Short Term Traders

Crude Oil, Diesel Predicted to Rise Slightly
The US Energy Information Administration, part of the Department of Energy, said in its Short-Term Energy Outlook this week that although spot crude oil …

In the short term, crude prices will continue to remain weak
In the short term, we expect prices will be weak and the contango can further shorten. Do you see a situation where futures prices dip below spot prices (or …

Global indicators to drive markets in the short term
The negative news is expected to trigger a correction and would send markets towards the lower end of recent trading ranges. The positive market sentiments …

Monday Morning Outlook: Dow Jones Industrial Average Bulls March Warily Upward
In environments like this, short-term traders can better leverage directional moves in equity and index options, and there are a couple factors at play this …

Long Term Traders

A Year After Market Hit 12-year Low
This is a long term investment and how long will they wait until they start funding,is anyones guess. Perpetual growth is not possible with the confines of …

Citigroup shares lead market higher
To our long-term investors it was writing covered calls, however for our short-term traders we will do it naked. For today’s trade we are selling the April …

Bull Market Believers
3 that buying US shares “is a potentially good deal” for long-term investors. Six days later, the S&P 500 hit a 12-year low of 676.53 and then began its …

Bets on long-term gains increase
… according to the commission’s Commitments of Traders report Friday. “The best buying came again from managed money covering shorts and getting long,” …

As Stocks Hit a New High, Investors Shrug
Patient long-term investors, however, could benefit in the long run if Boeing can build on its aerial-tanker deal. Already, there are rumblings Boeing might …

Rally or Trend?
The long term trend line is created when the pattern of rally and retreat behaviour has an upward bias. This is shown in area 5 on chart 5. Traders and …

Schaeffer on Charts: Taking the Long View
As I’ve previously noted, this long-term moving average supported the market at the 2002-2003 bottom, and the 160-month break in October 2008 opened the …

Self Managed Super

SMSF investors still hoarding cash
INVESTORS with self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) say they will continue to hold a big proportion of their portfolios in cash despite improvements in …

Potential changes to super gearing
… way gearing in super operates, although there has been no official indication from the Government, according to a Multiport report on self-managed super .

An accident waiting to happen
The government has taken its first step towards reining in borrowing by self-managed super funds. This week the Superannuation Minister, Chris Bowen, …

Super funds get back on their feet
On the back of this, the industry has seen the rapid growth of the self-managed super funds (SMSFs) sector as a growing number of clients look to manage ..

Diversify on a road less travelled
You also need to be careful if you plan to buy an alternative asset through your self-managed super fund. The legal requirement is that the trustee’s sole …

Technical Analysis

S&P 500 May Extend Gain, Sentiment Shows
The Investors Intelligence analysis of investment newsletters for the week ended March 2 showed 42 percent of the writers were bullish, 1.85 times the …

Dollar Is ‘Critically Poised’ Against Yen
“Dollar-yen is critically poised,” Karen Jones, head of fixed-income, commodity and currency technical analysis in London, said in a telephone interview …

Stock Momentum Measure Signals More Gains
In technical analysis, strategists study charts of trading patterns and prices to predict changes in a security, commodity, currency or index. …

Technical View of What’s Next for Precious Metals, Stocks & the Dollar
From looking at the charts using technical analysis we were able to catch the Feb. 5th low and also the Feb. 25th low on a several ETF’s. …