Videos

Point and Figure Charting: Not Just For Stocks

February 12, 2012

Point and Figure Charting is not simply for stocks, mutual funds or exchange-traded funds. Of course, if you have an investment in your 401k or your retirement account at work, we would be happy to analyze the funds and investments in your account for you. But we can analyze so many other topics, for example [...]

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2 Semiconductors Stocks To Avoid Now

February 6, 2012

There are plenty of semiconductor stocks worth considering at the time of this writing (February 2012). Why do people keep asking about the WRONG semiconductor stocks to own now? If you have been a reader of this site, you know we employ point and figure charting to analyze stocks, analyze mutual funds and exchange traded [...]

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Bank Stocks Point and Figure Analysis January 2012

January 30, 2012

How healthy are the big banks? No one knows the details, but we can get a pretty good idea of what investors think of banks, by simply looking at the point and figure charts in this sector. In fact, we can look at the entire banking sector, the entire financial sector (not just banks) — [...]

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QQQ: PowerShares QQQ NASDAQ 100 Exchange Traded Fund

January 23, 2012

We have prepared a short video (less than five minutes) analyzing the current point and figure chart for QQQ, which is the exchange traded fund representing the NASDAQ 100 Index, issued by PowerShares. This ETF (exchange traded fund) invests in the index, which is the top 100 names found on the NASDAQ 100 Index. The [...]

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AUSAX: Columbia Acorn USA Fund

January 16, 2012

Is the Columbia Acorn USA Fund (symbol AUSAX) available in your retirement plan at work? AUSAX may be available in your deferred compensation plan or your 401k plan. In the many retirement plans I have reviewed, the Columbia Acorn Fund is one of the more popular funds — meaning, it is often offered as one [...]

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Sell Signals: Point and Figure Videos, vol 3

January 7, 2012

If you have not seen the first video on the origins of Point and Figure Charts, I suggest you head over and watch the video, it is just a few minutes long. This video covers how sell signals are created on a point and figure chart. Buy signals and sell signals on point and figure [...]

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Buy Signals: Point and Figure Videos, vol 2

January 7, 2012

If you have not seen the video on the origins of Point and Figure Charts, I suggest you head over and watch the video, it is just a few minutes long. This video covers how buy signals are created on a point and figure chart. Buy signals and sell signals on point and figure charts [...]

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Point and Figure Chart Videos: vol 1

December 27, 2011

Following the first point and figure video, this lesson in point and figure charting builds on a practice begun in the 1880′s by Charles Dow. I would also add the following: Past performance may not be indicative of future results. Therefore, no current or prospective client should assume that the future performance of any specific [...]

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Point and Figure Videos: start here

December 26, 2011

If you are looking to learn the BASICS of Point & Figure Charting, you should start with this short video here. The point and figure video is only a few minutes long and covers the basics of how point and figure charts began, what these charts can (and cannot) do. I would also add the [...]

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Insurance Companies and the Enstar Group – ESGR

November 22, 2011

In this video, recorded November 18, 2011, we take a look at Enstar Group, ticker symbol ESGR. And by way of comparison, also take a peek at other insurance companies in the sector. All insurance companies are unique, so it is very hard to line up peers when trying to compare names. But it is [...]

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