NIKKEI INDEX BEHAVIOUR
By Daryl Guppy

The Japanese earthquake, tsunami and nuclear plant problems have inflicted a massive human toll. The effects will continue in the Japanese market for months and years to come. At the time of the Kobe earthquake in 1995 the Nikkei was in a much strong position that it is in 2011 prior to the current earthquake. 1995 was the start of a global bull run that carried markets to the frenzy of 2001 highs, although the Nikkei limped along.

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OIL PRICE TREND OPPORTUNITIES
By Daryl Guppy

Your airline has done it. Your local service station has done it and the freight companies are about to do it. The budget airlines have done it by stealth with increased convenience fees. They are all adding a surcharge due to a rise in the price of oil.

Chart analysis of the NYMEX oil chart shows the change in the oil price trend is a long term market condition. Starting October 2009 through to November 2010 the oil price has been trading in a wide sideways pattern. The lower edge of the pattern was near $68.00. the upper edge of the trading band was near $87.00. The price oscillated around the central support and resistance level near $78.00.

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By Daryl Guppy.

We do not have to trade every day.

The best traders wait for the best trading conditions to develop which are compatible with their trading style. The inexperienced trader explores many different trading styles. All of these include the well established basics of trading.

These are learnt through the knowledge which has accumulated in years of experience in other traders’ trial and error. Studying the experiences analysed in books provides a short cut to developing the basic skills of trading. Read the rest of this entry →

By Daryl Guppy

Silver tarnishes but gold never loses its lustre. This is a factor for investors who have physical holdings of these commodities but investors in silver markets find that silver outshines gold.

Between July 2010 and January 2011 the COMEX gold price rose by 22%. The rise started near $1160 and peaked around $1420. Between July 2010 and January 2011 the COMEX silver futures price lifted by 72% from $18.00 to $31.00. Silver outperformed gold by more than three times. Silver has placed second fiddle to gold for most investors, but this inattention has meant they miss out on substantial profits.

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