At the most basic level, technical analysis refers to the use of price charts and other bits of market information to make investment decisions. You wouldn’t think that something so innocuous would be ...

You can learn to trade like the pros with a basic introduction to technical analysis and some simple stock chart patterns. Check out this video on candlesticks patterns next Thomas Carvo gives you an ...

There are plenty of ways to analyze whether an investment is good or not, or when you should buy or sell it. The overall market, economic data, financial statements and fundamentals can all be ...

J.B. Maverick is an active trader, commodity futures broker, and stock market analyst 17+ years of experience, in addition to 10+ years of experience as a finance writer and book editor. Samantha (Sam ...

Fundamental analysis tries to determine value and estimate the future market price based on a stock's underlying fundamentals. Technical analysis relies on charts to forecast prices. The goal of ...

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In Monday’s column, the first part of our two-part introduction to technical analysis, we looked at the basics of chart reading and how charts can help investors make the decision to buy, sell, or ...