Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets

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Friday, November 25, 2016

The New Trade Future In Asia Pacific / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2016

By: Dan_Steinbock

Right after the Asian-Pacific nations embraced the dream of free trade in the regional Peru Summit, President-elect Trump buried it.
Last weekend, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit made it clear that it would move forward with trade pacts; with or without the US.

Right after the Lima summit, President-elect Donald Trump unveiled his plans for the first 100 days in office, which focus on campaign promises that will not require congressional approval. Among his first actions, Trump said he would "issue our notification of intent to withdraw from the Transpacific Partnership" and replace it with negotiating "fair bilateral trade deals."

Thursday, November 24, 2016

The War on Cash is Not Over… It’s About to Intensify / Stock-Markets / War on Cash

By: Graham_Summers

The Trump Presidency has distracted from the next major move to be implemented by Financial Elite.

That move is a cash ban.

Cash, particularly physical cash (as in bills and coins) is a huge problem for insolvent banks.

Thursday, November 24, 2016

Stock Market Indices Close at the Highs for the Day / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016

By: Jeff_Berwick

The stock market indices had an interesting day on Wednesday, closing with blue chips to the upside at new all-time highs. Nasdaq 100 had a difficult day, down nearly 20 points, but they came back off the lows substantially, especially the Direxion Daily S&P Biotech Bull 3X ETF (LABU), rallying late in the day and finishing positive, having reversed seven points off the lows.

The day started out with big gaps down, they made lower lows on the Nasdaq 100, but when the S&P 500 did not confirm, it made a higher low, and then they rallied. The S&P 500 had a 5-wave rally into the close to finish at the high for the day.

Thursday, November 24, 2016

Stocks, the Politically-Driven S.O.D. to Lose Again / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016

By: Gary_Tanashian

You know who they are; they are the ones who denied and denied the ginned up bull market in US stocks that nearly tripled under the socialist regime, circa 2009-2016.  They are the ones who clung to gold well past the caution point last summer.  They are (yes, it’s another snappy buzz phrase to either entertain, bore or annoy you… ) the S.O.D., AKA the Sons of Druckenmiller, AKA politically biased and newly activated market participants.  Reference…

Thursday, November 24, 2016

One of the best buying opportunities in history? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2016

By: Submissions

One of the best buying
opportunities in history?

I'm writing to you today about what could be one of the most exciting buying opportunities in the stock market we've ever seen.

If our research is right, a handful of specific companies in one particular sector could be about to go wild.

But look, this opportunity will NOT be for everyone.

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Three Ways Traders Can Spot a Stocks Bear Market Before it Bites / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market

By: Nicholas_Kitonyi

A bear market is a disheartening market scenario for most traders and investors because it connotes a season of losses. A bear market is technically defined as a market condition in which securities decline 20% or more from their previous highs. A bear market is more troubling than a market correction because a correction refers to a 10% decline from previous highs. In fact, a correction is more like peeping into bear territory while a bear market can be likened to living inside a bear territory.

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Gold to Rally More, Stocks Should Drop / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2016

By: Brad_Gudgeon

GDX looks to rally hard in a 'c' of "C" wave, likely into Early the 25th. We could see GDX around 24.50. It looks like a bear rally. The jobs report on December 2 could knock the precious metals sector down like it did from November 9-14.

The SPX is running on fumes and should drop at least to the 2162 area by early Friday I would think. Higher highs into next November 30-December 1 look likely and up to around 2208/09. My target for next week of 2203 was hit today.

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Stock Market Turkey Week / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016

By: Ed_Carlson

Holiday shortened weeks (like this week) have a tendency to be bullish and the Thanksgiving holiday is more bullish than most. But with the Hybrid Lindsay model pointing to a low on November 28/29 - combined with a number of other bearish metrics - it's hard to get bullish this week. Seasonal strength during this week's holiday shortened trading (US Thanksgiving holiday) is typically followed by weakness in early December.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Trump’s Financial Revolution! / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2016

By: Chris_Vermeulen

A financial revolution is now taking place and I want to tell you the story. It has rather large implications for interest rates, the stock market, gold and real estate.

The only reasons for the DOW JONES sharp gains, post-election, is due to the fact its’ index leans toward financial and industrial stocks, (as seen in the chart below), more than the SPX and Nasdaq Indexes. Those two sectors have outstripped most of the market since Election Day.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

The Dow Jones Continues To Trump UP! / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016

By: Chris_Vermeulen

Eric Balchunas, ETF Analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, stated that "Financial ETFs are on fire, but the center of the heat is really banks, which will benefit from rising rates more than other areas of the financial sector,".

