Running out of Fuel There is no question that the strongest area of the market in the past week or so has been the Fuel Cell Stocks: PLUG, FCEL, BLDP. Their moves were simply not sustainable and the action today (big negative/outside reversals- after a big move) typically suggests it is time for these stocks…
Zero-sum Game: Websters.com defines a Zero-sum game as: a game in which the sum of the winnings and losses of the various players is always zero. Origin: 1940–45 Myth: Investing IS a Zero-sum game Wall Street in and of itself is filled with countless “myths” largely because so many people, even the so-called professionals, simply do not understand it. One of these myths is that investing is a zero-sum game and we would…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gold futures ended a hair lower on Thursday as the market took a breather after rising for the past five consecutive sessions, and the metal must break above key resistance at $1,150 to rise further, analysts said.
Bullion prices have climbed nearly 3 percent so far this week, largely defying a stronger dollar, as persistent fears over the fiscal health of smaller euro zone economies prompted investors to buy the metal as a haven from financial risk.
The price of gold has been largely moving in a trading range between $1,050 and $1,150 since it rallied to a record high above $1,220 in early December, failing to show a clear direction.
The fact that gold had a technical break-out on Wednesday while the dollar was also rallying “speaks volume” for the metal’s strong underlying demand, said Adam Sarhan, chief executive officer at New York-based Sarhan Capital.
Sarhan said that it will be key for gold to close above $1,150 an ounce for the week, as the metal has risen toward the mark several times but had failed each time.
“If it does rise above $1,150, that means we can confirm the break-out. If it doesn’t, we expect some sideways actions to continue.”
Market States & Cycles 04.29.14 The stock market is constantly changing but the one constant throughout history is (has always and will always be ) human nature. The stories, stocks, centuries, asset class, bubbles, busts, change, but people don’t. That is why it is important to understand market cycles not just from a technical level…
The major averages spent the first two weeks of July rallying from extremely oversold levels before encountering stubborn resistance near their moving averages and downward trendlines. We have seen stocks fail at resistance multiple times since the two month downtrend began in late April. The major averages are at a critical inflection point: either break above resistance or rollover and begin another downtrend.