Introduction
The great advantage of studying the stock market, and trends in particular, is that we can quickly identify certain patterns forming that bear a scary resemblance to ones from the past. History may not repeat itself in exactly the same way, but in some cases it gets eerily close and that’s what Trading Secrets is all about. It reveals the trends and apparent stock market anomalies that have stood the test of time and, for those in the know, provide a regular source of profitable trading opportunities.
The bear market of 2007 and 2008 may have savaged the share portfolios of many investors, but not all. For instance, when I called the bull market top in the US stock market on 9 July 2007 (Thompson, 2007c) a few days before the Dow ...
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