Five Stocks Stare Down Resistance

This column was originally published on RealMoney on Nov. 14 at 8:30 a.m. EST. It's being republished as a bonus for TheStreet.com readers.

My traditional view of technical analysis is that it's best in the short-term. A recent email, though, made me at least rethink my views.

Gary, I've enjoyed your articles over the years and today's article raised a question in my mind. Although this may not be answerable, I wonder whether (using TA) you have been more successful with short trades, as opposed to long trades. Could this be a topic for a future article or if you've already addressed this, could you pass along the reference? Keep up the great work. -- F.O.

That question is a good one. I used to think TA was more effective in the short term, and if pressed, that's still my basic belief. However, over the years I've seen trendlines, support and resistance work in a wide variety of time frames, including weeks, months, and even years. For some good examples, check out my column on "long-term stocks" I showed a few weeks ago.

Today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Altria(MO), Citigroup(C), Qualcomm(QCOM), AMR Corp.(AMR) and nVidia(NVDA).

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