Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Dow Leads Stock Market Down / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading
“An impartial study of history reveals that the more government intervenes in an attempt to minimize the severity of cycles, the more extreme and violent they seem to become.” Richard RussellRead full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Stock Market Plunge as Bad as It Gets / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
The indices suffered a very negative session to start the week. The indices gapped down below short-term support, and experienced a narrow but volatile session, particularly late in the afternoon. Net-net it closed at the lows for the day going away on the S&P 500 and very close to it on the Dow. Only the Nasdaq 100 managed to close above the lows, but still suffered a very steep loss.Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Unfinished Business on the Downside for Nasdaq Q's / Stock-Markets / Tech Stocks
We review the daily chart of the PowerShares QQQ Trust (Nasdaq: QQQQ) that goes back to the all-time high at 55.07 hit on 10/31/07. The price pattern, the RSI momentum configuration, and the volume levels ALL suggest strongly that the Q's have unfinished business on the downside.Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Stock Market Buying Value on the Dips / Stock-Markets / Investing 2009
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss – we don't get fooled again. Instead of lyrics to a Who song, it could easily be applied to Tim Geithner's unveiling of the new TARP plan. The market reaction is the same as that of previous Treasury chief Paulson. The rolling out of the initial TARP plan saw the markets embark upon a breathtaking dive that culminated with the first market bottom in mid-November. Let's hope that Tuesday's swoon does not follow the same path.Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
U.S. Economy and Monetary System: Reviving The Patient / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009
Five trillion dollars, that's what it's going to cost for the good / bad bank and ballooning stimulus plans. Now that's serious money, not too mention serious inflation by strict definition in the sense money supply has been rising, but prices have not. And it's also a great deal of intervention to thwart what appears to be worsening economic problems; problems that continue to worsen despite all the prior interventions. This is of course what socialists do however; they just keep going back to the trough for more until they kill the patient. The socio-political backdrop has turned into a real zoo in this regard, where even Orwell, with his brilliant foresight , if asked way back when, would have likely had difficult imagining such a mess.Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Stock Market Indices Breaking Lower / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009
With the land of the free, home of the broke, the United States of Insolvency closed yesterday; markets had to look elsewhere for inspiration. The now ex Japanese Finance Minister found it in a bottle with reports that he was drunk at the G7 meeting over the weekend (see video below). More seriously though for markets. The S&P 500 futures has broken support and is now trading just above the pivotal 800 level. A break below 800 could see heavy selling pressure.Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
No Sign of an Economic Recovery Yet? Look Again at BDI, Copper and Homebuilders / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009
There are a number of early economic signals that are beginning to slowly surface that has not yet caught the attention of financial media. These slight changes to the commodity, bond and equity markets are the early indicators and building blocks of the next economic recovery. Throughout 2009 additional evidence is expected to gradually surface. Here are some of the most recent pieces of the recovery puzzleRead full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Stock Market and Commodities Base Building Considerations / Stock-Markets / Investing 2009
The most salient feature of the markets at this juncture is the number of interim bases that have been building in several major sectors, including copper and other economically sensitive groups. In this commentary we’ll examine the bottoms currently being established for stocks and one of the key supports for the continued recovery in the precious metals mining sector, namely copper and copper mining shares.
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Monday, February 16, 2009
Stock Market Dumb and Smart Money Become Bullish / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading
Both the "smart money" and "dumb money" became more bullish in their outlook last week. This is what one would expect from the "smart money" - lower prices bringing out more bulls. The "smart money" refers to those investors and traders who make their living in the markets. Supposedly they are in the know, and we should follow their every move.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, February 16, 2009
America's Financial Apocalypse 2009 Update / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009
Posting When It Matters - I want to thank those of you who've patiently waited during my apparent hiatus. I certainly wasn't on vacation. I don't take vacations. As I've said in the past, I'm not one to make daily or weekly posts for the sake of marketing. Guys who spend much of their time marketing are anything but leaders in their field, unless their field happens to be marketing.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, February 16, 2009
Déjà Vu As Banking Stocks Drag Indices Lower / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009
Stocks ended on a sour note Friday and down 5% for last week. One wonders where they might have ended if not for the giant stimulus package and the son of TARP? Markets had been fantasising that the Obama administration's big bang would at last put equities on the road to redemption but we remain no closer and there seems no rabbit left to pull. Financials were again caught in the cross wires as Lloyds share price plummeted on renewed nationalisation fears following revelations of a £10bn loss at basket case HBoS.Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Stock Market Battles Between Bullish and Bearish Signals / Stock-Markets / Investing 2009
Peter Schiff (Seeking Alpha): This is just the beginning“The intense scrutiny recently paid to my investment strategy in the immediate wake of the financial crisis of the last six months has unfortunately obscured the central element of my larger economic forecast. The standard line has been that although I was able to predict the crash, in the form of the housing collapse and the credit crunch, my expected fallout of a weaker dollar and global decoupling has been proven false. However, this assumes that the crash has fully played out. In reality, all we have heard thus far is the overture.
