Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets

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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Jim Cramer Gets a Stock Pick Right, Sort of / Stock-Markets / Company Chart Analysis

By: INO

It's no secret that we've been socked with snow this past week. During that time, I was flipping through channels and came across Jim Cramer's show Mad Money. I've said this before, Jim is a great entertainer. I am not so sure how good he is at picking stocks.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Stocks Bear Market Resumes, Risk Aversion Final Wave / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market

By: Bryan_Rich

Over the past months I’ve written extensively in my Money and Markets columns about the bubbling over of the risk trade. I also warned about the rising threats that would likely make a sustainable recovery, at this point, a low probability.

And as time passes, we’re beginning to see that these threats, including a growing sovereign debt crisis, rising protectionism, and threatening asset bubbles, are becoming ripe and dangerous.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

China's Huge Economic Bubble To Trigger Another Major World Financial Crisis / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash

By: Pravda

Experts are expecting a recession in China along with a new wave of the economic crisis. They say that the next two years may become critical for both China and the global economy. The growth of the Chinese GPD is caused by financial bubbles that can burst and bring the country into a recession followed by a global economic crisis, reports Nezavisimaya Gazeta.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Stock Market S&P500 Index Half Way Towards A Bottom Low / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: MarketTimingCycles

On January 10th, we wrote: “The S&P500 has now touched the current upper trend line as formed since early last year. On January 15th 2010 we are also 45 weeks or 225 trading days after the March 2009 bottom. In Gann terms this point in time is typically a hard angle that typically come in as a high.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Stock Market Investor Sentiment Finally Turns Neutral / Stock-Markets / Stock Market Sentiment

By: Guy_Lerner

Finally, the "Dumb Money" indicator has turned neutral after spending 28 consecutive weeks in the extreme bullish zone. For those keeping score at home, the S&P500 gained 8.9% over the past 28 weeks. For the sake of comparison, investor sentiment was either bearish or neutral for the 9 weeks following the March 6, 2009 bottom, and over that time, the S&P500 gained 36%. I will leave it to you as to which market environment I want to put my money to work.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Stocks Bear Market Rally Manipulation / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market

By: Tim_Wood

As I have stated all along, my research suggests to me that the rally out of the March 2009 low has been a bear market rally. Nothing has occurred to change that point of view. As a result of the weakness that began a few weeks ago, I have received a number of e-mails asking about manipulation. Over the years I’ve noticed that every time the market makes a break, questions about manipulation and the ability of the powers that be to hold the markets up seem to surface. It is for this reason that I want to address the subject of manipulation in this article.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Stock Market Trying To Carve Out A Bottom... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: Jack_Steiman

But you know it won't come easy folks. Once we broke down below the 20- and 50-day exponential moving averages, back tested and fell again, the trend changed from up to down. breaking trends, once in place, is not an easy chore. So you try to look for small clues that suggests that if the trend hasn't changed yet back to up, it is certainly trying to put in a low for this strong move lower off the 1151 top on the S&P 500. A process that can feel like you just sat in the dentist's chair for a few hours. It leaves you stunned and battered. At least that's how I feel when I go to the dentist.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Global Stock Markets Hit by Fear / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: Peter_Schiff

Over the past three or four years a strange phenomenon has developed in the global investment markets. With some exceptions, many asset classes, in particular domestic and foreign equities, commodities, and foreign currencies have tended to move in the same direction on a day to day basis. The mega-correlation has lasted so long that most now take it for granted. This leaves investors with relatively simple choices: when to get in to the market in general and when to park assets in cash and U.S. Treasuries.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

China Tries to Avoid Stock Market Bubble by Tightening Bank Lending / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010

By: Frank_Holmes

China sees a bubble ahead and is trying to avoid it – is that such a bad thing?

Isn’t this what we expect Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve to do here at home – take clear and decisive action to drain off excess liquidity in the economy before inflation takes hold?

Saturday, February 13, 2010

U.S. Treasuries Hit Hard, Can the Stock Market Rally Continue? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010

By: Anthony_Cherniawski

Justice Isn’t Blind, It’s Unconscious - (Bloomberg) It is so widely accepted that Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.’s balance sheet was bogus that even former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson can say it in his new memoir. And still, the government hasn’t found anyone who did anything wrong at the failed investment bank.

