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  • Confirmation bias: A dependable filter of objective information
    Posted by on November 21st, 2014 at 1:34 pm, Comments: 0

    Share on StockTwits This series might sound like a crazy rant against using your gut instincts to ever make investment decisions. In fact, when we […]

  • Conservatism Bias: How to know what new information to focus on
    Posted by on November 20th, 2014 at 2:20 pm, Comments: 0

    Share on StockTwits Intro Traditional finance famously makes lot of incorrect assumptions about how humans make decisions. They assume that we are fully rational, and […]

  • Sentiment Flip
    Posted by on November 5th, 2014 at 7:30 am, Comments: 0

    Share on StockTwits In light of new highs and significant volatility the last couple of weeks, we wanted to take a look ahead at a couple […]

  • Pardon the interruption
    Posted by on October 24th, 2014 at 2:37 pm, Comments: 0

    Share on StockTwits The chart below is from a report I ran on early in the week while watching, in mild disbelief, the market march higher. […]

  • Wait for the market to flex
    Posted by on October 7th, 2014 at 6:34 pm, Comments: 0

    Share on StockTwits The jobs report temporarily sent the indices roaring, but under the hood the market lacked breadth. Today we gave back -1.5%. The […]

  • How SPY typically trades after a gap up/down on NFP report
    Posted by on October 2nd, 2014 at 7:23 pm, Comments: 0

    Share on StockTwits The NFP report (Employment Situation) is released on Friday before the open and here’s what we know: EVERYONE will be watching the report. […]

  • Ebay Monster Gaps
    Posted by on September 30th, 2014 at 12:56 pm, Comments: 0

    Share on StockTwits $EBAY announced this morning they’re planning on splitting off the Pay Pal division into a separate publicly traded company next year. The […]

  • Ghosts of Death Cross Past
    Posted by on September 23rd, 2014 at 7:45 am, Comments: 0

    Share on StockTwits A “Death Cross” is a hilariously ominous name for a technical market condition where the 50-day moving average crosses below the 200-day […]

  • Yahoo Strategy Ahead of Alibaba IPO
    Posted by on September 8th, 2014 at 9:01 pm, Comments: 0

    Share on StockTwits Yahoo retains a 22.4% stake in Chinese e-commerce giant, Alibaba Group Holding. Yahoo’s stock climbed by over 5% on news of  Alibaba’s […]

  • 3 Important Things To Watch For At 52-week Highs
    Posted by on August 20th, 2014 at 1:44 pm, Comments: 0

    Share on StockTwits Despite all the public worries about the market, the $SPY is on the cusp of making a brand new 52-week high. I ran […]