Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Investment Opportunities in Asia Abound / Stock-Markets / Asian Economies

By: Frank_Holmes

I spent last week in Asia at the Corporate Access Forum in Singapore sponsored by CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets, which produces some of the most detailed and insightful investment research available.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Nasdaq Q's Bullish Congestion or Near-Term Top? / Stock-Markets / Tech Stocks

By: Mike_Paulenoff

The PowerShares QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQQ) provide us with a very interesting price picture.  What type of pattern is developing off of the May 7 high at 35.39 – a sideways bullish congestion area OR a near-term top?  We don’t know just yet, but the morning’s inability to break below 33.00-32.96 support, followed by a powerful upside reversal, certainly suggests that the bulls are back in control and are pushing the Q’s towards a test of critical near-term resistance between 35.00 and 35.40, which if hurdled should trigger upside continuation towards 36.20/50 thereafter. 

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

S&P 500 Index 17 Week Trading Cycle / Stock-Markets / Cycles Analysis

By: INO

Here's a key video to look at this week. I was just looking at the S&P 500 and I noticed a very pronounced cycle in this market that I want to share with you.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Weak Start to European Stock Markets / Stock-Markets / European Stock Markets

By: PaddyPowerTrader

Stock markets remained on the defensive overnight, with the Dax yesterday closing at 4918 while the Nikkei was last down 69 at 9277. International tensions remain elevated in the wake of the nuclear test by North Korea with wires reporting there could be further missile tests by the country this week. There are also fears that shares in the Stoxx 600 may have gotten well ahead of themselves, with a P/E ratio of 24 (a 5 year high) versus the cycle low of 8.3 in Nov 2008.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Stocks, Gold, Silver and Crude Oil Inter Market Analysis & Forecasts / Stock-Markets / Forecasts & Technical Analysis

By: Chris_Vermeulen

After a 10 week rally traders and investors are starting to think twice about dumping money into stocks. Since March, we have seen the equities market rally 30% and now everyone is starting to think prices are a little top heavy.

So what do we do now if the market is possibly forming an intermediate (6-10 week) correction?

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Global Financials Continue to Stabilize / Stock-Markets / Banking Stocks

By: Donald_W_Dony

Models are indicating that the global financial sector continues to form a base and stabilize. As this industry group is a leading indicator to the broader Dow Jones World Stock Index, it suggests that a bottom for the DJWSI is close. Limited downward pressure can be anticipated in June as the iShares S&P Global Financial ETF (IXG) nears the next expected low in late June.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

IMF Praises Canada's Stable Banking and Financial System / Stock-Markets / Canada

By: Pravda

The IMF Country Report for Canada published Friday offers some unique perspectives on the reasons for the stability of Canada’s financial system since the credit crunch began. There have no been no failures of financial institutions, no large scale bailout of banks and the financial system did not undergo severe systemic pressures like it did in the U.S. and UK. Let's review some of the key points from this report.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Shekels on U.S. Dollars, Currency & Financial Markets Forecasts / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: Boris_Chikvashvili

To be ANTI-SOPITALIST means to stand with those who do not approve of the unproductive parts of society getting rich on the backs of the-productive people. There is only one reason prices should be rising, some people do not work their fair share and make it more expensive for others to have the necessities of life that is what printing money does. So, how exactly do the SOPITALISTS get rich? They must do something to manipulate things to their benefit and everyone else's detriment. Yes they do. They use their connections and money to stand first in the cycle of money that government recycles endlessly.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Stock Market Rally Over, Prepare for New Bear Market Lows / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market

By: Clive_Maund

Fundamentally the rally in the broad stockmarket from early in March is viewed as being the result of a combination of media hype, wishful thinking and short covering, but there may be more to it than that - it would appear that a sizeable proportion of the TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) funds not thus far deployed have been used to drive up the stockmarkets in order to create a positive environment for the banks to issue secondary shares and thus raise equity. While this is perfectly understandable, it also means that once the banks have finished selling this stock to the public, or the market is simply exhausted by being soaked in this way, it is likely to go into reverse in a big way.

Monday, May 25, 2009

Stock Market Investor Sentiment Widening Divergence / Stock-Markets / Stock Market Sentiment

By: Guy_Lerner

For the US equities market, we see a widening divergence between the "Smart Money" and the "Dumb Money" indicators. The "dumb money" has maintained its extreme bullishness from last week while the "smart money" is now more bearish.

