Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
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Friday, February 20, 2009
U.S. Bankrupt, Dow Jones Closes at 6 Year Low / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
By: PaddyPowerTrader
The Dow Jones finally closed below its November 21st 2008 low (recall that was meant to be the “bottom”), though the wider S&P 500 and NASDAQ have not (yet) broken these psychological levels . It's really a case of nothing but the same old story with banks tanking on ever increasing nationalisation fears. And what of the multiple stimulus packages; well, in short, investors just aren't buying it. Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, February 20, 2009
U.S. Economy 4th Quarter 2009 Recovery, SIVs to the Rescue? / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Paul_L_Kasriel
We apologize for the tardiness and brevity of this update. We have been on the peas-and-chicken circuit for the better part of two months, which has consumed much of our time and energy. A lot has transpired since our January update. Congress passed and the president signed a $787 billion fiscal stimulus program. Treasury Secretary Geithner, after paying his back taxes, changed the name of the financial institution rescue program from TARP to FSP (Financial Stability Program). The Obama administration announced a $75 billion program to facilitate the modification of at-risk home mortgages. And the Commerce Department released its first guesstimate of Q4:2008 GDP. Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Stock Market Early Rally Attempt Fails at Resistance and Sells Off / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Harry_Boxer
The markets had an early rally out of gate but failed at key overhead resistance , and that was about it. They had a 3-wave decline and sharp one until late morning, tried to bounce around mid-day, failed at resistance, and then sold off in a steady, downward choppy fashion into the close.Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Dow Jones Monthly Stock Chart Points to 4500 Crash / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Not much commentary is needed when viewing the monthly chart of the Dow. We only need an active imagination. All I will say here is that I have projections from this monthly chart to 6800-6500 and then to 4500. Since this is a monthly chart, however, we need to realize that the timeframe for such a move, and the volatility that could emerge between 8500 and 7500, add some definite challenges to capitalizing from such a move in trading the Dow Diamonds Trust (NYSE: DIA) or the ultra long or short Dow ETF instruments.Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Stocks Bull Market Killers / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
By: Money_and_Markets
Sean Brodrick writes: I'm very bullish on gold and silver. And at the same time, my target on the S&P 500 is 600 — a 24% drop from recent levels and 62% down from its October 2007 peak.
As far as the economy goes, I'm not looking for it to bottom before 2012 … if we're lucky. While the market could bottom before that, I'm not seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Stock Market Crash Alert Flag is Flying / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash
By: FleetStreetInvest
Heads up: our Crash Alert flag is flying again. More about that in a minute.Our old friend and Editor in Chief of The Fleet Street Letter, Lord Rees-Mogg, writes in The Times:
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Bleak Outlook for Stock Market, Be Short or In Cash / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading
By: Kingsley_Anderson
Yesterday's action in the stock market did not inspire much confidence. While the DJIA finished positive, buyers were not rushing into the market to buy stocks. Rather, it was a half-hearted attempt to keep the DJIA above the November low. Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Stock Market Bounce Coming / Stock-Markets / Investing 2009
By: Brian_Bloom
No market goes straight up or straight down. Based on the charts below (courtesy Decisionpoint.com), it looks to this analyst that the Dow Jones Industrials Index (and $SPX) is due to bounce up from a double bottom at around 7500 and, if this happens, then the gold price may bounce down from a double top at around $1,000 an ounce. Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Stock Market Bottoms, Why Buffett, Grantham, and China Are All Buying / Stock-Markets / Investing 2009
By: Q1_Publishing
Looking back, the signs of a market tops and bottoms are so obvious. Hindsight is 20/20 and all that. When you're in the middle of it all though, it's not nearly as easy to see.
During the peak over the past couple of years a lot of records were made.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Stock Market Indices Close Flat in Potential Bear-Flag Pattern / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading
By: Harry_Boxer
The market ended flat on the session despite the fact that they set new multi session pullback lows, but were unable to get anything more than early damage on the NDX and S&P 500.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Invest with China's version of Warren Buffet / Stock-Markets / Investing 2009
By: Money_and_Markets
Tony Sagami writes: He's been called chiu yan (Superman) and the Warren Buffett of China. He earned that title as one of the most successful Chinese businessmen in the history of China. And according to Forbes magazine, he's the ninth richest man in the world and the richest man in Asia.
