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Mar 15, 2019

Utilities sector ETF (XLU) hugging the upper rail of an upward sloped channel

Normally, I look for signals on stocks or ETFs that are hitting the lower rail of upward sloped channels, but the Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLU) got my attention yesterday as it is up near the upper rail of a trend channel. In the case of the XLU, it has been known to stay up close to the upper rail depending upon the risk appetite of investors.

We see on the chart below how the channel formed in the second quarter before falling in December to form the lower rail. If you consider how the overall market fell in the fourth quarter—first in October and then falling farther in December, the utilities sector held up well, until December.

The lower rail formed with a trio of dips in late December and early January. From that point, the XLU has been moving higher and it even held up and moved higher in the first week of March as the rest of the market was pulling back.

The Tickeron AI Trend Prediction tool generated a bullish signal on the XLU on March 13 and that signal had a confidence level of 83%. Previous predictions for the XLU have been accurate 87% of the time. In this case, the prediction is calling for the XLU to move at least 4% higher within the next month.

I have a theory on the utilities sector and how it outperformed the overall market throughout most of the fourth quarter. When investors get nervous about stocks, they don’t jump out of all stocks at first. The first move is to get out of riskier sectors like tech, energy, and consumer discretionary.

Some investors move money out of these sectors and into the utilities sector so as to have money in stocks still. At some point, investors give in to the drop in the market and get out of everything—including utilities. But the utilities sector is usually the last hope. Once investors start jumping out of utilities, it is usually a capitulation point in my view.

Related Tickers: XLU

John Jacques

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May 16, 2022

A.I. Stock Market Predictions: Head & Shoulders

Statistics for the Head-and-Shoulders Bottom Pattern The days where only hedge funds used algorithms to trade stocks are officially over. Now retail investors can use Artificial Intelligence (A.I. Here’s an example of the algorithm in action: Late last year, Tickeron’s A.I.

Edward Flores

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How to Become the Millionaire Next Door

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Sergey Savastiouk

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When Is the Next Recession Coming?

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Sergey Savastiouk

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How to Start Trading Penny Stocks

Penny stocks have long been marginalized within the professional investment community, oftentimes being painted with a broad brush of simply being “too risky.” Leonardo DiCaprio’s depiction of the penny stock peddling conman, Jordan Belfort, in the Wolf of Wall Street certainly didn’t help.Here are four reasons to start trading them now. Reason #1: Let’s State the Obvious -- Penny Stocks are Cheap A single share of Apple Inc. costs over $350.

Dmitry Perepelkin

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5 Habits that Lead to Successful Investing

To consistently make money in this industry, you need emotional fortitude, an analytical mind, and a willingness to self-reflect. Despite trading and investing being two different activities, these principles can be applied to both.Conversely, investors with good habits often become great traders. Rather than full sentences for titles, we’ve labeled each of our top-five investing habits using a single word principle.

Allana

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What’s the Difference Between Data Analytics and Machine Learning?

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is developing rapidly.Data mining can deliver raw numbers, but it does not necessarily provide actionable insights. Structure is necessary to taking abstract information and extracting commonalities, like averages, ratios, and percentages.

Sergey Savastiouk

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4 Tips for Fast, Effective Stock Analysis

With just a few clicks, an investor can search for individual stocks, categories of stocks, sectors, or investment themes, and then he or she can conduct a full range of technical and fundamental analysis within seconds.All powered by Artificial Intelligence. Below, we give you 5 tips for fast, effective stock analysis using Tickeron’s Screener.

Sergey Savastiouk

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Mar 20, 2023

5 Golden Principles in Investing

You have enough faith in that stock, based on research, that the return will equal or exceed the investment. Do unto others.The principles outlined here will ensure that happens. Principle #1: Diversification Investors can’t be one-dimensional when constructing a portfolio.

John Jacques

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Mar 24, 2023

If Hedge Funds are Using AI to Invest, Why Shouldn’t You?

Some of the world’s biggest financial institutions have devoted multi-million dollar budgets to developing algorithms that can find patterns in the market, identify trends, and perform automated trading designed to take advantage of even the smallest price movements. The AI revolution is so big that as it stands today, the world’s five biggest hedge funds all use systems-based approaches to trade financial markets.Indeed, quantitative trading hedge funds now manage $918 billion (according to HFR), which amounts to 30% of the $3 trillion hedge fund industry – a percentage continues to grow with each year that passes.

Sergey Savastiouk

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The five most important Lessons Learned After 10,000 hours of Trading

Ten thousand hours of active trading, broken down into forty-hour weeks, amounts to almost five years. Having surpassed that milestone myself, I now understand why it's significant for any trader's journey. The early years taught me valuable lessons that have shaped my approach to trading. It's a misconception that great traders are born with innate talent. The truth is that it takes years of...