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Charts for Lithium Co. Show It’s ‘Heading Higher’

Source: Clive Maund  (10/4/22)

In light of yesterday’s lithium results from Argentina Lithium & Energy Corp., expert Clive Maund takes a look at the 10-year, 15-month, and 6-month charts for the natural resource company to tell you his outlook.

Regardless of how many electric vehicles spontaneously combust in the near future, the charts for Argentina Lithium & Energy Corp. (LIT:TSX.V; PNXLF:OTC; OAY3:FSE) suggest that it is headed higher, possibly much higher, perhaps for reasons of its own such as (this added later) the company coming out with positive lithium results yesterday from its second drill hole at Rincon West.

We’ll start by looking at the long-term 10-year chart to get a “big picture” perspective on what’s going on with the stock.

Argentina Lithium & Energy Corp is therefore rated an immediate speculative Buy here.

On this chart, we can see that, following a massive spike higher in 2016 and a lesser spike higher in 2017, it went into a bearmarket that did more than erase all of the prior gains — it became almost worthless, dropping to about CA$0.04 at the lows of the giant Cup & Handle base that is delineated on the chart.

A year ago, it spiked dramatically higher to complete the right side of the Cup before slumping back to slowly complete the Handle part of the pattern, which price / volumen action just over the past couple of weeks suggests that it may now have done.

The 15-month chart enables us to examine in much more detail the entire Handle part of the pattern that formed following the spike a year ago.

As we can see, this Handle has taken the form of an orderly downtrend, and in recent months, it has become clear that a base pattern has been forming at the support above its lower boundary that we will now proceed to look at in more detail on the 6-month chart.

The 6-month chart looks most encouraging. First off, we can see that a fine Double Bottom has formed from early August along a line of support at the 20-cent level.

Next, we can see the persistent heavy buying that started to kick in about two weeks ago that has driven the Accumulation line strongly higher.

Lastly, we can see that, after declining steeply for months, the 50-day moving average has started to turn up and thus converge with the falling 200-day, which of course, makes a rally more likely.

The advance late in September brought it up to a band of significant resistance in the CA$0.26 to CA$0.28 zone, where it was entitled to pause, which is what it has done, but the positive price/volume action of the past couple of weeks with largish white candles and strong upside volume suggest that “something is going on” with this stock and that it won’t be long before it succeeds in breaking above this resistance which should lead to a larger move.

Argentina Lithium & Energy Corp is therefore rated an immediate speculative Buy here. The stock trades in good volumes on the US OTC market, where there has been a big increase in upside volume in recent weeks.

Argentina Lithium & Energy Corp.’s website.

Argentina Lithium & Energy Corp. closed at CA$0.27, $0.189 on September 30, 2022.

CliveMaund.com Disclosures

The above represents the opinion and analysis of Mr. Maund, based on data available to him, at the time of writing. Mr. Maund’s opinions are his own, and are not a recommendation or an offer to buy or sell securities. Mr. Maund is an independent analyst who receives no compensation of any kind from any groups, individuals or corporations mentioned in his reports. As trading and investing in any financial markets may involve serious risk of loss, Mr. Maund recommends that you consult with a qualified investment advisor, one licensed by appropriate regulatory agencies in your legal jurisdiction and do your own due diligence and research when making any kind of a transaction with financial ramifications. Although a qualified and experienced stock market analyst, Clive Maund is not a Registered Securities Advisor. Therefore Mr. Maund’s opinions on the market and stocks can only be construed as a solicitation to buy and sell securities when they are subject to the prior approval and endorsement of a Registered Securities Advisor operating in accordance with the appropriate regulations in your area of jurisdiction.

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NIO Stock declined by -7.76 percent from Thursday’s close – October 7th 2022

By InvestMacro.com | #stocks #NIO #technology

NIO Inc. End of Day Update: October 7th 2022

The NIO Inc. (NIO) stock finished the day with a fall of -7.76 percent compared to Thursday’s close and ended the day around the 13.76 price level, according to unofficial data at the New York close.

NIO, a Chinese technology and electric car company, gapped-lower to open the day trading at 14.29 with the high of the day being just a bit higher at 14.53 while the low of the day was at 13.54.

