By Christopher Harress on December 17 2013 11:03 PM The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) announced Monday that it would raise its dividend to shareholders by 50 percent and will start a $10 billion share buyback program in January that will last for two or three years. The share purchase, which represents about 10 percent of Boeing’s outstanding stock,…
Intro: This article touches on two important areas market participants face when trading/investing: Fear Conditioning & Psychological Damage. The good news is that you can change your conditioning and overcome your psychological market related damage. It requires a lot of knowledge, time, patience, hard work, and practice. While you read this article- think about how you are conditioned…
STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2013 The SPX and DJIA fell for a second straight week but found support near their prior chart highs and aboce their respective 50 DMA lines. As long as support holds, by definition, the bulls remain in control of this market. To put this pullback in the proper perspective,…
Dec. 13, 2013, 9:19 a.m. EST Anadarko hit by $5 billion Kerr-McGee penalty, downgrade By Victor Reklaitis and Barbara Kollmeyer, MarketWatch NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Stock futures were pointing to a slight rebound for Wall Street at Friday’s open, but all indexes were set to lose for the week amid speculation strong recent data and a budget deal…
Join Our Free Newsletter Investors Remain Cautious on Early Tapering After U.S. Budget Deal By TOMI KILGORE Updated Dec. 11, 2013 6:16 a.m. ET NEW YORK—U.S. stock futures inched higher, as investors took the budget deal reached late Tuesday in stride, and continued to focus on next week’s Federal Reserve meeting.About 90 minutes ahead…
Fear & Greed play a huge role in trading/investing. Every serious trader/investor should be very aware of their psyche. Here is an intro to fear and a few steps on how to deal with it. Conquer Your Market Based Fears, Ask About Our Consulting Service Here How To Deal With Fear? Identify & Quantify…
Dec 10 2013 Telecoms move after ratings changes By Sara Sjolin, MarketWatch LONDON (MarketWatch) — European stock markets dropped on Tuesday after a mixed bag of data from China and major euro-zone economies, while speculation about potential tapering in the U.S. also provided an uncertain backdrop. The Stoxx Europe 600 index (STX:XX:SXXP) lost 0.7% to close at 314.91,…
Emotions are a very powerful force that nearly every trader/investor learns to deal with as they grow. This is a general overview to Greed. The other powerful emotion is Fear which will be covered under other articles in the Psychological Analysis section of this site. Like This? Join Our Free Newsletter GREED is one of…
Dec 9, 2013 By Brett Philbin In the oil market, the “death cross” hasn’t signaled a long period of gloom and doom. Oil futures are up roughly 5% on the New York Mercantile Exchange since the ominous trading pattern known to traders as the death cross emerged. The technical indicator, which occurs when a contract’s…