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Today's Video Update: The Law of the Market

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Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, President of INO.com and Co-creator of MarketClub, with your mid-day market update for Thursday, the 11th of April.

Adapt or Die - That is the Law of the Market
As a trader, you must learn to adapt to changing conditions in the market, otherwise you are not going to be successful. The current rally in the DOW (DJI) and the S&P 500 (SP500) is a case in point. Maybe the fundamentals are not there to support the kind of valuations we are seeing, but that is not the most important element to consider when you look at the markets. If you were only looking at the fundamentals, you would have missed this entire move to the upside. The trend, sentiment and perception of what the market is going to do is very important, and right now for better or worse, the market is heading higher. Markets tend to trend in the direction of least resistance and right now that trend is on the upside.

There also appears to be a complete disconnect between Washington, Wall Street and Main Street. The feedback from Main Street, which is still underwater, is not that good and I think everyone would agree Washington is totally dysfunctional. Wall Street appears to be in its own universe, ruled by Chairman Bernanke and supported by the Fed, to the tune of $85 billion every month. Providing the Fed fix continues, we are likely to see the market continue its upward trend. Continue reading "Today's Video Update: The Law of the Market" →

Today's Video Update: Great Britain Lost Its Last Great Leader Today

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Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, President of INO.com and Co-creator of MarketClub, with your mid-day market update for Monday, the 8th of April.

The Amazing Iron Lady
As a former citizen of England, I was saddened to read news that Margaret Thatcher, one of the great leaders of the world, died today. The "Iron Lady," as she was nicknamed, really did change the world and the economy of Great Britain. The world needs more leaders like the late Maggie Thatcher, instead of the poll-driven, politically-correct-don't-offend-anyone types whose only mission is to stay in office at all costs! Margaret Thatcher was one-of-a-kind and you don't see that coming along every day in this leaderless world. Continue reading "Today's Video Update: Great Britain Lost Its Last Great Leader Today" →

Weekly Futures Recap W/Mike Seery

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We’ve asked Michael Seery of SEERYFUTURES.COM to give our INO readers a weekly recap of the Futures market. He has been Senior Analyst for close to 15 years and has extensive knowledge of all of the commodity and option markets.

Michael frequently appears on multiple business networks including Bloomberg news, Fox Business, CNBC Worldwide, CNN Business, and Bloomberg TV. He is also a guest on First Business, which is a national and internationally syndicated business show.

Coffee Futures--- Coffee futures in New York are trading higher for the 3rd consecutive session currently in the July contract at 142.70 a pound looking like a possible bottom may have been hit a couple weeks ago at 135 on the fact of possible crop production cuts in Vietnam and  Central America due to drought and rust which could consume up to 20 to 30% of next year’s crop while this year’s crop should be very large coming out of Brazil and that is one of the reasons why prices have been going lower right near a new 2 ½ year low. Many of the commodity markets in recent weeks have been heading lower as the U.S dollar has rallied but coffee seems to have stabilized here at this level and remember coffee traded above 300 a pound over 2 years ago and has really fallen out of bed so eventually I do think if you’re longer-term investor these prices are very attractive down at these levels. Continue reading "Weekly Futures Recap W/Mike Seery" →

Today's Video Update: Confidence Might Be Running Out Of The U.S. Economy

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Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, President of INO.com and Co-creator of MarketClub, with your mid-day market update for Friday, the 5th of April.

Confidence Is a Fragile Entity
Confidence in sports, business and almost everything else in life is a very important element. The same can be said for confidence in the markets and in the economy. Today with the release of the non-farm payroll, confidence was badly shaken. The question becomes, with everyone who has a 401K program and who has made money in the last few years, will there be a rush to get out of the market with their profits?

After seeing the disappointing results of the non-farm payrolls report this morning, is Chairman Bernanke and the Fed going to keep their uncharted risky policy of pumping money into the system? With all of these uncertainties floating around in investors' heads today, I believe confidence is on the wane for any sustainable economic recovery that Washington was hoping for. Continue reading "Today's Video Update: Confidence Might Be Running Out Of The U.S. Economy" →

Today's Video Update: Facebook Is Coming Out With a Smartphone - Give Me a Break

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Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, President of INO.com and Co-creator of MarketClub, with your mid-day market update for Thursday, the 4th of April.

FACEBOOK IS COMING OUT WITH A SMARTPHONE - GIVE ME A BREAK!
Is Facebook (FB) becoming irrelevant? Even Facebook said in its annual report back in February 2013 that “younger users” were engaging in other products “as a substitute for Facebook.” I can second that, as my children only use Facebook very occasionally. In fact, teens are really flocking to Twitter, Snapchat, WhatsApp, GroupMe and Kik, real-time messaging services that were born out of the mobile phone revolution. Is it all over for Facebook, or should you be in this stock at all? We will be looking at this market using our Trade Triangle technology to answer that question. Continue reading "Today's Video Update: Facebook Is Coming Out With a Smartphone - Give Me a Break" →