The real estate sector is showing bullish signs in the stock market. For those wanting to bet on a housing recovery without becoming a… Read More

Beware the “sideways chart.” When a specific stock or the entire market stops rising in value and their charts “move sideways,” then there is often something else afoot. The change from a rising market to a flattening market signals… Read More

After suffering a brutal 2011, things are turning around for the “junior resource” sector.   Regular readers are familiar with the “boom and bust” junior resource sector. This area of the market contains small energy and mineral exploration firms looking for next… Read More

Seabridge Gold Inc. is engaged in acquiring, exploring and developing gold deposits. The company’s principal projects are located in Canada. Seabridge holds six properties with gold resources and its material properties are its KSM Project and its Courageous Lake Project. The KSM… Read More

Price action of note in the silver market: Silver Wheaton (SLW) just notched a short-term breakout…     Regular readers know we consider Silver Wheaton one of the premier silver plays in the market. Read More

General Motors Company is a global automotive company. It develops, produces and markets cars, trucks and parts worldwide. General Motors also provides automotive financing services through General Motors Financial Company, Inc. (GM Financial), formerly AmeriCredit Corp. These financing operations consist principally of financing automobile purchases and leases for retail customers. Read More

The U.S. consumer remains in a precarious state. Wages are rising at a slow pace, keeping many workers from boosting their earning — and spending — power on an inflation-adjusted basis. In fact, consumers may start to feel that they are losing ground if gasoline prices hit $4 a gallon… Read More

Traders should avoid Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL)  right now. It has probably reached the bubble stage of its price rise (I’ll explain below). But the stock market can still move higher, even if Apple lags.   In fact, I think it’s a great time to add… Read More

It is nearly impossible to talk about chart patterns on stocks without eventually discussing the very common Head and Shoulders (H&S) pattern. An H&S pattern is a reversal pattern that forms after an uptrend. A textbook H&S pattern starts to form when… Read More

Today’s chart is an update on one of the biggest investment ideas in the world… one we’ve written about for years… and labeled, “Asia up, the West, not so much.”    The trend is the gradual increase of Asian economic power… and the gradual decrease of old European economic power. Read More