gold rush days, they know that one big discovery could lead to wealth for successful drillers. Others see the promise of the industry but prefer to take on less risk. This led to the business model of selling picks and shovels to miners. In the modern world, an updated version of that business plan is to provide data for the drillers showing them where oil is most likely to be found.#-ad_banner-# This data… Read More

Despite the long odds against them, many people are drawn to the oil and gas industry. Like gold miners in the gold rush days, they know that one big discovery could lead to wealth for successful drillers. Others see the promise of the industry but prefer to take on less risk. This led to the business model of selling picks and shovels to miners. In the modern world, an updated version of that business plan is to provide data for the drillers showing them where oil is most likely to be found.#-ad_banner-# This data is often difficult to obtain and requires specialized expertise to analyze. TGC Industries (Nasdaq: TGE) says they are “a leading provider of seismic data acquisition services with operations throughout the continental United States and Canada. The company has branch offices in Houston, Midland, Oklahoma City and Calgary.” This gives the company broad exposure to the oilfields that have traditionally dominated the industry. Expansion into the shale oil fields in North Dakota and other states not usually thought of as part of as oil patches is possible and could boost the company’s fortunes. Seismic… Read More

Option trades, like any other market trade, involve a buyer and seller in order to complete the transaction. The buyer of a call option has the right to buy the underlying… Read More

There are two sides to every options trade since there is always a buyer and a seller in every market transaction. On options trades, the seller is said to be writing an option, and from the writer’s… Read More