Currently, a number of indicators favor the downside in the overall stock market. Today, we’ll focus on the Nasdaq 100 for a trade that sets you up to profit twice as much as… Read More

Many analysts on CNBC wonder what the Federal Reserve will do next, even though it has already clearly told us it will continue with a quantitative easing policy for years to come. In official policy statements, the Fed has vowed to keep interest… Read More

Investors looking at the stock market right now are finding it difficult to determine the direction of the major trend. We have seen several days where the market closed weak after showing a large gain at the open — a sign… Read More

Market leaders often make for great shorting candidates. They tend to gain more than the overall market averages on the upside, and then usually fall more than the average stock on the downside. These are the stocks bought by momentum traders who… Read More

Volatility increased slightly last week and looks like it is returning to normal levels. For short-term traders volatility creates opportunities. We seem to be in a short-term pullback within a long-term uptrend, so there is an opportunity to profit on the short… Read More

Apple changed the size and shape of the iPhone compared to previous models. This means old cases won’t fit the new phone. They also changed the power plug, so old docking devices no longer work with this new model. Investors should focus on the fact that there are now 5… Read More

If tax rates rise and government spending slows next year, the economy is expected to fall into a recession, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Some political pundits insist that Congress and the… Read More

The earnings cycle is widely followed by economists and some long-term investors, but traders often overlook the state of the economy when they develop their… Read More

The biggest winners in the past several decades have included “boring” companies like soda and energy drink maker Monster Beverage (Nasdaq: MNST), an 83,000% gainer, and UGG boot maker Deckers Outdoor (Nasdaq: DECK), which gained more than 10,000%. Studying these and other big winners, we can identify some simple characteristics that the greatest stocks share.#-ad_banner-# First and foremost is that the biggest winners are all real businesses. Small-cap stocks can include companies that are developing products or services, but have not yet generated any sales. As MNST and DECK demonstrate, there is no need to buy before sales confirm that… Read More

The biggest winners in the past several decades have included “boring” companies like soda and energy drink maker Monster Beverage (Nasdaq: MNST), an 83,000% gainer, and UGG boot maker Deckers Outdoor (Nasdaq: DECK), which gained more than 10,000%. Studying these and other big winners, we can identify some simple characteristics that the greatest stocks share.#-ad_banner-# First and foremost is that the biggest winners are all real businesses. Small-cap stocks can include companies that are developing products or services, but have not yet generated any sales. As MNST and DECK demonstrate, there is no need to buy before sales confirm that the company has a viable business opportunity. A record of sales is what distinguishes low-priced stocks with potential from the thousands of penny stocks that will never amount to anything. In addition to sales, the biggest winners also all started their quadruple-digit run-ups from a small market cap (less than $350 million) and a low stock price (less than $10 a share, and occasionally less than $1). We want to buy when they have positive momentum because that indicates that there are other buyers looking at the stock. One mistake many… Read More

Stock prices were down slightly last week. SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) lost 0.93%, while PowerShares QQQ (Nasdaq: QQQ), an ETF that tracks the 100 largest Nasdaq stocks, lost… Read More