Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

Friday, June 18, 2010

End of the Financial Mania Era, an Early History of the Great Asset Mania / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market

By: EWI

It's true that many investors, analysts and certainly the mainstream press have been baffled by the past three years of market volatility and economic chaos.

But when you read in the headlines that, "No one saw it coming," please know, dear reader, that the statement is false.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Investor Profit Opportunity in the Deflation to Hyperinflation Transition / Stock-Markets / HyperInflation

By: DeepCaster_LLC

Deflation is the biggest worry now but it will turn into hyperinflation soon…We are poised at a heart-stopping moment in economic times…

Deflation is the issue now because money supply is actually declining…

Friday, June 18, 2010

Stock Market Choppy Recoveries and Rally Attempts / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: Chris_Ciovacco

Before the open on Friday, the markets remained in a mixed state, with neither the bears nor the bulls having a distinct advantage. From a psychological perspective, the bears have a leg up with recent declines having ignited high levels of fear. The bears also have legitimate concerns about the European debt markets.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Stock Markets Focused on Stress Tests And Options Expiry / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: PaddyPowerTrader

While the negative news flow from Europe finally looks like dying down for a while, the U.S. economy has now taken up the mantle of doom-and-gloom provider. Thursday’s Philly Fed Index was weak at 8 versus the 20 Read predicted, along with a positive creep in new and existing jobless claims. Inflation figures remain low, and housing data are very disappointing.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Marc Faber Bullish on Stocks Into September / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: Videos

Faber is now sort off bullish on stocks into September, though favours asian stocks. Bearish and bullish on U.S. bonds at the same time. His best place to be invested is in Gold and Gold Shares.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Stock Market Rally of 2009 Not likely to Be Repeated In Our Life Time / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: Videos

Last year's stock-market rally won't be repeated for the foreseeable future and likely not for decades, Sean Corrigan, chief investment strategist at Diapason Commodities Management, told CNBC Friday.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Big Bear Markets Mean More Than Falling Stock Prices / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market

By: EWI

Many infamous authoritarian regimes emerged during or after big bear markets

Fear and uncertainty that drive a severe bear market are the same emotions which can set the stage for authoritarianism, in most any nation. 

Friday, June 18, 2010

Stock Market Stalls At Resistance / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: Anthony_Cherniawski

U.S. stocks rose as a late-day rally in technology, consumer-staples and industrial companies helped the market overcome an early slump spurred by economic reports that cast doubts on the strength of the recovery.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index increased 0.1 percent to 1,116.01 at 4 p.m. in New York and remained above its 200-day average for a third day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 24.71 points, or 0.2 percent, to 10,434.17, erasing a drop of as much as 90 points. Both gauges did not turn higher until the final minutes of trading.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Stock Market Indices Edge Higher on Late Snapback / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: Harry_Boxer

The stock market indices swung back and forth most of the session, but a late, sharp rally brought them back into the plus column and they closed not too far off the session highs with gains on the day.

The day started with a gap up, making the session highs at that point. Then the indices dropped, popped and dropped again to reach the session lows within about 90 minutes after they opened. A 3-wave rally brought them back to retest the highs, but they fell short, particularly in the S&P 500, and then sold off rather steadily until about a half hour to go, at which point they snapped back very sharply, and closed positive once again.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Stock Market 60's Unwinding...1105 Holds Again.... / Stock-Markets / Stock Market Valuations

By: Jack_Steiman

We were overbought starting things out yesterday. The market was close to the top of the range or close to getting through the 50-day exponential moving average at 1119 S&P 500. Overbought at resistance means you're not getting through short-term. The market needed to pull back or at the very least, move laterally so as to work off those overbought 60-minute charts.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Baltic Dry Goods Chart is Giving Bearish Stock Market Signals / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: Brian_Bloom

Steep fall. Too steep for comfort. Implies that volumes of dry goods being shipped, world-wide, is contracting sharply. Might bounce from here but I don’t like that angle of decline. Could just as easily halve as rise.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Stock Market Calm Before Next Climb / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: Mike_Paulenoff

