Sam Collins

Sam Collins

InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst

Sam Collins is  InvestorPlace.com’s Chief Technical Analyst. He has more than four decades of experience in Wall Street firms.

In addition to providing fundamental and technical analysis for InvestorPlace.com, he provides FREE daily market commentary each trading day via the Daily Trader’s Alert. The Daily Trader’s Alert contains his Daily Market Outlook PLUS a Trade of the Day.

Sam served as a regular army captain serving in West Germany during the Berlin Wall Crisis before joining Merrill Lynch as a futures broker. Since then, he has been a financial adviser, branch manager, regional manager and certified portfolio manager with national and regional securities firms. While he retired in October 2009, during his career, he received recognition and numerous awards.

Sam used technical analysis as a timing and selection technique with portfolios that he managed. He developed a specific technical analysis technique and timing system called the Collins Bollinger Reversal (CBR) that has received national recognition, and he has appeared on local and national TV as a financial commentator.

As an equity specialist and technician, he uses technical analysis as a selection technique along with fundamental analysis. As a value buyer, his goal is to find companies with outstanding management, unique products and strong financials that have not yet been driven to unreasonable prices. His CBR system helps him to screen vast amounts of data for stocks that meet those standards.

Sam is also a member of the NASD Board of Arbitrators.

Recent Articles

Barrick Gold Set to Shine

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst

Purchasing <strong>ABX</strong> now and on any pullback could provide substantial reward.

Failed Breakout May Lead to Sell-off

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst

The SPX's failed breakout could result in a reactive sell-off that quickly takes back all of the gains of the prior short-term advance.

Investors Need to Pump Up the Volume

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst

Volume on the Big Board has been declining steadily, and with it the likelihood of a significant upside breakout.

Play Commodities Bull With Base Metals ETF

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst

With commodities and international equities leading the list of outperforming ETFs, investors should look at <strong>DBB</strong>.

Can the Bulls Close the Week Higher?

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst

With yesterday's new intraday high on the <strong>SPX</strong>, then the sell-off on the close, the focus is on the bulls' ability to close out the week on a high note.

Oil & Gas ETF Has Momentum

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst

<strong>DIG</strong> ran into its 200-day moving average and appears to have enough momentum to break through it.

The Bull’s Not Dead, But It Needs a Rest

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst

There aren't enough buyers at the current level to sustain the breakout the <strong>SPX</strong> made in early June, and signs point to a modest pullback ahead.

Preferred Stock ETF Continues Its Climb

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst

The iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index Fund (<strong>PFF</strong>) flashed a golden cross, which confirms the long-term change to a bull market for the fund.

3 Bullish Signs for Intel

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst

<strong>INTC</strong> is showing signs of a long-term change in trend.

Semis Not Succumbing to Summer Doldrums

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst

Everything seems to be stuck in the dreariness of an early summer trading pattern except Nasdaq, and particularly semiconductor stocks.

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