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Table says...

Note how the board is a mix of green and red. That is typical of range markets, as we see sector reallocation dictating flows of funds, not general directional (trending) revaluation across sectors. Recognizing a range environment early in the day is helpful both for identifying potential points reversal around range extremes, such as this morning's reversal once we tested yesterday's price highs.

Sector behavior + movement at pivotal point

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The arguments against the dollar are numerous and seemingly uncontestable. The number of market "experts" warning of it's continued decline is staggering. But most people don't bother to consider the move in context and/or consult history for reference. So, consider the following chart: Were you aware that the dollar was actually trading below current levels during the last year and a half of BUSH 43's presidency until Obama secured the lead in the polls?

The overwhelming bearish consensus itself should make you skeptical about how much longer the current downward trend can continue. If the prospects for the Dollar are so dire, the reasons for it's declining value so obvious, and the number of bears so prevalent, the current trend doesn't have much longer to run. Whether the dollar index makes a marginal new low or not is irrelevant. A long-term bottom is forming, be prepared to take advantage of it.

By the way, a strengthening dollar is not necessarily good for the US (or World) economy. Nouriel Roubini outlines his scenario in yesterday's Financial Times: http://bit.ly/neO8M

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Too Big To Fail, Too Small To Survive: Small Bank Failures Mount, While Profit At Big Banks Soars On Wall Street, they may be popping the champagne bottles over big bank profits this past quarter. But times are tough for small to mid-size banks around the country as failures mount higher and higher.

The top 10 bailed-out banks -- Citigroup, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, PNC Financial, U.S. Bancorp, SunTrust and Capital One - have reported combined profits this year of $13.5 billion in the first quarter, $16.8 billion in the second quarter and $11 billion in the third quarter after a massive $18 billion loss in the fourth quarter of 2008.

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Nasdaq has released an iPhone app that enables users to track the performance of their portfolio, access share price information and search for the latest tweets on particular stocks.

The QFolio App is designed for the average novice investor to the active trader, says Nasdaq. It offers access to real-time pre-market, regular session and after hours trading data alongside a stock search facility.

Users can monitor the performance of their portfolio and set up watch lists to track particular stocks of interest.

The app also comes with a built-in StockTwits feature for users to drill down into the real-time Twitter buzz on particular stocks.

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Check out this website I found at probolsa.com

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Finne says...

Lawyers for the oil trading company Trafigura have ended attempts to keep secret a scientific report about toxic waste dumping in the Ivory Coast.

The legal firm Carter-Ruck has written to the Guardian saying the paper should regard itself as "released forthwith" from any reporting restrictions.

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pressehof says...

Ludwigshafen - Mit welcher Einstellung sollte man ins Trading einsteigen? Welche Beweggründe dürfen hinter dem Einstieg stehen? Heiko Aschoff berichtet aus 25 Jahren im Tradinggeschäft und von Leidenschaft, Motivation und der Intuition beim Handel an den Finanzmärkten. Sein Essay ist Teil des "Trading-Experience-Events" der Finanzcommunity Aktienboard.com. Im Rahmen dieses Events stellt Aktienboard langjährige Trader mit ihrer Geschichte vor.

Frank Müller von Aktienboard: "Mit diesem Erfahrungsschatz wollen wir dem Anfänger den Einstieg ins Börsengeschehen erleichtern und den fortgeschrittenen Händler auf seinem Weg zum profitablen Trading unterstützen."


Erfahrungen anderer Trader nutzen bei Pressehof komplett lesen

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http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=15094

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http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/TS11Q/W8MA9/TJJDP/2LI9W/D5/t Exchanges warn G20 of dangers in 'dark pools'
The world's stock and derivatives exchanges warned the Group of 20 leaders that the continued 'proper functioning' of their markets could not be taken for granted because of a proliferation of alternative trading venues such as 'dark pools' Read more >>

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