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We were looking for an interesting article to link in relation to the concept of "moral hazard" and the current Fed policy towards...

Calvin and Hobbes predicted our bail-out nation predicament 15 years ago: (H/T Jeff E.)

Naked short-selling bringing down Lehman? Not even a funny joke and astounding that even allegedly financially-savvy WSJ / Bloomberg woul...

Our newsletter today carries some of the core principles of how we trade. If you want a copy just email us at info @ highchartpatterns ...

If Warren Buffett's prediction proves to be correct --once the economy bounces we will have no choice but to inflate ourselves out of th...

In our last post, dated Sunday, March 08, we wrote that it would be a good place to start an initial position in ETF's such as SPY DIA Q...

Courtesy of dshort.com who updates this image on a daily basis. As you can see we have now surpassed every single market crash in his...

We're looking to revamping/refreshing our blog roll -- if you know of any good blogs out there, send us a link. One add today to our blo...

The USO/Crude divergence on Friday confused a lot of people; the buzzword on a number of blogs was "contango" and we received a...

Our newsletter for tomorrow discusses some of our core concepts and has a more educational bent to it than usual. If you're interested ...

Brutal sell-off today as the market didn't like what Geithner had to say. We'll be watching our favorite short vehicles FAZ SRS SMN...

This should be an interesting week with three very important points to remember: a) we have stimulus/bank news pending early this week b) su...

Trader-X did a post about this site: Five Rules for Life . Check it out and especially Trader X's contribution. Read others, think...

As we wrote yesterday, bullish or bearish, XLF had to break-down. Thus far the bullish scenario of "We break-down, and then reverse h...

It would be very surprising for this flag not to break sometime soon. Watch financials to lead the way with XLF through 8.87 and then 8.07....

BAC already broke down; but XLF above support. Some kind of resolution coming soon as the range has tightened considerably. Financials on...

Without a doubt we make more money in bull markets. And we wish every day that we could start another bull market. However, reality sets ...

Here's an economist who gets it (our favorite parts in bold) By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Published: January 31, 2009 In its own unpr...

An excellent summary by The Brookings Institution. Read this short introduction, and then hit the pdf link at the end to the full 47 page...

If you have a blog which you think would be of interest to our readers, please e-mail us at info AT highchartpatterns DOT COM. We'll ...

It was a wild week. Monday/Tuesday started slow but Wednesday we gapped up hard thanks to the "bad bank" news. We became bullish...

Today was the day the bears should have pushed the market down through support: they had the gap-down weight and momentum right at the open...

Hat Tip to The Daily Beast Ex- Merrill Lynch’s CEO John Thain's re-decorating expenses 1) $2,700 for six wall sconces. 2) $5,000 for a...

We've been reading ClusterStock these past few weeks and like what we see in terms of news and editorials. We find ourselves to be in...

Wouldn't it be great to have more men like Buffett and fewer men like Ken Lewis, Dick Fuld, John Thain (feel free to substitute investm...