Category: Financial Markets 2011
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Investor Opportunities and Threats, Market Forecasts / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: DeepCaster_LLC
“Sir Alan Greenspan spent almost 20 years serving his masters who own the Federal Reserve, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and many more. The Fed has no independence – it takes orders from these banks and brokerage houses. This same group controls Congress by paying off 95% of the representatives and senators via campaign contributions and via lobbying. Thus, with the assistance of the Fed, Wall Street and banking, they not only control money, supply, credit, interest rates and Washington, but they control our entire economic and financial scene and the lives of every American. Booms and bubbles can be blamed on politicians, but the real culprits behind the scenes are Wall Street and banking in which we spent 29 years of our lives and for many of those years owned our own firm. If you do not know and understand these realities you should not be an investor or a financial and economic journalist.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Leading Market Indicators and Tipping Points / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: John_Hampson
As a financial markets trader I can only make money by successfully predicting the future to some degree. Therefore I am more interested in market analysis and less interested in market commentary. I am more interested in leading indicators and less interested in coincident and lagging indicators. I am more interested in tipping points and less interested in known issues. I understand that all data flow and newsflow is by necessity after-the-event, but I can focus on flow that has historically consistently correlated with future market performance.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Gold and Stock Market At Do or Die Point – Get Ready! / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Chris_Vermeulen
Equities and Precious Metals are on the edge of another rally and it could start as early as tomorrow. On March 13th I posted some of my analysis online showing how the market was trading at a key pivot point and that a sharp price movement was about to unfold. I also provided everyone with the direction in favor which played out perfectly catching a 4.5% in three days.
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Monday, March 21, 2011
The Interest Rate Mega-Trend Ebook and Forthcoming Stocks Stealth Bull Market Update / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Dear Reader
The New UK Interest Rate Mega-Trend 85 page ebook is now complete and available for download.
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
Stocks, Gold and Oil Markets Weekend Report / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Andre_Gratian
Overview
On Friday, the indices had an opportunity to demonstrate that they had ended their correction and had reversed. They failed to do so. The SPX could not break out of its secondary channel, and the lack of readiness was particularly evident in the QQQQ.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Stocks Lose Their Allure After the Japan Nuclear Meltdown / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
"Chernobyl solution" may be last resort for Japan reactors
(Reuters) That means the stricken complex is likely to become an open sore, leaking radioactive particles into the atmosphere, for weeks and possibly months before the Chernobyl solution could even be implemented.
Authorities say radiation outside the Japanese plant is not high enough to cause harm. Still, the 20 km (12 mile) exclusion zone around the plant may end up as a permanent no-man's land, a major problem for small, populous country. A 30 km (19 mile) exclusion zone remains around Chernobyl.
Friday, March 18, 2011
What the Jump in Global Markets Volatility Means? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Julian_DW_Phillips
After the earthquake and Tsunami wreaked horrendous damage in Japan and was blamed for huge drops in equity and other markets, extreme volatility was the best description of most global markets for this last week. The media even blamed the nuclear threat in Japan for the fall in the Dow Jones in the U.S. Clearly, this was not the case, but the extreme nature of the volatility has raised large questions as to what really is going on globally. To see why there is such high volatility over global markets we have to stand back so as to see the full picture.
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
Time to Trade Stocks, Gold and Silver? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Chris_Ciovacco
Market professionals and experienced investors consider it to be common knowledge that silver has more real-world uses than its precious metal sister gold. Silver is used in coins, photography, batteries, bearings, electronics, and mirrors. Silver also aids in numerous medical applications and even contributes to helping capture and use solar energy. The Silver Institute describes “silver uses” as follows:
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Tsunami May Sink the U.S. Dollar and Uranium Sector / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Jeff_Berwick
What a few days it has been. It was and continues to be a humanitarian disaster of grand proportions - and one that happened on an island where there is more high end video and cellphone cameras than almost anywhere in the world - bringing us photos and videos that are both shocking and incredible.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
US Dollar, FOMC, and the Japan Crisis: The Dog That Didn't Bark / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Jesse
Detective Gregory: "Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?"Sherlock Holmes: "To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time."
Detective Gregory: "The dog did nothing in the night-time."
Holmes: "That was the curious incident."
