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Humble Student of the Market
Mikernomics (economics)
Business Insider
The Capital Speculator (excellent blog about the economy and capital markets)
Capital Insider

Chart Patterns - explanation of the major technical analysis indicators
Chart Assistance - collections of charts from other investors with their technical analysis (good for learning and investment ideas)
Public Charts and public blogs (blog1, blog2) are great ways to learn about charts is to use charts that have been annotated by other investors.
Sentiment Analysis
Sentiment is important to consider when analyzing a stock (link). Sentiment is how people "feel" about a stock. This is very important because the stock price is based on the supply and demand between all investors. If people don't have a positive view, then the stock price will not likely rise. In addition, if everyone already loves (and owns) a stock, then the stock will also not likely rise. Who is left to buy the stock? Items to consider when trying to understand sentiment are:

Technical Analysis
Markets never go up or down in a straight line. As a result, investors use technical analysis to try and predict future prices. This type of analysis uses chart patterns to analyze historical prices and volume. Essentially a stock will either continue its current direction (known as a continuation trend or momentum) or change direction (known as a reversal).
- What are charts? What is your time frame? How are charts are, howformed? What chart scale to pick timeframe's, how charts are formed, and price scaling.use?
Support and Resistance - What support and resistance are, where they are established, and methods used.
Trend Lines - What trend lines are, scale settings, validation, angles, and more.
Chart Assistance - collections of charts from other investors with their technical analysis (good for learning and investment ideas)
Sentiment Analysis
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short interest ()(the number of shares that are shorted)
percentage of the stock ()(buy recommendation cause a stock to rise)
average daily volume ()as a percentage of shares outstanding (popular and larger companies trade more)
overall put/call ratio ()(this is the number of put options relative to the number of call options)
stock price week high ()(this is a rough indication of the stock's momentum)
institutional ownership ()
bullish/bearish ratio ()(how much of the outstanding stock is controlled by large financial firms)
Individual Investor Opinion (NASDAQ)
It is important to understand when a stock is trending and the strength of the trend. Gaps are also an important component of stock charts.

What to Buy?
leading companies.
Sector Performance
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Source: Sectorspdr.com
Sector ResearchSector Research Links

Yahoo Indicies
Before the Open (morning commentary, upgrades/downgrades, earnings reports, economic calendar, ETF & Sector charts)
Weeden & Co Morning Call
Chart.Ly (realtime charts from users segmented by bullish & bearish)
DataRoma (updates on holdings of a wide range of investors)

Before the Open (morning commentary, upgrades/downgrades, earnings reports, economic calendar, ETF & Sector charts)
Chart.Ly (realtime charts from users segmented by bullish & bearish)
DataRoma (updates on holdings of a wide range of investors)
Barrons Economic and Market Data Calendar
Earnings Reports (and sell-side comments)