Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets

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Friday, September 04, 2015

The Real Threat from China's Stock Market Crash / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

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Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: Conventional wisdom at the moment says that China's coming unglued and that the country's stock markets pose a grave danger to global investors. It's communist, it's a Ponzi scheme, it's ruled by insiders, it's leveraged up to its eyeballs, ghost cities… all the usual tired old arguments are being rolled out as if they're somehow new again.

In reality, the real risk isn't being reported. In fact, it's not even being talked about.

Friday, September 04, 2015

The Stocks Bear Market Everyone Saw Coming / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market

By: Gary_Tanashian

The title lets you know where this article is going.  For such a routine correction in the US stock market, the Psych/Sentiment backdrop has gotten way out of whack.  Do some analysis on Rydex Bull/Bear fund allocations among investors and you will find a historic knee jerk reaction into bear funds over bull funds (by those who still use Rydex funds).

Friday, September 04, 2015

Why September’s Stock Market Volatility Is a Huge Opportunity for Options Traders / Stock-Markets / Options & Warrants

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Tom Gentile writes: The last few weeks of trading have been tough to say the least. After the crash on August 24 that sucked trillions from the markets in a matter of minutes, the markets clawed their way back and held their own for about a week. Then, just two days ago, they fell again, this time dropping by 3%.

It’s no secret that I think this volatility will continue, at least in the short-term, and the best way to weather the storm is to make sure you’ve got options in your portfolio.

Thursday, September 03, 2015

Stock Market Chokin’ on the Splinters / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: John_Mauldin

It’s been a tough couple of weeks.

I keep a mostly hedged book, long and short, so it’s rare that I get my head caved in on every position at the same time. But that’s pretty much what has happened. My shorts haven’t worked because they’re either rate-sensitive or Canadian banks. Meanwhile the longs, which include a lot of emerging markets—well, you know what has happened with those.

Thursday, September 03, 2015

This Stock Market VIX Chart Should Blow Your Mind / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: EWI

Price volatility in stocks and other instruments has been stunning the past few weeks. The VIX chart from the August 28 Elliott Wave Short Term Update puts the massive moves in perspective:

Thursday, September 03, 2015

Stock Market Prepares for the Next Decline / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: Anthony_Cherniawski

Good Morning!

After reviewing the charts, I have come to the conclusion that we may be seeing a Leading Diagonal Wave (1) in the SPX and other major indexes. Note that both Waves 1 and 3 fit the [a]-[b]-[c] pattern better than an impulse because of overlap in Wave 1 and the Triangle [b] in Wave 3. We have already seen Waves [a] and [b] in Wave 5 with a large Wave [c] decline to go.

Thursday, September 03, 2015

The Next Financial Crisis May Already be Unfolding / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2015

By: MoneyMetals

Stefan Gleason writes: Is an epic financial meltdown about to commence? Predictions that a crash will occur in the fall of 2015 have been gaining traction. They are bolstered by some of the market events of this summer, which suggest that something big is indeed unfolding.

In August, the Chinese devalued the yuan, setting off volatility in currency, commodity, and equity markets worldwide. The U.S. stock market suffered its worst slide in four years, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling through major support levels. Crude oil prices careened below $40 per barrel.

Thursday, September 03, 2015

Stock Market Return to Crisis: Things Keep Getting Worse / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: Mike_Whitney

The virus that spread to stock markets around the world and nearly destroyed the global financial system in 2008 has reemerged with a vengeance sending global equities deep into the red and wiping out more than $5 trillion in market capitalization in less than two weeks. On Tuesday, before the opening bell, major market index futures in the US plunged more than 400 points signaling another violent day of selling ahead.   Worries that a slowdown in China will impact global growth pushed Asian and European markets deep into negative territory while US futures indicate that the Dow Jones is headed for its ninth triple-digit day in ten sessions. The deluge of bad news has battered confidence in the Fed and “sent global equities to their worst monthly slump in more than three years”.  Millions of Mom and Pop investors have sold out already and are headed for the exits. Here’s a recap from Bloomberg:

Thursday, September 03, 2015

Stock Market Eleven Crazy Days — Many More Coming / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: John_Rubino

Twelve months ago the world was happily sailing along in the Great Moderation, with financial markets that moved gracefully higher most of the time but even in their rare negative moments didn’t cause too much angst. The eleven trading days leading up to September 3 saw not a single triple-digit move on the Dow, and only three down sessions.

Thursday, September 03, 2015

Dow Theory Stock Market Sell Signal Examined / Stock-Markets / Dow Theory

By: Brian_Bloom

The article below argues that the Dow will rise after its current “correction” because it rose following the two previous corrections. But this time around both Industrials and Transports have fallen to lower lows. On those previous two occasions this did not happen.

