Archive for Gabriel Andre

Editor’s Note: In the article below from Gabriel Andre–editor of the Swarm Trader and Slipstream Trader–you’ll learn how using technical analysis and chart analysis on ASX 200-listed stocks could add to your Australian stock returns. Read what “Operation Slipstream” is all about and how Gabriel plans to use it for the rest of 2009 to generate trading gains from blue chip stocks.

Has the Aussie dollar finished crashing? Its plunge is a direct consequence of the global aversion to risk as credit markets implode and governments scramble to hold the system together. So what is the Aussie telling is about the current global appetite for riskier assets? Well first, you already know the Aussie Dollar has plunged against the US Dollar since mid-July. But you might be surprised to know it-s also declined against all the other currencies of the G10…

What happens on the cereal markets? Look at the wheat prices. They took off from $5.65 a bushel in April 2007 to a high of $14.06 in late February 2008. It’s almost a 150% rise in less than one year. However prices have been falling back for roughly 6 months, and the closing price last Friday has been posted at $7.51. A good overview of the fundamentals of this volatile market is essential before analysing the technical aspects.

Global commodities markets have been falling for more than one month now at sometimes impressively fast pace. Energy, precious and base metals, and also agricultural products have declined by double digit percentages. It means therefore that there are potential technical rebounds on those markets and opportunities to take profit for more or less short-term corrections. Corn may be one of those opportunities. Corn prices yesterday fell…

This year, being an oil bear has meant finding a large helping of foot in your mouth on a daily basis. A lot of oil analysts have been wrong about the oil price this month. It hasn’t pulled back. Oil exploded to US$135 just days ago. That has left many with a bunion aftertaste. An oil shock is undoubtedly here. It may turn out to be “the” oil shock, or it may not. Either way there’s a lot you have to take in as an energy investor. Oil is breaking new ground each time it gains.