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'Trade Gauge' Drops 20% in 7 days

Last month, we called an artificial rally in a key global economic indicator. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI), a measure for shipping prices of dry bulk cargoes, had been enjoying a great run, clocking in gains for 11 weeks in succession. But we saw this as a direct ...
Read More | Date 15/06/2009
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Why the Retail Upswing Looks Promising

In the early stages of this recession, defensive sectors outperformed cyclicals by a long way. Investors were buying into businesses they perceived as solid. Then, we noticed that cyclicals were starting to gain momentum. And that pace could be set to increase ...
Read More | Date 15/05/2009
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What Would You Do With $100,000 of Family Money?

Here on The Right Side, we are repeatedly extolling the virtues of risk management. It is not enough to pick the right companies, it’s also about making sure you bank profits while they exist. In the piece that follows, Dr Steve Sjuggerud, our colleague from ...
Read More | Date 14/05/2009
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How to Avoid Sleepwalking into a Painful Correction

Dear reader, “Green shoots”, it seems, are all around us. “The crowd” has decided that the economy is in recovery and the markets are a screaming buy. Today, let’s overlook the chequered history of the phrase “green shoots” and focus instead on whether it really ...
Read More | Date 13/05/2009
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Technology Sector Recovery - Now could be the Time to Buy

Which stock will be the first to recover? That’s the million-dollar question for investors. One area of the market showing a lot of promise is the technology sector. Business may be suffering for these companies, but the shares have been rallying since the ...
Read More | Date 05/05/2009
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Our Three-Step Guide to Protecting Your Portfolio

Don’t panic about the current gloomy markets. These three low-risk rules can help you survive and even profit in the long term. Let me show you how… After a strong start to the year, we’re right back where we started. The FTSE 100 is at levels not seen since the ...
Read More | Date 25/02/2009
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The Latest From The Men Who Predicted The Bear Market

There are not many financial commentators I listen to these days. Most of them haven’t got a clue what they’re doing. But there are a few investors that are really worth listening to. One is Société Générale’s Albert Edwards and another is Morgan Stanley’s Teun ...
Read More | Date 21/01/2009
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The Dow's Double-Bottom Break

Double bottom breakouts occur where a market finds support at a previous low, and breaks back above previous resistance. In the Dow Jones hourly chart above we can see the lows that held on 10th and 17th of March; the question now is can we confirm and hold ...
Read More | Date 20/03/2008
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Fibonacci Retracement Levels

After making long sustained moves in one direction, many markets retrace a part of the move before continuing on further. For example, if a stock increased from $5 to $10 and then slipped back 50%, this retracement would take it to $7.50 before it continued ...
Read More | Date 06/03/2008
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The Three Types Of Trend Analysis

There are three main types in stock markets: There's the primary trend which is generally greater than one-year in length, and must have produced gains (or losses) of 20% or more. Then we've got the secondary, or intermediate trend. This is typically three ...
Read More | Date 28/02/2008
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