Technical Analysis

A Swiss Army knife for your portfolio

by Henry Becker 09.15.2010
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What makes for a good tool.  Usefulness, durability, affordability, and versatility comes to mind.  Swiss Army knives have all of these attributes.  Unfortunately, the awesome red tools from the land of chocolate, cheese and power house skiers will not help your investment decisions.  Each day I download data on 190+ ETFs into a spreadsheet, make [...]

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What does shampoo have to do with stock markets?

by Henry Becker 08.25.2010
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As any reader of my blog knows I pay attention to the technical indicators of the market as well as the fundamentals. There are many technical indicators ranging from crazy ones based on the Super Bowl, blimps, and even (go figure) politics. But there are a few indicators that have a solid history of signaling [...]

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Podcast Episode 5 – Why follow trends

by Henry Becker 03.09.2010
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In this episode I will answer the question of why follow trends.  In addition, I cover the basics of my trend following strategy which includes the 200 day and 50 day exponential moving averages (EMA). Here are links to the research referenced in the podcast. My study of the S&P 500 buy and hold versus [...]

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Market update

by Henry Becker 03.08.2010
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If you follow the markets on CNBC or one of the many business media sources you may have heard of the VIX or Volatility Index.  The VIX measures how concerned options traders are that stock prices will drop.  The beauty of the VIX is in its contrary indications.  More or less you could view the [...]

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