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This latest release from Wikileaks has a Bombshell of an email from Brent Budowski to John Podesta. In it Brent Budowski confirms: It’s all about the money. "people now working for her who consider her a profit center for their income and not a cause or a mission that they believe in."

What does this very well known technical indicator mean for us as traders? At TradingMarkets we look at the 200-day MA as the cut-off in determining whether a stock or market is in a bull market or a bear market. We take long trades after we get a buy signal ONLY if the stock or market is above its 200-day MA. We take short positions after we get a sell signal ONLY if the stock or market is below its 200-day MA. So what is the big deal about this line that is drawn on our charts? There are several...

THREE WEEKS AGO in this column I wrote that my valuation model made stocks look attractive for the long term — but it was also saying that a short-term correction was due. My model sure was right about that correction. The model is based on just three factors: stock prices, corporate earnings and interest rates. Over the last three turbulent weeks prices are lower, earnings are higher, and interest rates are lower. All three factors have moved in the direction that makes stocks look like a better value. I don't have a firm conviction about whether stocks have literally hit...