Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Monday, April 20, 2015
Stock Market New Downtrend Or Just Another Pull-Back? No Clear Direction So Far / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015
By: Paul_Rejczak
Briefly: In our opinion, no speculative positions are justified.
Our intraday outlook is neutral, and our short-term outlook is neutral:
Intraday outlook (next 24 hours): neutral
Short-term outlook (next 1-2 weeks): neutral
Medium-term outlook (next 1-3 months): neutral
Long-term outlook (next year): bullish
Monday, April 20, 2015
Financialization Sacrifice and Awakening / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2015
By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke has come out of the closet with a publicity campaign aimed at defending his policy and, by proxy, the entire central banking complex diaspora. No doubt he will temporarily succeed in the minds of many across the political spectrum. But at the margins, there are always unintended consequences. As Fed chair, Bernanke played his role as the straight man elegantly, but it was script nonetheless — a massive well documented childhood fiction. From the blatant disregard for the breadth of the crisis on the eve of its unfolding, to his nearly unflinching projection of ‘gold as tradition’, the depth of misdirection and betrayal will be explored for years before the veil is lifted on the secrecy of the central banking edifice.
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Monday, April 20, 2015
Utility Stocks Sell in May and Go Away Safe Haven / Stock-Markets / Sector Analysis
By: Chris_Vermeulen
Each year traders try to navigate their way through the financial market and turn a profit. But this is difficult.
The stock market provides market participants with several opportunities each. With all the holidays and climate changes the market as a whole along with specific sectors typically have seasonal rallies and sell off in price.
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Monday, April 20, 2015
Gold and Silver Inflection Point / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015
By: Rambus_Chartology
Inflection Point:
An inflection point on a chart is an area where the price action can break either up or down. It’s an area of confusion that makes investors go nuts. You know a strong move is coming but you aren’t sure what direction the move will go. I believe this is where the precious metals complex is right now. One can make a clear bullish or bearish case for the direction of the PM markets showing just a few chart patterns. In this Weekend Report I want to look at the PM complex without any bias in mind just using the charts with no fundamental reasons why the PM complex has to go either up or down.
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Monday, April 20, 2015
SP500: A Butcher's Stock Market (Chop Chop Chop) / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015
By: Dan_Norcini
It sure does seem as if the vast majority of our markets are stuck in sideways trading patterns, does it not? Just about the time some look as if they are going to mount an upside breakout, they fail and fall back down once again. The flip side is that some markets look as if they are going to stage a downside breakout, they reverse higher and back up they go. The result of all of this has been to slice and dice or chop and shred traders who are attempting to build any sort of POSITIONS BASED ON LONGER TERM VIEWS.
Monday, April 20, 2015
Are Stock Market Bears Slowly Gaining Control? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015
By: Andre_Gratian
Current Position of the Market
SPX: Long-term trend - Bull Market
Intermediate trend - Is the 7-yr cycle sketching an important top?
Analysis of the short-term trend is done on a daily basis with the help of hourly charts. They are important adjuncts to the analysis of daily and weekly charts which ultimately indicate the course of longer market trends.
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Sunday, April 19, 2015
Avoid the Spread of the Stock Market "China Syndrome" / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015
By: Money_Morning
Michael E. Lewitt writes: Stocks were sailing toward new record highs last week until they suddenly came crashing down on Friday. The shift occurred after China took steps to rein in its parabolic market by easing restrictions on short selling and raising margin requirements.
This is what happens when equity investors decide to ignore weak earnings, deteriorating economic conditions and geopolitical chaos and place all of their faith in the ability of central banks and other regulators to bail them out time after time.
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Sunday, April 19, 2015
Stock Market Going Nowhere Fast / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015
By: WavePatternTraders
SPX
Last week I mentioned the idea of a pullback on the SPX; it appears the bears were in tune with that idea, although it may still see a bit more downside as some of the European markets argue for a bit of weakness, such as the DAX etc. The current idea of seeing a new all time highs is still possible and as many have got bearish again due to Fridays decline, I do wonder if traders are actually looking at the same charts as I am. Whilst Fridays decline was a steep move, the market is still firmly above 2060SPX so I tend to think the bulls still have to upper hand, although until it sees a strong decline under 2040SPX. I still would not rule out the bulls pushing this market higher and seeing 2130SPX.
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Sunday, April 19, 2015
UK Stock Market Ready To Reverse? / Stock-Markets / UK Stock Market
By: Richard_Cox
Over the trading sessions seen last week, UK markets have posted some declines that have caused concern for many investors that are long equities. So the next question to ask is whether or not this is a true bearish reversal of the longer term bullish trend. If this is the case, it would be a good idea for investors to start taking profits on long positions while prices are still holding at relatively elevated levels. But if this is not the case, the latest declines could prove to be a good opportunity to continue buying in UK equity markets or to establish new long positions for those that do not already have exposure in regional stocks.
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Sunday, April 19, 2015
An Easy Way to Profit From the Two Biggest Trends in the Stock Market / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015
By: DailyWealth
Dr. David Eifrig, editor, Retirement Millionaire writes: When you're trying to find successful companies, the biggest factors driving stocks are often outside the control of management.
Things like oil prices... new technology... interest rates... regulations... consumer tastes... even demographics.
That's why my team and I spend so much time understanding those big, overarching trends.
