Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Stock Market Last Reversal Day... / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Jack_Steiman

The market was moving higher throughout the day with commodity stocks leading the way based on the dollar falling apart. It opened at 22.40 PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (UUP) and got down to 22.26, which is exactly where the bottom of that bullish falling wedge is. A move below 22.25 and we'd have blastoff for this market.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Stocks vs. Bonds, 5-Decade Anomaly of Returns / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: Adrian_Ash

Stocks now pay way less than bonds once again, but neither pay much...

BLINK and you missed it. US equities offered a greater yield on investment than did US Treasury bonds for less than five months...

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Nasdaq At Potentional Key Turning Point for 2009 / Stock-Markets / Tech Stocks

By: INO

Of the three major indexes we track: DOW, NASDAQ and the S&P 500, only the NASDAQ is in thin air.

What do I mean by thin air? So far the NASDAQ is the only index to make it past the 50% Fibonacci retracement levels as measured from the highs seen in 2007 and the lows that were made in March of this year.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Stock Market Gap Up and Reversal...Mild Retreat... / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Jack_Steiman

Is it a sign of further down side action to come?

Based on technicals I'd say yes but if you're expecting a market free fall, you're in the wrong game. We gapped up today and clearly that gap was sold but whenever we got near 10,000 on the Dow, the bears got their usual cold feet. However, with many good earners from last night printing black candles, meaning more sellers than buyers once it opened for trading, it tells us a lot of the good news is in near-term on this market. I will remind you again, that does not mean the market gets crushed from here. A 5% pull back over some weeks is possible but no guarantee. If the pullback is tepid and on lighter volume with unwinding oscillators, you can expect another move back up once the selling ends.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Key Moving Averages Hold in Stock Market Down Session / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Harry_Boxer

The indices moved lower today, but they did recover in the last half of the session to pare the losses.

The day started out with a gap up on Nasdaq, though the S&P 500 was flat , they then vacillated back and forth in the morning. After about an hour the indices rolled over hard, with the NDX dropping from 1764 to 1746, and the SPX from 1096 to 1086 at that point, a very sharp drop.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Copenhagen 2009 and the Stock Markets / Stock-Markets / Investing 2009

By: Richard_Shaw

We don’t know if the furor over climate, economic and sovereignty issues coming to a head over the impending December Copenhagen climate treaty is correct, incorrect, exaggerated or spot-on.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Bernanke Guilty of Coercion and Market Manipulation / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation

By: Mike_Shedlock

In April Let the Criminal Indictments Begin: Paulson, Bernanke, Lewis I made the case that BAC chairman Lewis was guilty of fraud and Paulson was guilty of coercion in regards to the shotgun wedding between Bank of America and Merrill Lynch.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Jim Rogers Long Sugar But Getting Short U.S. Treasury Bonds / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: Submissions

[This interview originally appeared on IndexUniverse.com, and is reprinted here with permission.] 

IndexUniverse.com's Heather Bell spoke with commodities expert Jim Rogers earlier this month before his presentation at an event in New York sponsored by ETF Securities. A recap of Rogers' presentation that day is available here

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Recognizing a Bubble, the Dynamics of Free Money / Stock-Markets / Liquidity Bubble

By: Axel_Merk

The government has splattered lots of money onto the economy, working hard to reflate the bubble that got us into trouble in the first place. The Dow is back at 10,000. What are you to do? If you are a wealth sustainer, you should not be drawn into the market simply because it has gone up. Instead, take a step back, look at the market dynamics and see what risks you can afford to take. I am not preaching to hide in a hole awaiting armageddon – there are always opportunities, but they may be very different from what the pundits may want you to believe.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Dow Could Go to 13,000. But Will Likely Reverse (Suddenly) By More Than 20%  / Stock-Markets / Articles

By: Andrew_Butter

This is the analysis used to predict in May that the Dow would reach 10,000 without a major reversal, (personally I didn’t expect then that it would happen so quickly).

I’ve put on my estimate of where I reckon it is now (in red).

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Anatomy of the Billion Dollar Prime Bank Program Scam / Stock-Markets / Scams

By: Money_Morning

Shah Gilani writes: Two years ago, an associate of mine lost $100,000 because he didn’t listen to me. A year ago, I saved a manufacturing company from the same scam. And just last week I saved a friend of mine $300,000.

