| Financial Outlook Articles |
Will Santa Visit Stock Investors in January? Bullish investors would likely have rather received a lump of coal in their stockings, given the prevailing lofty level of energy prices, than the uncharacteristically lackluster performance delivered them by the stock market in the waning days of 2005. What made the sour ending so unusual was its defiance of the well-documented normal tendency for stocks to rise in December, particularly near the end of the month. December has historically been the strongest month for stocks, posting a gain over 70% of the time, and the traditional “Santa Claus Rally” has swept the S&P higher in the last 2 weeks of the year over 80% of the time since 1950...keep reading |
Now That the Stock Market Made an October Low, Where Will it Go? “October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August, and February.” – Mark Twain A lot has changed in more than a century since Mark Twain first uttered his memorable quote, but with no less than 14 important stock market lows established in the month of October just since the launch of daily S&P indexes in 1928 (a disproportionately large 17% of all bottoms), it appears Mr. Twain was on to something...keep reading |
| Commodity Forecast Articles |
Is this Corn Market for the Birds? When an unofficial Chinese website broke the news on Wednesday, November 16, 2005 that the current outbreak of bird flu is allegedly much worse than admitted, CBOT traders concluded that if a Chinese chicken sneezes, the domestic corn market might catch a cold. March corn fell 3-1/4 cents to close at 206-3/4, and the 3 nearest-month futures contracts (December 2005, March ’06, May ’06) continued hitting life-of-contract lows through week’s end...keep reading |
Forget Energy...Did You Hear About the Coffee Crisis? It seems beyond absurd that anyone could talk about a “coffee crisis” in the 21st century. I can barely step out the door without passing at least one of the 5 Starbucks outlets now located within walking distance of my home, and that count doesn’t even include a few imitators that sprung up to challenge the world’s largest specialty coffee retailer. So what if the ordinary cup of Joe is suddenly an endangered species, you can quench your thirst with dozens of varieties of cappuccinos, frappuccinos and lattes, all served in tiny cups and costing more than a gallon of gasoline... |
| W.D. Gann Articles by James Flanagan |
Master this Simple Yet Powerful Tool, Then Apply it for Big Profits Across a Wide Range of Markets W.D. Gann's discovery that each year of a decade ending in the digits 0-9 displays unique traits is proven repeatedly in the markets. In the stock market, almost every major low over the past 100 years occurred in the "2nd" year (1932, 1942, 1962, 1982 and 2002)...keep reading |
Let Your Fingers do the Walking With W.D. Gann’s Most Powerful Secret By the early 1980s, a frantic search ensued among Gann followers for what W.D. Gann referred to in his sales literature as the "Master Time Factor." He called this his "greatest secret." In his first book, Truth of the Stock Tape, published in 1923, he says, "The most important thing of all is the Time Factor which I use in making up my annual forecasts.”...keep reading |