What is the 200-Day Moving Average? The 200-day moving average is arguably the most widely cited Technical Analysis indicator among financial media journalists, investment analysts, and portfolio managers alike. Roughly equivalent to ten months of trading, this...
Volatility is almost always purported in the financial media to be a negative characteristic of financial markets. While this topic is covered ad nauseam across the headlines, two key characteristics are often left out: how volatility is specifically measured and what...
The following was originally posted on February 27th as a Twitter thread. These stream-of-conscience type threads can provide immediate perspective from our team, in an environment for constructive feedback. However, as we are trying to teach our CMO, some things do,...
When Shelly Brockman, Potomac’s Education Associate, entered the industry 20 years ago, she remembers how wives were rarely involved in client meetings; advisors solely worked with the head of the household; and most of the time, the breadwinners ended up being the...
The moving average crossover is one of the most widely cited price action developments from market technicians across financial media and professional research. Our June 2020 blog post covered the basics of moving averages and their application as a risk management...
Sixteen years ago, our operations department looked like a standard office—walls of file cabinets, copiers, printers, fax machines, mailing materials, paper checklists. Today, all these technologies are antiquated, and, in Potomac’s case, so is an actual office. We’re...