Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Obama Victory Flashing a Stock Market Buy Signal / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Prieur_du_Plessis
Welcome to Wall Street, Barack Obama. His victory signaled a change in US political direction, but the biggest election day rally ever – a surge of 4.1% in the S&P 500 Index on Tuesday – was quickly overshadowed by the grim realities of the worsening economic and earnings picture, resulting on Wednesday and Thursday in the S&P 500's biggest two-day loss (-10.0%) since 1987.
Mr Obama gave his first press conference as President-elect on Friday afternoon, summarizing a discussion he had had with his economic advisory team. He pledged to confront the US's economic crisis “head on” and said he wanted to see “a rescue plan for the middle class” that would include a new fiscal stimulus package. The week closed on a positive note as a late rush of buying on Friday left the stock market indices higher for the day, although still in the red for the week.
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Sunday, November 09, 2008
How Wars and Stock Market Rallies are Won / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Marty_Chenard
Imagine a war where the battalion leader says, "Charge". The battalion moves forward, but as they do, they turn around and see the leader retreating. What do they do next? First, fear grips them as they know the leader is running from what he perceives as a grave danger. At best, the battalion loses their fervor for winning the charge, or retreats like their leader. Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, November 09, 2008
Stocks Technicals Point to Sustainable Rally Underway / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Mike_Burk
The good news is: The bottom indicators have been moving sharply upward suggesting a high likelihood of a rally lasting at least several weeks.
Short Term - Downside volume has been drying up.
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Saturday, November 08, 2008
Deaf, Dumb and Blind Economists Still Failing to Call Recession / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
More unintended consequences of the bailout. “When the government took over mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, taxpayers inherited more than just bad debts. They're also potentially on the hook for tens of millions of dollars in legal fees for the executives at the center of the housing market's collapse. Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Stock Market Indices Spike Higher in Last Hour For Strong Close / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Harry_Boxer
We had a volatile session, but it ended well with the indices not far off the highs for the day. In fact, the S&P 500 closed very near the highs for the day and it ended positively in what appeared to be late pre-weekend short-covering that affected the market in a positive note, and closed strongly particularly in the last 20-30 minutes. Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Stock Bull Market Being Born? / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Zeal_LLC
With the election of a new President, it was an important week for the financial markets. Whether you were part of the 53% of Americans who voted for Obama or the 47% who voted against him, you've got to be thankful this bitter campaign has ended. A peaceful regime change is a great blessing that should not be overlooked.
The very next morning it was back to business as usual for the financial markets. Countless traders collated and analyzed all the information available to them to continue trying to best-position their capital for the future they believe is most probable. And prevailing sentiment was definitely morose. No matter who won on Tuesday, today's serious market and economic problems were going to linger.
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Friday, November 07, 2008
Will Fortune Favour the Brave in This Crisis Investment Climate? / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: William_R_Thomson
OVERVIEW - FORTUNE is said to favour the brave, but is it bold or foolhardy to venture back yet into bombed-out equity and other financial markets? A panel of investment veterans assembled by The Business Times was of the view, on balance, that now is indeed the time to be venturing back into the markets, although one expert was bearish to the point of suggesting that financial markets could yet be brought to a standstill by confusion over the valuation of assets. There was a consensus too that the worst is by no means over yet for the global macro-economy. Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, November 07, 2008
Stock Market Trends November 2008 Forming a Base / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
By: Hans_Wagner
Following the trend is a proven way to beat the market and grow your stock portfolio. Learn to invest using basic technical analysis that provides the tools to identify and follow the trends of the market using the S&P 500.
It is best to begin with the big picture in mind and then work our way down to weekly and then daily views of the charts. You will notice that the chart and the value of the indicators change as we move from a monthly to a weekly and then a daily chart. This is a normal part of the technical analysis.
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Friday, November 07, 2008
Financial Meltdown Worse to Come, More Bailouts Needed! / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: David_Vaughn
The morning after the election I went to my favorite coffee shop in town.
The sign and windows were covered up. They had just officially closed that morning due to bankruptcy. A chain of over three stores and some of their site locations were virtual money machines because they were so busy. And the ultimate bankruptcy is the personal bankruptcy of the owner of the chain. This man was one of the most prominent and wealthy citizens in town. Owned a bunch of other previously successful businesses. Now bankrupt. Too much debt that he could no longer sustain especially due to the present financial meltdown. Where was our government to bail this fellow out in his direst need?
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Friday, November 07, 2008
J.P. Morgan Loving Their Market Manipulation Handiwork / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation
By: Rob_Kirby
The following research paper was compiled as the basis for a radio interview with Patrick Timpone at One Radio Network .
