Jeff Pierce

The Future is Not Predictable The job of a stock market trader may seem simple; learn how to predict when stock prices will go up or down, and then buy at low prices and sell at high prices....

Ask anyone who has ever bought stock options, and you’ll likely hear at least one tale of regret. That’s because it’s possible to suffer a loss on stock options, not just when...

Oct 15th – Nov 6th 17 trading sessions 1705 point gain on Dow 4 down trading sessions with all closing off the lows and near the highs but on one day Nov 7th – Nov 28th 15 trading...

This is an excerpt from this week’s premium update from the The Financial Tap, which is dedicated to helping people learn to grow into successful investors by providing cycle research on...

In the past, we’ve discussed at length the structural problems facing Crude. So the pressure the energy markets are under, both from the demand and supply sides, should come as no surprise. This...

The equity markets are finally seeing action that has even the most hardened bulls running scared. In the past, I’ve been quick to dismiss selling periods – Cycle Lows – as natural...

Rarely is the disconnect between the stock market and the economy more apparent than in an extreme Bull market. There are times when stock prices rise so far, so fast that the trend becomes...

Back at the end of February I wrote this article on the iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Fund (ARCA:TLT), outlining a short term bullish move in this back to $111-115 level (then it was trading at...

The markets bounced off the lows yesterday and after much selling on Friday and Monday morning it appears we could be in for a short term bounce in the markets. It doesn’t necessarily have to...