Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
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Friday, July 18, 2014
Stock Market - Is It 1999 All Over Again? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014
By: Clif_Droke
The ebullient mood on Wall Street today was stimulated by a rash of merger and acquisition announcements.
Consider the following: In the energy sector, Kodiak Oil & Gas (KOG) agreed to be acquired by Whiting Petroleum (WLL), resulting in a sizable jump for both stocks. Among industrials, URS Corp. (URS) agreed to be acquired by Aecom (ACM), leading to 10-12% leaps for both stocks. Among health care companies, Shire Pharmaceuticals (SPHG) was reported to have accepted a $53 billion takeover bid AbbVie (ABBV); also, Mylan (MYL) announced a $5.3 billion deal to purchase a segment of Abbot (ABT).
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Friday, July 18, 2014
Stock Market SPX Highs A Fed Illusion / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014
By: Zeal_LLC
The surreal US stock markets have continued melting up in recent months, spurred ever higher by the Federal Reserve’s money printing and jawboning. The resulting record highs in the headline indexes have been widely trumpeted by Wall Street as evidence of a strong secular bull underway, with years still left to run higher. But these records are misleading, mere illusions conjured by the Fed’s relentless inflation.
Friday, July 18, 2014
Geopolitical Event Tanks the Stock Market / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014
By: PhilStockWorld
Courtesy of Doug Short. The apparent missile attack that brought down a Malaysian Airlines passenger jet with 295 passengers and crew also tanked today’s markets. The Eurozone’s Stoxx 50 fell 1.41%. The US markets also closed in the deep red with the S&P 500 down 1.18%, fractionally off its 1.31% intraday low about 15 minutes before the final bell. A CNBC afternoon news item puts takes a glass-half-full perspective with in a piece entitled “Market reaction to Malaysia jet crash could be short-lived“.
Friday, July 18, 2014
Financial Market Forecasts Special Event / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2014
By: EWI
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Friday, July 18, 2014
U.S. Housing Buyers Fools Paradise. Lying Spanish Banks... / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2014
By: Ty_Andros
There is no shortage of interesting items to choose from. The world is unraveling fast and the absurdities just keep piling up. Here are a few from the last week...
- The Wizards of LIBERTY Street
- Big Buyers in a fool's paradise
- Is the TOP in for European Banks?
- Spanish Banks, Lying with numbers.
- David Letterman's top 10 reasons to vote democrat
- Huckabee and the truth about the US border crisis
- The REAL cost Illegal Immigration
- Militarization of the UNITED STATES
- Honest Abe and three Benedict Arnolds
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Beware of Flashy Stock Repurchases When The Market Is on The Rise / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014
By: Casey_Research
By Andrey Dashkov
Retail giant Bed Bath & Beyond just announced plans to buy back another $2 billion in shares, which the company will start doing after it completes its current share repurchase program. You’ve seen it before: Press releases emphasize that buybacks return value to shareholders, analysts sometimes rely on repurchases to spot a stock to write up next, and management likes to tout their focus on shareholder returns. But what’s the real story? Why would a company buy its own shares?
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Thursday, July 17, 2014
Stock Market Rally Gets Manic/Depressive / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014
By: PhilStockWorld
You never know what you are going to wake up to in this market.
This morning, the market is depressed, giving up all of yesterday's gains in the Futures. So much so that we took a long poke on the Russell (/TF) Futures that we had been shorting from 1,160 – at the 1,135 line. That's down 3% since we began shorting them at 1,170 on Monday.
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Thursday, July 17, 2014
Stock Market Top Or Just A Consolidation? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014
By: Paul_Rejczak
Briefly: In our opinion, no speculative positions are justified.
Our intraday outlook remains neutral, and our short-term outlook is neutral:
Intraday (next 24 hours) outlook: neutral
Short-term (next 1-2 weeks) outlook: neutral
Medium-term (next 1-3 months) outlook: neutral
Long-term outlook (next year): bullish
Thursday, July 17, 2014
S&P Stock Market Index Just Shy of a Record Close on Increased Volume / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014
By: PhilStockWorld
Courtesy of Doug Short. This morning we learned that the June headline Producer Price Index was hotter than expected, potentially fueling inflationary concerns, and Industrial Production came in a bit light. The market paid little attention to the economic news. It was presumably more interested in earnings reports and big deals, e.g., Rupert Murdoch’s rebuffed bid for Time Warner. Yikes! That’s my Internet provider! The Dow ended the day with its 15 record close of 2014. The S&P 500 finished with a 0.42% gain that left it just 0.19% shy of its record close on July 3rd.
