It's tough being a banker today. The Federal Reserve wants to buy their bonds for top dollars, profits are near all-time highs, and yet bankers just aren't happy. Here's a closer look at the numbers and technicals.... >> READ MORE...

Last Friday's GDP report came in 26% lower than the previous estimates, but Wall Street, the media, and investors didn't seem to care and stocks barely reacted. Why? The GDP reporting mechanism may be purposely misleading.... >> READ MORE...

Insiders are fearful of an impending sell off. When this happened earlier this year the S&P 500 quickly declined 10%. Other sentiment measures are reaching extremes too, but there's a silver lining.... >> READ MORE...

Now that QE3 is here we have to talk about the elephant in the room; Treasury bond yields and Treasury bond prices. The purpose of QE3 and Operation Twist is to lower yields. Will it work and is there an investment opportunity?... >> READ MORE...

The week after triple witching (which is this week) is one of the most seasonally bearish weeks on the calendar. Bullish technical indicators however, torpedo this year's bearish seasonal forces.... >> READ MORE...

A bearish Dow Theory non-confirmation triggered a sell signal over a year ago. Ever since then the Dow Jones has been in a general up trend, and the Transports in a persistent down trend. Will the sell signal finally come true?... >> READ MORE...

On first glance the performance of the Dow Diamonds (DIA), S&P 500 SPDR (SPY) and Nasdaq QQQ (QQQ) seems to be closely correlated. This first glance assessment, however, couldn't be farther from the truth. Here's what separates the indexes from each other and why it's important.... >> READ MORE...

Retail investors have many choices to buy and sell stocks: Mutual funds and ETFs are just two of them. Regardless of the options, investors are often considered the "dumb money." Is the dumb money really dumb?... >> READ MORE...

Apple's iPhone 5 pre-orders have set a new record. Apple's stock price also reached a new all-time high on Tuesday. This article features some simple math (but the kind of math nobody else does) to show this just doesn't make sense.... >> READ MORE...

Four minutes of high volume activity reduced crude oil prices by nearly 4%. There may be several reasons for this mini flash crash - such as rising oil production or falling demand for oil - but short-term technicals put the odds in favor of higher prices.... >> READ MORE...