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4 Trends You Need to Know About This Bull Market

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As the markets reach new highs, investors have begun to express caution instead of celebration.

Since Nov. 15, 2012, the SP 500 has risen an impressive 15%. That works out to be a 45% annualized gain. And the whole time, a significant number of investors have remained dubious, citing ample reasons why the market should be moving lower -- not higher. And as the market has climbed this "wall of worry," even the most ardently pessimistic bears have thrown up their hands in dismay. Continue reading "4 Trends You Need to Know About This Bull Market" →

How Rockefeller Parlayed Pipelines into Billions

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For at least two thousand years, the Chinese of Sichuan, in south-central China, have dug or drilled holes to tap a briny aquifer, the trapped remains of an ancient inland sea. They boiled down the brine to make crystals of sodium chloride – salt – a food preservative and seasoning so critical in the days before refrigeration that whole civilizations flourished or waned based on its commerce.

The story goes that one day a lightning bolt struck one of the wells, sending a pillar of fire tens of meters into the air. Excited locals named the phenomenon "Wells of Fire." They didn't yet realize it, but they had discovered that natural gas is often associated with salt resources. Continue reading "How Rockefeller Parlayed Pipelines into Billions" →

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.

Livestock Futures--- Livestock futures are under pressure today with live cattle in the April contract down another 230 points today trading at 125.70 a pound hitting a fresh 11month low trading far below its 20 and 100 day moving average and now looking to retest support at 125 which was hit on 4/27/12 and in my opinion will break those lows and possibly head down to 120 a pound. Feeder cattle prices have been plummeting in recent weeks down another 220 points in the May contract at 141.00 a pound continuing its bear market hitting a 1 year low as traders are thinking prices are still historically too high. Lean hog futures for the June contract are down 130 points 89.25 trading lower also hitting an 9 month low now looking at support around the 86-88 level with traders selling livestock futures in recent weeks and in my opinion I do believe prices are headed lower but remember to place a stop loss in case the trend turns around trying to minimize your risk because there is extreme volatility. Continue reading "Weekly Futures Recap W/Mike Seery" →

Chart to Watch - Sugar

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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 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 May Sugar (SF.K13.E).

I hope you are having a GREAT week !

This week let's take a look at May Sugar.

Sugar looks to be making a Head and Shoulder base and a breakout to the upside would be bullish.

A Head and Shoulders pattern isn't a completed pattern until there is a neckline breakout. Continue reading "Chart to Watch - Sugar" →

How to Protect Your Portfolio From the Sequester

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The "fiscal cliff" deadline came and went without even a bearish whimper from the stock market. Now, the so-called "budget sequester" -- a set of laws that limit federal spending -- was put into effect on March 1. Absolutely nothing negative has happened to the economy -- so far.

The bullish reactions to these events, which may result in long-term, negative overhang on the thriving stock market, have lulled many investors into a false sense of security. These satisfied investors point to the stock market roaring higher, steadily improving economic numbers and to bad news being dismissed as irrelevant as sure signs that the market's surge won't end any time soon.

But investors should be concerned... Continue reading "How to Protect Your Portfolio From the Sequester" →