How could that be, 17 months after Lehman collapsed and sent the global credit crisis into overdrive? While Congress and the White House dither about reforming the U.S. financial system, the wheels of justice are grinding so slowly, if at all, that it seems there’s no appetite in Washington for holding Wall Street executives accountable for anything.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Economic Uncertainty Generates Stock Market Volatility / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: Sy_Harding

The stock market loathes uncertainty.

Twelve months ago the market was in the midst of the January-February mini-crash to its March low. The S&P 500 lost 25% of its value in those final two months of the 2007-2009 bear market. Its problem was uncertainty over whether the aggressive government stimulus actions rushed into place could possibly work fast enough to prevent the recession from worsening into the next Great Depression.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Investor Gains from Looming Financial Armageddon / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash

By: DeepCaster_LLC

“China has ordered managers of its vast currency reserves to withdraw from risky dollar assets and retreat to core debt guaranteed by the US government, a clear sign that Beijing is battening down the hatches for fresh trouble on global markets…

BNP Paribas said the move has major implications for global risk assets. ‘The message from Beijing is that we don't like this environment,’ said Hans Redeker, the bank's currency chief.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Stock and Commodity Markets Caution Reigns / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010

By: HRA_Advisory

The January market dip was focused on profits taking. Good results in various sectors brought selling, but not sell-offs.  It is evidence that caution still reigns at the start of the new decade and isn’t really saying much else, for now.  It does indicate wealth preservation after the ‘08 Crunch is, and likely will continue to be, the focus of “Boomers” who are nearing the end of their working lives.  How long they are good with clipping low interest coupons is the next question on the table.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Impact of Greece Debt Crisis and Bailout Talk on the Stock Market / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: Graham_Summers

So let me get this right… Stocks start to collapse because Greece’s fiscal problems come to surface (problems I might add that have been obvious for months). But then, there is talk of a potential bailout (not an actual bailout, just “talk”) and stocks erupt higher again.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Stock Market To Go Lower Before Going Higher / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: Guy_Lerner

In the short term, the equity markets are just holding on. Risk trade on. Risk trade off. One day up and one day down. I have identified one reason to be long and in the markets (i.e., Rydex market timers turning bearish), but I have been very clear that this Rydex "strategy" is a very short term play. Remember, in this strategy, winning trades only last on average 6 trading days.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Mario’s February Stock and Financial Market Takes Plus A Taste Of China / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010

By: Mario_Cavolo

There is no substitute for the daily hours of studying, researching and watching the markets. While it is analytical, you also develop a feel for it that's hard to explain, "get in the groove" so to speak. That’s just when the market will make a fool of you and takes lots of your carefully strategized money. With those caveats in mind, if you are long stocks right now, you're basically out of your mind. WHY would you be long stocks right now? The markets are correcting downward lead by the China/HK markets because valuations after this past year's rise are too high relative to overall economic health.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Stock Market Investors, Here's Why You Need to Pay Careful Attention / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Marty_Chenard

This past Tuesday, our update was entitled "Is there such a thing as a "lead dog" index?"

Friday, February 12, 2010

The Next Three Stock Market Headwinds After Greece Debt Crisis / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: Q1_Publishing

The last few weeks have not been good for the markets.

If you’ve enjoyed the recent rally and, like we’ve urged, stopped arguing with the market and just rode it out for all its worth, you’ve been caught up a little in this correction.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Major Investment Banks Forecast Stock Market S&P 1250 Target 2010 / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: Vishal_Damor

The following are the price target for S&P by all major Investment Banks issued at the beginning of the year. What is even more surprising is the fact that instead of downgrade for S&P given the corrections in the market, HSBC has upgraded their targets by over 5% to 1300.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Rydex Stock Market Timers Remain Bearish Heading Into Holiday... / Stock-Markets / Stock Market Sentiment

By: Guy_Lerner

Figure 1 is a daily chart of the S&P500. The indicator in the lower panel measures the ratio of the amount of assets in the Rydex bullish and leveraged funds relative to those funds that are bearish and leveraged.