This was the second straight day the NIO stock fell sharply and it is currently trading at the lowest level since May.

As you can see from the chart, the 200-day moving average has turned over and been trending lower since the 4th quarter of 2021 while the 20-day moving average is also currently trending down.

NIO Stock declined by -7.76 percent from Thursday's close

The NIO RSI level is Bearish-Oversold

The Relative Strength Index, an indicator that can indicate overbought (above 70) and oversold levels (below 30), shows that the current RSI score is at 29.8 for a Bearish-Oversold reading on the daily time-frame.

NIO Price Trends

The NIO has declined by -22.00 percent over the past 10 days while seeing a fall of -31.47 over the past 30 days. The 90-day change is -20.87 while the 180-day return and the 365-day return are -52.76 and -66.59, respectively.

NIO has declined by -22.00 percent over the past 10 days while seeing a fall of -31.47 over the past 30 days.

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AMD Stock price dropped by -15.07 percent from Thursday close – October 7th 2022

By InvestMacro.com | #stocks #AMD

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. End of Day Update: October 7th 2022

The Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) stock finished the day with a decrease of -15.07 percent compared to yesterday’s closing price and closed the day around the 58.44 price level, according to unofficial data at the New York close.

AMD opened the day trading at 64.01, a gap down of about four dollars lower than Thursday’s closing, reaching a high of the day at 64.03 and with the low of the day at 58.22.

Advanced Micro Devices, a US technology company specializing in processing, has been on a strong downtrend since reaching a high above $160 in November of 2021. Today’s price hitting the lowest levels since July of 2020.

The stock is under the 20-day moving average and has been under the 200-day moving average since March.

AMD Stock price dropped by -15.07 percent from Thursday close

The AMD RSI level is Bearish-Oversold

The Relative Strength Index, an indicator that can indicate overbought (above 70) and oversold levels (below 30), shows that the current RSI score is at 26.6 for a Bearish-Oversold reading on the daily time-frame.

AMD Price Trends

The AMD is lower by -14.01 percent over the past 10 days while seeing a slide of -39.86 over the past 30 days. The 90-day change is -42.63 while the 180-day return and the 365-day return are -52.06 and -30.45, respectively.

AMD RSI level is Bearish-Oversold

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Lockheed Martin LMT Stock rose by 1.01 percent today – October 7th 2022

By InvestMacro.com | #stocks #LMT #Lockheed

Lockheed Martin Corporation End of Day Update: October 7th 2022

The Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) stock bucked the stock market down-trend for the day and finished the day with a gain of 1.01 percent. LMT closed the day around the 403.96 price level, according to unofficial data at the New York close.

Lockheed Martin, a US aerospace and defense company, opened the day trading at 398.56 with the high of the day being 404.67 and the low of the day touching 396.01.

LMT is currently trading below the 20-day moving average and just recently in late September fell below its 200-day moving average.

Lockheed Martin LMT Stock tose by 1.01 percent today

The LMT RSI level is Bearish

The Relative Strength Index, an indicator that can indicate overbought (above 70) and oversold levels (below 30), shows that the current RSI score is at 45.5 for a Bearish reading on the daily time-frame.

LMT Price Trends

The LMT has slid by -2.21 percent over the past 10 days while seeing a fall of -7.30 over the past 30 days. The 90-day change is -7.61 while the 180-day return and the 365-day return are 9.83 and 12.95, respectively.

LMT RSI level is Bearish

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NVDA Stock today dropped by -9.40 percent – October 7th 2022

By InvestMacro.com | #stocks #NVDA #NVIDIA

NVIDIA Corporation End of Day Update: October 7th 2022

The NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) stock finished the day with a lowering of -9.40 percent and closed the day around the 120.76 price level, according to unofficial data at the New York close.

NVDA, a US technology company known for its GPU parts in performance computing, opened the day trading at 125.05 with the high being 126.69 while the low of the day touched 120.22.

The stock is trading below both its 20-day and 200-day moving averages as NVDA has been in a steep downtrend and trades at almost a third of its 2021 high-point.

