Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

Friday, August 07, 2009

Jobs Report Surprises the Financial Markets Again, Triggering Triple Digit Dow Moves / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation

By: Sy_Harding

As I have been pointing out for many years, the Labor Department’s monthly jobs report has the record for coming in with a surprise in one direction or the other more often than any other economic report, and therefore produces more immediate triple-digit moves by the Dow in one direction or the other in reaction.

Friday, August 07, 2009

Stock Market Rally and Economic Recovery, Experts Never Learn! / Stock-Markets / Economic Recovery

By: Peter_Schiff

There is an inexplicable, but somehow widely held, belief that stock market movements are predictive of economic conditions. As such, the current rally in U.S. stock prices has caused many people to conclude that the recession is nearing an end. The widespread optimism is not confined to Wall Street, as even Barack Obama has pointed to the bubbly markets to vindicate his economic policies. However, reality is clearly at odds with these optimistic assumptions.

Friday, August 07, 2009

Stock Market Bear Bashing, The Teddy Bears' Picnic: All Eyes On The Broken Clock! / Stock-Markets / Forecasts & Technical Analysis

By: Andrew_Butter

Five months later and the S&P went up from 666 to pierce 1,000 and hardly a day passes without another theory for why it will dive catastrophically to 450.

Perhaps one day the watchers of that particular clock will be rewarded, but although they are adamant about the existence of the "end of the world" like Jehovah Witnesses they cleverly don't give any clues about when?

Friday, August 07, 2009

China Is Through Screwing Around, Seeks to Deploy Reserves to Buy Real Assets / Stock-Markets / China Economy

By: Graham_Summers

Starting with the re-opening of formal trade arrangements in 1971, China has undergone a near unprecedented level of economic transformations. The country’s per-capita income doubled from 1978 to 1987 and again from 1987 to 1996.

In those 20 years, more than 300 million Chinese ascended out of poverty with accompanying dramatic changes in lifestyle, professions, and diet: between 1985 and 2008, average Chinese meat consumption more than doubled from 44 pounds to 110 per annum.

Friday, August 07, 2009

Financial Markets And Economic Events for August 7th 2009 / Stock-Markets / UK Economy

By: Lloyds_TSB

The Bank of England's decision yesterday to expand its asset purchase programme by £50bn to £175bn surprised the markets, but it underlines the importance the MPC attaches to economic data in its policy deliberations. In particular, although recent output indicators have improved, the recession was deeper than previously thought, implying an even larger degree of spare capacity in the economy.

Friday, August 07, 2009

S&P 500 Stock Market Trends Analysis for August 2009 / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Hans_Wagner

When analyzing monthly stock market trends, I use the S&P 500 charts to identify important trend lines. Trend following is a proven strategy to beat the market and grow your stock portfolio. Technical analysis provides the tools to analyze and identify trends in the stock market. Since the S&P 500 chart is the one used by professional traders for their analysis, it is important to understand how it is performing.

Thursday, August 06, 2009

Main Resistance Level Still Holds for S&P 500 Stocks Index / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Donald_W_Dony

The main resistance level of about 1000 continues to hold for the S&P 500. This line is the barrier that has held the broad-based index since October 2008. As the new 4-month trading cycle began in early July, time is slowly running out for any additional advance. The mid-point of the cycle is in late August. This means that downward pressure can be expected to build in the second half of the cycle which is September and October.

Thursday, August 06, 2009

Investing in the Frontier Emerging Markets with ETFs / Stock-Markets / Emerging Markets

By: Money_and_Markets

Ron Rowland writes: As a Money and Markets reader, you probably know an awful lot about “emerging markets.” They’re the countries that aren’t quite as modernized as the U.S. but are developing fast: China, Brazil, India, Russia, etc.

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Stock Market Indices Finally Give a Little Back / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Harry_Boxer

The indices finally suffered a down day, but even with that they rallied back late in the afternoon to pare the losses.

