James T. Holter

• ETFs: Coming of age

  By James T. Holter  |  February 12, 2009

  If 2007 was the year that exchange-traded funds (ETFs) demonstrated they were major players in the financial arena, then 2008 was the year they came of age. Amid a persistent slide in equities,

• Interview with Invesco PowerShares’ Ed McRedmond

  By James T. Holter  |  February 5, 2009

  Invesco PowerShares Capital Management is a registered investment advisory firm headquartered in Wheaton, Ill., and is the advisor and sponsor of PowerShares ETFs. Many of the company’s products are

• Measuring the big mo’

  By James T. Holter  |  November 17, 2008

  Over time, price changes. This fundamental attribute makes it possible to make money trading the markets. There are two general ways those price changes relate to time: direction and speed. Direction

• Noise annoys: How moving averages can help

  By James T. Holter  |  October 15, 2008

  Sometimes, it’s hard to see where the market is headed. It drives higher, only to fall back. Price might careen wildly sideways, ultimately ending several points higher or lower. Amid such madness,

• Trading with trendlines

  By James T. Holter  |  September 19, 2008

  When you buy or sell a futures contract, you generally expect to make money by price subsequently rising or falling. The longer and quicker price rises or falls, the more money you make. In the best

• Precision patterns

  By James T. Holter  |  August 12, 2008

  While traditional price patterns are highly subjective, some related methods that fall under the broad umbrella of chart analysis are more exact. These are gaps, which are sudden jumps in price,

• Chart patterns for beginners

  By James T. Holter  |  August 12, 2008

  If simple is best, then it’s tough to argue against chart patterns. They don’t require special software, a computer or even a calculator. All you need, at minimum, are a printed price chart and the

• Funny-mentals

  By James T. Holter  |  July 15, 2008

  Over the years, the relationship between technicians and fundamentalists, who examine supply and demand data to forecast future prices, has been just as strained as that of felines and canines, with

• Technical analysis best practices

  By James T. Holter  |  July 15, 2008

  Technical analysis, at its core, is all about price, studying changes in price to forecast future changes, or a lack thereof. Technical analysts, or technicians, believe that past prices contain all

• ETF (r)evolution

  By James T. Holter  |  February 19, 2008

  No longer are exchange-traded funds (ETFs) merely another way to invest in equity or fixed-income indexes. ETFs have evolved, branching into new frontiers that offer traders more ways to participate