Friday, July 22, 2016
NASDAQ Pulling the Stock Market Higher / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016
By: Gary_Savage
The Nasdaq Nov/Dec high may act like a magnet to pull the S&P 500 price higher before generating a half cycle top.
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Friday, July 22, 2016
Stock Market Rally IS Over / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016
By: Joseph_VanDerveer
VIX verse OEX
Many fund managers and analysts are calling for much higher prices in the market near term, medium term, and long term, extremely bullish sentiment. These are the ingredients for making a top in the market. We have very high sentiment, overbought oscillator, and some other technical clues illustrated below.
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Friday, July 22, 2016
Stock Market Insight from Greed, Volatility, and Put/Call Ratio / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016
By: Chris_Vermeulen
I was recently looking at the CNN money website where they post this fear & green index. I caught my attention because many other aspects of the market are now also showing signs an imminent correction in the stock market.
This analysis is a contrarians play, meaning you believe that when mass majority of market participants are thinking and doing the same thing, you believe the market is about to change direction.
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Friday, July 22, 2016
S&P 500 Suggests Much Higher Prices Coming In 2016 And 2017 / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bull Market
By: InvestingHaven
Let’s get things straight: when an asset consolidates for more than 2 years, refuses to break down when the whole world seems to be falling apart, but then decides to break out from its consolidation pattern, it is a clear message that it has sufficient energy to go much higher.
We are talking U.S. stocks.
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Friday, July 22, 2016
Stock Market Aggressive Short Entry Point / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
SPX bounced from the trendline, as expected. This may be a good aggressive entry point…
…Please understand that the bounce may either be finished or continue in the morning.
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Friday, July 22, 2016
Investments - If You Can’t Touch it, You Don’t Own it / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2016
By: Jeff_Thomas
The pending Brexit has, not surprisingly, caused a shakeup in the investment world, particularly in the UK. Of particular note is that, recently, asset management firms in Britain began refusing their clients the right to cash out of their mutual funds. Of the £35 billion invested in such funds, just under £20 billion has been affected.
For those readers who live in the UK, or are invested in UK mutual funds, this is reason to tremble at the knees.
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Friday, July 22, 2016
What Will Happen To the Stock Market When Interest Rates Rise? / Stock-Markets / US Interest Rates
By: Charles_Carnevale
Interest rates have been in a freefall for the better part of the past two decades. Moreover, the yield on the 10-year US Treasury, which is the flagship interest rate benchmark, has mostly been below 2% since the beginning of 2012. The 10-year Treasury note did reach 3% by the end of 2013 but has promptly fallen ever since to its current level of 1.59 percent.
In contrast, the stock market as measured by the S&P 500 hovers at an all-time high. Moreover, after the stock market bottomed in February 2009 as a result of the Great Recession, stock market investors have enjoyed a strong bull market that is now almost halfway into its 8th year running. Interestingly, as it relates to the thesis of this article, the stock market had one of its best performances in 2013 in spite of the 10-year Treasury note rising from 1.78% to 3.04% by the end of the year. To be clear, in direct conflict with conventional wisdom, both the stock market and interest rates rose dramatically in 2013.
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Friday, July 22, 2016
How to Escape the World’s Biggest Ponzi Scheme / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2016
By: Casey_Research
By Justin Spittler
It’s the top story in the investment world right now…
As we showed you yesterday, the S&P 500 just hit a new all-time high, topping 2,130 for the first time since May 2015.
But it's not just stocks that are ripping higher.
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Thursday, July 21, 2016
Addicted to Debt - We Can’t Borrow from the Future Anymore / Interest-Rates / Global Debt Crisis 2016
By: John_Mauldin
While everyone was talking about Brexit last month, the Bank for International Settlements released its 86th annual report.
Based in Basel, Switzerland, the BIS functions as a master hub for all the world’s central banks. It settles transactions among central banks and other international organizations. It doesn’t serve private individuals, businesses, or national governments.
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Thursday, July 21, 2016
The Bank of Central Banks Reveals the Biggest Threat to the Global Financial System / Interest-Rates / Central Banks
By: John_Mauldin
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is in the unique position of serving global economic stability in general… and central banks in particular.
