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• Total World Stock ETF ($VT)
  Charles Amadeus, August 28th, 2009 at 6:30 am, Comments: 0

  World markets are trending up and the buying volume shows strong conviction. Tales of an impending October crash are popular, but it is superstitious nonsense. Trade what you see, not what you think. The uptrend that began in March of 2009 proved itself in April after rising above the upper Bollinger band (two standard deviations [...]

• Twitter Ticker ($AIG)
  Charles Amadeus, August 27th, 2009 at 9:18 am, Comments: 0

  American International Group is buzzing on StockTwits as it continues to advance since breaking out on August 20th. I wrote a column here when AIG was trading around 26 over a week ago, and so far this has been a stellar trade with results much quicker than I anticipated. Now that it is officially trading [...]

• Twitter Ticker ($VG)
  Charles Amadeus, August 26th, 2009 at 3:36 am, Comments: 0

  Vonage chatter is exploding on StockTwits as the VOIP provider skyrockets 165% in Tuesday’s trading. No news has been released to confirm the move, but the price speaks for itself as the market wants to get its hands on this stock. Though VG is trading in an uptrend above a rising upper Bollinger, the chart [...]

• Quote Corner
  Charles Amadeus, August 26th, 2009 at 3:16 am, Comments: 0

  Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances. – Thomas Jefferson (3rd U.S. president, 1743-7/4/1826)

• Twitter Ticker ($FNM)
  Charles Amadeus, August 25th, 2009 at 11:12 am, Comments: 0

  Federal National Mortgage, better known as Fannie Mae, is buzzing on StockTwits as it closes up +40% on Monday. Things are looking up for the once troubled housing lender as it forms a triple top breakout, and trades in an uptrend above a rising upper Bollinger. A break below 1.45 will initiate a secondary downtrend, [...]

• Twitter Ticker ($C)
  Charles Amadeus, August 24th, 2009 at 3:35 am, Comments: 0

  Citigroup chatter is brewing on StockTwits as the bank continues to advance. Trading in an uptrend above an upper Bollinger with a triple top breakout on August 21st suggests buying pressure and healthy demand. With no evidence of weakness in the financial sector, bearish opinion is purely speculative with little objective data to support it. [...]

• Quote Corner
  Charles Amadeus, August 24th, 2009 at 3:03 am, Comments: 0

  A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. – Oscar Wilde (Irish-born writer and wit, 1845-1900)

• NASDAQ 100 Trend, Breadth & Volatility ($QQQQ)
  Charles Amadeus, August 24th, 2009 at 2:48 am, Comments: 0

  The NASDAQ 100 is appearing on my favorite  screen, which is awesome news for investors in $QQQQ and its component stocks. According to Friday’s numbers, more than 20% of the available $QQQQ shares have been sold short, but it maintains a 20-day high. Trading in an uptrend above a rising upper Bollinger,  this index is [...]

• The Chartist’s Art: Part I: Technical Analysis
  Charles Amadeus, August 20th, 2009 at 2:42 pm, Comments: 0

  Technical analysis (TA) is a powerful tool that provides an objective structure for security analysis. It is grounded in reality, based on facts like price and trend, and ignores the spurious opinions of financial commentators reporting analyst estimates. By keeping you on the safe side of the trade and signaling when your investment thesis is [...]

• Twitter Ticker ($AIG)
  Charles Amadeus, August 20th, 2009 at 5:18 am, Comments: 0

  American International Group is stirring up interest on StockTwits as buy-on-the-dippers are looking to get a piece of the action. Though $AIG is technically in a downtrend below a falling upper Bollinger, it remains above a rising 20sma. Moreover, it could form a triple top breakout if it surpasses 31.8, breaking the multi-year declining trend [...]