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Gold Miners Seem to Struggle as Fear Bubble Deflates

Gold Miners Seem to Struggle as Fear Bubble Deflates

Gold miners rallied hard over the summer, but now face a potentially big test. The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) rose more than 50 percent between late May and early September. The main reasons were rate cuts by the Federal Reserve and worries about the global...

Inverted Heads & Shoulders Appearing Across the Market

Inverted Heads & Shoulders Appearing Across the Market

A potentially bullish reversal pattern is appearing across the market: inverted heads and shoulders. This chart formation involves two higher lows on either side of a lower low. It's the opposite of a bearish head and shoulders, and is sometimes viewed as a sign that...

What You Need to Know About Risk Management

What You Need to Know About Risk Management

Most investors like finding stocks they think will move. And most are eager to place trades. But they often overlook risk management because it's less fun. This is one of the biggest mistakes people make when starting in the market. Survival Matters More Than Anything...

Charles Dow: Wall Street Legend

Charles Dow: Wall Street Legend

Charles Dow Founded The Wall Street Journal Charles Dow was a late-19th century newspaper reporter in New York with a passion for the stock market. He and his partner, Edward Jones, delivered a concise and straightforward coverage of the market. At a time when most...

Getting Started With Technical Analysis

Getting Started With Technical Analysis

Individuals beginning in the stock market soon encounter the world of technical analysis. Terms like "support," "resistance" and "trends" are all over the news and Internet. You could spend a lifetime reading them and still be confused, so in this series we'll get you...

Newsflash: This Is Not a Normal Market

Newsflash: This Is Not a Normal Market

In case you didn't notice, the current situation in the stock market isn't normal. Investors seldom face the kind of uncertainty now surrounding a potential trade agreement with China. Sure, many of us remember the dotcom meltdown or the financial crisis. But those...