Let’s face it: Much of what we’re told about investing (at least by the mainstream... Read More

Let’s face it: Much of what we’re told about investing (at least by the mainstream financial media) is just noise. It’s useless or unhelpful at best, and downright harmful at worst.... Read More

The stochastic oscillator is a momentum indicator that measures how powerful a price move is.... Read More

The stochastic oscillator is a momentum indicator that measures how powerful a price move is. Although the formula can be applied to any kind of data, it is most often used with closing prices of... Read More

April showers bring May flowers.  As with most proverbs, this one should not be taken... Read More

April showers bring May flowers.  As with most proverbs, this one should not be taken literally. Ostensibly about the weather, the wisdom of this saying goes much deeper: it shows a... Read More

Two and twenty… that’s the typical fees that hedge funds charge. With this fee... Read More

Two and twenty… that’s the typical fees that hedge funds charge. With this fee structure, it means that they charge a flat 2% of total assets as a management fee and an additional 20% of... Read More

Rectangles combine the ideas of support and resistance into a single chart pattern. When prices... Read More

Rectangles combine the ideas of support and resistance into a single chart pattern. When prices encounter a resistance level, they often fall. At support levels, prices often find a short-term... Read More

One of the hardest parts of investing (and there are many) is patience. It’s all too easy to... Read More

One of the hardest parts of investing (and there are many) is patience. It’s all too easy to get caught up in the short-term swings of our holdings or try to “keep up with the... Read More

Bollinger Bandwidth is one of the few technical indicators that measures volatility.... Read More

Bollinger Bandwidth is one of the few technical indicators that measures volatility. #-ad_banner-#Most indicators use price and attempt to identify trend changes. Bollinger Bandwidth measures how... Read More

“I wanna go big with it…” This was a text I received about the (at the time)... Read More

“I wanna go big with it…” This was a text I received about the (at the time) upcoming initial public offering (IPO) of ride-hailing company Lyft (Nasdaq: LYFT), which debuted on the... Read More

Bollinger Bands are an indicator that adapt to the market action to define what “too... Read More

Bollinger Bands are an indicator that adapt to the market action to define what “too high” and “too low” mean. Many indicators use arbitrary levels to define high and low... Read More

Sometimes, the best offense is a good defense. While I’m not anticipating a big wave of... Read More

Sometimes, the best offense is a good defense. While I’m not anticipating a big wave of dividend cuts like we saw in 2008 and 2009, it’s always best to be on your toes in any market... Read More