Technical Analysis is the study of charts, chart patterns and indicators. Purely fundamental investors who study balance sheets and cash flow statements think it’s a complete waste of time whereas chart technicians think it’s all that matters. I say, why not be well versed in both? I’ve found it to be extremely valuable in helping…
A Simple Way to Measure Market Overreactions and Turn them into Opportunities
In this post I’m going to show another way you can look at a stock chart to see where a particular stock is trading in relation to its longer term trend by using linear regression channels. These measure a stock’s trend over a certain period of time, as determined by its best fit linear regression…
The Age of Automation and the Internet of Things (IoT)
It’s no secret that technology continues to change just about everything. Two major themes that have been growing the past few years are automation/robotics and the Internet of Things (IoT). It all has to do with integrating everything with technology – the connectivity – to control, track, store and analyze data. This makes things more…
New Position in Google
I began a position in Google earlier this week when it dipped under $525 and added to it this morning under $500. If it drops another 5%, I’ll buy more. It’s not as cheap as I typically like to see when buying stock in a new company but relatively speaking it’s one of the cheaper…
On the Lookout for Some Holiday Deals & New Year Trend Changes
The end of the year tends to bring some odd movements in the markets. These can occur for a handful of reasons but most are driven by funds with short-term incentive policies and year-end bonuses. Fortunately, their short-sighted foolishness can be our gain since we’re in the position of investing for the long-term. Many funds…