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Why the Chart Often Moves Before the Fundamentals

Bob Farrell put it best: the market eventually trades to the fundamentals, but the technicals lead them there. Here's why price and volume often signal a shift in a stock's story well before the earnings report catches up.

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When Market Leaders Become Market Laggards

Peter Drucker once said the villains of every downturn were the heroes of the boom before it. With AI stocks dominating this cycle, here's how to watch leadership, market breadth, and relative strength for signs the tide is turning.

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When a Winning Stock Starts to Own You

Jason Zweig's warning about winning stocks that grow too big applies to almost every investor eventually. Here's the question Dave asks himself before deciding whether to hold on.

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The Four Deadly Sins for Investors — Part 3: Selling Too Early

Selling a winner after a 20% gain feels great until it doubles without you. Here's the psychology behind selling too early and the trend-following toolkit, including moving averages, RSI, and the Chandelier Exit, that helps you stay in for the bigger move.

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Replace Hope With Evidence

The market doesn't know you own a stock, and it doesn't care whether you're winning or losing. Here's why hope and wish are four-letter words for investors.

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The Market's Best Teacher Is History

Legendary technical analyst Bob Farrell believed charts are more than lines and patterns — they're a record of investor psychology. Here's what decades of market cycles can teach us about the one we're in now.

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You Can't Have All the Upside and None of the Downside

Every investor wants to outperform the market, but few are willing to accept the risk that comes with it. Most want all the upside and none of the downside — but real investing means learning to stay with winning trends and managing risk with discipline, not emotion.

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The Chart Often Knows Before the Headlines

Walter Deemer's famous line — "No stock in an uptrend has ever gone bankrupt" — isn't a joke about bankruptcy. It's a reminder that technicals often lead fundamentals, revealing changing investor expectations long before the headlines catch up.

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The Market Top Reading List

We’ve recently passed six months since the April 2025 market low.  And when the market has risen this far for this long, investors often get super anxious about that next correction which could wipe out all of those previous gains.

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