NVDA Stock today dropped by -9.40 percent

The NVDA RSI level is Bearish

The Relative Strength Index, an indicator that can indicate overbought (above 70) and oversold levels (below 30), shows that the current RSI score is at 36.2 for a Bearish reading on the daily time-frame.

NVDA Price Trends

NVDA has fallen by -3.52 percent over the past 10 days while seeing a fall of -32.59 over the past 30 days. The 90-day change is -35.31 while the 180-day return and the 365-day return are -49.98 and -20.87, respectively.

NVDA has fallen by -3.52 percent over the past 10 days

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TSLA Stock slid by -7.46 percent – October 7th 2022

By InvestMacro.com | #stocks #TSLA #tesla

Tesla, Inc. End of Day Update: October 7th 2022

The Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) stock finished the day with a decline of -7.46 percent and closed the day around the 223.07 price level, according to unofficial data at the New York close.

TSLA opened the day trading at 233.93 with the high of the day being 234.57 and the low bottoming for the day at 222.02.

TSLA is below both the 20-day and 200-day moving averages currently after the stock dropped below the $300 price level and both moving averages in late September.
TSLA Stock slid by -7.46 percent - October 7th 2022

The TSLA RSI level is Bearish-Oversold

The Relative Strength Index, an indicator that can indicate overbought (above 70) and oversold levels (below 30), shows that the current RSI score is at 27.0 for a Bearish-Oversold reading on the daily time-frame.

TSLA Price Trends

The TSLA has declined by -18.98 percent over the past 10 days while seeing a step lower by -24.66 over the past 30 days. The 90-day change is -11.74 while the 180-day return and the 365-day return are -32.83 and -3.63, respectively.

By investmacro.com

Long-term investors to boost crypto holdings despite market volatility

By George Prior

Heightened market volatility until the end of the year will be used by cryptocurrency investors to bolster Bitcoin and Ether holdings, says the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory, asset management and fintech organizations.

deVere Group’s Nigel Green’s comments come as central banks around the world plan further interest rate hikes before the close of 2022.

He notes: “Markets are now predicting that policymakers at major central banks, including the U.S. Federal Reserve and Bank of England, are likely to remain resolute in pumping up interest rates in their battle to beat down unexpectedly stubborn inflation.

“Five powerful officials of the world’s most influential central bank, the Fed, in comments made on Thursday, maintained a hawkish theme that inflation remains far too high and they won’t be put off raising rates.

“We expect a 75 basis-point hike when they gather November 1-2.

“Meanwhile, members of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee have been delivering pretty clear hints that they will push through a big increase in rates when the MPC next meets on November 3.”

Typically, higher interest rates mean stock markets decline in value because companies will borrow less money. The result is their earnings will grow at a slower rate than investors previously expected. This has a ripple effect across most sectors of the stock market with some notable exceptions, such as financials.

“Given Bitcoin and Ether’s current correlation with stock markets, we anticipate further, perhaps heightened, volatility in the crypto market before the end of 2022,” says the deVere CEO.

“However, for serious investors this will not necessarily be seen as a bad thing.”

He continues: “The major investors, including institutional ones, will treat it in the same way as turbulence in any other market.

“Some of the world’s best investors consistently use market volatility as major buying opportunities in traditional financial markets – and the cryptocurrency market is now no different.”

“When used effectively and efficiently, volatility can be an extremely powerful investment strategy.”

History shows that Bitcoin gains have been enormous for those who hold during market turbulence, he goes on to add.

“Bitcoin remains the best-performing asset class in the world, and has consistently ranked amongst the best for both traditional and crypto investment sectors over the last few years.”

Compared to other top tech names over the last five years, we see Bitcoin has 355.22% higher returns than Amazon, 321.97% more than Google, while the asset out-performed Microsoft with returns of 182.65% and overshadowed Apple by 166.76%.

Nigel Green concludes: “Savvy, long-term crypto investors will be looking to benefit from panic-sellers by buying their digital currencies ‘on the cheap’ to enhance their investment portfolios.

“Serious investors will not be spooked by further volatility. This isn’t their first rodeo.”

