Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
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Sunday, March 17, 2013
Holiday In Cyprus - Cypriots Forced to Pay for Bailout / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2013
By: Andy_Sutton
Buried among the weekend news stories, the battle for the few remaining NCAA basketball slots, and the new Pope’s shoes is a growing crisis on a small island far removed from mainstream America. Perhaps at first glance one might wonder why I am even spending the time covering this developing story. After all, Cyprus is just a little island nation of around a million people and our Congress borrows more money in one day than the GDP of Cyprus for an entire year. What relevance could the goings on in Cyprus possibly have to do with the mightiest nation on Earth?
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Cyprus: Bank Deposit Levy - How Important? / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2013
By: Ian_R_Campbell
As you almost certainly know, Cyprus is all over the news today in light of its announcement yesterday that it proposed a 'bank savings levy' on Cyprus bank depositors. In one sense, the following is more 'grist for your mill', but at the same time
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Sunday, March 17, 2013
Cyprus Wakeup Call To The Rest Of The World / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2013
By: GoldSilverWorlds
Major news hit the wires on Saturday March 16th. Cyprus, although a very small island in Southern Europe, is the next country to announce a bailout of their banks. European officials and the government in Cyprus worked out a deal in which depositors become part of the bailout: every depositor of a bank in Cyprus will be charged a “one-time fee” of either 6.75% (for deposit less than 100,000 euros) or 9.9% (for deposits exceeding 100,000 euros). Source: Reuters.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
How the Fed Controls the Stock Market / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation
By: DailyWealth
Dr. Steve Sjuggerud writes: I don't think of myself as a conspiracy wacko...
But I do believe that the U.S. Federal Reserve controls the stock market... at least, to some degree.
Our True Wealth Systems computers fully back me up on this one... to the point where you could make a lot of money.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Are You Ready For Stock Market Flash Crash Next Week? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2013
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
VIX “threw under” its Ending Diagonal this week in what may be its Master Cycle low. This would be the lowest reading for the VIX since December 2006, when it reached 9.39. There was no Ending Diagonal at the 2006 low, however. Diagonals imply an “immediate” and complete retracement from the peak, which was the November 2008 high.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Stock Market Moving Right Along....Weekly Charts Strong..... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: Jack_Steiman
I know it must seem impossible to many of you. In fact, it must seem impossible to the masses. But there is nothing bearish on those weekly candle sticks other than overbought, and we all know by now that overbought unto itself is not a sell signal. It tells us to be extremely careful, but overbought is not the same as distribution volume at tops. It's not the same as good news being sold, and it's not the same as nasty negative divergences.
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Saturday, March 16, 2013
Stock Market Investors Remain Invested But Alert! / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: Sy_Harding
As the old investing maxim goes ‘the trend is your friend – until it ends’.
The trend of this year’s winter rally has been okay so far. The Dow has gained 15.9% since its November 15 low. Last winter the Dow gained 24.6% from the previous October until the favorable season ended May 1.
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Cyprus Bank Run, Who's Next? / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2013
By: Raul_I_Meijer
Overnight last night, the Eurogroup (Eurozone executive committee) negotiated a deal for a bailout of the banking system in Cyprus. As part of the deal, a one-time, one-off levy on depositors was agreed: deposits below €100,000 are subject to a 6.75% levy, while those over €100,000 are subject to a 9.99% "fine".
While none of the timing is surprising - late Friday, early Saturday is always the ideal time to push such measures down people's throats -, neither did it come as a surprise that a bank run ensued as soon as those few Cypriot banks that do business on Saturday mornings, opened their doors.
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
The Greatest Disconnect Between Stock Market and Economy Biggest I’ve Ever Seen / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: Profit_Confidential
Michael Lombardi writes:
By looking at the stock market’s recent performance, one might think the U.S. economy has turned the corner and the worst is behind us. This is far from reality! The U.S. economy is fundamentally damaged, and since the financial crisis of 2008–2009, there really hasn’t been any real economic growth.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Five Reasons the Dow's New Highs are "Bull-o-ney" and What to Do About It / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: While many investors want to celebrate the Dow hitting seven straight new all-time highs, things are not exactly as they appear.
Today I want to talk about why the hoopla surrounding the Dow is misplaced and what that means for your money. Then, I want to offer a few thoughts on what's next for the markets.
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
Stock Market Trend Forecast Hot Sector ETF’s / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: Chris_Vermeulen
Trading with the trend should be your main focus for long term success no matter what type of trader you are (Options Trader, Stock Trader, or ETF Trader) although it’s not as easy as it sounds.
