Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets

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Sunday, July 05, 2009

Stock Market Bullish Investor Sentiment: There Is Always Hope / Stock-Markets / Stock Market Sentiment

By: Guy_Lerner

In a low volume, holiday shortened week that ended with a bang of selling pressure, the "dumb money" has yet to give up hope.

Sunday, July 05, 2009

Financial Markets Outlook for the Next Two Weeks / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: Jay_DeVincentis

Here's our market call...

Sunday, July 05, 2009

Stock Market Investors Roller Coaster Ride Hit by Bad U.S. Jobs Data / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: Prieur_du_Plessis

“Words from the Wise” this week again comes to you in a shortened format as I am still on the road in Europe (also see my post “Gone A.W.O.L. - to Slovenia and Switzerland“) and do not have access to my normal research resources. Although only brief commentary is provided, a full dose of excerpts from interesting news items and quotes from market commentators is included.

Sunday, July 05, 2009

Teck Sector Plays Key Role in Economic Recovery / Stock-Markets / Tech Stocks

By: Money_Morning

Bob Blandeburgo writes: If the last three months are any indication, the U.S. tech sector has shaken off its recession-heightened late-winter doldrums, and could see its fortunes soar in the year’s second half as businesses and consumers open their wallets and the broader economy picks up speed.

Sunday, July 05, 2009

Global Wealth Report Shows the Way to Investing Profits / Stock-Markets / Investing 2009

By: Money_Morning

Martin Hutchinson writes: Capgemini/Merrill Lynch World Wealth Report appeared last week and it makes for some grim reading.

But it also provides global investors with some insights into the best markets to invest in.

Saturday, July 04, 2009

Stock Market Potential Trend Changer / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Jack_Steiman

There has been one constant since the March lows. Once we blasted up off the bottom, the S&P 500 took but a few weeks to clear the 50-day exponential moving average. Once over, it had never relinquished that key moving average until Thursday. Basically above for four months. When you lose a substantial moving average after that length of time, you need to take notice of this event and what the message is that it could quite conceivably be sending.

Friday, July 03, 2009

Elliott Wave International Financial Forecasting Service Discount Offer / Stock-Markets / Elliott Wave Theory

By: EWI

Greetings,

Have you heard the news …

"Wall Street Returns to Health," a mainstream media website declared last week.

Friday, July 03, 2009

Yen Carry Trade Suggests Global Stock Markets Base Building Underway / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bull Market

By: Donald_W_Dony

The "Yen carry trade" has provided traders with a reliable source of near-endless funds for many years. This pool of capital has helped fuel the 2002-2007 bull market. Technical evidence (Chart 1) illustrates the Japanese Yen verses the Dow Jones World Stock Index. Since 2002, the Yen has been trading flat or drifting downward against the USD$. Traders have been shorting the Yen and using the funds to purchase stocks, currencies and high-yielding securities around the world.

Friday, July 03, 2009

Banking Stocks Short Selling Ban Reinstatement SEC Idiocy / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation

By: Mike_Shedlock

Inquiring minds are reading S.E.C. May Reinstate Rules for Short-Selling Stocks.

Friday, July 03, 2009

Economic Recovery Green Shoots Doused with Herbicide / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: PaddyPowerTrader

Well, that green shoots guff got one on the chin yesterday and stocks got mauled by the bears. The S&P 500 dived 2.85% and oil closed off 3.75% as a sobering Non Farm Payrolls slumped 467k, about 100k more than the wide eyed consensus expectation. Lookout below! The U.S. unemployment rate (red) Versus the S&P 500 monthly chart since 1993. Mmmmmm. Also worthy of a mention is that as those green shoots wither, oil has taken out trendline support and now targets the recent low at 66.25 and the 3rd of June low at 64.95.

Friday, July 03, 2009

U.S. Unemployment Soars Whilst Fed Funnels More Cash to the Banksters / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: Anthony_Cherniawski

Employment situation takes a turn for the worse

Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in June (-467,000), and the unemployment rate was little changed at 9.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Job losses were widespread across the major industry sectors, with large declines occurring in manufacturing, professional and business services, and construction.

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Profiting From Stock Market Sector Dead Cat Bounces / Stock-Markets / Sector Analysis

By: DeepCaster_LLC

To profit from Sector Dead-Cat Bounces one must first determine which Sectors do not Dead-Cat Bounce.

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Stock Market Seasonality What is Going to Happen with the Upcoming July 4th Holiday? / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Angelo_Campione

This issue combines a feature on seasonality with our outlook. With the rally progressing into the July 4th holiday, what will happen next?

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Stock Market and Dollar Upward Wedge Patterns - Signs of the times / Stock-Markets / CRB Index

By: Garry_Abeshouse

Over the last 12 months, the USD and now US equities, have formed bearish upward wedge formations on the charts. Upward wedges are usually well defined patterns showing weakening upward momentum, hence the shape. These patterns are known to be very common in stocks during bear markets and were especially so during the period 1929 to 1932.

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Stock Markets Jump Out Of The Gate Before Fading / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: PaddyPowerTrader

Despite the weakish US mortgage applications, ADP jobs and ISM numbers, it looks like your friendly fund manager is front running the perma-bull, expected 2nd half recovery green shoots story. He also went pilling into stocks at the off yesterday running the Dow up 133 points. Food stocks were the big winners with Kraft up 5% and General Mills raising its 2010 guidance. However stocks failed to maintain their upward momentum and pared their gains in low volume trading, following decidedly downbeat comments from GM (government motors) about creditor payments, weakness in financials and disappointing auto sales. Add to this too, the Governator I.O.U of California declaring a state of “fiscal emergency” put the pressure on.

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Million Dollar Question, What's Next for S&P 500 Stock Market Index / Stock-Markets / Stock Market Valuations

By: Prasoon_Gopal

S&P 500 has rallied over 40% in the last 3 months. It takes over 5 years under "normal" circumstances for such a rally to occur. But again, folks will say, it takes as many years for 50% downside as well. So, i will rest this discussion at peace.

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Rising Financial Markets See Brighter Times / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: Aden_Forecast

It’s been a wild ride this past year, but the markets are now on the upswing. Following a rough year where most of the markets dropped sharply, then stayed dull for a while, they’re finally headed higher. Most important, these are significant rises.

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Faber & Greenspan: Shills for Fed Snake Oil on Deflation and Hyperinflation / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation

By: Adrian_Ash

"Just how can the Fed credibly promise to be irresponsible...?"

HERE'S A THOUGHT – that tiny handful of investors and analysts warning how Fed policy risks hyper-inflation are in fact doing the central bank's work.

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Investors Buying into a Stock Market with Falling Corporate Earnings / Stock-Markets / Corporate Earnings

By: John_Browne

Through its rhetoric and actions, the Obama Administration has made it clear that no matter the current or future costs, the federal government will not allow a collapse of the banking system. The resulting aura of certitude has, in turn, encouraged investors to roll the dice one more time. Some of these investors are likely trying to make good prior investment losses through speculative trading in U.S. equities. The surety of the government guarantee has sadly allowed them to overlook the fact that U.S. corporate earnings continue to fall.

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Yields in Stocks Versus Treasuries are Abnormally High / Stock-Markets / Dividends

By: John_Handbury

The “yield” from stocks is simply the amount earned by the stock divided by the price that the stock trades at.  So the “yield” on the S&P500 is the inverse of the P/E ratio, in percent.