Strategies

The A/D-line has entered critical territory that deserves close examination and a close watch in the ensuing trading days. Here's what the A/D -line is showing for the S&P 500 today and suggesting is quite possible for the markets tomorrow.

"Interest rates are not going to significantly rise in the near term to any meaningful degree. In fact, it is very likely that interest rates on Government issued Treasuries will remain range bound between 1% and 4% for the next 20 years." Here's why.

As history all too clearly shows, investors always do the “opposite” of what they should when it comes to investing their own money. They “buy high” as the emotion of “greed” overtakes logic and “sell low” as “fear” impairs the decision making process. Here are 5 biases that will keep you from achieving your long term investment goals.

Institutional investors are trying to micro-manage every minor blip in the markets instead of taking steps now to prepare for any downturn by asking themselves the following questions, determining the right answers and implementing them in preparation for such an eventuality.

There’s no secret to early retirement. It is possible, but it takes sacrifice, hard work and the right mindset to pull it off. Here's some good advice on how to make such a dream a reality.

The Apple Watch is the first smartwatch that matters according to Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, and, based on initial sales numbers, this appears to indeed be true as illustrated in the infographic below.

Whether it is called "systematic trend-following", "momentum trading" or "turtle trading", it all comes down to entering trades on the basis of markets breaking out from previously established ranges and following some basic rules thereafter. It requires no special understanding of any given market - just a healthy respect for the price action - and can make you a lot of money in the process. Here are the details.

Money illusion is a longstanding concept in economics that has enormous significance for you if you’re a saver, investor or entrepreneur. Money illusion is a ruse performed by central banks that can distort the economy and destroy your wealth. Let me explain.

It was only a few decades ago that currencies around the world were back by gold which meant that whatever piece of money that people used in their day-to-day lives represented a real amount of gold held by that government. Today, the main influencing factors on exchange rates are as illustrated in the infographic below.

Is it time to sell all of your stocks because we’ve seen huge gains over the past five years? Not necessarily. It all depends on your time horizon and what kind of investor you are. Let me explain.