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Stock prices seem random, but there are repeating cycles. Learn to take advantage.

Find out a company's worth if it were sold in pieces - it may be more than you think.

With a little know-how, you can keep risk from topling your portfolio of domestic equities.

Use these seven steps to discover a takeover before the rest of the market catches on.

While acquisitions can be hostile, these varied mergers are always friendly.

Understand how financing through operating leases, synthetic leases, and securitizations affects companies' image of performance.

Find out how you can combine the best of both strategies to better understand the markets.

Learn about the powerful hybrid techniques that take advantage of both technical and fundamental analysis.

Learn how to apply the ACD technique to a longer time horizon.

Making use of the tightest stops in entering and exiting positions is what this three-part system is all about.

Learn how to distinguish tops and bottoms in the equity market when short selling.

The Three-Factor Model tries to demystify the baffling small-cap and value return premiums.

Break through the clouds to see if these stocks will rocket higher, or crash and burn.

Do you know why companies merge? Here we'll take a look at three successful company acquisitions and why they succeeded.

Don't flip a coin to find your next investment.

Find out if management is doing its job of ceating profit for investors.

Monitoring your trades in real-time can help you anticipate their outcomes.

Market timing is surrounded by controversy, but does it work?

Futures investors flock to spreads because they hold true to fundamental market factors.

Find out which companies collapsed after merging.

If you think holding a few different stocks is enough, you may be in for an unpleasant surprise.

This document can provide important clues about a company and its stock.

Find out why certain companies are targeted by these investors.

The proxy statement can help determine whether a CEO is well compensated - or just overpaid.

We break down this indicator into simple, easy-to-understand pieces so you can profit.

Learn how to put one of the top equity analysis tools to work for you.

Find out how this technical pattern can be useful in your trading arsenal.

Can selling stock really change the world? If you sell enough of it, it can.

Got a hot stock tip? Follow up on it with these tips to avoid getting burned.

Putting your goals in writing will help you achieve them more consistently.

The key to survival for many financial institutions will be to efficiently serve a global customer base.

The directional movement index tells you whether to go long, short or stand aside.

Use a global view to determine which stocks belong in your portfolio.

These complex indicators can help traders interpret trend changes, but are they too good to be true?

This corporate action can be profitable for investors who know what to look for.

This simple measure can help investors determine whether a stock is a good deal.

Acquaint yourself with an indicator that played a role in the early development of technical analysis.

Point-and-figure charts eliminate the noise surrounding a stock to help you determine where it's headed.

This strategy can be profitable but only if you know when to dump these stocks.

The Oracle of Omaha can move over - there's a new investor in town.

Learn the five ways mergers and acquisitions can increase a company's value.

Jim Cramer's spirited recommendations are a case study in irrational market behavior.

Follow this tool to reduced risk and increase profit potential.

Learn how to successfully trade pullbacks and to avoid being crushed by "falling safes."

With almost $2 trillion in sales yearly, find out how these mergers and acquisitions take place.

Take a look at the algorithmic approach to technical trading - you may never go back!

Uncover the history and logic behind this popular trading tool.

Find out how this simple trading strategy can be added into your trading arsenal.

False signals can drown out underlying trends. Find out how to tone them down and tune them out.

Take advantage of short-term price moves by pinpointing reversals.

This relatively unknown tool could help you find an asset's trend faster.

The easy-to-use Ichimoku chart can tell you quite a bit in just one glance.

Discover how these provide the trader with insight into both the timing and scope of breakouts.

When a candle pattern re-occurs near a moving average, it may indicate future support or resistance.

Spot extreme short-term price drops and profit on the rebound.

Companies use M&As and spinoffs to boost profits - learn how you can do the same.

This influential strategy capitalizes on the relationship between price and liquidity.

Find out how this method can be applied strategically to increase profit.

The moving average is easy to calculate and, once plotted on a chart, is a powerful visual trend-spotting tool.

Discover how these influential levels can switch roles.

Discover how this amazing ratio, revealed in countless proportions throughout nature, applies to the financial markets.

Discover what this trader learned from his mistakes and how to uncover your own.

Follow along with one of ChartAdvisor's failed trades and learn from our mistakes.

Morning, evening and doji stars will have you basking in better trading profits.

Enhance trend isolation and prediction of future prices with this technique.

Take a closer look at this indicator, which during a trending period, is a very useful and accurate tool.

Learn why this pioneer of technical analysis believed it's possible to predict the future.

These methods both have their merits, but they may be strongest when combined.

Being early to a party may not be hip, but being early on a rising stock certainly is.

Learn to trade in the direction of short-term momentum.

Don't be confused about whether a long-term trend will continue, stall or reverse.

ChartAdvisor experts illustrate why it's important to stick to your strategy.