Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Thursday, June 04, 2009
Taking Profits On The China Stock Market Growth Trade / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009
Stocks pared losses as the Dow finishes down 64 points yesterday having dipped to minus 142 points earlier as investors and traders took profits on the “China growth play” i.e. there was notable selling of commodity, metals, oil, & mining shares.
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Thursday, June 04, 2009
Stock Market Rally, Focusing on the Facts / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
There is no doubt that the equity markets have been rising in recent weeks. It would be foolish to argue with that fact. There is also no doubt that those who have “played” the rise will have made significant profits during the past few weeks. Indeed, according to the chart below – courtesy Bigcharts.com – the Dow Jones Industrials Index has risen by over 30%. To those who caught that particular wave: Well done!
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Stock Market June Gloom / Summer Rally / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
Two years ago, and some five months and 1000-pts away from the Dow's historic print high above 14K in October of 2007; we penned an article entitled June Swoon / Summer Rally.
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
CNBC Jim Cramer Perpetuates Myths of Calling the Top, Bottom and just about Everything in between / Stock-Markets / Mainstream Media
Don Harrold writes: This story took turn for the odd last night.First, I did a video last week called, "Jim Cramer: I Told You to Sell!" In that video I showed Jim Cramer claiming that he told his viewers to get out of the market at "Dow 11,000." Then, I showed Jim calling "the bottom" and being insanely bullish at "Dow 11,000". I challenged people to show me Jim on Mad Money telling folks to get out, short the market, it was "too dangerous," and, with equal bearishness and no caveats (the last point is the most important). I offered $1100 to the first person to provide the video. (see original email and video for details).
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
What’s the Market Trend? Where’s the Price? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009
It is important to have situational awareness in battle; and investing is certainly a battle these days. From situational awareness, you can attempt adaptive response, which in battle and in this market may be a key to survival.
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Four Stock Market Warnings to Watch / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
Tony Sagami writes: The TV experts are breathless again thanks to some triple-digit Dow Jones moves. Like a bunch of thirsty frat boys on a Friday night, the Wall Street crowd is so eager to throw a party that they’ll latch on to any good news as the start of a new bull market.
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Stocks Stealth Bull Market Quick Update / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bull Market
In response to a dozen email requests, this is a quick update to the ongoing Stocks Stealth Bull Market that began in early March 2009.
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Stocks Consolidate But Watch Finanicals / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009
A day of consolidation for stocks, while pending homes sales data, was a shade better than the lowly expectations (as record highs in affordability lured buyers) and the autos sales numbers were tad less awful than the markets were bracing for. The disappointment was again from the unwillingness of financials to partake in the up move after stock offerings to repay the TARP.
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
How Stock and Currency Markets Behave After a Financial Crisis / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash
Debt-based monetary systems are inherently unstable. Money is created out of thin air by the banks and lent to government, consumers and businesses. In order to service and replay those debts, the borrowers take on more debts. Asset prices are inflated, and the vicious cycle continues until the debtors are unable to borrow or the banks are unwilling to lend. At that point the system snaps, everything is sold off, and we have a financial crisis at hand. In this paper we examine what happens to equity and currency markets in the aftermath of financial crisis.
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Wednesday, June 03, 2009
CNBC Jim Cramer Calls Stocks Bear Market Bottom in Hindsight / Stock-Markets / Mainstream Media
Jim Cramer of CNBC's "Mad Money" is apparently at it again, rewriting history as the video prepared by Don Harrold illustrates that Jim Cramer is now starting to perpetuate a myth that he called the Stock Market bottom at Dow 6,500 after the earlier myth of telling investors to sell at Dow 11,000.
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009
An Avalanche Of Cash Is Set To Slide Triggering a Flood of Liquidity / Stock-Markets / Liquidity Bubble
Last month we read a book by Mark Buchanan entitled “Ubiquity—Why Catastrophes Happen.” It was mentioned by financial commentator James Grant in one of his investment reports. The book does not deal directly with financial markets—just physical systems—and attempts to identify the similarities present when unexpected events surprised observers, whether they were earthquakes, landslides, forest fires, tidal waves, political events, or financial events. In each case a small shock triggered an unexpectedly large response out of all proportion to what was expected.
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Quarterly Stock Market Market Brief & Stock Pick / Stock-Markets / Investing 2009
While from a classic Dow Theory position the markets are in a bear market rally, from a technical position the momentum indicators are very strong. Both the Dow Transports and the Dow Industrials, on a three day chart, have both indicated phased supportive movement with higher highs and higher lows. More significantly the increases are advancing from solid base positions which is granting the market solid technical structure, something it did not possess since the third quarter of 2008.
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009
False New Stocks Bull Market Signal From Coppock Curve Indicator? / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
I am seeing several articles in the main stream press and blogosphere regarding the "bullish signal" given by a technical indicator known as the Coppock Guide or Coppock Curve. As we can see in figure 1, a monthly chart of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (symbol: $DJIA), the Coppock Guide has turned up from a very low level. Thus according to the above referenced sources, this indicates a new bull market.
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Strengthening Chinese Economy And Commodities Cheer Stock Markets / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009
So, the old cliché that “what is good for GM is good for the USA” is yesteryear’s story. Risk appetite is back. Impressive Chinese PMI data lit the initial spark and the Far Eastern induced rally didn’t stop until the closing bell rang in New York. Oil & tech stocks were in the vanguard of the surge higher with semi conductors up 5%.
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Next Phase In The Financial and Economic Crisis / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2009
The recent stock market rise is lulling investors back to sleep.
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Monday, June 01, 2009
Stock Market Rally Looking Tired, Some Technical Indicators Improving / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
The S&P 500 rally is beginning to look a bit tired. The price action is more sideways than up and the volume is declining. That may just be the pause that refreshes, or it may be the pause before a retracement.
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Monday, June 01, 2009
Stock Market Traders Take Note: These 'Risky' Stocks Are Dominating / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading
Tom Dyson writes: There's a runaway freight train in the markets. This group of stocks has the strongest uptrend anywhere in the world... and it's still getting stronger.
If there's one group of stocks you need to own right now, it's this group. Let me show you why...
Monday, June 01, 2009
Stock Market Climning a Wall of Worry? / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
In keeping with the theme from last week – how many straws will it take before the markets finally break? Or is the “wall of worry” that the market is climbing higher still? Adding to the continued housing woes and a confident (but not spending) consumer, we should see General Motors declare bankruptcy this week (which will force the Dow to change some members).
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Monday, June 01, 2009
Stock Market Investing Profits Map For The Next 6 Months! / Stock-Markets / Investing 2009
Larry Edelson writes: Every so often it pays to take a few steps back … look at the charts from a longer-term point of view … and put the markets into perspective.
This is especially true today with so much confusion in the markets … so much misinformation in the news … so many threats to your wealth … and so much background noise and distractions.
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Monday, June 01, 2009
Investing in Royalty Trusts: How Some Investors Are Getting Paid $3,600 an Hour / Stock-Markets / Investment Funds
The two of us just sat there eating some leftovers from KD’s Bar BQ, drinking from sweaty bottles of water, watching it.
The numbers on the rusty old meter just kept rolling over. One…by one…by one.
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