{"id":12282,"date":"2011-03-04T10:10:20","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T15:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=12282"},"modified":"2016-09-20T08:22:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T12:22:29","slug":"march-market-madness-american-express-axp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/04\/march-market-madness-american-express-axp\/","title":{"rendered":"March Market Madness:  American Express (AXP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we mentioned <a title=\"March Market Madness: 30 Stocks in 30 Days\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/03\/march-market-madness-30-stocks-in-30-days\/\">earlier<\/a>, this month we are going to be looking at the stocks that make up the DJIA. . Next up&#8230; American Express (AXP).<\/p>\n<p>American Express is a credit card company and a financial services firm. While a great company, it does not score well due to the current technicals. A problem is that shares are living below its 50- and 20-day moving average. Also, the shares are<!--more--> in a general downtrend until they move higher than $45.75. This and other technical factors make this company score poorly, at this time. <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-disciplined-investor\/id217999782\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"60\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-257 alignright\" title=\"iTunes Subscribe\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/itunes_subscribe.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is one noticeable area that should be considered. Look at how the volume pressure (below price chart) is dropping on the sell-off and rising on the recent rally. That may be a good sign that buyers are coming in with conviction.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; display: block; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"View AXP 20110303 on Scribd\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/49969693\/AXP-20110303\">AXP 20110303<\/a> <object id=\"doc_64436\" style=\"outline: none;\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" name=\"doc_64436\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/d1.scribdassets.com\/ScribdViewer.swf\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/d1.scribdassets.com\/ScribdViewer.swf\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#ffffff\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"document_id=49969693&amp;access_key=key-f2f94zfpclutmvvrxeq&amp;page=1&amp;viewMode=list\" \/><embed id=\"doc_64436\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/d1.scribdassets.com\/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=49969693&amp;access_key=key-f2f94zfpclutmvvrxeq&amp;page=1&amp;viewMode=list\" name=\"doc_64436\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" wmode=\"opaque\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">___<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Looking to invest in The Disciplined Investor Managed Growth Strategy?<br \/>\nClick below for the 14-minute virtual tour&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/mailbox\/tdi-investment-fund\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/TDIMG-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"318\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we mentioned earlier, this month we are going to be looking at the stocks that make up the DJIA. . Next up&#8230; American Express (AXP). American Express is a credit card company and a financial services firm. While a great company, it does not score well due to the current technicals. 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