Wednesday, September 02, 2015

The Real Threat from China’s Stock Market Crash / Stock-Markets / Chinese Stock Market

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Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: Conventional wisdom at the moment says that China’s coming unglued and that the country’s stock markets pose a grave danger to global investors. It’s communist, it’s a Ponzi scheme, it’s ruled by insiders, it’s leveraged up to its eyeballs, ghost cities… all the usual tired old arguments are being rolled out as if they’re somehow new again.

In reality, the real risk isn’t being reported. In fact, it’s not even being talked about.

Wednesday, September 02, 2015

How Our “Mixed Economy” Created These Mixed-Up Markets / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: Investment_U

Alexander Green writes: Over the years, I have often waxed enthusiastic about the transcendent power of capitalism.

The free enterprise system has vastly improved our quality of life and raised our standard of living.

Entrepreneurs and business owners have given us safer transportation, faster communications, miracle drugs and medical devices, more powerful computers, and millions of new products and services that are better, cheaper and longer lasting.

Wednesday, September 02, 2015

'Gravity' Is Returning to Stocks and Bond Markets / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2015

By: DailyWealth

Porter Stansberry : In today's essay... a discussion about gravity. Not the kind of gravity that causes objects to draw closer to each other. That gravity is a mystery that physics can't yet explain.

I'm talking about financial gravity. And the causes of financial gravity are well-known...

Financial gravity is the cost of capital. The cost of money drives the price of everything else in a free market because capital is the root of supply. Want more oil? Fine, invest heavily in new supplies.

Wednesday, September 02, 2015

Stock Market 38.2% Retracement / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: Anthony_Cherniawski

The institutional investor(s) have had their say. The SPX bounced to the 38.2% retracement at 1938.37. There is no change in signal. Best to remain short. Margin calls may already be kicking in with a vengeance today.

Wednesday, September 02, 2015

The Stock Market Shemitah Cycle / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: Ed_Carlson

Meaning the last year of a seven-year cycle in the Jewish calendar, the end of the past several Shemitahs have brought immense financial hardships to the world. The 1987 crash on Wall St. happened during Shemitah. The bond market was massacred in 1994. The 9/11 terror attacks happened in 2001 and the global economic crisis occurred in 2008.

Tuesday, September 01, 2015

The Beginning Of A New Financial / Stock Market Cycle / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: Chris_Vermeulen

Within the United States, the US Federal Government and The US Federal Reserve Bank interventions have failed.   These manipulations, by the central bank, in order to maintain the current stock bubble, and the real estate bubble, are currently reflecting the acts of failed monetary and fiscal policies, as we are presently experiencing.

The reality is that the US economy has already been in contraction for many years now.  

The government intervention is failing in Europe, Japan, and now apparently also in China.  Government interventions globally are currently becoming more vulnerable The US, Europe, Japan, and China have all been experiencing failures.  We are currently witnessing the results of total failures, right under our noses.  I believe, we are closer to that point of the Global Financial Meltdown than anyone else may realize.  This collapse in China is a major shock, which has triggered a major market sell off within the US markets.

Tuesday, September 01, 2015

Your Decisive Stock Market Plan to Follow Whilst Most Investors Shiver With Fear / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

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MoneyMorning.com Shah Gilani writes: Make no mistake about it: The stock market crashed last Monday.

And it was terrifying.

It was frightening.

Tuesday, September 01, 2015

Are There Stock and Financial Markets Investing Opportunities For The Remainder Of 2015 / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2015

By: SecularInvestor

The markets were ‘shockingly’ interesting last week. But what investing opportunities have been created by the recent ‘shock’?

The seriousness of last week’s shocking action in the market is shown by the volatility index, which posted its second highest reading since its inception in 1990. This is comparable to the great crash of 2008/9.

Monday, August 31, 2015

REPO Window Hidden $Trillion QE Monthly Volume / Stock-Markets / Quantitative Easing

By: Jim_Willie_CB

The massive Quantitative Easing (QE) abuse by the USFed and steeped lies are centered on its volume, which in reality is an order of magnitude higher than admitted. The recent usage of certain REPO windows has been effective to disguise huge volume of bond purchases. The entire bond system is irreparably corrupted. The REPO window hides QE extras with naked bond shorting linked to a $1 trillion extravaganza that receives almost no publicity. While the public, and even more financial market participants, focus on the Dow Jones stock index, the Treasury Bond yield, the crude oil price, and very little else, they overlook the Reverse REPO window and the related Failures to Deliver data for USTreasury Bonds. The two work like a hand and glove.

Monday, August 31, 2015

Stock Market Third Wave Begins / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015

By: Anthony_Cherniawski

The SPX Premarket is down .8% as I write to 1972.00. The top of the retracement was at 11:30 am on Friday, giving us approximately 4 more days of potential decline.