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Sunday, April 19, 2015
Stock Market Week in Review / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015
By: Brad_Gudgeon
The stock market had a rocky week last week, ending on a down note. Early on, I expected a possible 40 point SPX down move from Monday into Tuesday. I also was looking for a possible top around Thursday. The SPX fell 24 points from Monday into Tuesday and then rallied into Wednesday. I sent a note to my subs that it was possible we could come back to the SPX 2073/76 zone later in the week.
Monday's action gave us a possible VIX (Volatility Index) sell signal implying a possible major top was at hand. As it rallied back into Wednesday, the NASDAQ failed to follow, creating what is known as an inter-market bearish divergence (these usually last for about a week while the New York Market trends higher).
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Saturday, April 18, 2015
Stock Market Correction May be Nearing End / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015
By: Tony_Caldaro
Another choppy week. The market started the week at SPX 2102, rallied to 2108 on Monday, dropped to 2083 on Tuesday, rallied to 2012 on Wednesday, then dropped to 2072 on Friday, before ending the week at 2081. For the week the SPX/DOW lost 1.15%, the NDX/NAZ lost 1.45%, and the DJ World index lost 0.30%. On the economic front reports again came in mostly to the upside. On the uptick: retail sales, the CPI/PPI, business inventories, the NAHB, housing starts, the Philly FED, consumer sentiment, leading indicators, the WLEI, and the monetary base. On the downtick: the NY FED, industrial production, capacity utilization, and weekly jobless claims rose. Next week we get three reports on housing and durable goods orders.
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Stock Market Strong Pullback Day...Nothing Bearish Yet.... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015
By: Jack_Steiman
So we wake up this morning to some very nasty futures. When I went to bed last night fair value was green. It seemed as if the futures were saying we would try for a breakout. This morning told a very different story. A major blast lower as Europe got crushed overnight. Fears of a Greece fall out. Germany down roughly 500 points in two days. We followed their futures lower in a very big way. We gapped down hard and never showed any strength or fight the rest of the day.
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Friday, April 17, 2015
Q1 Corporate Earnings Risky for Stocks / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015
By: Zeal_LLC
The highly-anticipated first-quarter earnings season is in full swing, with traders eager to see how US companies are faring. While expectations are low, these profits releases still collectively pose serious risks for today’s overvalued and overextended US stock markets. A few high-profile misses could prove all it takes to unleash a long-overdue serious selloff. Investors and speculators alike need to remain wary.
Most publicly-traded companies report their comprehensive quarterly financial results in the month after a calendar quarter ends. This deluge of reports released in a matter of weeks is called earnings season by traders. And it’s exceedingly important, as underlying corporate profits are the ultimate fundamental driver of stock prices. Supported by earnings, they can only climb over the long term if earnings grow.
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Friday, April 17, 2015
US Stock Market Getting Scarier by the Day / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015
By: Clive_Maund
The giant bearish Rising Wedge in the S&P500 index shown on its 8-year chart below is now closing up rapidly and looks set to force a breakdown soon. While an upside breakout is possible, it looks highly unlikely, for a variety of other reasons that we will look at shortly. The top line of this Wedge is certainly of importance as the index has retreated from it on several occasions. Note the non-confirmation of recent new highs by the Dow Jones Transports at the top of the chart.
Friday, April 17, 2015
Stock Market Watershed Day / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
SPX declined beneath its 50-day Moving Average at 2084.21 shortly after 10:00 am. There may be a retest of the 50-day, but may resume with the realization of the loss of an important support.
Friday, April 17, 2015
Chinese Stock Market - Men Go Mad in Herds / Stock-Markets / Chinese Stock Market
By: James_Quinn
The Chinese real estate bubble has been imploding for the last year. The Chinese economy is barely growing at 1.6% after decades of 10% growth. There are millions of unoccupied condos. There are dozens of ghost cities and empty office towers. It’s the most corrupt nation on earth. We are in the midst of a global recession.It’s pure madness that the Chinese stock market would soar when its leading economic indicators crash to 2008 lows.
Friday, April 17, 2015
King Dollar Hurting Stock Market Corporate Earnings! / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015
By: Puru_Saxena
BIG PICTURE - Let's face it; the strong US Dollar and weakness in the price of oil are hurting corporate earnings in the US and it is conceivable that both sales and profits for the S&P500 Index may decline during the first half of the year.
Make no mistake; the strong greenback is hurting the American multinationals as their overseas sales and earnings are being diminished in their reporting currency. Furthermore, due to last year's slide in crude oil, the energy industry is really struggling and earnings in the sector have fallen off the edge of a cliff!
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Friday, April 17, 2015
Toil and Trouble in Nasdaq Tech Stocks Sector / Stock-Markets / Tech Stocks
By: EWI
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On March 2, the day of the all-time closing highs in the major stock indexes to date, a swift-acting subscriber snapped a photo of this headline on financial news television.
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Friday, April 17, 2015
NASDAQ Stock Index Diverging From SP500 / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015
By: Brad_Gudgeon
The NASDAQ is showing the same type bearish divergence from the S&P 500 last seen from Nov 28 to Dec 5, 2014. The Lindsay top has a variance of 222/225 trading days placing the last possible top for the S&P 500 on Monday, April 20, 2015. From Dec 5 to Dec 16, 2014, the S&P 500 fell about 5.46% top to bottom over 7 trading days. Following the same pattern places the next low on the FOMC meeting date of April 29, 2015, which also happens to be a Wall Cycle low of 11.25/33.75 trading days from the series starting on Mar 11, and following on Mar 26 and April 14.