Today's Market

Why are stocks up (or down) and what does the latest Nvidia news mean? Today’s Market will answer those questions and keep you informed about big stock market movers. We’ll also tell you about the latest Fed moves, what stocks Warren Buffett is buying, and which stocks look primed for a short squeeze. Today’s Market is the perfect pairing of InvestorPlace’s expert financial advice and critical stock and crypto news.

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A Closer Look at ‘Bear Traps’

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
Bear traps usually occur on stocks with low capitalization but can also occur in the broader market, too.

Market Changing ‘Channels’

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
To the novice chart reader, the market's 'channel up consolidation' may look bullish, but veteran technicians know otherwise.

Low Volume, But Still Noteworthy

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
Optimists say low volume is reason to treat the sell-off lightly, but low volume only indicates few buyers and many sellers, and it's been falling for weeks.

VeriSign Signaling Turnaround

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
In a show of strength, VRSN's stochastic flashed a buy signal and the 20-day moving average broke above the 50-day m.a.

Can Stocks Keep Climbing?

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
Day after day, we've been besieged with how bad the economy really is and, yet, stocks keep plodding their way higher.

Beware Bull Fever

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
Let's not get caught up in bullish fever unless Dow 9,600 and S&P 1,010 are broken with gusto.

Short-term Outlook Up, But …

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
The market may have enough strength to challenge huge resistance lines on the DJI and the SPX but not enough to change the intermediate trend from down to up.

Will Santa Stop at Wall Street?

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
Not likely. The stochastic of the major indices has issued a double sell signal, which could indicate a serious attack on the market's lows is about to occur.

When Did You Learn We Were In Recession?

By Paul Carton, Vice President of Research, ChangeWave
Recently the world was shocked to learn the U.S. had entered a recession way back in December 2007. So when did you learn about the recession? In retrospect, knowing very quickly when a recession starts is quite an important thing -- one that can have a life-altering impact on your financial future.

Market Could Get the Holiday Blues

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
With volume declining as the Christmas holiday approaches, we could see a pick-up in volatility and, thus, a full test of the lows.

Looking Forward by Looking Back

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
My approach is reactive, as opposed to predictive analysis, and depends upon the markets and their past history of indicators to direct our investments.

Testing the S&P’s Support

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
I remain a bear and expect that we will shortly have another test of the major support line at SPX 810.

Cautiously Bearish, But Still Bearish

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
With nearly all internal indicators overbought, the Fed rate cuts, the dollar's drop and a grim Q4 earnings forecast, we remain cautious but testy bears.

Fed Spurs Rally — But Will it Stick?

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
I'll refrain from jumping on board this rally and remain very skeptical unless volume improves, along with other tested indicators.

In a Holding Pattern

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
The market continues to tenaciously hold above the support lines of 810 on the SPX and 8,000 on the DJI.

Pay Attention to the Signals

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
One of my favorite indicators, the Stochastic oscillator, has predicted virtually every sell-off this year. Learn what it's telling us now.

A Turn for the Worse

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
Everything's going for the bears, as it seems the market is in a downward channel and turning away from broader resistance at SPX 900-1,010.

Can Bulls Climb Wall of Worry?

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
A settlement of the auto crisis will undoubtedly have some upside impact and may tell us just how far a rally on perceived good news can take the averages.

Stalled Auto Bailout Puts Market in Reverse

By Sam Collins, InvestorPlace Chief Technical Analyst
The reason was clear why the market declined Tuesday: the stalled bailout of the 'Big Three' automakers.
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