It functions as a master hub for all the world’s central banks. It settles transactions among central banks and other international organizations. It doesn’t serve private individuals, businesses, or national governments
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Thursday, July 21, 2016
Not Everything Is Bullish for Gold / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
By: P_Radomski_CFA
There are quite a few bearish indications that suggest lower precious metals prices are just around the corner. Let's take a look at a few of them (charts courtesy of http://stockcharts.com).
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Don’t Get Sucked Back Into the Stock Market - The Big Picture Hasn’t Changed / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016
By: Casey_Research
By Justin Spittler
Stocks are on a tear right now…
Today, the S&P 500 hit a new all-time high. It topped 2,130 for the first time since May 2015. The benchmark index is now up 6.9% over the past two weeks.
All good, right?
It might seem that way…if we were only analyzing U.S. stocks.
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Thursday, July 21, 2016
Stocks are Pressing Against Their Support Levels / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
SPX is nudging at the Trading Channel trendline at 2170.00. A decline beneath it would be considered an aggressive sell signal. More conservative traders would still consider the trendline at 2160.00 as an aggressive sell signal, instead. Take your pick. There is still time for the trade to develop.
Aggressive traders should be used to whiplash by now. However, there is much to be said about a well-placed trade.
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Thursday, July 21, 2016
Silver – Caught Inside / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis
Most short term investors know better. At worst, silver is a survival story. At best it is an investment for the ages.
Some place in between it is an intermediate investment, albeit a very emotional and volatile one. Current financial conditions mandate survival as the primary focus. And the essence of financial survival is return of investment.
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Thursday, July 21, 2016
Gold Price Time For A Bounce, But Probably Not A Bottom Yet / Commodities / Gold and Silver 2016
By: Gary_Savage
Sentiment got a little too bearish and price is bouncing off the 38% Fibonacci retracement. Ideally though I’d like to see one more lower low next week to break the cycle uptrend line before trying to call a bottom.
I’d like to see a bit more bearish sentiment and some panic selling. DCL’s should create fear and cause traders to think price is rolling over. That usually requires a trend line break to get technical traders on the wrong side of the market before price resumes the uptrend.
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Thursday, July 21, 2016
S&P 500 At New All-Time High - Will It Continue Higher? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016
By: Paul_Rejczak
Briefly: In our opinion, speculative short positions are favored (with stop-loss at 2,210, and profit target at 2,050, S&P 500 index).
Our intraday outlook is bearish, and our short-term outlook is bearish. Our medium-term outlook is now 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
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Did Oil Kill The Dinosaurs? / Commodities / Crude Oil
By: OilPrice_Com
What killed the dinosaurs? It's a question as old as – well the dinosaurs themselves, and one that everyone from school children to scientists have been asking for decades. Movies like Jurassic Park and the Land Before Time only heighten that sense of wonder and raise the stakes behind that question. Now according to a new scientific study, it seems that black gold may have been the source of the dinos' demise.Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, July 21, 2016
US Dollar's Rise Spells the End of Commodities' Run / Commodities / CRB Index
By: Donald_W_Dony
A steady stream of strengthening fundamentals are driving the U.S. dollar higher. Healthier data from jobs, consumer spending and housing have put a tailwind on the greenback.
Moreover, America's economy is outperforming the weaker economies aboard. And this is setting a backdrop for improved prospects for another rate hike in the months ahead.
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Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Forex: "The Markets Are Getting Exciting!" / Currencies / Forex Trading
By: EWI
Our Senior Currency Strategist explains why
Jim Martens, the editor of our Currency Pro Service, gives you a preview of what's going on in the FX world post-Brexit.
Watch this new interview to learn which markets Jim's keeping his eye on.
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Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Status Quo... Stock Market Bulls In Complete Control... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2016
By: Jack_Steiman
A chart was shown today between gap earnings and the movement of the S&P 500 500. The last time the gap was this disconnected was in 2007, the year before the big market crash. Will history repeat itself? Hard to say back in 2007/2009 we didn't have this type of fed protection against any sustainable market downside action. The fed is making sure things stay positive for the markets, so as to keep the economy moving upward, but it is interesting to note how badly the disconnect has gotten. 2007 disconnect is the answer so let's hope that it doesn't repeat itself for 2017. When you see this type of disconnect, it's also a warning about the human emotion of froth and mania. The bulls are starting to ramp up in a very big way, and we're seeing that in the bull/bears spread, which is now back over 30% (31.1%) for the first time in a very, very long time.
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