Category: Stock Markets 2011
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Stock Market Refuses To Die.... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Jack_Steiman
Day after day we seem to hang in there better than most would expect when you looks at things fundamentally. We have global problems. Japan has to deal with nuclear fallout after dealing with a major earthquake and tsunami. We know about the headaches in Libya. Portugal has default problems. Some of our own states here at home are dealing with bankruptcy with help from our Government. There certainly is enough out there to keep us wondering just how the stock market hangs so tough to the up side of the equation. Add in unemployment and a dead housing market and you sit there shaking your head each day you wake up and see the futures aren't bad at all.
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Monday, March 28, 2011
Crude Oil Price Impact on Stock Market Trends / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Whilst the mainstream press as ever looks in the rear view mirror to pick events as reasons for the rise in the oil price, such as the ongoing breakout of freedom in the middle east, however as stated in the January 2010 Inflation Mega-trend ebook (FREE DOWNLOAD) and updated below, the consequences of peak oil ensures an escalator effect for the ramping up of oil prices into ever higher trading ranges that will one day make today's high oil prices look cheap, as oil prices continue a volatile mega-trend to north of $200 per barrel.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Are Obama's Policies Burying the US Economy? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Gerard_Jackson
When Obama ran for president I warned that the man is a dogmatic leftist and Americans -- those with any sense, that is -- would rue the day he sat in the Oval Office. Since then I, along with many others, also pointed out that if unchecked his policies would result in economic stagnation and inflation. Well, this now seems to be the case.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Stock Market Needs Additional Accumulation Before Trending to New Highs / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Andre_Gratian
Very Long-term trend - The continuing strength in the indices is causing me to question whether we are in a secular bear market or two consecutive cyclical bull/bear cycles. In any case, the very-long-term cycles are down and, if they make their lows when expected, there will be another steep and prolonged decline into 2014-15.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Stock Market Correction May be Over / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Tony_Caldaro
Markets worldwide just had their best week since the beginning of November 2010. The SPX/DOW gained 2.9%, and the NDX/NAZ was +4.2%. Asian markets gained 3.5%, European markets were +4.0%, the Commodity equity group gained 2.4%, and the DJ World index was +3.2%. US economic reports, for the first time in months, were mostly on the negative side. Existing/new home sales declined, along with, FHFA housing prices, durable goods orders, public sentiment, and the WLEI. On the positive side, Q4 GDP rose along with the monetary base, and weekly jobless claims declined. Next week will be highlighted by Case-Shiller, the Chicago PMI and the monthly Payrolls report.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Stock Market Bulls Hold Strong..... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Jack_Steiman
A tough group these bulls. They don't like to give things too easily. Just when it looked like things would fall apart as they lost those 50-day exponential moving averages, they fought back strong and took those levels back in no time at all. The Nasdaq in particular gave up that critical 50-day at 2712 with relative ease. No real fight as those high beta froth stocks were taken down in a big way. No mercy on some of those stocks as they took 20% hits. Others were hit quite a bit more than that off their most recent highs. Not pretty as many stayed oversold and refused to bounce as their prices seemingly went lower.
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Friday, March 25, 2011
Stock Market Showing Great Resilience But Has it True Bull Legs? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Seven_Days_Ahead
The recent sell-off in the S&P and other leading equity markets in reaction to the earthquake/natural disaster in Japan and fighting in Libya, appears to have run its course, since the S&P has rejected the recent lows.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Stock Market Hangs in the Balance Whilst Social Mood Deteriorates Further / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: J_W_Jones
“We crawl on our knees for you,
Under a sky no longer blue
We sweat all day long for you,
But we sow the seeds to see us through
‘Cause sometimes dreams just don’t come true,
Look now at what they’ve done to you.” -Rise Against: Re-Education (Through Labor)
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Stock Market Inside Candles Kick In Late Today.... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Jack_Steiman
Yesterday we saw an up trend inside candle stick that usually portends a continuation of the previous pattern from the past few days. We had been up for a few days in a row. Then we saw a very light volume candle stick that showed trading action within the previous up day stick. It said it was likely we'd follow through on the up side, but it sure didn't look that way when we woke up this morning and saw eroding futures. Those futures never recovered, and thus, yet another gap down.
