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Beginner’s Guide To Understanding Market Charts

You don’t need computerized technical analysis to understand market trends

Being able to “read” a market chart is a rare skill even among professionals. Most investors focus on “the fundamentals”: Things like unemployment numbers, earnings, Fed statements, etc. But just like a picture is worth a thousand words, a chart can tell you a lot about technical conditions of the market — at a glance.

Modern-day finance has gotten so caught up in “computerized technical analysis with all the bells and whistles… that basic chart reading is a lost art form.” Kind of like cursive handwriting, or speaking in complete sentences vs text “slanguage,”   Read More

 

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Work by editor and author, Tim McMahon, has been featured in Bloomberg, CBS News, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Forbes, Washington Post, Drudge Report, The Atlantic, Business Insider, American Thinker, Lew Rockwell, Huffington Post, Rolling Stone, Oakland Press, Free Republic, Education World, Realty Trac, Reason, Coin News, and Council for Economic Education. Connect with Tim on Google+

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