Tag Archives: the influence of 401K’s on stock prices

First of the Month Money Flows May Overshadow NFP Report

In healthy bull markets over the  previous two decades stock traders and market-makers have come to count on the predictable pattern of 401K inflows into stock indices. The flows are tied to employees pay cycle and tend to be most predictable at the beginning of a new month. Most employees of blue-chip firms and other well run businesses have the [...]

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The Reality of Demographics and Institutional Perspective

In order to be successful at position trading you either have to not think at all, because you understand that you can trust the chart because price patterns and trends are created by nature, society and economics, or, think like someone who both has a lot of money, and makes a lot money. One thing I’ve learned over the years is [...]

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