Market Direction
What are the main market trends; how to use the market direction to your advantage.
Back to work… 
Some cash you have accumulated since mid-May, should now be put back to work. Like at any stop light, when the light changes to green, you still need to look both right and left to see if the traffic coming from the other direction has really stopped. Buying at the right time.
Timing your entries and patience is crucial to make decent returns in the markets. The more you study charts the easier it becomes!
Don’t count on The Big Picture alone…
when a market correction occurs (as is the case at present) does The Big Picture in IBD warn you sufficiently in time to prevent you from being affected or being drawn into the market correction? Don’t Panic… only $ 140 billion was wiped out in China!
Chinese stocks dropped 9% on Tuesday in Shanghai...What you should do is this. Is it time to put a toe back in the market?
Wait till the market tells you in unequivocal terms that large institutional investors have changed their mind and show via volume and price increases that there is new rally. Nine out of 12 stocks, Tobias Levkovich (Citigroup) recommends do not meet IBD criteria... Is the Bear Market Over?
Is the bear market for stocks ending? Market climbs a wall of worry…
Have you ever tried to write down all the things that should at present prevent the market from rising? Market Direction determines "Who has the ball?" 
How to determine what the direction of the main market indices are. Market timing and sector rotations
The "M" in CAN SLIM indicates the market direction. When the market turned around in mid August, it was time to invest in stocks that broke out. The sector rotation that has occured since then points to technology and financial stocks. Markets are (still) interconnected…
Two weeks in May show how important it is to learn to read changes in market direction. Lessons learned in 1987 come back and show that the markets are still interconnected... Portfolio Tuning
Several newspaper articles have recently covered the end-of –the-year tuning of a portfolio mainly for tax reasons. Taxes are however not the only reason to examine your portfolio. Setbacks can breed Success 
Cycling the Tour de France provides valuable lessons for investing. Lessons can be learned from Lance Armstrong success for your investment strategy... Stay disciplined
Will consumer outlook and behavior change the market direction? Advice for more productive shopping in this Christmas season. The boring stuff
Instead of following the fashion trends, let’s look at some boring stuff, that is ETFs or stocks that are likely to make you money. The Carry Trade Fine-tuned.
The last week in the stock market, the dramatic strengthening of the yen versus the dollar, and the yen versus the euro are clearly showing a change in trend, which deserves your fullest attention. The week after pill…
The volatility in the stock markets has been huge in the past week. Now that the markets are closed, you got a weekend to reflect on what has happened and decide what to do next… Too much love...no alternatives?
A frontpage article in the Washington Post argues that investors who stayed the course are now getting the benefits. How accurate is this? Tying the Knot
Weddings can be expensive. They are a $25.3 billion industry. There are several ways you can benefit from this industry. This article provides just one clue... Wake up…
No one likes wakeup calls! What we got this week in the markets was however just that. Suggestions for playing defensively... What a difference a day makes…
Do not rejoice because the markets went up by half a percent after yesterday´s drop of 3-5%. Count your blessings and think about any regrets... What a week!
Reflections on October 1987 and the past week. Includes weekly performance figures for major stock and bond funds. What Wall Street does NOT want you to know or realize…
Get rid of beliefs that are promulagated by Wall Street but are not in your best interests... What way is the market moving?
Have you noticed recently any changes in market direction? Only a few days ago it was zigzaging. How to determine what the direction of the market is now...an updated version of an article posted this time last year. When to buy…
While the market corrects and you sit on cash, you don’t worry of the daily ups and downs. Question then is: when is it time to get back in? While the market corrects...
About a week ago there was a clear shift in market direction. Now that you bailed out: What do you do while the market corrects? You got the ball…are you running with it?
Can you figure what the current market direction is? Check the US market trends included in this article and do not overlook the overseas markets. Time to allocate your portfolio... Zooming out the Big Picture 
The Big Picture in IBD provides the M in CAN SLIM...but only the market directions in the US. To learn more about the market directions outside the US, zoom out of the Big Picture.
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