For several years now, a far-fetched but seemingly plausible investment opportunity has been wreaking havoc across the globe. In the United States alone, an estimated $10 billion has been lost in this particular gambit. The scheme is typically hidden behind such legitimate-sounding names as “Prime Bank Trading Programs,” “High-Yield Investment Programs,” or “Roll Programs.”

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Stock Market Rally Refuses to Quit.... / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Jack_Steiman

Negative divergences. In fact, quadruple negative divergences on the Dow and basically triple negative divergences on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq. Overbought daily charts everywhere to add on to the negative technicals.

So how does the market respond?

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Are You Laughing or Crying About the Stock Market? / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: INO

There's no question about it, the markets can be very difficult at times. On the other hand, you can laugh all the way to the bank if you approach the markets in a systematic way.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Stock Market Investors Warning, Three Moves You Will Not Regret Taking Now / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market

By: Q1_Publishing

Most investors are still nervous.

The S&P 500 has reached its highest point since September 2008. After that time though, it went on to fall 26% in two months.
Earnings season is in full swing. And with each report we see top line revenues and bottom line earnings are not rebounding nearly as fast as stocks have.

Monday, October 19, 2009

S&P 500 Stocks Index to Test Friday's High / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Mike_Paulenoff

For traders watching the S&P 500 and the S&P 500 Depository Receipts (AMEX: SPY), here’s a look at the hourly chart of the S&P 500 emini futures contract, which shows the index racing towards a retest of Friday’s high at 1095.90. If hurdled that should trigger additional strength that propels prices to 1105-1112 thereafter. Only a break below 1082.75 before the index makes a new recovery high above 1095.50 will morph the near-term pattern into something less bullish than my currently projects.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Are You Watching This Stock Market Divergence? / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Marty_Chenard

It was just a little over 1 year ago, October 3rd of 2008, when the SPY gapped down sharply. That gapped remained unclosed until last Thursday.

On Friday, the SPY had pulled back slightly and it closed at 108.89.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Stock and Financial Markets Overview and Possibilities Over the Coming Months / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: Garry_Abeshouse

The following notes contain a small fragment of what in reality are many possibilities that may eventuate over the coming months and I reserve the right to alter my prognostications on these pages at any time. I do not expect everything I have written to come to pass, but I do expect much of it will, but perhaps not in exactly the way I expected.

Monday, October 19, 2009

U.S. Treasury Controlled by Wall Street / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation

By: Bob_Chapman

Some of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s closest aides, none of whom faced Senate confirmation, earned millions of dollars a year working for Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Citigroup Inc. and other Wall Street firms, according to financial disclosure forms.

The advisers include Gene Sperling, who last year took in $887,727 from Goldman Sachs and $158,000 for speeches mostly to financial companies, including the firm run by accused Ponzi scheme mastermind R. Allen Stanford. Another top aide, Lee Sachs, reported more than $3 million in salary and partnership income from Mariner Investment Group, a New York hedge fund.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Stock Market Forecast / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Jay_DeVincentis

Here's a look ahead... First of all, I would like to say thank you to everyone who attended my seminar this weekend. It was a great day of sharing in what I consider a life long learning process. We spent the day discusing market sentiment, market cycles, all styles of trading, my day trading strategy, fibonacci and finished with a forecast of the future. We'll likely hold the seminar (class) at the same time next yearand limit it to 10 participants, so if you're interested in reserving a spot, let us know and you'll be first on our list when we set it up... Again, thanks.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Stock Market Boosted by Better than Expected Corporate Earnings / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: Prieur_du_Plessis

Risky assets remained in favor during the past week, generally helped along by fairly robust economic data and better-than-expected corporate earnings reports. A number of bourses, crude oil, inflation-linked bonds and high-yielding corporate bonds and currencies recorded fresh highs for the year, whereas gold hit an all-time high of $1,070.20 per ounce.

Assets such as government bonds and the US dollar saw fading demand as safe havens, now that the global economy is on the mend. Similarly, credit default spreads tightened markedly and the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) declined to its lowest level since early September 2008.