Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
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Sunday, January 08, 2012
Financial Markets Dull Start To The New Year / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: WavePatternTraders
Another year passed, although the start to the New Year has so far has been anything but an explosive start, US markets are pretty stuck in a range and chopped traders to pieces, not exactly great conditions for making successful trades. Times like that I strongly suggest sitting it out and waiting for this market to makes its move.
Sunday, January 08, 2012
The Stock Market Dueling Forces of 2012 / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2012
By: Clif_Droke
The cyclical bull market recovery which began in March 2009 was powerful in its first year, moderately strong in 2010 and visibly weakened by the end of 2011. Thus we have the pattern of a recovery which is losing internal force with each passing year. The start of a New Year heralds some interesting possibilities for the coming 12 months, which we'll discuss in this commentary.
Sunday, January 08, 2012
Mega Trends 2012 and their Impacts / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: Colin_Twiggs
To arrive at an outlook for the year ahead we first need to analyze the big trends that endure for decades and in some cases even longer.
Population growth and food resources
The number one dynamic over the last century has been the exponential rise in global population. It took 123 years for the world population to grow from 1 to 2 billion (by 1927) and only 12 years to grow from 5 to 6 billion (by 1999). Growth, however, is now slowing and we are predicted to rise from the current 7 billion to a peak of 9 billion in the 2050s.
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Sunday, January 08, 2012
Stock Market Push-Pull Continues... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2012
By: Jack_Steiman
The story is definitely an old one. A boring one at that. Push and pull, and then some more push and pull with both sides seemingly exhausting, themselves. While they catch their breath, they realize that they've done nothing to get excited about. They bend down with their hands on their knees and say why bother.
Saturday, January 07, 2012
Emini S&P Stock Index Pattern Still Bullish / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading
By: Mike_Paulenoff
After two hours of trading, let's notice that although the e-mini S&P 500 declined 14 points off its reaction spike-high after the Jobs Report, the weakness did NOT violate last evening's pullback low at 1266.75, which preserves a constructive intraday pattern bias.
At this juncture, only a decline that breaks both 1268.25 and 1266.75 will disrupt the overall bullish pattern off of yesterday's low -- and should trigger a press to test more critical support at 1259.75.
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Friday, January 06, 2012
Stock Market Rally Party May Be Over! / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
By: Toby_Connor
About it every 35 to 40 days we get a major profit-taking event occur in the stock market. In bull markets that's all it is, a profit-taking event. In a bear market it is a resumption of the cyclical downtrend triggered by deteriorating fundamentals. It still remains to be seen whether or not stocks have rolled over into another cyclical bear market.
Friday, January 06, 2012
Stock Market Gains May Not last / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2012
By: Chris_Ciovacco
Numerous markets and time frames still point to lower lows in stocks later in 2012. We believe the S&P 500 could push above 1,285 toward the 1,300 - 1,343 range. However, that move may be retraced fairly quickly, based on DeMark counts, increasing bullish sentiment, and still-elevated Italian bond yields. The negative implications of a 10-year Italian bond yielding 7% were outlined at the 00:29 and 13:00 marks of a December 18 video.
Friday, January 06, 2012
Why China's "Blindside" Could Be A Great Stock Market Buying Opportunity / Stock-Markets / Chinese Stock Market
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes:
There's not a day goes by that I don't see some variation of the theme that China is going to crash, or that somehow that nation will blindside us, and that its markets may fall 60%.
This is like saying the U.S. markets were in for a hard landing in March of 2009 after they had fallen more than 50%. Folks who bit into this argument and bailed not only sold out at the worst possible moment, but then added agony to injury by sitting on the sidelines as the markets tore 95.68% higher over the next two years.
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Friday, January 06, 2012
Stock Market Mixed, Narrow Close ... Well Off Lows! / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2012
By: Harry_Boxer
The stock market indices started out on a very negative note today, moving down sharply at the opening, the S&P 500 dropping from 1277 down to 1265, and the Nasdaq 100 dropped quickly, but it recovered quickly. The S&P 500 also recovered, but not as quickly. However, later when the NDX broke out the SPX started to thrust. We had a strong rally from early morning to just after lunch hour, taking the NDX from 2317 to 2352. The S&P 500 jumped from 1255 to 1283. At that point they were overbought, and we indicated that we thought the market would pull back, which it did, but in an orderly fashion, holding support, which caused a late snapback into the close. The indices ended up positive on the SPX and the NDX, but not quite on the Dow, although the Dow clawed its way back about 130 points.
