Category: Financial Markets 2010
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
No August Surprise, Just a Modern Day Jubilee Debt Collapse / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: David_Knox_Barker
Markets were briefly in a tizzy last week because of the rumor the Obama Administration was poised to announce an August Surprise, supposedly the forgiveness of at least a portion of millions of mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for underwater homeowners. The word on the street was that this planned debt forgiveness was a thinly veiled attempt to cull votes for the November elections. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac hold the mortgages insured by the U.S. government and backstopped by taxpayers, loans the private sector may not have made due to the unacceptable credit risks of the borrowers. These quasi-government behemoths now hold over $5 trillion in mortgages. These mortgages are in pole position for the next leg down of the unfolding housing disaster.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Gold in a Bull Market, Stocks in a Bear Market / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Adam_Brochert
To me, the title is stating the obvious. To many, such talk is ridiculous. To paperbugs, Gold is a bubble about to pop and only stocks make you money over the long haul. To paperbugs, capitalizing the word "Gold" labels me a tinfoil hat wearer, while to me, capitalizing the phrase "federal reserve" (not federal and has no reserves) is blasphemy. How supremely ironic that everything the ex-American presidents Jefferson and Jackson warned of when it comes to central bankstaz has come to pass and yet their countenances grace the $2 and $20 federal reserve IOU-nothing notes.
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Saturday, August 14, 2010
U.S. Inflation Rises as Economy Slows, Stock Market Investors Say No Thanks / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
The Cost of Living rose last month...
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3 percent in July on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Before seasonal adjustment, the all items index was unchanged for the month.) Over the last 12 months, the index increased 1.2 percent before seasonal adjustment.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Hoping the Weekend Brings Market Perspective / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: PhilStockWorld
David Rosenberg is the special guest on CNBC this morning.
Sometimes I get the impression they intentionally counter-program any bullish point I bring up (we talked about Rosenberg in yesterday’s post). As I did say yesterday - fear sells and CNBC is in the business of selling fear, driven by their own fear of declining ratings (new lows in the last book) and irrelevance. I think one of the problems with CNBC is that they forget they are on television. On the right, I am SHOWING you a chart of weekly unemployment - TV is supposed to be all about showing you things but the only things they show you are gigantic talking heads and the dreaded "octo-box" where the loudest guy with the best one-liner wins (I guess).
Friday, August 13, 2010
Max Keiser Report: Future Crimes, Rackets and Fraud in the Financial Sector / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Videos
This week Max Keiser and co-host Stacy Herbert look at Tier Terra and future crimes. In the second half of the show, Max talks to former banking regulator William K. Black about rackets and fraud in the financial sector.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Deflation, Inflation, Pick a Side and Start Losing Money / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Graham_Summers
The financial industry, newsletter writers included, has become rife with calls for deflation or inflation. Virtually every commentator on the planet has a strong opinion on these topics and 99% of them are firmly entrenched in one camp or the other.
I want to clear this subject up because a lot of very smart people are taking very narrow-minded views of the world, and they’re spreading these views around as though they are facts. This is alright when the views are based on reality, but when someone chooses opinion over facts in the markets, then big money gets lost.
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
Panic Selling Slams the Stock Market but Will Gold Hold? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Chris_Vermeulen
Did you close out any long positions today? Well if not then you are one of a few!
Today (Wednesday) the market gapped down 1.5% at the opening bell which set a very negative tone for the session. Volume was screaming as protective stops triggered and traders close out positions before prices fell much further. This gap seemed to have caught several traders off guard but those of you who follow my newsletter knew something big was brewing and to keep positions very small.
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Monday, August 09, 2010
Muted Market Reaction to Disappointing U.S. Payroll Numbers / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: PaddyPowerTrader
A very muted reaction from equity markets to what were undoubtedly disappointing payroll numbers on Friday with the Dow closing down just 21 on Friday after a positive week that fall could have been considerably more. Asia much the same with the Nikkei off 69 and the Hang Seng down just 1.
Monday, August 09, 2010
Economic Coin Flips and WikiLeaks Catching Up With Market Truths / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: NewsLetter
The Market Oracle NewsletterAugust 1st, 2010 Issue #45 Vol. 4
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Monday, August 09, 2010
Stock and Commodity Markets Volume by Price Reveals Key Support & Resistance Levels / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Chris_Vermeulen
I find it amazing how many traders do not use volume as a factor in their trading decisions. I believe it’s always important to track the volume no matter which time frame you are trading simply because it tell you how much interest there is for that investment at that given time and price level. If you use volume and understand how to read it when located at the bottom of the chart which is the standard way of reading it then your well ahead of many traders and just may find this little volume indicator helpful.
