***Written By: Teresa Appleton Stock Forum ID: Teresa*** ”
Friday closed the week in the red, which also left the week red on the broader indexes. Friday’s volume was lower than Thursday’s and this weeks volume was lighter than last weeks, so it was not a distribution week. This should still be looked at [...]

***Written By: Blain Reinkensmeyer Stock Forum ID: StockTrading101***
I have been watching XM Satellite Radio (XMSR) now for a while, following the news and company updates. What I have found interesting is the possibility of XM merging with Sirius (SIRI), or getting bought out by Sirius. Obviously, immediate thoughts include, “this would break laws” , “wouldn’t [...]

***Written By: Teresa Appleton Stock Forum ID: Teresa***
Wednesday wraps up the middle of the week and we ended hump day on a green note. Volume increased today over yesterday leaving the market with an accumulation day. Nice day for the bulls which leaves us at resistance still at multi year highs.
The FOMC meeting [...]

***Written By: Blain Reinkensmeyer Stock Forum ID: StockTrading101***
Yahoo (YHOO) posts a quarterly sales warning and the stock tanks 12%+, and Google (GOOG) being in the search engine business also stumbles along side it (though not nearly as bad). The problem with this though is that Google didn’t issue a sales warning, and in fact they [...]

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Jack Haddad
MD, MBA, CMT, DITA
Advisors of the fund informed investors yesterday that the fund has lost 5 billion in 1 week on natural gas future bets. As of Sep 1st, the fund was ahead by 22% for the year. It has now plummeted to -57% for the year after their prime brokers forced [...]

***Written By: Blain Reinkensmeyer Stock Forum ID: StockTrading101***
I just noticed that Yahoo (YHOO) is down over 12.5% as Yahoo issued a quarterly sales warning. From 11:35 AM to 11:55 AM the stock free falled from $29 all the way down to a low of $25.11.
Why does this matter? Well, the stock is only trading at [...]

I found this question regarding the trading process, and I want to write on it today because I think it is an excellent concept for people to understand. This post is also dedicated to Problogger.com’s Group Writing Project. Here is the question:
“I’ve been reading countless articles, tutorials, definitions, books and so forth. One thing, however, [...]

***Written By: Dann Mcnulty Stock Forum ID: WallStGolfer31***
I’m going to start out with a link to the just the chart, I think it says it all.
Click here for the Oil Chart
What happened? Hedge funds exiting all at once? A genuine decrease in demand effecting the price? The end of the bubble?!?!
For all [...]