When a stock market up trend finally comes to an end it tends to fool just about everybody. But there are certain signs that may tip you off and reward you for being on top of it. Contrarian indicators are indicators that point to the timing of a trend change when the general viewpoint is in opposition. Some of these work at market peaks and others work well when the stock market bottoms out. The stock market is a strange thing for investor psychology and it's not just the ge

Stock splits and reverse stock splits are common occurrences in the stock market. But realistically they don't mean anything. Here's why. What is a stock split? Let's look at what a stock split is using an example. In June 2014 Apple AAPL had a 7:1 stock split. If an investment account had 100 shares of AAPL prior to the split the value of the investment would have a market value of approximately $5,863. From the table below you can see what the account would look like post s