Thursday, January 05, 2012
MF Global Sold Assets to Goldman While It Was Looting Customer Accounts / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Jesse
It turns out that MF Global sold hundred of millions in assets to Goldman in the last two business days before its bankruptcy. It is not clear that MF Global actually received the payment for the sale, or if the funds were held by their clearing agent and banker, JP Morgan, who knew that they were going to be bankrupt.
That revolving line of credit at JPM of $1.2 Billion is about the size of the missing customer funds.
Thursday, January 05, 2012
DOW hits historical Primary II B wave rally retracement range / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
By: Tony_Caldaro
On October 22nd we posted this analysis of Major B waves, during Primary II, once the 61.8% retracement level was exceeded: http://caldaro.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/weekend-update-315/. It is at the beginning of the report.
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Thursday, January 05, 2012
Stock Market Forecast 2012. Is The Fed Bailing Out Europe? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2012
By: Chris_Ciovacco
With the S&P 500 heading toward the October lows on the Friday after Thanksgiving, the ever market manipulating central banks just had to do something. The decision was made on Monday, November 28 to provide a stealth bailout for European banks, and indirectly poorly managed sovereigns. Gerald Driscoll, the former Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, penned an opinion piece which appeared in the Wall Street Journal on December 28. He stated in no uncertain terms:
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Silver Value Investing With A Financial System Off the Rails / Stock-Markets / Gold and Silver 2012
By: Dr_Jeff_Lewis
John Bogle is well known in the investment community. At Vanguard, he completely changed the way investors think about Wall Street. He has legions of fans, fans who label themselves as “Bogleheads,” reflecting their staunch acceptance of his main investment thesis: turnover kills.
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Thursday, January 05, 2012
Stock Market Is Set Up.... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2012
By: Jack_Steiman
The market is set up to move higher. It doesn't mean it has to happen as planned, because, let's face it, folks, both the bulls and the bears have failed miserably in getting things done when they had their chances. There have been many chances for both sides, with the bears being the most recent group to mess up a good thing. They had the market buried with the move below 1225, but once that took place, it was churn time on diminishing volume, and that's all the bears could muster. The bears failed as the bulls took over, and have now worked the market back up to the breakout level, and beyond, for the moment, in a way that suggests somewhat higher prices ahead. Here's the set-up.
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
How Banks Are Using Your Money to Create the Next Financial Markets Crash / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes:
In 2008, reckless credit default swaps nearly obliterated the global economy. Now comes the next crisis - rehypothecated assets.
It's a complicated, fancy term in the global banking complex. Yet it's one you need to know.
And if you understand it, you will get the scope of the risks we currently face - and it's way bigger than just Greece.
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Good Riddance to 2011 / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Bill_Bonner
Before we say goodbye to 2011, let us pause to remember it…briefly. We spent 365 days with it – 365 days in a row. We can’t just move on to 2012 without at least a backward glance. What kind of a year was it? In what direction did it take the world, dear reader? Should we cheer that it is gone…or merely dry our eyes and hope for the best in 2013?
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
The Dollar Vigilante's Outlook for 2012 / Stock-Markets / Global Debt Crisis 2012
By: Jeff_Berwick
“When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing; when you see that money is flowing to those who deal not in goods, but in favors; when you see that men get rich more easily by graft then by work, and your laws no longer protect you against them but protect them against you....you may know that your society is doomed” Ayn Rand
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Stock Market Positive Price Action / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2012
By: Donald_W_Dony
Worries about global markets, and particularly with Europe, appear to be forgotten as the NYSE Composite drives above resistance levels in the first trading day of 2012.
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Stock Market Can Just Got its Last Kick / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2012
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
Dear friends,
Remember this:
· Zigzags are very common.
· Double zigzags are less common.
· Triple zigzags are rare.
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012
The Keys to Successful Investing in 2012 / Stock-Markets / Investing 2012
By: Roger_Conrad
Turmoil in Europe, uneven US economic growth and unprecedented market volatility led many investors to reject stocks this year. Bad move. Stocks outperformed other asset classes in 2011 and will continue to do so in 2012. Yields on traditional savings vehicles are virtually nonexistent. Read full article... Read full article...