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
How the VAR Model and Japan's Tragedy Affect Investors / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Frank_Holmes
Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Japan. The videos, images and stories of the devastation caused by last week's earthquake and tsunami have touched our hearts and rattled investor psyches around the world.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
How to Invest in the Third Year of a Stocks Bull Market / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes: The current bull market in U.S. stocks celebrated its second birthday on March 9.
With human beings, a 2-year-old is a lusty toddler with a lot more growing to do. For a bull-market-run in stocks, however - particularly a bull market as vigorous as this one has been - the two-year mark is a good time to start searching for some serious signs of aging.
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Stock Market Surges On Overseas News... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Jack_Steiman
A great day for the market today as very good news out of Libya sent the futures rocking higher. Democracy is close at hand. The way it should be, of course. Equal rights for everyone. Autocratic rule about to be replaced, and that's what that country needs in the very worst way. It looks like that's coming to a head with Khadafy on his way out shortly.
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Monday, March 21, 2011
Stocks Falter, But Fed Policy Favors Bull Market / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Money_Morning
Jon D. Markman writes:
Stocks spent the past week in the wash cycle, as bears finally cleaned up to the tune of a loss of 1.5% in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a loss of 1.9% in the S&P 500, 2.6% in the Nasdaq Composite Index and 1% in the Russell 2000. They rebounded on Thursday and Friday with more of a whimper than a bang, as breadth and volume were a lot weaker than the headline gains in the Dow would lead you to believe.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
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By: EWI
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
Buying Opportunity At Hand But Vigilant Awareness is Necessary / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Steven_Vincent
In recent BullBear Market Reports I was able to successfully identify the apparent Wave 3 of (3) top at SPX 1344. I advised BullBear Trading members that I was taking 40% of my long position off the table and closing long positions in Nikkei as well as exiting short US Treasuries. I might have taken more of the position off but there was some doubt, until the Japan Panic hit, about the degree of the correction at hand. All in all, the analysis and timing were quite solid.
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
Stock Market Breaks Support, Nasdaq Broadening Top Pattern / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
The FDIC Goes Quiet on Closures
The FDIC Failed Bank List announced no failures this weekend. The total bank failures for the year number 25. There may be a moratorium of thing closures. See the next article.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Stock Market Correction is Nearly Over / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Tony_Caldaro
Markets, worldwide, had some serious declines early in the week but rebounded by week’s end to lessen the losses for the week. Japan’s Nikkei had nearly a 20% decline in two days but recovered to end the week -10.2%. In the US the SPX/DOW were -1.7%, and the NDX/NAZ were -3.1%. Asian markets overall were -3.4%, Europe markets -2.9%, the DJ World index was -2.0%, but the Commodity equity group was +0.9%.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Interest Rate Trends Impact on the Dow and FTSE Stock Market Indices / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The consensus view as continuously pumped out in the mainstream financial press and further regurgitated at length in the blogosfear is that rising interest rates will negatively impact upon stock price trends due to higher yielding bonds competing against stock dividend yields as well as acting to suppress economic activity and therefore corporate earnings growth.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Stock Market Fault Lines / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Barry_M_Ferguson
What else can go wrong? In the last decade, investors have withstood a barrage of seismic catastrophes along fault lines of vulnerability.
Our political leaders have initiated military conflicts that were justified from prevarication and outright lies. It seems that all wars are fought on the foundation of a lie.
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Saturday, March 19, 2011
Reasons to Distrust the Stock Market Snap-Back Rally! / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Sy_Harding
Thankfully the news out of Japan regarding the potential for nuclear meltdowns has subsided, and global stock markets have rallied for two days in relief. Many on Wall Street are claiming the correction in global stock markets is therefore over, and it’s a buying opportunity.
But let’s think this through and not react too quickly. The human toll and economic damage in Japan was from the earthquake, not the subsequent potential problems with nuclear plants.