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3rd-Quarter Earnings Season: What To Watch For

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Throughout the summer, investors were treated to a steady drumbeat of sobering news.

Retail sales were flattening out. China and other emerging markets appeared set to consume less of our exports. The steady implementation of the budget sequester was leading to a drop in government spending on technology and services. And many companies showed a lot more interest in buybacks and dividends than capital spending, which is a sure a sign of CEO pessimism.

So how do you explain the surprisingly robust profit picture being delivered in the current earnings season? Continue reading "3rd-Quarter Earnings Season: What To Watch For" →

Learn to Spot a Head & Shoulders Pattern in Your Charts

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By Elliott Wave International

Senior Analyst Jeffrey Kennedy is the editor of our Elliott Wave Junctures trader education service and one of our most popular instructors. Jeffrey's primary analytical method is the Elliott Wave Principle, but he also uses several other technical tools to supplement his analysis.

You can apply these methods across any market and any time-frame. Enjoy this lesson and then find out how you can get additional trading lessons from Elliott Wave International.

My primary tool as a technical analyst is, of course, the Wave Principle. Even so, I find great value in other forms of technical analysis, such as candlesticks and indicators. With this in mind, let's review one of my favorite old-school chart patterns -- Head-and-Shoulders. Continue reading "Learn to Spot a Head & Shoulders Pattern in Your Charts" →

Weekly Futures Recap w/Mike Seery

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We’ve asked Michael Seery of SEERYFUTURES.COM to give our INO readers a weekly recap of the Futures market. He has been Senior Analyst for close to 15 years and has extensive knowledge of all of the commodity and option markets.

Michael frequently appears on multiple business networks including Bloomberg news, Fox Business, CNBC Worldwide, CNN Business, and Bloomberg TV. He is also a guest on First Business, which is a national and internationally syndicated business show.

Cotton Futures-- Cotton futures for the December contract was down sharply this week settling at 83.11 last Friday down over 375 points this week in New York continuing its bearish momentum after breaking down at 82 last week currently trading at 79.30 basically unchanged this Friday afternoon. Prices are still trading below their 20 and 100 day moving average hitting a 9 month low & I’m still recommending a short position placing your stop above the 10 day high which at the time was about a $1200 risk but at today’s current price is around $2,500 remembering cotton is a very large contract. In my opinion it looks that cotton prices will retest the 78 level possibly even heading lower as there is weakening demand & excellent crops around the world pushing up supplies at this time despite the fact that the U.S dollar hit a 1 1/2 year low having very little effect on cotton prices at this time. The USDA will come out with crop estimates next week and it’s been quite some time for fresh news to appear due to the government shutdown and that should guide short-term price direction. TREND: LOWER –CHART STRUCTURE: EXCELLENT Continue reading "Weekly Futures Recap w/Mike Seery" →

Fill in the Caption and ...

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Leave a comment on what you think would be the "perfect caption" for this photograph of Kathleen Sebelius who was sworn in as the 21st Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on April 28, 2009. Since taking office, Secretary Sebelius has led ambitious efforts to improve America’s healthcare. Here's my caption,

“It’s not my responsibility to write computer code”

Just fill in the caption on what you think Kathleen Sebelius is saying and have the opportunity to win a really cool INO.com thumb drive. Enter as many time as you wish. Team INO, will pick out the top three captions and post them along with the names of the winners next weekend. Good luck, stay tuned because you could be the next big winner. Team INO.

Chart to Watch - Cotton

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We've asked our friend Jim Robinson of profittrading.com to provide his expert analysis of charts to our readers. Each week he'll be analyzing a different chart using the Trade Triangles and his experience.

Today he is going to take a look at the technical picture of the December Natural Gas Futures (NYMEX:TT.Z13.E).

I hope you are having a GREAT week !

Cotton has made a breakout of support and there is a good chance Cotton will continue lower from here.

All three MarketClub Trade Triangles are pointing to lower prices right now, so we would want to sell Cotton on pull backs with the MarketClub system. Continue reading "Chart to Watch - Cotton" →