Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Saturday, March 06, 2010
Stock Market Resumes Upward Trend / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
Last week's action marks a pivotal point in the stock market cycle. Both improving fundamentals and technicals have shifted the risk/reward ratio towards the long side while IBD has officially called a resumption of an upward trend.
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Saturday, March 06, 2010
Stock Market Post Crash Peak Price Recovery Time / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
Recovery time is a basic concept that we all understand in terms of being out of breath with a rapid pulse after a hard run (for the young), or a trip upstairs for some of us with a few more years of age. The greater the severity of the physical stress and the more prolonged the depletion of short-term reserves, the longer the required recovery time. The better condition we are going into hard work, the shorter our recovery time. Perhaps there a similar kinds of effects in the stock markets.
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Saturday, March 06, 2010
Stock Market Running Higher..... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
What other expression fits this market but that. We gapped up this morning on a much better than expected employment report. Far less jobs lost than expected, even with the bad weather. This gave some decent futures a bigger bump up and off we ran. First we saw the bears fight some giving the indexes an early black candles but it didn't last long as the bulls took over. The Nasdaq out performed all day but the other major indexes did quite well on their own. When beta leads it's good news for the market and higher beta definitely led for this day. In fact, the Nasdaq made a new intraday high over the last high by a point, 2327 versus 2326.
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Saturday, March 06, 2010
Stock Market Strong Close to Great Week for Bulls / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
The stock market indices closed the week on a very strong note as opening gaps, and big ones, blew the indices right out of their 3-day consolidations. A strong follow up rally ensued as the indices spiked sharply higher in the morning. They then consolidated in stair-step fashion moving higher on the Nasdaq 100, though sideways on the S&P 500, but late in the session the SPX thrust and played catch-up, actually outdoing the NDX with highs near 1890 NDX and 1139 SPX. At that point they backed off in the last hour but came on again toward the close.
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Friday, March 05, 2010
Protecting Profits from The Apparent Economic Recovery / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
“Senators Outline Plan to Create New Consumer-Protection Unit Within The Fed.”
“Deal Near on Banking Rules”
Wall Street Journal, 3/2/10
Friday, March 05, 2010
Financial Markets Weathering U.S. Payrolls Report / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
Markets have really struggled for direction overnight, perhaps not surprising with the US non-farm payrolls report looming large. US equities closed modestly in the black but the commodity complex was generally a touch weaker, credit spreads a touch wider and the Dollar stronger. Walt Disney climbed 2.9% after Bank of America recommended the shares, while Coca-Cola and Boeing rose at least 1% as UBS lifted its ratings on the stocks. Abercrombie & Fitch surged 15% to lead gains in retailers on higher than estimated monthly sales.
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Friday, March 05, 2010
Stock Market Danger and Safety Levels, Where Are We Now / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
Danger/Safety Zones: Danger, risks, fear, safety, greed, confidence and bravery are perceived or emotional components that investors have to deal with.
It was with this in mind that we worked on a model that would show the market's danger and safety levels simultaneously on a graph.
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Friday, March 05, 2010
Financial Markets are Driven by Two Powerful Emotions, Greed and Fear / Stock-Markets / Stock Market Sentiment
A Weighing Machine - “In the short run, the market is a voting machine, but in the long run it is a weighing machine’ – Benjamin Graham
BIG PICTURE – The truth is that the financial markets are driven by two powerful emotions – greed and fear. Essentially, during periods when the market participants are feeling cheerful and optimistic, they end up paying exorbitant prices for mediocre businesses. On other occasions, when investors are feeling pessimistic about the near-term economic prospects, they price wonderful businesses at absurdly low valuations. This manic-depressive behaviour has been consistent since the beginning of time and is largely responsible for the wild short-term gyrations in the financial markets.
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Friday, March 05, 2010
Stock Market Poised for Jobs Report / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
Poised for Jobs
The market is getting its hopes up...