Morgan is the quintessential leviathan in the Interest Rate arena through their obscenely sized Medium-Term Interest Rate Swap book which stood at 59 Trillion at June 30, 2008 .
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Friday, November 07, 2008
Nasdaq Q's Stock Market Rally Expected / Stock-Markets / Tech Stocks
By: Mike_Paulenoff
The Q's (NASDAQ: QQQQ) should be concluding the plunge from Tuesday's pre-election peak at 34.01 in the 30.70-30.20 target zone prior to a potent (perhaps very brief but violent) recovery rally period that should propel the Q's to at least 32.00 in the hours directly ahead. At this juncture, only continued weakness that breaks 30.00 will argue that the Q's just might be heading to fill the gap under 29.00 before the next rally.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, November 07, 2008
After Shocks from the October Financial Markets Crash / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash
By: Gary_Dorsch
October is famous for stock markets crashes, - the Crash of 1929, “Black Monday” 1987, the Asian Contagion crash in October 1997, and the Sub-Prime crash of October 2008. US Treasury chief Henry Paulson's ill-fated decision on Sept 14th , to pull the plug on the 158-year old brokerage firm of Lehman Brothers, set in motion a horrific chain of events that unleashed a torrent of panic selling on commodity and global stock markets, froze the European and US banking systems, and changed the direction American politics for years to come. Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Larry Edelson- Dow Stocks Bear Market Ended in October at 7884 / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Money_and_Markets
We have a lot of ground to cover today. So forgive me if this issue jumps around a bit. But there's just not enough space in this column for me to cover everything in as much detail as I would like to. Yet there's so much money to be made in the next few months that it's mandatory I get my views out on the following topics, even if I have to be brief: Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Stock Markets Post Election Plunge / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Harry_Boxer
The indices had an extremely negative post-election reaction, gapping down at the opening, on pre-market futures being sharply lower. They then tried to bounce, much more successfully on the S&P 500 and Dow, with the Nasdaq unable to get through the intraday moving averages, and they rolled over sharply in the morning, bounced in the afternoon, and then rolled over again even more sharply late in the session. They had a late quick bounce, but in the last 10 minutes rolled over sharply once again to close at the lows for the day.Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Financially Deluded Gambling Hedge Funds Explode / Stock-Markets / Derivatives
By: Adrian_Ash
"... The ideal hedge-fund manager was only just out of college when the Asian Crisis hit. He was smoking blunts behind the school bike-shed on Black Monday 1987. He was still in diapers when the S&P lost half its value in '73-74..."
The INVESTMENT TRUST MANUAL for 1928 "was a little book," reports Robert L.Smitley in his Popular Financial Delusions .
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Stock Market Index Breaks Key Short-term Support Level / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Mike_Paulenoff
The S&P 500 Depository Receipts (AMEX: SPY) has broken key micro support at 98.30/00, which triggered downside continuation to 97.14 so far. Let's notice, however, that the hourly RSI remains pointed straight down, and that the SPY has been unable to chase its way back towards a test of the 98.00/30 breakdown area. This warns me (for now) that the SPYs have more downside directly ahead, into the 96.00 target zone in the upcoming hours.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Bailout Failure and Investing in America's Future / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Money_and_Markets
Sean Brodrick writes: By the time you read this, America will have a new President. I hope he's better with money than the last resident of the White House. Just look at how the Bush gang is spending the $700 billion bailout package for banks — throwing it at financial institutions with few strings attached.
As a result, many Wall Street institutions are using billions and billions of taxpayer dollars to pay for fat cats' bonuses.
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Don't be fooled by Obama Election Victory Stock Market Rally / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
By: Money_and_Markets
World stock markets are extending their bear market rally, and there's a possibility they could continue to do so for a while longer.
If so, don't be fooled!
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Current Stock Market S&P Index P/E Ratio in Historical Perspective / Stock-Markets / Stock Market Valuations
By: Richard_Shaw
As we look for a bottom and read articles about P/E ratios as they relate to historical norms, it can be quite confusing.
The numbers seem all over the lot. The principle reason is that there are many different methods of calculating P/E, and the norms against which they are compared are not always calculated on the same basis (particularly if comparing operating earnings P/E versus “as reported” historical figures).
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Greenspan the Maestro vs. the Market / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation
By: Ayn_Rand
Alex Epstein writes: Alan Greenspan claims that the free market failed to prevent the financial crisis, and that he is “shocked” that his professed “free-market ideology” turned out to contain a “flaw.”
But why should we take him seriously? Greenspan, while once associated with laissez-faire philosopher Ayn Rand, hasn't advocated genuinely free markets for decades. Remember, this is a man who for two decades reveled in being, as the New York Times put it, “the infallible maestro of the financial system.”
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