Saturday, August 07, 2010
Financial Markets Instability Personal and Corporate Bankruptcies Soar / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Bob_Chapman
It was only a month ago that the Dow closed at 9686. From there it started to move back up again as insiders learned of the Fed’s plan to inject $5 trillion into the economy over the next two years. The result has been a run up to 10,674. We figured out what the Fed was up to, but most everyone else did not.
During that period, almost unnoticed, was the fall in the value of the dollar. On the USDX it has fallen from 86.12 to 80.58.
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Friday, August 06, 2010
Turning White Swans into Black / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: DeepCaster_LLC
Golden Antidotes
“At the start of last week, we reported on the very strong demand response from the physical market due to the drop in the gold price below $1,180. This demand has continued unabated. The gold price decline comes at a good time, especially for the Indian market but also other markets such as Turkey where price elasticity is being assisted by a very strong seasonal demand reaction”
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Thursday, August 05, 2010
Gold and Markets Same Old Song and Dance / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Steve_Betts
Today the ADP report came out claiming U.S. private-sector firm employment rose 42,000 in July. "July's rise in private employment was the sixth consecutive monthly gain," said Joel Prakken, chairman of Macroeconomic Advisers, which produces the report from anonymous payroll data supplied by ADP. "However, over those six months increases have averaged a modest 37,000, with no evidence of acceleration." On Friday, the government is scheduled to report nonfarm payrolls for July, and economists polled by MarketWatch are looking for a decline of 60,000.
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Paradigm Shift in the Financial World, Major Structural Changes In One Year / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Jim_Willie_CB
A theme of frequent mention has been the Paradigm Shift in the financial world. It refers more specifically to the global shift away from a USDollar-centric alignment. The major industrialized nations of the world, along with major energy producers, struggle to develop a monetary and commercial system that is not based upon the crippled fraudulent bloated USDollar. The challenge is daunting, since expertise on financial structures, even in an honest legitimate fashion, is somewhat lacking outside the Anglo world. Changes indeed come.
Monday, August 02, 2010
The Dangerous Financial Markets Confidence Game / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Martin_D_Weiss
We are near a major turn in markets and preparing landmark new recommendations this week. So I’m going to be very brief and get straight to the point:
Wall Street brokers and pundits seem to think their dangerous con game can prevail despite a major decline in the real economy.
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Sunday, August 01, 2010
Low Risk ETF Trading Setups for SP500, Gold and Crude Oil / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Chris_Vermeulen
As we all know there is an unlimited amount of ways to trade the financial markets. Each person sees the market in a different way, has different skill sets, trading experience and risk tolerance levels. While some individuals create and use complete systems to make money there are some very basic trading strategies which still work well and require nothing more than basic charting, patients and a little money management.Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, August 01, 2010
Stocks Bull Markets Generate Economic Growth / News_Letter / Financial Markets 2010
By: NewsLetter
The Market Oracle NewsletterJuly 25th, 2010 Issue #44 Vol. 4
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Sunday, August 01, 2010
Economic Coin Flips and WikiLeaks Catching Up With Market Truths / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Many market analysts were left scratching their heads as the stock market ignored bad news the whole week from ECRI recession data to worse than expected U.S. GDP data by closing up on the week at 10,466 (10,425), with the Dow continuing its meandering trend towards a target of 10,700 which will more than likely be achieved this coming week. Last weeks newsletter (Stocks Bull Markets Generate Economic Growth) proved an opportune reminder to readers to remember asset prices drive economic growth which is contrary to the consensus view.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Mega-Battle Investor Opportunities and Threats: Gold, Debt, Markets, Politics / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: DeepCaster_LLC
“In his latest commentary blogger FOFOA (Friend of Friend of Another) concludes that gold lease rates are being falsified to conceal that gold for some time has been in backwardation because supplies available in exchange for fiat currency have dried up. Along the way FOFOA reports that, like GATA's Adrian Douglas, he too last week had trouble getting access to the usual data at the Internet site of the London Bullion Market Association.” (emphasis added)
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Financials, Oil and Gold on the Move / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Chris_Vermeulen
Most traders I have been talking with are feeling the same thing. Something big is brewing for the equities market but most do not want to get heavily involved until there is a clear direction. The broad market has been consolidating for almost 3 months and it’s important to remember that the larger the consolidation the bigger the move.