The good news is that there is a simple trading model that removes 95% of trading analysis and greatly reduces trading related emotions because the key technical analysis rules based on one of the world’s best chart technicians (John Murphy) technical analysis methods have been applied to the chart automatically. The key is to identify the trend of the market. Once that is known you can focus on trading strategies that take advantage of the current trend.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
How to Make 13.2% in the Next Bear Market / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: Investment_U
Marc Lichtenfeld writes: This week I’m in St. Petersburg, FL speaking at the 15th Annual Investment U Conference. I love attending the conference every year and seeing the other speakers present their ideas for the best ways to make money in the markets.
What I especially appreciate is that most of the speakers’ ideas are simple. No one is there peddling annuities or products with complex structures. Alexander Green talks about owning great companies. Steve McDonald shows investors how to buy bonds at a discount. The ideas are easy to follow and you don’t have to get into all kinds of crazy strategies to make good money with your investments, particularly over the long term.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
New Stock Market Dot Com Bombs / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: Profit_Confidential
Mitchell Clark writes: When stocks are hot, you can make money in initial public offerings (IPOs). Wall Street had a phrase representing the so-called confidentiality between corporate finance departments and research—the “Chinese Wall.” In practice, the Chinese Wall was a joke; it should’ve been the “Chinese Fall.”
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
How to U.S. Dollar Crash Proof Your Portfolio / Stock-Markets / Investing 2013
By: Axel_Merk
Financial writer and best-selling author Peter Sander sits down with portfolio manager Axel Merk for insights on investment considerations in light of the risks posed to the greenback.
Peter: A lot of talk about a "dollar crash" keeps coming up in the blogosphere. Is it a serious threat, and if so, what should an investor do about it?
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
What Does The DOW At New All Time Highs Really Mean? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: Michael_Swanson
Yesterday the DOW rallied 50 points to close at an all time high at 14447. What does this mean?
Well for one thing it means that the stock market naysayers have been proven wrong and man oh man there have been a lot of them. I don't want to name names here, because some of them might take it as a personal attack if I do, but there are a lot of experts with egg on their face right now.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Stock Market MAP Wave Analysis / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: Marc_Horn
In How German DAX on 3 Dec Confirmed a long term bull market MAP Wave Analysis confirmed that we were indeed in a long term bull market and those that registered have had regular updates to help guide you through.
With the Dow and Russell at all time highs, the SPX will challenge its all time highs this week. Failure this week will be confirmed before the end of April. That only leaves the Composite lagging in that field. However the Composite led the way of post 2000 highs after its dramatic correction, leading to the conclusion that 2000 was a yearly peak, but as there is not sufficient data to verify this we will not know for some time to come!
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Stock Market Stable....... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: Jack_Steiman
It's hard to believe it's stable, but that's what the market is doing, and showing the ability, for now, to fight through all the negatives that abound for owning stocks short-term. The strong negative divergences alone are reason enough to pull this market down hard. Add in overbought daily, weekly, and almost monthly charts and the bears have little to no excuses left. These types of set-ups often cause market turmoil that allows fear to shoot up in a big way. Instead, the VIX is falling to new lows. With so much going for the market fundamentally, such as Mr. Bernanke adding liquidity and keeping rates low, it's finding a way to hang in tough.
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Monday, March 11, 2013
S&P 500 Just 0.57% Below Its All-Time High / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: PhilStockWorld
Courtesy of Doug Short writes:
With no economic news to juice the market (or scare it), the S&P 500 probably took its opening cue from the eurozone, where most of the indexes churned in the shallow red. The 500 opened lower and hit its intraday low, off 0.25%, in the first 15 minutes of trading. But by late morning it emerged into the green and closed the day with a gain of 0.32%, five basis points off its intraday high. The index clearly has an eye on its cousin the Dow, which keeps setting new all-time highs. The S&P 500 is fractionally less than nine points, make that 0.57%, from its all-time high. Will tomorrow see a new S&P 500 record?
Monday, March 11, 2013
SPX Stock Market Top Complete? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
For the past several weeks I have been puzzling over the zigzag rally from the February 19 low. This new low puts the last missing piece of the puzzle in place.
It also clears up the cycle pattern for the VIX, since February 19 made for a difficult Master Cycle low, while a low this week makes far more sense. I am not yet sure that this is the MC low, but there is a Cycle Pivot says that the VIX is in a turn window.
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Monday, March 11, 2013
Dow 14000: Why the US Economy Matters Less to US Corporations / Stock-Markets / Corporate Earnings
By: Keith_Hilden
A question remains on many people's minds regarding the US economy. Amidst a moribund recovery, stagnant job growth, lower household income, and US corporations being cash poor, how exactly can the stock market be reaching new all time highs?
It is precisely due to the fact that the stock price of US corporations are no longer dependent on strong domestic US performance to the degree that they previously were. Overseas profits continue to steadily amass over the decade as a higher percentage of revenues against their domestic US revenues. This needs to be understood in order to see why there is a Dow at an all time high. Cash poor in the US while cash rich abroad is due to corporations avoiding the repatriation of those profits due to a 35% penalty taxed upon those profits.