Category: Financial Markets 2014
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Bitcoin? You Have Got To Be Joking! My Report From The World Economic Forum / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2014
By: David_Hague
Dear Reader, I must apologize for my tardiness in filing my report on last month's World Economic Forum [WEF] in Davos. This annual gathering of the world's best and brightest, society's rich and famous, the powerful and the political, the lobbyists as well as many economists, groupies, and assorted riff raff [Yours truly would fall into the last category.] is, perhaps, the most important harbinger of the prospects for the global economy in 2014. My reasons for being so late in filing my report will soon become apparent. I arrived in Davos, more excited than I had ever been in my career. A coterie of powerful bankers had retained me to make a keynote speech at the conference on the topic of Derivatives. They had agreed to cover my expenses and pay me handsomely for the opportunity to hear my thoughts on the subject.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
The 1% Being Picked on For Political Reasons / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2014
By: Bloomberg
Wilbur Ross, chairman of WL Ross & Co., spoke with Bloomberg Television's Betty Liu and Cristina Alesci today about talks about investment strategy, Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen's congressional testimony and Charter's takeover bid for Time Warner.
"I agree that the 1 percent is being picked on for political reasons," Ross said when asked whether he agreed with Sam Zell's comments about the 1%. "I think the right focus would be how do you help the lower classes elevate themselves. And I think what's disappointing with all the rhetoric, they're not doing anything to fix the educational system. Education is the way that people get out of the ghetto and into if not the 1 percent something close to it."
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Sunday, February 09, 2014
Stocks and Commodities Great Inflation of 2014 / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2014
By: Toby_Connor
For over a year now I've been expecting 2014 to be the year when the unintended consequences of five years of QE come home to roost. By the end of the year we are going to have a massive inflationary spike in commodity prices that will collapse the global economy. It's all going to start with a final manic melt up phase in the stock market over the next 3-4 months. Make no mistake this bull market will not be over until the NASDAQ tests it's all time high above 5000.
Wednesday, February 05, 2014
State of the Global Financial Markets Special Report 2014 / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2014
By: EWI
The State of the Global Markets 2014 special 50 page report includes videos such as a presentation titled "Batten Down the Hatches" that Robert Prechter delivered at the New Orleans Investment Conference. Bob will show you definitive signs of a top in several major markets and share some eye-opening analysis about how copper can be used as an indicator in other major markets. When you watch it, you will see why we saved this one for last.
Wednesday, February 05, 2014
Top 1% 'Pummeled' Because It's Politically Convenient / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2014
By: Bloomberg
Sam Zell, billionaire investor and chairman and co-founder of Equity Group Investments, spoke with Bloomberg Television's Betty Liu today about the real estate and financial markets as well as Microsoft's new CEO, Satya Nadella and Obama's new policies.
When asked about Tom Perkins's letter and comments, Zell said: "I guess my feeling is that he's righ. The 1 percent are being pummeled because it's politically convenient to do so."
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Wednesday, February 05, 2014
Bill Gross on China 'Mystery Meat' of Emerging Markets / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2014
By: Bloomberg
Bill Gross, co-founder of Pacific Investment Management Co., joined Bloomberg Television's Stephanie Ruhle and Erik Schatzker today to discuss the outlook for financial markets, investment strategy and the resignation of Pimco Chief Executive Officer Mohamed El-Erian.
Gross said, "I call China the mystery meat of emerging market countries. Nobody knows what's there and there's a little bit of baloney, so we're just going to have to wonder going forward through this year as to the potential problems in China and other emerging markets."
Monday, February 03, 2014
Stocks, Gold & Bonds February Risk-On or Risk-Off Trades? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2014
By: Chris_Vermeulen
Recent price action in the stock market has many traders on edge. With the market closing below our key support trend line last week, the market has now technically starting a down trend.
While trend lines are a great tool for identifying a weakening trend and reversals in the market, I do not put a lot of my analysis weighting on them.
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Sunday, February 02, 2014
Central Bank Throwdown, What’s Driving Emerging Markets? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2014
By: John_Mauldin
Those of us who have attained a certain age can remember being bombarded by commercials in which we were asked "Is it live or is it Memorex?" The thrust of the ad was that it didn't make any difference, that the tape recording was just as good as being there to watch that TV show live. Video recording technology was in its infancy, and the ability to play a movie whenever you wanted was really cool. Imagine being able to set a video recorder to record a TV show while you were away! … As long as you had somebody in the house young enough to be able to program the recorder to do it, it was great technology.
Friday, January 31, 2014
Markets Critical Forecast Signals, Gold Price Explosion to Come / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2014
By: DeepCaster_LLC
“U.S. Major markets will Implode, if Emerging Markets Implode.Jim Sinclair
Sinclair’s claim is correct, but the Markets’ recent Negative Reaction to Argentina’s Devaluation and Turkey’s Massive Rate Increase provides us one Superb Forecasting Signal.
Indeed, so far in 2014 the Markets have provided us with several Superb Forecast Signals in Key Sectors.
