Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Stock Market Trading Amid Travesty- Facts are Stubborn Things Part III / Stock-Markets / Elliott Wave Theory
By: Joseph_Russo
Addressing the Cause and Effect of the Credit Crisis- Facts are Stubborn Things Part I
Central Banks' in Tatters- Facts are Stubborn Things Part II
Nothing new under the sun comes to mind when pondering whether financial markets are truly free. Beyond all related conjecture, it remains a stubborn fact that markets have always behaved in a way to perplex the majority of participants.
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Saturday, April 19, 2008
Stocks Bull and Bear Market Relationships / Stock-Markets / Dow Theory
By: Tim_Wood
Obviously, the definitions of Bull and Bear markets differ from person to person. My definition is based on the works of the great Dow theorists, Charles H. Dow, William Peter Hamilton and Robert Rhea. As a result of my study of Dow theory combined with my study of cycles, which are not a part of Dow theory, I have drawn some very obvious conclusions about the nature of Bull and Bear markets. Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Stocks Rally Towards Resistance as Money Fly's out of Gold / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
Workers getting fewer hours
The gradual erosion of the paycheck has become a stealth force driving the American economic downturn. Most of the attention has focused on the loss of jobs and the risk of layoffs. But the less-noticeable shrinking of hours and pay for millions of workers around the country appears to be a bigger contributor to the decline, which has already spread from housing and finance to other important areas of the economy.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Unanimous Bullish Stock Market Patterns / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Brian_Bloom
The chart patterns in the following three scenarios are unanimous: The industrial markets will rise back to (but not yet break above) their previous highs:
The April 18th buy signal on the traditional Point & Figure chart of the Wilshire 5000 is calling for a move to 15,400.
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Friday, April 18, 2008
US Subprime Crisis Bottom, Bullish Stock Market and Gold as New Money / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: John_Lee
I just returned from sunny Calgary where I spoke at the Cambridge Conference (See more details at my Travel Diary here: http://www.goldmau.com/content/diary/08-04-18.php). It is surprising to me how many gold analysts predict the complete of fallout of US housing and how that will crash the stock market, world growth and commodities.
Subprime Securities Firesale finished:
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Friday, April 18, 2008
Government Interventions Tinkering with the Deleveraging Derivatives Monster / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Doug_Wakefield
Staying Alive - The size and frequency of the government's interventions into the markets, especially over the last month, has generated little coverage. Those articles that have addressed this seem to ignore its implications, concluding that the markets will chug along indefinitely. The only real surprise is that these comments have more frequently come from individuals who have written extensively of the morass in our financial system. How is it that so many take such historically profound information in stride? Why does most of the public not recognize the numerous warning signals the real world is giving to prepare for significant changes? Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, April 18, 2008
US Stocks Surge as Foreigners Buy 'Cheap' US Equities / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Mike_Paulenoff
So far, this has been a remarkable session, with the SPY holding nearly all of its gains, while oil gyrates from $113 to $116/bbl., gold plunges $25/ounce (I could cry), and the dollar strengthening for no apparent reason. In any case, investors have decided to buy any and every pullback in the SPY.Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Are Corporate Earnings Expectations Too High? / Stock-Markets / Stock Market Valuations
By: Hans_Wagner
We are in the middle of the first quarter 2008 earnings season. Since the U.S. is in a recession, it is normal to expect the reported earnings to reflect the slowing economy. However, a number of analysts are forecasting a brief slowdown followed by a robust rebound. Is this realistic and a good basis to make investing decisions?
What History Tells Us
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
Stock Market Mega Trend and the Wolf Wave / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets
By: Ty_Andros
- Wolf Wave and the Future
- Mega Trend and Micro Stock Market Analysis by Peter Eliades
Introduction
The unfolding economic scenery can only be described as one thing: TUMULTUOUS leading to HUGE OPPORTUNITIES. Inflation in anything which is solid and deflation in everything that is paper, so monetary policy can only address one or the other and fiscal reform (reduction of regulatory, or tax, print and spend policies) is never considered. Volatility is set to expand from today's levels and “Volatility is Opportunity ”. As outlined in the 2008 Outlook (See Tedbits archives at www.TraderView.com ), the Wolf is afoot in the G7 and the consequences to every investable sector will be PROFOUND!
Thursday, April 17, 2008
India One of the Worlds Best Profit Plays for Investors / Stock-Markets / India
By: Martin_Hutchinson
The Indian market as measured by the Mumbai Sensex Index is down 22% this year, about 25% below its all-time high reached in January. That's not very surprising: China is down further (about 35%) and most other emerging stock markets have also fallen. Growth in 2008 seems likely to be slower than in 2007 and there are some signs of a credit crunch. Yet India remains one of the world's great growth opportunities and investors at this level may well be getting in on the ground floor of a very major long-term profit play . Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Stock Markets Headed Higher Into Summer / Stock-Markets / Elliott Wave Theory
By: David_Petch
So far the HUI turn date of Monday April 13thish was a few days late, but appears to be on course. The XOI and USD index also are playing out according to their respective Elliott Wave patterns. Analysis below discusses what to expect in the S&P over the course of the next few months. One side note, we have implemented all charts on our site going forward to be HTML coded so that a much larger version is available at the click of a mouse. Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Commodities Reversing US Dollar Bottoming- Yorba TV Show / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
Here are the topics for tomorrow's television show on www.yorba.tv Thursday at 4:00 pm EDT.