About:

deVere Group is one of the world’s largest independent advisors of specialist global financial solutions to international, local mass affluent, and high-net-worth clients. It has a network of more than 70 offices across the world, over 80,000 clients and $12bn under advisement.

 

Murrey Math Lines 07.10.2022 (Brent, S&P 500)

Article By RoboForex.com

BRENT

As we can see in the H4 chart, after breaking the 200-day Moving Average, Brent is trading above it to indicate a possible ascending tendency. However, there is divergence on the Relative Strength Index, which is a signal in favour of decline. In this case, the pair is expected to break 6/8 (93.75) and continue falling towards the support at 5/8 (90.62). However, this scenario may be cancelled if the price breaks the resistance at 7/8 (96.88) to the upside. After that, the instrument may move upwards to reach 8/8 (100.00).

BRENTH4
Risk Warning: the result of previous trading operations do not guarantee the same results in the future

In the M15 chart, the pair may break the downside line of the VoltyChannel indicator and, as a result, continue its decline.

BRENT_M15
Risk Warning: the result of previous trading operations do not guarantee the same results in the future

S&P 500

As we can see in the H4 chart, the S&P 500 index is trading inside the “oversold area”. The Relative Strength Index has broken the descending trendline to the upside. In this case, the price is expected to break 0/8 (3750.0) and continue moving upwards to reach the resistance at 1/8 (3906.2). However, this scenario may no longer be valid if the price breaks the support at -1/8 (3593.8) to the downside. After that, the instrument may continue to fall towards -2/8 (3437.5).

S&P 500_H4
Risk Warning: the result of previous trading operations do not guarantee the same results in the future

In the M15 chart, the pair may break the upside line of the VoltyChannel indicator and, as a result, continue trading upwards.

S&P 500_M15

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The cryptocurrency market digest (BTC). Overview for 07.10.2022

Article By RoboForex.com

BTC is falling again. On Friday, the asset is mostly trading at $19,921.

The current market situation is quite usual. Global market players are trying to avoid risks in stock markets, so they are currently not interested in crypto assets. The correlation between S&P 500/NASDAQ and the BTC remains quite strong.

American investors are once again bringing the US FOMC’s future moves in questions. At the same time, there were neither signals indicating a change in sentiment, nor the frustrating statistics. Most likely, investors hoped for a longer rebound. However, but when it became clear the rebound wouldn’t last long, market players were overwhelmed with disappointment.

Technically, the area between $18,000 and $19,000 remains a strong support zone. Until now, it managed to prevent “bears” from attacking.

The BTC miners’ reserves hit the lows

The number of coins held by the BTC miners dropped to the 10-year low, 1.92 million BTCs. Experts compare this with the tendency to sell cryptocurrency.

Holders are waiting in the wings

At the same time, holders – long-term investors – accumulated a record-breaking amount of cryptocurrencies. According to Ask Invest, they control at least 13.7 million coins, which is about 71.5% of the entire BTC volume offered in the market.

Norway will cancel the benefits for miners

Norwegian Ministry of Finance is thinking of cancelling the benefits for miners. This might add about $14 million to the country’s budget. At the moment, data centres that are involved in mining are paying for electricity at a reduced rate.

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Elon Musk argues Twitter is better off without a board of directors – is he right?

By Michael Withers, Texas A&M University and Steven Boivie, Texas A&M University 

After a wild ride, it looks like Elon Musk’s bid to buy Twitter may be back on.

Twitter’s board of directors had sued the Tesla billionaire in July 2022 when Musk tried to terminate the US$44 billion deal. The board has yet to drop its lawsuit, with a trial still scheduled to begin Oct. 17, 2022, which was intended to force Musk to complete the buyout.

The board has in fact been at the center of this saga since the beginning, when Musk launched his hostile takeover bid while criticizing board members for owning almost no shares of the company they oversee. Twitter founder Jack Dorsey called the board the “dysfunction of the company.”

As experts on corporate governance, we believe this feud raised two important corporate governance questions: What purpose does a board of directors serve? And does it matter if a member owns company stock or not?

‘A bad board will kill’

“Good boards don’t create good companies, but a bad board will kill a company every time.”