His fortune is centered on two, massive global conglomerates, Cheung Kong and Hutchison Whampoa. Yet very few Americans have heard of him.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Stocks and Commodities About to Go Bust? Questions and Answer / Stock-Markets / Investing 2009
By: Oxbury_Research
I am very pleased to announce that we have arrived at the point of maximum confusion. The voices you hear are real, and what they are saying is also being generated by the haze within which we all find ourselves. You'd be best not to pay them any heed.
Your only goal now should be to maintain your sanity, as what happens next is sure to both terrify and surprise. Unfortunately, there's little we can say in advance to help you prepare for the shock and awe of what's imminent. Only stay calm. Keep your head. The impulsive and cocksure will be lost. The deliberate and even-keeled, saved.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Dow Leads Stock Market Down / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading
By: Kingsley_Anderson
“An impartial study of history reveals that the more government intervenes in an attempt to minimize the severity of cycles, the more extreme and violent they seem to become.”
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Stock Market Plunge as Bad as It Gets / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
By: Harry_Boxer
The indices suffered a very negative session to start the week. The indices gapped down below short-term support, and experienced a narrow but volatile session, particularly late in the afternoon. Net-net it closed at the lows for the day going away on the S&P 500 and very close to it on the Dow. Only the Nasdaq 100 managed to close above the lows, but still suffered a very steep loss.Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Unfinished Business on the Downside for Nasdaq Q's / Stock-Markets / Tech Stocks
By: Mike_Paulenoff
We review the daily chart of the PowerShares QQQ Trust (Nasdaq: QQQQ) that goes back to the all-time high at 55.07 hit on 10/31/07. The price pattern, the RSI momentum configuration, and the volume levels ALL suggest strongly that the Q's have unfinished business on the downside. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Stock Market Buying Value on the Dips / Stock-Markets / Investing 2009
By: Paul_J_Nolte
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss – we don't get fooled again. Instead of lyrics to a Who song, it could easily be applied to Tim Geithner's unveiling of the new TARP plan. The market reaction is the same as that of previous Treasury chief Paulson. The rolling out of the initial TARP plan saw the markets embark upon a breathtaking dive that culminated with the first market bottom in mid-November. Let's hope that Tuesday's swoon does not follow the same path.Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
U.S. Economy and Monetary System: Reviving The Patient / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009
By: Captain_Hook
Five trillion dollars, that's what it's going to cost for the good / bad bank and ballooning stimulus plans. Now that's serious money, not too mention serious inflation by strict definition in the sense money supply has been rising, but prices have not. And it's also a great deal of intervention to thwart what appears to be worsening economic problems; problems that continue to worsen despite all the prior interventions. This is of course what socialists do however; they just keep going back to the trough for more until they kill the patient. The socio-political backdrop has turned into a real zoo in this regard, where even Orwell, with his brilliant foresight , if asked way back when, would have likely had difficult imagining such a mess. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Stock Market Indices Breaking Lower / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009
By: PaddyPowerTrader
With the land of the free, home of the broke, the United States of Insolvency closed yesterday; markets had to look elsewhere for inspiration. The now ex Japanese Finance Minister found it in a bottle with reports that he was drunk at the G7 meeting over the weekend (see video below). More seriously though for markets. The S&P 500 futures has broken support and is now trading just above the pivotal 800 level. A break below 800 could see heavy selling pressure. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
No Sign of an Economic Recovery Yet? Look Again at BDI, Copper and Homebuilders / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009
By: Donald_W_Dony
There are a number of early economic signals that are beginning to slowly surface that has not yet caught the attention of financial media. These slight changes to the commodity, bond and equity markets are the early indicators and building blocks of the next economic recovery. Throughout 2009 additional evidence is expected to gradually surface. Here are some of the most recent pieces of the recovery puzzleRead full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Stock Market and Commodities Base Building Considerations / Stock-Markets / Investing 2009
By: Clif_Droke
The most salient feature of the markets at this juncture is the number of interim bases that have been building in several major sectors, including copper and other economically sensitive groups. In this commentary we’ll examine the bottoms currently being established for stocks and one of the key supports for the continued recovery in the precious metals mining sector, namely copper and copper mining shares.