Fed can promise low rates, low inflation: Kohn
U.S. Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald Kohn said on Saturday there is no inconsistency between the Fed's pledge to keep interest rates low for an extended period while also keeping inflation low.
Apple's response to FCC inquiry over Google Voice dilemma is 'a total lie'
Apple officially responded to an inquiry from the Federal Communications Commission and explained its role in the absence of Google Voice from the App Store.
Report: NASA considers out-sourcing more work
In an surprise move, the U.S. space program may turn to private contractors to most of the work now handled by government workers, officials say.
Iran clerics oppose Ahmadinejad on women ministers
Some senior clerics want Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to reconsider the nomination of three women as ministers in his new government, a conservative lawmaker was quoted as saying on Saturday.
Google under tech attack for its 'monopolizing' techniques
Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo have joined an alliance in a bid to fight Google over the search giant's plans to commercialize a huge digital library of books.
Hurricane Bill heads north, eastern Canada on alert
Hurricane Bill trekked north toward eastern Canada on Saturday, buffeting the U.S. East Coast with dangerous heavy swells after brushing Bermuda with rain and powerful churning surf.
$3 million Marden painting destroyed in transit: lawsuit
A $3 million painting by U.S. artist Brice Marden was destroyed during a move from Moscow to New York because of negligence by Lufthansa Cargo and others involved in the move, according to a federal lawsuit.
Warhol painting of Michael Jackson sold at auction
A portrait of the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson, painted pop art icon Andy Warhol has been sold at auction in New York for an undisclosed amount.
HBO appoints subjects to
HBO is filling out the cast of its fantasy pilot
Judge rules against
A judge on Friday ruled that an advocacy group for child actors can seek to have a guardian appointed to oversee the financial interests for the octuplets of Nadya Suleman, dubbed
Smokey Robinson celebrates 50 years by
The songs alone speak volumes.
Country trio scales the charts with breakup song
Lady Antebellum, one of country music's biggest success stories of the last two years, is on a roll.
Hasidic star Matisyahu saving reggae with new disc
It's not easy being a big celebrity in a close-knit Orthodox Jewish community.
Arctic Monkeys lean toward darker rock on 'Humbug'
New York's heat and humidity are going through the roof as singer/guitarist Alex Turner and drummer Matt Helders hunker down to face the media at an Italian eatery in the heart of the Meatpacking District, but that's not about to stop them from ordering hot tea. No wonder Arctic Monkeys' label boss calls them
Pop-rock band Honor Society moves to head of class
Honor Society has been releasing infectious pop-rock tunes since 2005, but the band's goal of releasing an album always remained out of reach.
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Josh Zetumer has signed on to pen the fourth installment of the
Director Bryan Singer eyes
Warner Bros. and filmmaker Bryan Singer are unsheathing
Q&A: John Fogerty returns to roots with Rangers
Attempting to sum up John Fogerty's musical career in a few lines feels incomplete at best. As the frontman for Creedence Clearwater Revival, he brought bluesy swamp rock to the hippie masses; as a solo artist, he's done everything from sharp political tracks to perhaps the greatest baseball tune ever (
Central banks may need new money rules: Bank of Canada
Central banks may have to find new ways to steer monetary policy and prevent new crises, perhaps changing the ways they look at price levels, the head of the Bank of Canada said on Saturday.
U.S. stimulus was appropriate, more may not be: economists
U.S. policy-makers should think twice before pursuing a second economic stimulus package given recent indications of recovery, two top economists said on Saturday.
CFTC moves to rein in small ETF investors: report
Exchange-traded funds or ETFs have become a top target in U.S. regulators' efforts to rein in excessive speculation in oil and other commodity markets, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
MACD - Moving Average Convergence Divergence
With an MACD chart, you will usually see three numbers that are used for its settings. The first is the number of periods that is used to calculate the faster moving average. The second is the number of periods that are used in the slower moving average. And the third is the number of bars that is used to calculate the moving average of the difference between the faster and slower moving averages.
Moving Averages
n the realm of technical indicators, moving averages are extremely popular with market technicians and with good reason. Moving averages smooth the price action and make it easier to spot the underlying trends. Precise trend signals can be obtained from the interaction between a price and an average or between two or more averages themselves.
Elliott Wave
According to the Elliott Wave Theory, stock prices tend to move in a predetermined number of waves consistent with the Fibonacci series. Specifically, Elliott believed the market moved in five distinct waves on the upside and three distinct on the downside. The basic shape of the wave is shown below.
Fibonacci
Fibonacci retracement is a very popular tool among technical traders and is based on the key numbers identified by mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci in the thirteenth century. However, Fibonacci's sequence of numbers is not as important as the mathematical relationships, expressed as ratios, between the numbers in the series. In technical analysis, Fibonacci retracement is created by taking two extreme points (usually a major peak and trough) on a stock chart and dividing the vertical distance by...
AutoNation ends cash for clunker sales early: report
AutoNation Inc, the largest U.S. chain of auto dealers, decided to end its cash for clunkers rebates as of Friday night, three days ahead of the government's Monday deadline, The Wall Street Journal reported.
German politicians blast GM for delaying Opel deal
German politicians reacted angrily on Saturday to the failure of carmaker General Motors to choose a buyer for its German unit Opel, prompting an appeal to the United States government to help broker a solution.
Obama to visit China mid-November
President Barack Obama will visit China in mid-November, the new United States ambassador to Beijing said on Saturday, setting a date for a big summit likely to tackle the global economy, North Korea and climate change.
Iraq minister suspects security forces role in blasts
Iraq's foreign minister on Saturday said members of the security forces may have colluded in a massive truck bombing that wrecked his ministry, and called for a serious and responsible investigation.
Percentage Retracements
Market trends seldom take place in straight lines. Most trend pictures show a series of zig-zags with several corrections against the existing trend. These corrections usually fall into certain predictable percentage parameters. The best-known example of this is the fifty-percent retracement.