WTI crude prices

Annually, the EIA believes gasoline prices will average $3.39 per gallon in 2014; slightly less than the expected $3.50 average in 2013. US gasoline consumption is also expected to fall 0.4% next year, as more and more consumers switch to more fuel efficient vehicles.
WTI Vs. Brent Crude Spread Expected to Shrink
According to the November report, the EIA expects the spread between the spot price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil to Brent to continue shrinking in 2014. For the fourth quarter, the EIA expects WTI crude oil prices to average $97 per barrel; analysts also expect the discount of WTI crude to Brent to be $10 per barrel during the last quarter.
In 2014, WTI crude prices are forecasted to average $95 per barrel. The WTI discount to Brent is expected to be only $8 per barrel next year. North Sea Brent Crude is forecasted to decline gradually, averaging $106 per barrel in December and $103 per barrel in 2014.

Twitterverse

There's no such thing as a perfect market structure, and there are plenty of problems and unresolved questions about the way stock trading functions today. We've got dark pools and high-frequency trading, which are in the midst of reshaping the market environment in ways we don't yet understand. "Connectivity issues" that spark trading shutdowns have become frequent enough to spark jokes in the Twitterverse about rogue squirrels nibbling away on cables. Then there are big snafus, such as the one that wreaked havoc during Twitter's (NYSE:TWTR) IPO debut.

Verizon (NYSE:VZ),

Verizon (NYSE:VZ), the US carrier guaranteed to be a distant fourth in rolling out smartphone updates to users, shocked the Android community with a surprisingly prompt rollout of Android 4.4 KitKat to its Moto X users not even three weeks since Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) unveiled the latest version alongside the Nexus 5. The over-the-air upgrade is so speedy, in fact, that Moto X users are officially running KitKat before Nexus 4 users, who were promised to be first in the upgrade line when they purchased their Google devices last year. Heck, Verizon even beat AT&T (NYSE:T), Sprint (NYSE:S), and T-Mobile (NYSE:TMUS) the other major US carriers supporting the Moto X -- to the update punch.

How to Trade Gold

At first, the run up in gold prices was a quiet movement, but as the consistency held, the buzz around the metal began to build. From 2005 to 2010, gold gained an average of twenty one percent each year, hitting an all time high of $1,923.7 per ounce in September of 2011. At that time, the bullish sentiment for the commodity was unmatched in the gold trading world, it seemed like cracking the $2,000 barrier was simply a matter of when, not if. As the Fed and Bernanke continued to toy with quantitative easing programs and print more money, the general consensus was that gold would continue to soar, but that did not happen. The asset pulled back from its 2011 highs to close out that year, and was able to post moderate gains for 2012. But 2013 has been nothing but a disappointment for the asset, as it is down nearly twenty four percent. The fed will continue to prop up the markets if a crash comes when the fed stops inflating the markets gold will most likely sore.

How to Trade Gold

Winter Wonderlab

Google wants to stand out from the competition during the upcoming holiday season, and in the real world, not just the virtual one. Even Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) has gotten the real-world bug and is opening temporary or "pop-up" stores for the season, including an exposed brick-walled outpost in NoLita, a hipster enclave of New York City.
Google has just announced it will open "Winter Wonderlab" showrooms in six cities across the US. They are designed as "play zones" stocked with Google-branded toys like Nexus 7 phones and Chromebook tablets. (Fans are already griping about the apparent omission of a Google Glass display.)These are not cash-and-carry stores, though products can be ordered there for home delivery. Each will feature a giant walk-in snow globe that can be used as a setting for slow-motion videos to take home.
The Google barge does not seem destined to be a Winter Wonderlab, at least not this winter. However, the mystery barge may well be more of the same concept on a grander and more ambitious scale.

It seems the stock market goes up every day

It seems the stock market goes up every day, and the more it rallies, the more we hear about the prospects of a bubble. Bulls will tell you we aren't in a bubble because valuations remain modest relative to history, especially when compared to previous stock market bubbles. Bears will tell you we are in a bubble because assets are being artificially inflated by the Fed's quantitative easing and zero-percent interest rate (ZIRP) policy. I would say that asking whether we are in a bubble is asking the wrong question. The real question equity investors should be asking is what this historic rally portends for future returns.

Candle stick charts

 Look at the long wicks that are present on the candles sticks. This is a key sign of hesitation in the market, with a battle of sellers and buyers.  Traditional technical analysis of traders would use these candle patterns for signals to go long or short, buying at the start of the new emerging trend, and in many cases these work out and become a winning trade. Traders will look for reversal patterns to place a trade.
  Most traders need to use a stop market order as a stop loss because it is used to predefine the maximum loss one is willing to take on any given trade. This is why candle stick chart patterns are good to use. For a long position a "sell stop market" would be placed below the market, and for a short sale, a "buy-to-cover stop market" would go above the market. Once the trade is in place, stops can then be used in the trade to manage profits. Especially when trading reversal patterns from candles.

Stock and Forex candle Stick Patterns