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Meredith Margrave

Meredith Margrave

After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin, Meredith Margrave has become a noted financial expert and market commentator for the past two decades. She began her career crafting entries for a major financial dictionary, before turning the lessons she was learning out in the world into a series of personal finance articles.

She spent the next decade working closely with a number of top stock and options analysts, helping research and run newsletter advisories in a variety of areas, including technical analysis, momentum, big growth, income, and options. She has been a featured writer on a number of financial media sites. 

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BREAKING 🚨: UnitedHealth $UNH forms a Death Cross ☠️ for the first time since January 2025 🤯 The last one sent shares plunging 57% over the next 6 months 📉📉 https://t.co/73A6IHLnzV
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Options Traders are the most bearish on stocks in more than 12 months after the equity put/call ratio soared to 1.28 🐻👻🤯👀 https://t.co/DgMnkNKJyP
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Nasdaq $QQQ Just Sent a Chilling Signal — Right Before Nvidia $NVDA Earnings 🚨 Is The Party Over? 👻https://t.co/CiDM2Us8tJ
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U.S. Dollar on track for its best week since October 💵🤑📈 https://t.co/te3vyqa2N7
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Alphabet $GOOGL fell below its 50-day moving average last week and now sits right at the 100-day 🚨 If that breaks, a return to the 200-day MA might be in play 🤯👀 https://t.co/K89Q7efcUj
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Crude Oil Breakout Time? 🚨 Now trading at its highest price since August 📈 https://t.co/B4xVeTw6dp
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JUST IN 🚨: U.S. Treasury just bought back $1.56 Billion of their own debt 🤯👀 https://t.co/DzU2ga65uy
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BREAKING 🚨: CocoaCocoa has now traded red for 9 consecutive days, its longest losing streak since February 2017 🍫📉 https://t.co/1jj8eZuIeb
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Biggest Buyers and Sellers of U.S. Debt 🚨 https://t.co/k5yOSskooh
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