1) It's almost time for the US Dollar to stop its plunge!
As everyone is
aware, the US Dollar has been in a severe decline since 2001. Over that
time it has declined over 41%. The declining dollar helped to pull the
economy out of the 2001 recession by lowering the prices of exports to
foreign countries. But it also caused a lot of pain to consumers by being
the primary cause of the rising cost of fuel. Depressed investor confidence
in the Dollar is causing foreign investors to start selling dollar
denominated assets, which in turn depresses investor confidence even more.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Global Investing Roundups- China Buys 1% of Oil Giant BP / Stock-Markets / Global Stock Markets
By: Keith_Fitz-Gerald
Wholesale Prices Soar; U.S. Bancorp Sees Earnings Slide; Johnson & Johnson Enjoys 40% Jump in Profit; China Buys 1% of BP for $1.7 Billion; Brazil's Retail Sales Hit Four-Year Record; Crocs Stock Drops; Intel Profit Down; Big Loss for WaMuRead full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Protect Your Wealth from Wall Street Liars / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation
By: Jim_Willie_CB
Few seem to remember that Wall Street is not a non-profit community driven by altruism or any sense of service. They would gladly cheat you out of your entire life savings if their actions were legal, or at least not prosecuted. In the last two to three years, the lies, deception, misdirection, false reporting, corruption, and grand fraud will be the topic of historical accounts for decades. When returning on my flights from another successful Cambridge House gold conference, this in Calgary Alberta , many thoughts came to mind, jotted down while gazing at the natural beauty made up from cloud blankets with a sun guarding its lot. The sun and clouds care not at all about economic landscapes underneath, even if in turmoil. Whenever travels take me across national borders, nationalism, idealism, culture, and dreams come to mind. It seems pursuit of truth, clarity, and integrity has become negotiable, one and all in the United States . Its people are being stripped of so much. Perhaps this layout will be helpful. Routinely such matters are covered in the Hat Trick Letter reports. Gold & silver continue to do well to protect individuals and their wealth. Banks are no longer safe, an astonishing conclusion. Bonds are not safe, and neither are money market funds!!!Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
New Upleg in Brazil Stock Market ETF / Stock-Markets / Brazil
By: Mike_Paulenoff
In general, the EWZ exhibits a VERY constructive intermediate term chart pattern. All of the price action off of the Jan. low at 64.00 represents the start of a new upleg within the existing longer term bull trend that started in 2002 near 5.00. Furthermore, the decline off of the Feb. 28th high at 88.77 to the March 20 low at 72.11 appears to me to be a completed pullback, and the start of a new upleg that projects to retest 88.00-81.00 on the way to 91.00-93.00. Let's notice how much respect the price structure (investors) have exhibited during tests of the sharply rising 200 DMA. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The S&P 500: Offering Investors Attractive Valuations Or a Bull Trap? / Stock-Markets / Stock Market Valuations
By: Donald_W_Dony
As the S&P 500 gradually drifts lower in 2008, many analysts and portfolio managers are now saying the index has attractive valuations and are offering investors excellent profit opportunities. But is the S&P 500 really cheap at present levels? And are these recent short-term rallies just a bull trap? Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Stein's Law- Mean Reversion Results in US Wealth Contraction / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: John_Mauldin
This week we look at a remarkable and important essay by my friend Dr. Woody Brock who is one of my favorite "Outside the Box thinking" economists. I seriously look forward to Woody's quarterly insights and devour them as soon as the come in.
I especially urge you to read and re-read the first few paragraphs, and then think about what mean reversion will mean to US wealth growth, and to the developed world in general. This is a very important concept, and basic to economics, but one that has not had enough attention drawn to it. Coupled with high valuations, the headwinds facing traditional investments are getting stronger.
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Sunday, April 13, 2008
Stock Market Update: Make or Break Time / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Dominick
Not only did Friday's inexorable drip lower invalidate several bullish charts that would have seen an extension of the April rally, it also crushed positive sentiment on the Street and reiterated the prevailing wisdom of a bear market. But as we now enter the mine field of earnings season next week, TTC members have covered their shorts as our indications suggest the market has reached a crucial potential support level that will prove to be make or break early next week. Besides, we can always get back on Sunday night when we actually start our week.Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Short-term Stock Market Trend Remains Up / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Mike_Burk
The good news is: Last weeks sell off was not accompanied by increased volume of issues moving downward.
Short Term The chart below covers the past 9 months showing the NASDAQ composite (OTC) in blue and a 5% trend of NASDAQ downside volume (OTC DV) in black. OTC DV has been plotted on an inverted Y axis so increasing OTC DV moves the indicator downward (up is good). Dashed vertical lines have been drawn on the 1st trading day of each month; the line is red on the 1st trading day of the year.
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Saturday, April 12, 2008
Credit Crisis Spreads Beyond Banks Hitting Corporate Earnings / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
Is the consumer “all done in?” - ( Bloomberg ) The Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary index of consumer sentiment decreased to 63.2 this month, the weakest level since 1982, when the jobless rate approached 11 percent, the worst since the Great Depression. In other figures released today, the Labor Department reported that the cost of imported goods climbed 14.8 percent in March from a year ago, led by oil.
``The consumer's feeling increasingly hemmed in,'' said Brian Bethune , director of financial economics at Global Insight Inc. in Lexington , Massachusetts . ``They've got higher energy bills, higher gasoline bills, higher food bills and obviously the employment markets are nowhere near as strong as they were.''
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