When selecting which stocks to buy, ratings from agencies like Standard & Poor's can be useful in creating a balanced portfolio.
But did you know technical analysis is the most accurate way to predict where a stock -- or the market for that matter -- is going?
Technical analysis is more of an art than a science, but when used correctly it can boost your profits to new heights. I took a look at stocks that S&P has a four- or five-star rating on and analyzed their charts to come up with six great technical trades for you.
Click on each stock to learn more.
Stock #1: Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA)
Stock #2: AT&T (NYSE: T)
Stock #3: Avnet Inc. (NYSE: AVT)
Stock #4: Bank of America (NYSE: BAC)
Stock #5: SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (NYSE: XHB)
Stock #6: Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR)











Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
10-09-2009 @ 8:55AM
Paul said...
Forget Housebuilders, Houses will be down for another 3 years since another wave of Foreclosures is about to hit by December or January. America Overbuilt itself during the Greedy Builder years of the 1980s and 90s and I do Not see a solution, Nor should there be, for at least another 3 or 4 years
10-09-2009 @ 11:05AM
Dave Watts said...
I agree housing is not ready, ge - aa put your seat belts on
10-09-2009 @ 3:38PM
Sheldon L said...
With all do respect...It is not true that technical analysis is any better than palm reading and that might be slighting the palm readers. Quite the contrary there is a multitude of evidence that it is worthless. If there is evidence of your view, quote your source.
10-09-2009 @ 6:47PM
dan said...
Tax hikes don't cause businesses to leave. Bad monetary policy and trade policies, that favor large multinational corporations and Wall Street do, along with high health care costs that aren't regulated for industrial growth and consumer protection, but Wall Street growth. They play you like violins and I see they are still enjoying the music.
We just had 30 years of tax reductions and our GDP has gone down because we don't manufacture anything any more. It high taxes are a problem than why do the Japanese and Germans still have a GDP and no debt? You can make up any kind of economic nonsense to justify Wall Street and to large to fail banks but at the end of the day if a country doesn't have an industrial economic policy, it fails......Hamilton.............
10-10-2009 @ 11:00AM
dirque said...
Dan, I don't know what crack you're smoking but japan has a public debt of 170% GDP. That's 3 times the U.S. debt.
Germany also has a higher debt than the US but it's only 5% more.
Manufacturing isn't done in the U.S. because it isn't profitable- whether it's because of environmental statutes, minimum wage/workers comp laws, or logistics of getting materials shipped in and shipped out.
It's better we adapt- Sure we're exporting jobs, but we're also exporting pollution, low quality of life, and poor physical living conditions. Once manufacturing becomes profitable we'll have more manufacturing jobs. Maybe someday american robots will be cheaper than Chinese workers and things will be built here again. But until then, adapt....
10-10-2009 @ 6:51PM
Dan Barnett said...
So, Mr. Collins,
You got any money where your mouth is? Seems like Sheldon's called you out on this one.
10-26-2009 @ 12:01PM
scott said...
What are some good cheap stocks to invest in today?