Is the strengthening of the dollar merely "temporary”? Is this recovery an illusion, which will precede an inevitable crash? I have maintained all along that there has been no real recovery and that the FED will not raise interest rates soon, contrary to common widespread beliefs.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Gold, Commodities, Forex and Stock Market Forecasts / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2016

By: Ken_Ticehurst

We continue to be bearish on Gold as we have been for months, our only recent change is that we are expecting a significant low earlier in 2017 than previously forecast. We have consistently maintained that this bearish phase is just a short term consolidation before we begin a new and significant rise that could well lead to new all time highs.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

The Spreading Bondfire And The Rising Price Of Gold / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2016

By: Darryl_R_Schoon

Today’s rising interest rates and trillion-dollar losses in global bond markets are prelude to what is to come, i.e. rising inflation with higher interest rates ending in the bursting of the global government bond bubble and the long awaited breakout of gold.

Last year, on December 15, 2015, the Fed announced the first tentative rate increase in nearly ten years, from 0.0% to 0.25%. The Fed had last raised rates in June 2006 which eventually burst the US real estate bubble in 2007 resulting in the collapse of global markets in 2008.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Stock Market Rally Appears Complete / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016

By: Anthony_Cherniawski

SPX closed under 2200.00, as suggested. Whether that is the end of the rally will be ascertained at tomorrow’s open. All of the Waves appear to be complete and on time.

Note that two new potential catalysts have hit the internet. The first is a “Big Problem” has just emerged for Trump’s Economic Plan. It is expected to add $5.3 trillion to the debt over the next decade.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

S&P 500 Makes The Move... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016

By: Jack_Steiman

The S&P 500 made the move over 2194 today on a closing basis. Many onlookers were waiting patiently as the S&P 500 lagged badly behind other indexes, such as the Dow and small-cap stocks. It's important for the most followed index, with the biggest companies, to join the rest of the market on breakout to show confidence that the move higher is sustainable across the board. It doesn't guarantee anything, of course, in this game, but you need to see confirmation of some kind to make you know being long is the right place to be. Getting the breakout today is a sign of confidence.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Cheap Money to Continue Flowing & Helicopter Money to Start after 2017 Market Crash / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2017

By: MoneyMetals

It is my privilege now to welcome in Michael Pento, president and founder of Pento Portfolio Strategies and author of the book The Coming Bond Market Collapse: How to Survive the Demise of the U.S. Debt Market. Michael is a money manager who ascribes to the Austrian School of Economics and has been a regular guest on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox Business News, and also the Money Metals Podcast.

Michael, it's always great to have you on. Thanks for joining us today and welcome back.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Stock and Bond Markets Outlook For 2017 / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2017

By: InvestingHaven

We have discussed at length different forecasts for 2017. All our calls, so far, seem to be spot-on. Think of our bullish call for financial stocks in 2017 and bearish gold price forecast 2017. In this article we explain our broad markets outlook for 2017.

Many investors look for leading indicators. Some look at the volatility index (VIX), others at the U.S. dollar or inflation expectations (TIPS). Some believe that reading the news will be helpful to understand where markets are going. The truth of the matter is that none of all that is helpful whatsoever. Most sources are only noise, and that is the reason why only 10% of investors are successful.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Stocks and Deby - Will Trump Bring Morning or Mourning in America? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2016

By: Michael_Pento

On election night, as political analysts were coming to terms with the possibility of a Trump presidency, the Dow Jones futures plummeted over 800 points, and Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 plunged more than 6.1%. Investors across the country went to sleep with nightmares of protectionism (Smoot-Hawley Trade Tariffs 2.0) and the fiscal train wreck that a Trump presidency might bring.

But by the start of trading on November 9th, Dow futures had recouped most of their losses, and it didn't take long for the erstwhile despondent equity markets to turn sharply positive.

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Why Post-Election Stock Market Rally Won’t Last / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016

By: John_Mauldin

I’d like to share an update that throws some chilly water on the post-election stock market rally.

My friends Van Hoisington and Lacy Hunt of Hoisington Investment Management usually write only quarterly letters. They send interim updates only when something of major consequence happens. The fact they wrote this one is significant… and what they say is definitely important.

Monday, November 21, 2016

Stocks Remain Close To All-Time Highs - Will The Uptrend Continue? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016

By: Paul_Rejczak

Briefly: In our opinion, speculative short positions are favored (with stop-loss at 2,240, and profit target at 2,060, S&P 500 index).

Our intraday outlook is bearish, and our short-term outlook is bearish. Our medium-term outlook remains neutral, following S&P 500 index breakout above last year's all-time high:

Intraday outlook (next 24 hours): bearish
Short-term outlook (next 1-2 weeks): bearish
Medium-term outlook (next 1-3 months): neutral
Long-term outlook (next year): neutral

Monday, November 21, 2016

Stock Market Swift Shift From Safety to Risk / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016

By: Donald_W_Dony

Part of the U.S. president-elect's narrative has been on invigorating the economy. Massive spending on upgrades in schools, highways, hospitals and infrastructure have all been mentioned.

The market, in response to the proposed spending, quickly shifted from safety assets to risk and growth.

Four sectors, in particular, saw solid selling pressure over the last 30 days (Chart 1).