Investors looking at the stock market right now are finding it difficult to determine the direction of the major trend. We have seen several days where the market closed weak after showing a large gain at the open — a sign… Read More

The markets are red hot this year, fueled by promising headlines about euro-zone stability and Federal Reserve interventions like Quantative Easing 3 (QE3). But is it a false sense of security? Are markets unknowingly about to be crushed by economic realities that are simply hiding in the closet?  While a… Read More

Silver is clearly out of its rut. After steadily falling nearly 30% since its 52-week high in February, the price of silver has rebounded quickly during the past few weeks to a current price of $33 — almost entirely because of Federal… Read More

It seems like every investor has one of those decisions he or she truly regrets — whether it was selling gold at $800 an ounce, bypassing Google’s (Nasdaq: GOOG) IPO or liquidating their investment in Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) at $200, $300 or even… Read More

Not only is it expensive to pay roughly $3.50 — sometimes $4.40 — for the gallon of gasoline, it’s unnecessary. That’s because there is a simple strategy investors can use to reduce the price they pay for gasoline to $2.50 per gallon. I know it sounds incredible and probably too… Read More

Over the course of 2010 and 2011, we at StreetAuthority.com ran a number of articles focusing on the ever-rising cash balances of corporate America. Companies took the crisis of 2008 and 2009 to heart and started to build up huge reserves of cash for the next rainy day. And in… Read More

While irrational exuberance or excessive pessimism can lead traders to ignore fundamentals in the short term, stock prices are almost always related to earnings in the long term. Traders can benefit from fad stocks with… Read More

Handbag and accessory maker Coach (NYSE: COH), one of the best-known names in high-end fashion, has also been one of the best-performing stocks in the bull market that started in 2009. From its bear market lows, Coach gained 599% before peaking in March. Since then, the stock has pulled back and is trading 30% below its all-time highs. The chart below shows that the price could be headed even lower in the short term. Despite the stock’s recent struggles, Coach is still a… Read More

Handbag and accessory maker Coach (NYSE: COH), one of the best-known names in high-end fashion, has also been one of the best-performing stocks in the bull market that started in 2009. From its bear market lows, Coach gained 599% before peaking in March. Since then, the stock has pulled back and is trading 30% below its all-time highs. The chart below shows that the price could be headed even lower in the short term. Despite the stock’s recent struggles, Coach is still a great company for the long term. And at the right price, this stock is a buy. But right now it looks like it is a little too early. I think the holiday shopping season could lead to an additional sell-off in the stock that would push Coach shares down to where I would like to buy them. As you can see in the chart below, since Coach peaked, competitor Michael Kors (NYSE: KORS) has been a market leader. The two companies are… Read More

Market leaders often make for great shorting candidates. They tend to gain more than the overall market averages on the upside, and then usually fall more than the average stock on the downside. These are the stocks bought by momentum traders who… Read More

It happened again… just as the market expected it would. On Sept. 13, the Federal Reserve announced a new plan for quantitative easing (QE3). The plan — which started on Sept. 14 — is for… Read More