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Japan's Nuclear Crisis Leads to 'Panic' - Nikkei Crashes, Gold Down 1% / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: GoldCore
Japan's nuclear crisis has deepened and we deeply regret to say that there is now the real possibility of a nuclear catastrophe. Investor panic has set in with the Nikkei down over 16.5% in two days and the Topic index down by 17% - its worst two-day loss since the 1987 Wall Street stock market crash.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Do or Die Week for Stocks and Gold / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Chris_Vermeulen
The past couple weeks have been choppy in the equities market. While the strong intraday moves are great for day traders, it is extremely difficult for swing/position traders who normally hold positions for 3-60 days in length, which is my focus with this newsletter. That being said, we are reaching a do or die point for the equities market and next week there should be a strong move out of this trading range. Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, March 12, 2011
SPX has a Classic Reversal Pattern / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
Hundreds killed in tsunami after 8.9 Japan quake
(AP) A ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan's eastern coast Friday, killing hundreds of people as it swept away boats, cars and homes while widespread fires burned out of control.
Hours later, the tsunami hit Hawaii and warnings blanketed the Pacific, as far away as South America, Canada, Alaska and the entire U.S. West Coast.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Markets Rocked By Japan Megaquake, Gold Mixed as Yen Surges / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: GoldCore
The massive earthquake and tsunami that has rocked Japan is being digested by markets and the economic ramifications and uncertainty is leading to risk aversion.
The massive earthquake measured 8.9 on the Richter scale and is the largest earthquake since 1896 and the 6th largest earthquake ever measured. It has triggered alarm that tsunamis may hit coastlines throughout the Pacific including on the U.S. western seaboard. A state of emergency has been declared at one of Japan’s nuclear stations due to a fire and the process for cooling the nuclear reactor is 'not going as planned'.
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Friday, March 11, 2011
Back to the Well? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Andy_Sutton
There is a rather popular cliché that those who don’t know their history are doomed to repeat it. I tend to like the variation, that the only thing we have learned from history is that we have learned nothing from it. Sounds like a clever oxymoron, but given the state of affairs in the world today, it is more than apropos. It would seem that once again, we are defying logic and trying to go back to 2005 when it was all roses, honey, easy mortgages, and big trade deficits. Have we really not learned a thing?
Friday, March 11, 2011
Gold, Stocks and Commodites: Save, Invest, Speculate, Trade or Gamble? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Casey_Research
Doug Casey, The Casey Report writes: For some time I've been saying that the economy is in the “eye of the storm” and that when it emerged, the weather would be far rougher than in 2008. The trillions of currency units created since the Greater Depression began in 2007 have papered over the situation, but only temporarily.
In some ways, the immediate and direct effects of this money creation appear beneficial. For instance, by averting a sharp and complete collapse of financial markets and the banking system – or by allowing a return to some approximation of normalcy in the daily lives of most people.
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Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Quarterly Stock and Commodity Markets Brief / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Christopher_Quigley
Short term traders love volatility and I reckon they are going to get it over the next few months. The catalysts will be oil price instability, rising interest rates worldwide, dollar gyrations and higher inflation. Accordingly note that the VXX is intimating a significant breakout.
The current market correction, which was nicely anticipated, is providing smart traders with ample opportunities. Sectors to watch are oil (ETF: USO), Silver (Ultra ETF: AGQ) Financials (Direxion Bear ETF: FAZ) Mid Caps (Direxion Bear: TZA) and Technology (Ultra Bull ETF: QLD).
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Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Tiger Blood and Adonis DNA of the Bulls, Financial Markets Update, Crude Reality / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Joseph_Russo
Like Charlie Sheen, the contingent of herding bulls who drove up the market more than 100% from its 2009 lows are just now beginning to deal with the crude reality of their infamous brand of hypomania.
High on themselves, the band of financial sphere rock-stars-from-Mars led by the Fed, its primary dealers, Washington, transnational corporations and their embedded lobby groups are reeling with pink-cloud-syndrome much like Mr. Sheen has been, which is no laughing matter.
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Monday, March 07, 2011
SPX, Dollar, Gold and Oil Analysis / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Andre_Gratian
In order to get a complete perspective on the market, it is best to start by analyzing the longer term trend. The weekly chart of the SPX which appears below should leave little to the imagination about the past present and future market positions. The combined labeling of major cycles, drawing of trend and channel lines, and studying of indicator configurations give us a very clear picture of what has taken place and why, and of what to expect in the future.
Sunday, March 06, 2011
Everything Is Now Correlated Exclusively To The Fed's Balance Sheet / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
(ZeroHedge) The chart which we presented a few weeks ago courtesy of Sean Corrigan sees a few additional components added to it. Whereas before the chart focused on the Adjusted Austrian money supply and commodity prices, it now sees the addition of the S&P and Junk spreads. In a word: every single asset class correlates 1:1 with the Fed's balance sheet. If the Fed is really planning on ending QE2 on June 30, the market collapse will be epic. And, yes, this should not come as a surprise to anyone.