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Thursday, January 30, 2014
Stocks Pop, Gold & Bonds Drop / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2014
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
The SPX Pre-Market calls for a higher open. However overhead resistance in the form of the hourly Cycle Bottom awaits at 1784.98. This bounce may not last.
The Department of Labor reports, “In the week ending January 25, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 348,000, an increase of 19,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 329,000. The 4-week moving average was 333,000, an increase of 750 from the previous week's revised average of 332,250.”
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Global Market Forecasts 2014 for Stocks, Bonds, Currencies and Commodities / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2014
By: EWI
Dear investor,
Consider yourself warned.
The global market outlook is far less rosy than the so-called experts would have you believe.
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Monday, January 27, 2014
Gold Improving Bullish Sentiment, Could Witness Stock Market Bloodbath / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2014
By: Clive_Maund
Gold's technical picture has improved since the last bullish update just over a month ago, but it has still not broken out the intermediate downtrend that started back last August, which we can see drawn on the 8-month chart shown below.
On Friday the gold price arrived at a short-term target at the upper boundary of the downtrend, which is a good point for it to turn down again, especially as its moving averages are still in bearish alignment, and world markets have started to tank, which was predicted on the 2nd January on the site in the article, more about which later. If it does turn down again shortly bulls will want to see continued basing action above its lows of last June and July, and December leading to an upside breakout from this downtrend.
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Saturday, January 25, 2014
Goldman Sachs on Argentina Crisis Contagion and Wall Street Still in Public's 'Penalty Box' / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2014
By: Bloomberg
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein spoke with Bloomberg Television's Erik Schatzker and Stephanie Ruhle from the World Economic Forum in Davos today about the outlook for financial markets, the firm's hiring practices and the banking industry.
On the reputation of the banking industry, Blankfein said, "A lot of work has been done, a lot of work still to do, and we will be in the penalty box of the American public. And why not? It was a very big trauma, there were a lot of causes, but one of them has to be poor risk judgments made by certain banks and to the extent that banks were getting a lot of benefits from their good risk management and it turned out to be flawed, you know, it is fair that you pay some price of reputation when it does not go well."
Friday, January 24, 2014
What Could go Wrong for Stocks and Right for Gold in 2014 / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2014
By: Clif_Droke
Are investors too bullish on the stock market’s prospects for 2014 and too bearish for gold’s? It would certainly seem that way based on the near unanimity of analyst consensus. Most institutional analysts have published bullish forecasts for equities in 2014 and a bearish, or at least cautionary, outlook for gold. The favorable forecast for stocks and bearish gold outlook is based on the assumption that deflation remains at bay for the coming year.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, January 24, 2014
Gold and S&P500 Inverse Relationship - Elliott Wave Forecast / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2014
By: Dan_Stinson
Gold has bounced as a double bottom and it is likely that we should see further upside. The downside for the metals and especially Silver has been bearish, but the declined for the metals was relentlessly while the equity markets have gone parabolic. This is a very substantial inverse relationship and suggests reversals for both. Parabolic advances always end poorly and further upside for the metals is expected after the recent over sold conditions.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Davos Philanthropy, Income Inequality and Private Equity / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2014
By: Bloomberg
David Rubenstein, CEO of Carlyle Group, joined Bloomberg Television's Stephanie Ruhle and Erik Schatzker today live from Davos to discuss philanthropy, income inequality and the state of private equity.
Rubenstein told Bloomberg TV he sees plenty of opportunity for private equity, having only "touched the surface in the emerging markets."
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Debt, Economy and Markets - 14 Questions for 2014 / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2014
By: DeviantInvestor
Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana.
Monday, January 20, 2014
Shocking Stocks, Bonds and Dollar Market Predictions for 2014… And the Evidence to Prove Them / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2014
By: Money_Morning
Robert Hsu writes: Each January, we hear a chorus of pundits making predictions about where the markets will go in the 12 months ahead. The number and volume level of the "predictions" is matched only by the utter lack of evidence to back them up.
These talking heads will be the first to shout "I told you so!" But when they get it wrong, well... the silence is deafening. Their predictions are of little use to us.
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Saturday, January 18, 2014
Stocks and Bonds Tops, Gold and Silver Bottom Climacterics Now / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2014
By: DeepCaster_LLC
“We view prospective near-term and multi-year returns as strongly unfavorable, and prospective market risk as unusually elevated.”John Hussman, January 2014
Choppy, decidedly Unbullish Equities Market Action thus far in 2014 is one Major Clue the Climacterics we earlier forecast have arrived in Key Markets. They may take a few days to a few weeks to fully develop, but they have arrived.
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Thursday, January 16, 2014
Bitcoins Goes Mainstream - How Washington is Ruining the Economic Recovery / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2014
By: Clif_Droke
Columnists and newsletter writers are tripping over themselves to describe what they collectively believe will be a bullish year for stocks and the economy in 2014. They point to the Fed’s artificially low interest rates and continued commitment toward a lower unemployment rate as key reasons why the party will continue in the coming year. They also believe that government intervention both at home and abroad will produce a sixth year of recovery.Read full article... Read full article...