Markets hate uncertainty more than bad news, which is one reason they’ve swooned recently. But technical analysis looks at the patterns deeper than the daily news, and charts suggest a real bear ahead.
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It’s easy to be pessimistic these days. Libya’s civil war, surging oil prices and the disaster in Japan have combined forces to send financial markets tumbling. But the cold, hard facts about the economy paint a more optimistic…
With analysts expecting the stock market to rally, investors are feeling bullish. But are they too bullish? High investor confidence has often signaled a market turn for the worse in the past. Other indicators also show cause f…
A quiet week for earnings, along with new reports on consumer credit, consumer sentiment, economic optimism, wholesale trade, the U.S. trade balance and federal budget balance, should give the stock markets a chance to settle d…
A new Bloomberg poll shows 68% of investors say Obama’s policies are “detrimental to the U.S. investment climate.” That’s despite soaring corporate earnings and a huge bounceback in stock prices during his administration. Somew…