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Checking The Detail in Retail

by Greg Schnell

Some Canadian Retail stocks recently hit turbo mode! Photo courtesy of Autoblog.com Here are the charts of three interesting Retailers that might have you driving one of these. Canadian Tire recently bought the Forzani Group including SportCheck. Here is Hudson Bay Company... Read More 

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SCTR - Creating Our Top 25% List - Chapter 5

by Greg Schnell

In the Chapter 4 article, we were setting up new chartlists. If you are following along, it would be good to have completed that step before setting this step up. Now we get to create scans to fill the chartlists... Read More 

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SCTR - Building and Managing Watchlists - Chapter 4

by Greg Schnell

In our first article we discussed an overview of the SCTR. In the second article, the focus was placed on the different concepts in relative strength. We covered off how the SCTR is calculated and how to plot it... Read More 

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Royal Dutch Shell - An Interesting Chart

by Greg Schnell

Recently, a number of analysts have been on the investing shows praising the move into European Equities. In full disclosure, a family member works for Royal Dutch Shell. This stock chart is just so interesting I thought I would put it out there for discussion... Read More 

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SCTR - Finding The Sweet Spot - Chapter 3

by Greg Schnell

In this chapter about the SCTR, I want to discuss how one might use the SCTR to find sweet spots. There are multiple styles that investors can use. I will show three, then focus on one. Just a brief recap so everyone is on the same page... Read More 

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SCTR - A Different Relative Strength - Chapter 2

by Greg Schnell

This article continues our discussion of the SCTR. Call it Chapter 2 A few general investing principles are required here. With the availablility of ETF's, you can find investments that have less risk than single stock investing... Read More 

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SCTR - Have You Discovered The SCTR? The Introduction.

by Greg Schnell

I expect to change some the blog content over the next while to be part of a series. I will be working through a complete process using the SCTR from the StockCharts website to help use the power within... Read More 

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Happy Thanksgiving - The $SPTEN Makes New Highs

by Greg Schnell

Rolling through the charts is always a pleasant way to spend some time on a quiet market Monday. The $TSX is closed for Thanksgiving Day in Canada. A nice little move took place last week to close out the volatile week... Read More 

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The Railways Leave The Station - All Aboard!

by Greg Schnell

Yesterday, on a big selloff day, the railways had some serious volume as they broke out to the upside. Here is CNR.TO Notice the nice big green candle on yesterdays volume. You can also see the purple shaded area at the top behind the RSI has taken off the the upside... Read More 

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Things That Go Bump In The Night

by Greg Schnell

In this global economy, we are constantly made aware of issues happening around the world. With all the discussion of the US situation currently, there has been less discussion on how the rest of the world is doing. I found a Japanese chart that is a little worrisome... Read More