Short Term Traders

New Leveraged Short-Term Treasury ETFs an Important Development
For example, in a rising interest rate environment the yield curve may invert whereby short-term interest rates may exceed long-term rates. …

BHP ditches annual pricing for short-term coal sales-UPDATE 3
“With coal now moving to quarterly price review, we’re expecting iron ore to follow in due course,” said a bulk commodities trader based in Adelaide. …

Long Term Traders

GRAINS-US wheat ticks up on weak dollar; corn, soy firm
… such as Iowa and Illinois, typically does not begin until mid-April, but grain traders are already starting to monitor long-term weather outlooks. …

Economic growth to keep metal prices strong
Infrastructure building in China and other emerging economies should keep prices strong over the very long term. “I think we’re in a secular bull market for …

Market likely to stay in trading zone
…remain in a trading zone, even though the overall undertone remains positive amid hopes of better medium-to-long-term prospects for the Indian economy. …

Stock market investors claw their way back
No one is looking long-term anymore.” “We threw enough liquidity into the system through the Federal Reserve that we essentially stopped the bleeding,” says …

Long-Term Put Players Pounce on JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (JASO)
However, an even closer inspection reveals that most of the long-term puts have traded closer to the bid price, implying they were likely sold. …

Asian Markets Mixed; Nikkei Down 0.1%
“If we get some negative policy rhetoric from Washington or excessively strong China data, traders could take profits, but I don’t expect much shorting,” he …

Oil Can Top $100 a Barrel Soon Enough
On the opposite end are the small speculators who are easily swayed by short-term events. Just looking at the track record of the two groups we can see that …

Keeping An Edge In A Bull Market
But their presence below the 200-day moving average, according to our research, suggests that their advances are most vulnerable to short-term reversal. …

Self Managed Super

What’s ahead for SMSFs?
A lot of what is said about self managed super is simply not true and the numbers show that,” Townsend continued. “The numbers and anecdotal evidence do …

Calls for SMSF reform reveal an agenda
Calls for reform in the self-managed super fund (SMSF) sector reflect an agenda by some parties that would see funds diversified to the industry or retail …

Focusing on a bright future ahead
One-third of clients seek advice on investment; one-third on superannuation and one-third on self-managed super funds, life insurance, and estate planning. …

Technical Analysis

Banks Show ‘Solid Support’ for Equity Gains: Technical Analysis
Technical analysts look at price and volume charts to forecast resistance levels, or ceilings restricting further price increases, and support levels, …

Pisani: Technical Analysis Is Bullish
As we move into the anniversary of the March 2009 low, Lowry — the oldest technical analysis service — reminds us that, despite the better than 60 percent …

Commodities Technical Analysis | Gold investment looks bright …
James Steel, chief commodities analyst at HSBC, has further championed Gold Investment, highlighting the fact that market movements are working in favor of the …

Stock Market S&P 500 Trend, What a Pump!
The above chart tells me how useful simple technical analysis can be. Look the two small trend lines that I have had on the chart for quite sometime, .