But staying on top of the changes and momentum shifts often becomes overwhelming, especially if you’re watching a large number of symbols and open positions, like me. One free tool that I utilize to help me keep on top of my portfolio is called Trend Analysis, from the team that runs MarketClub. Trend Analysis is a daily email analysis tool that gives me insight into exactly what my portfolio is doing.
The number of shares traded on the major exchanges has begun to slow to a trickle, when compared with past years. It is not unusual for trading to slow in the summer. In fact, the volume and number of shares traded generally is less in the summer, as opposed to the beginning of the year. But this year the trading has been especially slow.
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Mendelbrot had the problem pegged long ago, chaos and randomness…there has been no real explanations because a degree of randomness exists in the market and it is difficult to account for irrational behavior, or market noise.