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Stock Market Gap and Stop.... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014
By: Jack_Steiman
The market tried to get through that 4443 gap on the Nasdaq once again today. It failed. It had a good shot thanks to the earnings from Intel Corporation (INTC) last night. That stock exploded today. Normally when that happens to this degree, and it has been a long time since it has, the Nasdaq explodes up 40-50 points at the open and ends up with an up day of roughly 80-100 points. Not to be today. The market could never get through that nasty gap down at 4443 on the Nasdaq. It got through right after the open but never got going after that. It just died out. This is a change of trend from what we see when markets are ready to keep going higher. The problem, of course remains, sentiment but more on that later.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Nanex: The Stock Market Is Rigged, With Details / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation
By: Jesse
The market is rigged. Oh no, this could not possibly be correct, say the trolls, shills, revolving door careerists, media carnival barkers, and conmen's assistants. They simply do not understand it! Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
European Financial Crisis 2014 - Vaccinate Against This Fiscal Contagion / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2014
By: Money_Morning
Michael E. Lewitt writes: The European financial crisis is often pushed out of the headlines by crises of a more incendiary variety. That might suggest the problem has diminished. It hasn't.
The saga of Portual's Banco Espirito Santo is a sure sign to investors that the European financial crisis is anything but over.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Stock Market New Head & Shoulders Formation / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
SPX came back to retest its sub-Minute Wave (ii) trendline a second time. This gave it a 63% retracement of its decline from the 1982.52 top. It would be good to be observant of the action in the final hour. Whether the selling picks up in the final hour or not, there should be some fireworks going off, especially when SPX crosses its Head & Shoulders neckline.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Stocks, Bonds, Currencies, Metals and Interest Rate Forecasts Special Event / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2014
By: EWI
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Lindsay: The Stock Market 2011 Basic Advance / Stock-Markets / Cycles Analysis
By: Ed_Carlson
Over the past several months I have debated from which low of the 2011 Sideways Movement to count the current basic advance; 10/4/11, 11/25/11, or 12/19/11.
The first two lows were forecast by Middle Sections telling us that they are significant and should play a role in our forecasts.
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Stock Market Aggressive Sell Signal / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
Good Afternoon!
After a very deep retracement, SPX broke through its trendline and appears to be headed for its Broadening Wedge trendline at 1956.00, at the very least. The probability is that it may be more likely to target Intermediate-term support at 1948.16 or the hourly Cycle Bottom support at 1943.55.
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
VIX - Stock Markets Set To Get Volatile! / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014
By: Austin_Galt
With the stock market edging up with nary a decent pullback in yonks, I thought it timely to investigate the Volatility Index (VIX). Let’s commence proceedings by looking at the daily chart.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Final Days of the Stock Market Bubble / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014
By: LewRockwell
David A. Stockman writes: The central banks of the world are massively and insouciantly pursuing financial instability. That’s the inherent result of the 68 straight months of zero money market rates that have been forced into the global financial system by the Fed and its confederates at the BOJ, ECB and BOE. ZIRP fuels endless carry trades and the harvesting of every manner of profit spread between negligible “funding” costs and positive yields and returns on a wide spectrum of risk assets.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Stock Market Morning Rally to a Tiny Trading Range / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014
By: PhilStockWorld
Courtesy of Doug Short. Some earnings optimism triggered a modest market surge at the open, with Citigroup’s beat grabbing the headlines (C would go on to close with a 3% gain for the day). The S&P 500 rose half a percent at the opening bell and then spent the rest of the day in a tiny trading range, closing with a 0.48% advance.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Stock Market Retail Money Market Funds Reversal Signal - Video / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014
By: EWI
Steve Hochberg on the state of retail money market funds vs. stock market capitalization, filmed at the 2014 Las Vegas Money Show
Editor's note: The article below is adapted from the transcript of the live presentation above, originally recorded at the 2014 Las Vegas Money Show. It features Elliott Wave International Chief Market Analyst Steve Hochberg. Hochberg is co-editor of The Elliott Wave Financial Forecast, one of EWI's flasgship market letters. Click here for a free excerpt from Hochberg's latest issue.
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