On May 31, with the S&P 500 at 1,345, I wrote As we enter the summer months, I think the market will drift sideways to lower as the path of least resistance when catalysts are fairly balanced. When it's done resting, I believe we'll see the S&P 500 at the 1,500 level by this time next year. http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/Q2-Profit-Outlook--Investment-Ideas-5043.asp http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/publish-article.asp?articleid=5043 BANKER11 Binary Options System takes literally only a few hours to trade each day. It trades the famous S&P 500 Index. Now there are two versions of this Binary Options System. One is the Light Version that takes only one hour and can make for you 75% return each and every day. If you hate getting up early in the morning, BANKER11 Light Version is for you. With this system, you only need to get up at 11AM to start trading with it. http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/S-and-P-500-Index-Binary-Options-System-BANKER11-Review--In-Only-1-Hour-Of-Trading-It-Makes-75-ROI-3450.asp http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/publish-article.asp?articleid=3450 Metrics such as price/earnings ratio and dividend yield on the S&P 500 index, a commonly used proxy for the U.S. stock market, are hardly at bargain levels. This has lead several market pundits to predict single digit annual returns for domestic mutual funds over the next decade.BR While pursuing the search for the best mutual fund, some mutual fund investors tend to focus exclusively on fees and expense ratios. The rationale is that by choosing mutual funds with low fees, investors will have more of their capital invested. Also, no load mutual funds with low expense ratios will pass on more of the returns they earn to their shareholders. http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/Best-No-Load-Mutual-Funds-The-Right-Way-to-Look-at-Fees-and-Expenses-3574.asp http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/publish-article.asp?articleid=3574 One of the strongest currencies for the past few days was Canadian dollar. We however still believe that a higher Usd/Cad will be seen, but the pair may reach even 1.0240 region before the trend reverses. But once this occurs a fall on Eur/Usd and Gbp/Usd should be significant.In start of this week the bullish sentiment will likely remain on stocks, which is involved already since the better than expected GDP data for Australia and good manufacturing numbers came out of China in the past week. Technically the S AND P 500 rallied significantly higher from an important 1040 level, and it seems that 1030 could be tested this week, where a failure break should be seen from an Elliott Wave perspective. We are talking about a possible complex corrective structure, W-X-Y pattern that still may be unfolding from 1010, black wave I low. If that will be the case, then we should look for a bounce lower from around 1140 area, where a 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level is shown. If that would be the case, then we still should see more upside on Eur/Usd, with move towards the psychological 1. http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/Euro-And-SP-500-Important-Levels-331.asp http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/publish-article.asp?articleid=331 Learning how to trade the financial markets including some of the world's major indices like the Dow Jones, FTSE100, S&P500 and Dax and Forex markets such as the British Pound and US Dollar can to a newbie seem somewhat daunting and above all, risky. The main reason for this is due to the popularity of products such as spread betting and futures which offer at least on paper the potential for huge returns. However in reality they are totally inappropriate for a new trader. http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/Learn-How-to-Make-Binary-Trading-Profits-2636.asp http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/publish-article.asp?articleid=2636 Much is made today about trading the financial markets whether it be Major Indices like the Dow Jones, S&P500, FTSE100 or Forex markets like the US Dollar / British Pound or Euro on an intraday basis. Intraday simply means you are looking for trading opportunities to buy and sell the market during market hours. http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/Successful-Weekly-Trading-on-the-Financial-Markets-1796.asp http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/publish-article.asp?articleid=1796 For you bulls out there I know it's tough. The desire to only play the long side is overwhelming. Depending on who you are, you might even think it's somehow, unamerican to be bearish. And who can blame you, just about everything, S&P 500 emini, wheat, gold, silver, and even bond futures have all been in your direction since July. But it won't last forever.br / And unfortunately since everything including peanut butter has been rising in price since mid-summer, there aren't many alternatives for the bulls everything is up. Lucky for you never-ending bulls, I have the perfect remedy for your buying troubles. http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/If-Youre-A-Bull-Dont-Miss-This-Trade-1272.asp http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/publish-article.asp?articleid=1272 There is still a chance for you to day trade without leaving your job. This article outlines trading Gold and Silver, Feeder Cattle as well as the E-mini S&P 500 and swing trading the mini-Dow. http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/Day-Trade-While-Working-3072.asp http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/publish-article.asp?articleid=3072 Did you know that approximately 75% of mutual fund managers are unable to beat the S&P 500, year after year? If, like many investors, you invested in mutual funds in the past 10 years, your returns are probably less than those of the stock market indexes, which were mostly negative! http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/Mutual-Funds-A-Poor-Track-Record-465.asp http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/publish-article.asp?articleid=465 Let's get started by concentrating on the S & P 500 - it is intrinsically an index of the 500 largest companies in America. Indeed, it is more. Contrary to popular misconception, the S & P 500 is not a simple list of the largest 500 companies by market capitalization or by revenues.Rather, it is 500 of the most widely held U.S.-based common stocks, chosen by the S AND P Index Committee for market size, liquidity, and sector representation. Leading companies in leading industries is the guiding principal for S AND P 500 inclusion. We are starting here to achieve safety and diversity.If you use the S AND P 500 as your investment base you won't have to worry if the CEO has resigned, the CFO has just been indicted, the stock has missed its forecast or any number of things that make stock prices flagellate unsuspecting investors and traders. You ask How can you make money investing on the S AND P 500?Consider its graph, the white, bottom most curve on the chart. As you can see, the S AND P 500 goes up and down similar to stocks and hasn't done so well over the past 3 years.Wouldn't we do better with a mutual fund? http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/A-Safe-Simple-Successful-Etf-Investment-Strategy-763.asp http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/publish-article.asp?articleid=763 After six straight down weeks the S&P 500 is down only 6% from its April peak. Yet already Wall Street is assuring investors that the correction is over, and the lower prices are presenting a buying opportunity. Be careful. U.S. economic reports are still coming in more negative each month, and more roadblocks to recovery lie ahead. http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/Why-Its-Too-Soon-To-Buy-the-Dip-June-17-2011-5579.asp http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/publish-article.asp?articleid=5579 The S&P 500 September 2009 charts provide investors with an analysis of the trends for the market going forward. The monthls, weekly and daily charts provide different perspectives. http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/SampP-500-Stock-Market-Trends--September-2009-5450.asp http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/publish-article.asp?articleid=5450 Many of you have heard the old stock market saying "sell in May and go away". In this report I will delve further into this seasonal pattern and look at ways that you can profit from seasonality studies. We will use the US S&P 500 as our benchmark index not the UK FTSE100 which has not followed seasonality as well. http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/How-to-Beat-the-Sampp-500-With-a-Simple-Seasonal-Trading-Pattern-System-5319.asp http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/publish-article.asp?articleid=5319 The S&P 500 PE ratio is one of the primary measures by investors to assess the stock market. Historically, the S&P 500 PE ratio has a median of 15.7. Recently, the PE ratio was 86. After the recent makret rally, what should investors expect for the S&P 500 PE ratio for 2010 and 2011. http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/SampP-500-PE-Ratio--Forecast-2010--2011-5226.asp http://www.techtradersystem.com/articles/publish-article.asp?articleid=5226