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Sunday, February 15, 2009
Financial Markets React to Bank Bailout Blackhole / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009
“Words from the Wise” this week comes to you from my abode in a visibly depressed Europe, from where I am compiling this report as welcome relief from gloomy conversations with taxi drivers and cheerless meals in deserted eateries.
Events during the past few days were dominated by the announcement of US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's financial stability plan and a deal reached by Congress on the economic stimulus bill. However, the much-anticipated bailout bang soon whimpered as investors were disappointed about the lack of “beef”. Meanwhile, markets were also mired in uncertainty on the back of fresh evidence of headwinds facing the global economy - notably in major economies such as the UK, continental Europe and Japan.
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Sunday, February 15, 2009
Stock Markets Heading for Successful Retest of November Lows / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
The good news is: Everything is in place for a successful retest of the November lows.
Short Term I found no indicators that made a compelling case for a short term movement in either direction.
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Sunday, February 15, 2009
Stock Market Continues To Heal / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading
Following the market is starting to become a tedious chore. The back and forth action occurring in the stock market may be fertile grounds for the day trader, but not for the position trader. Long or short, trying to trade in this type of environment is tough. Of course, the million dollar question is “when will it be safe to leave the sidelines and enter the market?” No one can answer that. At this time the only real option is to continue to follow the news and observe the market.Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Financial Markets Analysis: Stocks Bear Market and Government Intervention / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
The weeks stock market trend was in one word WEAK, the preceding weeks strong close FAILED to have any follow through, the stock market FAILED to break above 8,400 let alone make it to resistance at 8,600, stocks turned lower to target the lower end of the trading range of between 8,400 and 7,800, including a BEARISH break below support, which triggered the Plunge Protection Team (PPT) into action to support the stock market and bring the selling to a halt, for the time being at least.Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Is the Stock Market Risk Increasing or Decreasing? / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading
The Relative Strength Indicator with a setting of 30 days is one of the most important technical tools to use. Its daily reading level and its trend tell's investors how much risk there is, AND if the risk is decreasing or increasing.Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, February 14, 2009
New Major Upleg for UltraShort Dow / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading
Regardless of whatever carrot stick the Administration or Congress dangles in front of the equity market, my work continue to warn me that since the January 6 low at 49.60 in the ProShares UltraShort Dow 30 (NYSE: DXD), the price structure has entered into a major new upleg.Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Stock Market at the Edge of a Precipice.... / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading
Dow and across the board for that matter. The market should have followed through to the upside on Friday, but could never get going and ended up closing basically near the lows. Exactly the opposite of what I thought would take place. My thinking couldn't have been more wrong. When you get a 1 point Doji on an 8000 index such as the Dow off a downtrend of 600 points, you should get a reversal the next day 99% of the time. Friday was the 1%. Only in this bear market, I guess. Another reason why you can't get aggressive.Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Stock Market Back-and-Fill Session Has Disappointing Close / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading
The stock market indices ended the week on a down note, but they certainly had some volatility. Initially, the markets sold off from the opening on Friday, held support, and then bounced to new rally highs, reaching 1250 NDX and 840 SPX. But that was right at important secondary resistance. They failed to get through, and then had an orderly 5-wave decline that lasted until mid-day. Just before lunch hour the indices reached support and bounced sharply to retest the highs but fell short, pulled back again late afternoon, bounced in the last hour but again couldn't get through and in the last 5 minutes sold off quite sharply, with the NDX dropping 8 points and the S&P 500 more than 6 points.Read full article... Read full article...