Category: Financial Markets 2012
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Sunday, January 01, 2012
Financial Markets 2012, Entering the Mayan’s Final Year / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: PhilStockWorld
You would think, coming into what the Mayan’s may have predicted to be the final year for this planet, that people would want to make sure they get things right but no – most people just predict for next year a variation of what they thought would happen this year – no matter how wrong they were in 2011.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Preparing Your Finances for 2012 / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: EWI
It's hard to believe that 2011 has passed so quickly and that 2012 will soon be here. Now is a good time to look back over the past year and assess your finances. Did your choices this year put you in better or worse circumstances? Do you have the information needed to make wise decisions in the next year? Are you prepared to protect your financial future?
Friday, December 30, 2011
Financial Crisis Script for 2012 / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes:
Welcome to 2012, the third act of a tragic play. As an investor, you have a part in it.
So, if you haven't been paying attention to character development or lost sight of the plot, you're going to be frozen onstage when it's your turn to act.
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Friday, December 30, 2011
U.S. Markets and Election 2012, Pull Out The Big Guns! / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: UnpuncturedCycle
You know it's only a question of time. Ron Paul is in the lead in Iowa and running a strong second in New Hampshire so the press is bringing out the big guns in an effort to knock him down. The top two articles on MSN.com are "Is Ron Paul A Homophobe?" and "Romney Surges in Iowa" with the latter implying that his move to overtake Paul is all but in the bag. I know a thing or two about the Midwest since I grew up in Illinois and I can tell you that the folks in Iowa won't lose a minute's sleep if Paul came out against homosexuals or not.¹ The problem is no one expected him to be "in the game" right now and folks on the Republican side of the isle are very nervous. That means things will get very dirty.
Friday, December 30, 2011
New 2012 Massive QE Investor Opportunities / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: DeepCaster_LLC
“Even as the Dow struggles higher, the internals of the stock market grow weaker. It’s as if a mortally wounded soldier, a bayonet thrust into his stomach, rises to make a final dash towards the enemy. With his last breath he still presents the picture of a fierce fighting man.” Richard Russell, 12/28/11
Friday, December 30, 2011
When Ticks Outnumber Dogs, What to Expect for Investment Environment 2012 / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: Barry_M_Ferguson
A new year is upon us. What should we expect from the investment environment in 2012. Over the past several years, the stock markets have been transformed from markets to casinos, from investing to gambling, and from skill to fortune. Central bank intervention and manipulation has morphed into domination and control. We have witnessed, and continue to witness, a profound change in the way our economies function. We must adapt or we shall perish. If there is one fundamental difference that distinguishes today from decades passed, it is this. Going forward, I believe the key theme will be that the ticks now outnumber the dogs. Let me explain.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
U.S. Treasury Bonds About To Plunge? Implications For Stocks and Gold Silver / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: Willem_Weytjens
Are Bonds about to plunge? And if so (or if not), what are the implications for stocks and precious metals?
Let’s have a look at TLT, which is the iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund.
Back in 2008, at the climax of the financial crisis, TLT was very stretched above the 200MA, and the RSI was very oversold on a weekly basis.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Krugman's Missed Call; Europe/China/Japan; Sideways Markets; Profit Margins; Microsoft / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: Vitaliy_Katsenelson
Paul Krugman wrote about China in his New York Times column last Monday. That’s a topic that you have researched closely. He said that "China’s story just sounds too much like the crack-ups we’ve already seen elsewhere," referring to the financial crisis in the US and the Japanese lost decade. Do you agree with his assessment?
Friday, December 23, 2011
Market Forecasts 2012, The Dow's Annus Horribilis and Gold's... / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: Hubert_Moolman
I must admit that I do not prescribe to the 2012 end of the world or end of an era phenomenon; however, my recent analysis suggests that 2012 could indeed be a very significant year.
I have been following a fractal (pattern) on the Dow chart for the last couple of years. I have written about it before, in a previous article. Basically, the Dow chart is forming a similar pattern to that which was formed in the late 60s to early 70s.
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
Gerald Celente's Top 12 Forecast Trends 2012 / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: LewRockwell
Hold onto your hat, your wallet, and your wits.
After a tumultuous 2011 in which many of the trends we had forecast became headline news around the world, we are now forewarning of an even more tumultuous year to come.
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Sunday, December 18, 2011
Gold and Stocks Signal Start of a Bear Market for 2012 / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: Clive_Maund
Last week saw a severe breakdown in the Precious Metals sector that is now viewed as marking the start of a bearmarket, and that means the onset of a deflationary episode that is likely to prove more serious than that we witnessed in 2008, because it will involve countries going bust rather than "just" banks and large corporations as was the case in 2008.
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Global Economy and Financial Markets 2012 Outlook / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: Bloomberg
Kenneth Jacobs, chief executive officer of Lazard Ltd., spoke about the global economy, the European debt crisis and banking regulations during an interview with Judy Woodruff on Bloomberg Television.
On the global economic outlook for next year:
"Assuming we get through this crisis without a discontinuity, a break in the markets, a catastrophe, then next year probably looks a lot like this year did: modest economic growth in the United States, tough economic climate in Europe, and probably a decent story continuing in the emerging markets."
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Friday, December 02, 2011
Investor Realities, Opportunities & Threats Preview 2012 / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: DeepCaster_LLC
“The E.C.B. has a fire hose — its ability to print money. But the bank is refusing to train it on the euro zone’s debt crisis.”
Wrote Jack Ewing, New York Times, November, 2011
“Why not? According to the November 28th Wall Street Journal, ‘The ECB has long worried that buying government bonds in big enough amounts to bring down countries' borrowing costs would make it easier for national politicians to delay the budget austerity and economic overhauls that are needed.’
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
An Early Look at Things to Come / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: Money_Morning
Dr. Kent Moors wites:
I made it back late Saturday night from my meetings in Germany.
While I was there, the German Central Bank (the Bundesbank) was unable to sell its full complement of bonds... for the first time ever.
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Saturday, November 26, 2011
European Banking Exposure to Bankrupt PIIGS Will Weigh on Financial Markets 2012 / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: Capital3X
We took a list of the largest European banks by assets and compared their market cap, common equity, and total exposure to PIIGS debt (thank you for the bank statistics, EBA!). Then we calculated exposure to PIIGS debt (sovereign and private) as a percentage of the banks’ common equity.