Today I’d like everyone to welcome back Dr. Barry Burns. He was a guest blogger a few weeks back and the overwhelming response was “we want him back”! So you asked for him, I called in a personal favor, and here he is again to help teach us. ================================================================ Traders who use technical analysis rely on charts to help establish a probability scenario for entering a trade. We generally look at 3 things: Price patterns. Volume patterns. Indicator patterns. There have been countless books written and courses sold on how to use these things to predict future market movement. Despite this, countless traders continue to fail in their attempts to become profitable. Why? After years of watching my father trade (he had 70 years of experience in the markets) and many years of my own experience, I’ve come to this conclusion: None of it works! That’s right. I haven’t found a single price pattern ...

For today’s guest blog post I’ve contacted one of my “go-to” silver guru’s David Morgan from Silver-Investor. The silver bug bit David as a very young man and his thirst for and knowledge of silver has only grown over the years. I asked David to give us some insight into why silver is money!

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The Monetary Case for Silver (Silver Institute speech abbreviated)

Most of this research came from my friend and associate Mr. Franklin Sander’s Sanders of the Moneychanger (see www.the-moneychanger.com).

The surest way today to be laughed off the podium and out of any economics department is to declare that silver is money, and money vitally necessary to our economic survival. I should know recently a rather significant “silver” event took place

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The good news about the Internet is the information we can get our cursors on instantly; the bad news is the information we can get our heads around instantly, but without any way of gauging accuracy, relevance, or completeness. This is particularly evident in the financial-investment-retirement world, where thousands of websites tell us how to do things and why, and why things work the way they do and how. Few gurus explain why and how certain concepts and plans of action just may not work the way they are supposed to.

You don’t need to read very far before the fingernail-screeching 401(k) chalkboard becomes deafening. For example, do they provide: 1) free money from employers, 2) lower taxable income, 3) retirement without any worries about money, or are they, 4) one of the most popular retirement plans.

The inadequacies I’m talking …

(P.S: Sorry for any disturbances the advertisements above may have caused you)If late-2004 and early-2005 are remembered for the corporate debacles of CAO, Citiraya and ACCS, the later part of 2005 will be remembered for the attention that centered on oil and refining. The catalyst was Hurricane Katrina, which was the worst-ever storm to hit the Gulf of Mexico and caused extensive damage to the refining facilities in the region, exposing the deep global capacity crunch in refining capacity.Katrina formed over the Bahamas in late August 2005 and due to the unpreparedness of the authorities, caused severe destruction along the Gulf of Mexico coast from central Florida to Texas in the form of a Category 5 storm, with the most severe loss of life and property damage occurring in New Orleans. Of more interest to oil traders was the damage to ...

Is It Possible To Learn How To Trade Stocks In 90 Seconds??Adam Hewison, president of INO.com and co-creator of MarketClub shows you how to analyze any stock in 90 seconds flat by using MarketClub’s proprietary “Trade Triangle” technology.

When looking at the stock market we use the monthly “Trade Triangle” bto identify a major trend (also possible initial entry). We use the weekly “Trade Triangles” for timing.

MarketClub’s “Trade Triangle” technology helps traders time markets after a steady trend has been established and only exit after the trend has come to a complete halt. “Trade Triangles” provide a great timing tool and can be used alone or in conjunction with other technical indicators of your choice. MarketClub also gives you access to multiple scans, historical data, news portfolio and a whole lot more.

If you are a member consider this video a quick refresher. …

What is THE most important aspect of investing? It’s not the ability to read a balance sheet. Nor is it recognizing trading patterns. In fact, this particular quality isn’t even specific to investing; it’s essential to any skill. I’m talking about patience. From an action standpoint, investing is boring. Unless you’re a day trader, it’s very much a waiting game. After all, buying or selling an investment requires nothing more than a click of the mouse. A couple seconds and you’re done. The rest of the time (99%) you’re doing nothing. Well, not quite nothing; you’re actually patiently ignoring information. Every day investors are bombarded with information about the financial markets. Whether it’s the TV, internet, newspaper, or even radio, multiple media outlets spew forth theories and updates about what’s happening every second of every day. Almost all of this is pure noise. Financial journalists make their living ...

Russia just declared war… on investors.

As the “R” in BRIC emerging markets, Russia has been one of the hottest places for overseas capital flows in the last ten years. Between 1997 and 2007, capital inflows to the country rose from $4.8 billion to over $50 billion: an all time record.

It’s not difficult to see why. On paper Russia has all the hallmarks of a booming market: a fast growing economy, dramatic increases in wages and standards of living, and massive currency reserves.

Russia’s GDP has grown at an average annual rate of 7% since 1998. Over the same time period, average monthly salaries have risen eight-fold while unemployment has halved to 6%. All told, 20 millions Russians have risen out of poverty as the country’s economy grew to be sixth largest in the world. And thanks to its massive energy reserves—#1 for …

A quick Bull rally could happen next week, what's one way of playing it to benefit the most? High short interest stocks that are profitable companies and are credible businesses. We're not talking about Crocs Inc (CROX), rather the few companies that will return to greatness and may get caught in a short squeeze. In finance, a short squeeze is a rapid increase in the price of a stock that occurs when there is a lack of supply and an excess of demand for the stock. Short squeezes result when short sellers cover their positions on a stock. This can occur if the price has ...

Let the games begin! In honor of the Olympic games in China, I’ve decided to stage my own “Special” Olympics based on financial events. I, like most people, have been astounded by the displays of physical prowess going on in Beijing. However, I’m equally impressed by other Herculean displays going on in the financial markets. After all, why should we merely applaud those who have developed their physical prowess to near superhuman levels? Shouldn’t we also applaud those who excel in other arenas of human effort… like backtracking, or blowing hot air, or flat-out incompetence? Personally, I’m as impressed by someone who can contradict themselves in front of the American public as I am by someone who can leap over a giant hurdle using a pole. Both activities require great focus, determination, and the ability to ignore glaring issues that would unnerve most ...

There are thousands of stocks on traded on Pink Sheets. Here’s a guide to sorting out the winners and losers… Most investors have heard the term "pink sheets" as a reference to stocks. But how many know what they are? Pink sheets are companies that are traded over-the-counter and that aren’t part of any major stock exchange. But that doesn’t mean they are any less valuable than traditional stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) or mutual funds. In fact, expanding your portfolio with pink sheets can be extremely lucrative, but you have to make the right moves to rake in the big profits. Let me explain… Pink Sheets Basics Pink sheets began as listings on an electronic database provided by Pink Sheets LLC, and have their name because the quotes were originally printed on pink sheets of paper. Companies that are involved in this kind of over-the-counter trading fall just ...