The S&P 500 emini contract is pressing towards yet another probe of key support along the 1100 level, which also doubles as the rising 200-day moving average at 1099.70. As long as that support area contains any forthcoming weakness, with an overshoot into the June 8 up-trendline at 1095, my pattern work will consider all the action since the June 15 high at 1111.50 to be a sideways rest-digestion period ahead of another upleg.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Spain Clears Funding Hurdle But US Jobs Data Disappoints / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: PaddyPowerTrader

Spain is again the focus both on and off the pitch Wednesday with the Spanish bond market like their defence, beginning to resemble a Swiss cheese. With nerves about Spain’s financing situation rattled ahead of Spain’s bond auctions today and a heavy period of debt redemptions coming up in July totalling €25bn, the spread between Spain and Germany’s 2-year yields rose another 15 bp to another new EMU high of 279 bp a 40 bp rise so far this week and nearly 150 bp rise in the past month. Seems the contagion spread to the football team last night. There are also worries that the release of the results of the recent stress test results for European banks will confirm the markets very worst fears about the level of leverage/under capitalization still lingering nearly 2.5 years into the crisis. I personally think quite the opposite and that the stress test results will focus attention on German banks who have been getting away with being undercapitalized/over leveraged for years.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Stock Barometer Analysis, Thursday's U.S. Jobless Claims Rise... / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010

By: Jay_DeVincentis

While economic reports can cause initial reactions, it's important to see the trend that remains. That trend continues higher. For example, oil futures got hit on the economic news, but has recovered. Oil, (UCO) remains my favorite play here and if you were in the chat room yesterday, we were all over that break out.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Daily Trading Activity, BP Suspends 2010 Dividends... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: Mark_McMillan

Trade Recommendations: Take no action.

Note: We added HOS to the value portfolio at a price of $14.50 per share. HOS closed at $14.28.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

U.S. Stocks Are Hanging By a Thread – But It’s a Tough Thread / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bull Market

By: Money_Morning

Jon D. Markman writes: If you ask me, the current bull market in U.S. stocks is hanging by a thread.

In fact, a decline that takes the Standard & Poor's 500 Index down below the 1,040 level - roughly 7% below where it closed yesterday (Wednesday) - would probably murder the bull-market case for stocks.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Stock Indices Close Flat After Late Pullback / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: Harry_Boxer

The stock market indices ended near the flat line, but were up most of the day before a late pullback brought them back near the flat line. They actually went negative for a bit with a half hour to go, but snapped back into the close.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Who Can Get Hurt the Most - Longs or Shorts? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010

By: Sean_E_Blair

GOLD - Below the market there are some lows on the Weekly Bar Chart that are rather close together. The arrows point to the lows of the bars where the Sell Stops are. Although it is difficult to predict exactly when these lows will be taken out, I would suggest that there is a high probability of it happening… sometime.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Stocks and Commodities Downtrend Could Have Ended, A Colorful View on SPX, Gold & Oil / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010

By: Chris_Vermeulen

It’s been a bright week so far for stocks and commodities. It appears that the down trend could have ended as of yesterday (Tuesday June 15^th). In this mid-week report I figured I would bring back the 80’s colors to see if I can spice things up!

Below are some charts I did showing my current views on the market. You may want to put on your hyper color shirt, sunglasses and zinc when viewing them in order to get into the zone… lol

Thursday, June 17, 2010

S&P 500 1105..Earnings....Resistance At 50's....Right Shoulder / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: Jack_Steiman

There are times when I think this would all be easier if I had you all in front of me and I could verbalize what I'm seeing and thinking. I'll do my best to explain today's action and what is ahead for this market. Today was an interesting day, for sure, because the bulls showed that they're not very anxious to give back that S&P 500 1105 support level, which, until a day ago, was a wall of China in terms of resistance. Two tests early on down to 1107, but that was the best the bears could muster up.