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Stock Market Investing, The Thrill of a Lifetime? / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets

By: John_Browne

Anyone looking for thrills these days should forget roller coasters and skydiving. Instead, simply buy a few shares of U.S. stock. The past year has reminded us how truly stomach-churning the financial ride can be. And after a white-knuckled drop in 2008, investors who held on are now enjoying a dizzying ascent. In the past five months alone, the S&P has risen by 22 percent and the NASDAQ by 33 percent. Emerging markets are back almost to their pre-recession levels. Even individual American stocks have performed in a stellar manner. Apple, Cisco and Oracle have all risen by over 200 percent. Ford, an aging relic once given up for dead, has risen by 268 percent!

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Thoughts on the Next Decade of Market Performance / Stock-Markets / Stock Market Sentiment

By: Mike_Stathis

Last month I posted a poll on my website www.avaresearch.com asking readers by how much the U.S. stock market would return on average, annually over the next ten years.  The results were a bit surprising. 

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Financial Sector Stocks XLF ETF Nearing a Peak? / Stock-Markets / Banking Stocks

By: Mike_Paulenoff

Now that the Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF) has climbed to my optimal next upside target zone 13.80-14.00 (I took my profit late yesterday), let's notice that the price structure has climbed vertically towards the top trendline of the July bullish price channel. My near term work aruges that we should expect a peak in and around the 14.00-14.20 area in the upcoming hours, which could coincide with the rebalance of Citigroup (C) after the close this evening. C is going into the S&P 500, and supposedly The Street must buy 650 million shares to "rebalance" their index portfolios.

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Goldman Sachs the Great American Financial Markets Bubble Machine / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation

By: Global_Research

Matt Taibbi writes: From tech stocks to high gas prices, Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression - and they're about to do it again 

The first thing you need to know about Goldman Sachs is that it's everywhere. The world's most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money. In fact, the history of the recent financial crisis, which doubles as a history of the rapid decline and fall of the suddenly swindled dry American empire, reads like a Who's Who of Goldman Sachs graduates.

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

The Next Stock Market Panic is Here! / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bull Market

By: Q1_Publishing

We’re in the midst of the next stock market panic and no one is paying attention.

Worst of all, it will be the type of panic that will take more folks by surprise and, in the end, will turn out to be more costly to most investors than last fall’s market sell-off.

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Consumer Confidence and Stock Market Investor Sentiment Indicators / Stock-Markets / Stock Market Sentiment

By: Richard_Shaw

The broad consumer confidence index reported a decline below the 50% level on July 28. Let’s see how some other dimensions of confidence look.

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Stock Market Signals a Medium-Term Rally / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets

By: Money_and_Markets

Claus Vogt writes: In last week’s Money and Markets column, I talked about probabilities. And I explained why I expect the current stock market rally to have legs. This market call, however, is valid for just a few quarters …

My long-term outlook hasn’t changed one iota!

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Investment Grade Value Stock Index (IGVSI) Soars 24% / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets

By: Steve_Selengut

The Investment Grade Value Stock Index is a barometer of a small but elite sector of the stock market. Some Investment Grade Value Stocks are included in all averages and indices, but even the Dow Jones Industrial Average includes several issues that are below Investment Grade and very few boast an A+ S & P rating.

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Stocks Bear Market NOT Over, Stocks WILL Crash this Fall! / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market

By: Graham_Summers

Yesterday we detailed the different between this current economic contraction, and your usual run of the mill plain vanilla recessions. We also went over the MASSIVE consumer credit contraction that needs to occur before American households have finished de-leveraging.

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Runaway Stock Markets Relentlessly Moving Higher / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Frederic_Simons

Are you waiting for that pullback to get into stocks ? Nervous of missing out ? This is what a lot of investors certainly feel like. For several stock market updates, we have told subscribers repeatedly what we think about the recent strong upmove and its psychological implications:

Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Stock Market Bubble-Mania in China Spreads to Global Markets / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: Gary_Dorsch

The S&P-500 Index, a global bellwether for the world stock markets, extended its best five-month winning streak since 1938, by advancing through the psychological 1,000-level, and is up nearly 50% from its 12-year low set on March 10th.  The S&P-500 gained 7.4% in July, its best monthly performance since 1997, even as average earnings per-share tumbled -32% and sales slid -16% from a year ago.