I still remember one earnings season that completely changed the way I looked at the stock market. A company I owned reported excellent quarterly results. Revenue beat estimates. Earnings per share came in higher than analysts expected. Every financial headline described it as an “earnings beat.” I checked my brokerage account expecting to see a […]
I used to feel nervous whenever the US 10-year Treasury yield started rising sharply. When I first started following the US stock market, I thought the relationship was simple: if yields rise, growth stocks fall. So whenever the 10-year Treasury yield moved higher, I became cautious about Nasdaq-related stocks and sometimes reduced positions too early.
When I first started learning how to read US CPI data, CPI releases were one of the most confusing macro events to follow. I thought lower inflation should always be good for stocks, and higher inflation should always be bad. But the market did not move that simply. There were days when CPI looked high,
The MACD indicator is one of the most widely used tools in technical analysis. It is popular because it looks simple, but that simplicity can also be dangerous for beginners. Many new investors learn that a bullish MACD crossover means “buy” and a bearish crossover means “sell.” That explanation is easy to remember, but it
If you’re new to technical analysis, you’ve probably come across the Relative Strength Index (RSI). At first, it looks simple: RSI above 70 means overbought, and RSI below 30 means oversold. But in real markets, this simple rule often leads beginners to the wrong conclusion. The RSI is a momentum indicator. It helps you understand
If you are learning stock charts, Bollinger Bands can look simple at first. You see three lines around price, and it feels natural to think, “If price touches the upper band, it must be expensive,” or “If price touches the lower band, it must be cheap.” That is one of the most common beginner mistakes.