Monday, May 25, 2009

Stock Market Trends Pattern Recognition Time  / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market

By: Captain_Hook

The dollar ($) is breaking down, and everybody is watching (including the Chinese), so it must be time to throw a deleveraging scare back into the market to affect a rally and support Treasuries. This is what the good conspiracy theorists are thinking right now. And you know what, not coincidentally this is actually the way things just might play out, looking like the markets are being managed right when it’s needed. In fact however, this time around price managers are getting a great deal of help from speculators who continue to bet wrong, where another rally in stocks (and test of support for the $) after a brief sell-off here would look like just what the doctor ordered from a price management perspective (equities must remain firm for re-inflation efforts to take hold), but in fact would be more the result of renewed bearish speculation within the context of our faulty and fraudulent market mechanisms.

Monday, May 25, 2009

No Battle Between the Bulls and Bears Today / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: Uncommon_Wisdom

Larry Edelson writes: Thirty-eight years ago, in 1971, President Richard Nixon declared the last Monday in May a federal holiday — a day to remember and honor America’s fallen soldiers, as well as other loved ones who have passed away.

Monday, May 25, 2009

Memorial Day Disaster, Foreigners Dumping Dollar Assets, Stocks & Bonds / Stock-Markets / US Bonds

By: Money_and_Markets

Martin Weiss writes: This would normally be my time for a quiet Memorial Day at home.

But even as we seek calm, investors overseas are doing precisely the opposite.

Monday, May 25, 2009

Bankers Shortchanging Tax Payers on TARP Bailout Stock Warrants / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: Anthony_Cherniawski

Bankers - 1; Taxpayers – 0. - Banks negotiating to reclaim stock warrants they granted in return for Troubled Asset Relief Program money may shortchange taxpayers by almost $10 billion if Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s first sale sets the pace, data compiled by Bloomberg show.

Monday, May 25, 2009

North Korean Nuclear Test Shakes Sleepy Financial Markets / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: PaddyPowerTrader

Stocks staggered into the long Memorial Day weekend after a late sell-off left them flat on the day and the week in light volume.

Monday, May 25, 2009

Stock Market Rally Red Flags / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Jack_Steiman

I have spoken about the red flags that are out there but we all know you don't turn bearish just because you are starting to see some red flags. It puts us on heightened awareness no doubt but you don't just flip sides until you see the proper sell signal get put in to place. That would a break and  close convincingly below 862 S&P 500 or its 50 day exponential moving average.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Stocks Bear Market Primary Trend Intact / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market

By: Richard_Shaw

Here is the 200-day primary trend line of the S&P 500 showing its prolonged and continued downward movement (bear market condition) along with the position of four secondary trend lines that must move above the primary trend line before the primary trend changes slope from negative to positive.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Stock Market Trend Confusion and U.S. Dollar Crackdown / Stock-Markets / Global Stock Markets

By: Prieur_du_Plessis

John Hussman (Hussman Funds): Stock market advance - “leadership by losers”

“As of last week, the market climate for stocks remained characterized by mixed valuations - modestly overvalued on the basis of most fundamental measures except those that assume a sustained return to the record profit margins of 2007, and slightly undervalued if one assumes that a return to those profit margins is a given.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

U.S. Stock Market Follows Dollar and Bonds Lower as Commodities Surge / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: Prieur_du_Plessis

“Words from the Wise” this week comes to you a bit later than usual and in a shortened format as my “day-job” demands keep me from doing my customary commentary. However, a full dose of excerpts from interesting news items and quotes from market commentators is provided.

Stock markets kicked off the last week on a high note, but then the US parted ways with other markets as the remaining four days went downhill for American stocks. In contrast, global markets in general had only one down day on Thursday.

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Stocks Bear Market, Russo Vs Prechter an Elliott Wave Count Comparison / Stock-Markets / Economic Theory

By: Joseph_Russo

First, we wish to state for the record that there is no meaningful difference in the intermediate and long-term market opinions held by the astute Mr. Prechter and those held by this analyst.  Secondly, we would like to note that we hold the utmost respect for Mr. Prechter’s talents, skills, contributions, and achievements in both his publishing empire, and in his eloquent and brilliant sharing of Elliott Wave Theory.  Without Mr. Prechter, this analyst would not exist in this venue.