Friday, March 05, 2010
Stock Market Some Bullish Indications / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading
The SPX (in red) is being outperformed by small caps, transports, retailers and technology off the February bottom. It is itself outperforming the Dow. This is a bullish, growth profile. Coupled with continued strength in the US Dollar this suggests significant outperformance of the US economy and US Dollar denominated assets. Further, this profile does not correlate with the prevailing worries over the quality of the economic recovery. Where sentiment and market performance are out of sync there may be opportunity present.
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Thursday, March 04, 2010
Stock Markets Testing the 78.6 Fibonacci Level / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
What’s Behind Doors 1, 2 and 3?
Here we are testing the 78.6 Fibonacci Level.
Thursday, March 04, 2010
Sultans Of Swap: Fearing the Gearing! / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2010
Ever imagine getting your tie caught in a mechanical set of gears (sorry ladies - but I will spare you). The results are nasty! Now you know what the Sultans of Swap in the $695 Trillion global OTC derivatives market feel like. Every day the slow moving gears of the world economies relentlessly grind, making it harder and harder for the Sultans to wiggle loose or breath.
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Thursday, March 04, 2010
Trends In Gold, 10 Year Treasury Yields, And Crude Oil / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
Figure 1 is a weekly chart of the S&P500 and the indicator is shown in the lower panel. This week's value isn't reflected in the indicator until Friday's close, but if the markets closed right now the indicator would be at the extreme zone. If you had been so smart to only "buy" the S&P500 during those times when the indicator was extreme, then you would get those trades seen in figure 1. Winning trades are in green; the losing trades are noted by the red trend line.
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Thursday, March 04, 2010
“WALL STREET” the Movie, And What It Means For the Stock Market / Stock-Markets / Stock Market Sentiment
I came across a rather interesting phenomenon recently. I am an avid observer of price charts and take an unorthodox approach (at times) to trading. I am a big fan of market cycles, Elliott waves, Fibonacci ratios, patterns, and believe in the all conquering theory that price action is the ultimate key to market success.
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Thursday, March 04, 2010
Stock Market Battle Lines Drawn Between Bulls and Bears / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
To many technicians, it is very clear where the equity markets will reverse, and for those folks who don't follow the technicals, this is a key reversal area in the S&P 500, the NASDAQ, and the Dow.
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Thursday, March 04, 2010
Stock Market Hanging Tough..... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
This market is really trying to hang tough and hold S&P 500 1115. It's not bad if it falls below by a few points as the oscillators unwind from overbought, but that level held on today's lows as things finally started to pull back off their highs. As soon as it hit at 1115 buyers came in showing you what the bulls think of staying above this level just captured yesterday for the first time off the recent lows.
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Buying the World's Cheapest Stock Market / Stock-Markets / Japanese Stock Market
Dr. Steve Sjuggerud writes: There is no greater investment value in the world of stocks today... and possibly in all of history... than small stocks in Country X.
Astoundingly, Country X has 200 companies trading on its stock exchange for less than the cash on the books. Said another way, they're selling for less than FREE. Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Stock Market Improving Risk Sentiment Despite Continuing Greek Debt Crisis / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
Risk sentiment has improved further over the past 24 hours. In part this reflects a further easing of concerns about the situation in Greece, with newswires reporting that the Greek government will today announce as much as EUR4.8bn of additional deficit cuts. New measures that will include higher tobacco, alcohol and sales taxes and deeper cuts in public workers’ bonus payments.
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Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Stock Market Trend Reversal Doji Pattern? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
Reversal
The market formed a doji.
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Stock Market Doji's At The Top Of The Wedges..... / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading
Today we saw most of the major index charts hit the top of their wedges with doji candle sticks meaning the sellers caught up to the buyers at this major resistance area. The top of the wedge is key resistance the bears want to make sure doesn't get taken out and when you get doji's at critical resistance, this usually means some type of pullback is upon us. It doesn't mean the selling is going to be intense. In fact, my guess is that there won't be too much selling at all but you have to be prepared for some. It also tells you that you need to be patient with new plays. Lots of plays will set up but they need unwinding to do so.
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