Dave Moenning

Oil -- not Santa -- is making headlines in the financial markets as Christmas approaches. The price of a barrel recently fell to a half-decade low and now rests near $60. While much of the media's focus has been on the historic lows, how are experts actually trading off the news? Marketfy...

The wealth of information and opinions spread on Twitter has grown each and every year since its inception in 2006. Benzinga will try to collect some of the notable tweets from the business, media and financial markets as days go by. Some may be newsworthy, some may be humorous - all help...

On Saturday, September 21, Marketfy will host the International Traders & Investors Summit. This free anniversary event will offer live webinars from eight of the world's most elite, top-notch traders. Hedge fund managers from Sang Lucci will be on hand to share their Tape Reading methods,...

Although the S&P 500 is just a couple points off the all-time high set on August 2, there is an awful lot of chatter about stocks heading lower from here. There really isn't much in the way of new justification for the anticipated dance to the downside as the discussions continue to focus...

After the issue of stock market valuations, investor sentiment may be one of the most misunderstood and misused indicators available today. The issue is simple. Nobody thinks they are part of the herd. No one wants to be the "greater fool." Everyone knows that bubbles don't end well. As such,...

After eight consecutive up days and green finishes seen in twelve of the last fourteen sessions, even the most ardent bulls will likely admit that a pause might be in order right about now. So, with Ben Bernanke in his semi-annual chat with Congress Wednesday and Thursday, it appears that...

With the stock market indices clearly in an uptrend at the present time (although a pullback in the near-term would surprise no one), this appears to be a good time to continue our look at the various valuation metrics. Here's a look at the Price-to-Dividend Ratio from three different...

Below is a series of valuation indicators this week, including three separate views of the Price-to-Earnings ratio, two approaches to the Price-to-Dividend ratio, the Price-to-Book ratio, the Price-to-Cash Flow and then a couple composite models that were designed to provide an overall reading of...