Venture capitalist Fred Destin wrote that in 2018, citing what he called an “old Silicon Valley proverb.” The quote has been making the rounds on Twitter recently in light of Musk’s hostile bid. It even seemed to get a nod from Dorsey himself when he replied to a tweet containing the quote with “big facts.”

This tweet and the general conversation that has emerged have important implications for understanding boards and their role in shepherding a company.

Broadly speaking, a board’s most important roles include hiring, paying and monitoring the chief executive officer.

Academic research suggests that board members at large companies – who typically receive generous compensation packages – may be limited in their ability to perform these tasks effectively. In our work, we found that boards often find it impossible to conduct adequate monitoring and rein in wayward CEOs because there’s just so much information for modern boards to process with their limited time. And the social dynamics involved in the board also make it difficult for directors to speak up and oppose other directors.

In a separate study involving face-to-face interviews with directors, we were consistently told that directors take their board service seriously and operate with their companies’ best interests in mind. But they do so with an eye toward collaborating with the CEO and the rest of the executive team rather than serving as impartial observers, as their “independent” status suggests they should.

While our work didn’t focus on this, if the board and the CEO fundamentally disagree about the direction of company – which was often the case between Dorsey and the Twitter board – it would certainly be problematic and could lead to less than optimal decisions being made.

In other words, a board that isn’t functioning effectively can definitely destroy a company’s value. And some reporting suggests that’s what happened to Twitter, whose shares were trading at less than half their 2021 peak before Musk disclosed he had amassed a 9% ownership stake.

A raider’s lament

That brings us to the next question: Does not owning a significant stake in a company you oversee make it more likely that you’ll run it into the ground, as Musk seemed to suggest?

A few days after making his takeover offer on April 14, the billionaire, responding to a tweet showing how few shares Twitter board members own, posted that its directors’ “economic interests are simply not aligned with shareholders.”

Musk’s arguments harked back to takeover bids from the 1980s in which activist investors – or “corporate raiders” – would argue that executives’ interests did not align with those of shareholders. As Gordon Gekko from the film “Wall Street” famously railed against executives of a business he wanted to take over, “Today, management has no stake in the company!”

Musk’s words echo Gekko’s “greed is good” speech, except in regard to independent directors, who comprise the vast majority of corporate boards. By definition, an independent or outside director is one who doesn’t hold an executive role in running the company, such as chief executive officer or chief financial officer.

‘Greed is good’

In reality, Twitter’s board share ownership is very similar to that of other companies.

Independent Twitter directors held a median ownership stake of 0.003% as of May 2022. For comparison, we looked at equity ownership of independent directors of companies listed in the S&P 500 stock index in 2021. We found the median stake was less than 0.01%, and all but a handful of directors held less than 1% of the company’s stock. Median ownership at Musk’s company Tesla is similarly minuscule, at 0.23%.

Whether this makes a difference to a company’s success is hard to assess because research on the topic is rather sparse, in large part because board members have so little equity.

Mixed research

Academic researchers on effective corporate governance in the 1970s argued that outside directors should avoid owning many shares in the companies they oversee to maintain objectivity. More recently, management scholars have suggested that higher stakes could provide a way to motivate directors to monitor management and make decisions more in line with shareholder interests.

Some researchers have found that boards with larger ownership stakes can improve a company’s operational performance and better align outside directors with the interests of shareholders.

But other work that examined multiple studies shows the impact of director stock ownership is mixed at best, with some studies suggesting higher stakes potentially lead to negative outcomes, such as excessive executive and director compensation.

Since the passage of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 after massive accounting scandals at Enron, WorldCom and elsewhere, corporate governance issues such as board oversight have become increasingly important. This led to a number of changes intended to align the interests of managers and those of shareholders, including a focus on board independence and adjusting executive compensation.

Although our research shows boards are limited in their ability to monitor management, they’re still better than nothing.

In his original letter to shareholders announcing his bid, Musk vowed to “unlock” Twitter’s potential as a private company, without a public board. We may finally learn if he’s right.

This is article has been updated to reflect the changing status of the Twitter deal.The Conversation

About the Author:

Michael Withers, Associate Professor of Business, Texas A&M University and Steven Boivie, Professor of Management, Texas A&M University

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