Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Stock Market Caution, Caution, and More Caution / Stock-Markets / Volatility
By: Jack_Steiman
Just when you think you have this figured out in this impossible environment, you recognize you don't -- and thus the reason to be either all cash or very close to it. Getting aggressive in any way, shape or form is incredibly inappropriate. Two days ago things looked good. Monday made things look bad, but Tuesday not so bad as those daily Macd's hung in there very well -- but of course could totally collapse tomorrow out of no where. Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Stock Market Indices Get Strong Finish to Finish near Highs in Volatile Session / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Harry_Boxer
The markets had a volatile session, but a got very strong finish, closing at the highs for the day on some of the indices and near them on the others.
The day started out with positive market futures, but they had come way off their early pre-market highs. They opened positive but then sold off immediately to retest yesterday's late lows, but held there. When that happened, they staged a very strong rally in the morning that took the Nasdaq 100 from about 1192 to 1137, about a 45-point rally.
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Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Plunging Domestic and Global Funds Money Flows / Stock-Markets / Global Stock Markets
By: Richard_Shaw
Mutual fund money flows, which are a good indicator of overall retail investor market views, have been strongly negative in recent months. Global and international equity funds have experienced greater negative money flows than domestic US mutual funds this year. Until the 2008 market drops, US equity funds received lower money inflows than global and international funds. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Financial Markets Technical Analysis- Yorba TV / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
Today’s Yorba TV Program may be entitled “Final Landing” since the indexes have now given us a potential map of its intentions. Last week I put out a video on YouTube describing my current views on the BKX. It drew a lot of commentary and gave me a reason to re-evaluate the chart patterns to get the “best fit.” The red horizontal line is the neckline of an earlier head and shoulders pattern that had a target of 33 in the BKX. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Stock Markets Finding More Promising Signs of a Turnaround / Stock-Markets / Global Stock Markets
By: Frank_Holmes
As the final month of 2008 begins, let's look back at November -- a month that featured a number of promising signs that a market recovery could be drawing nearer.
U.S. markets— According to probability models from Thomas Weisel, the S&P 500 has been a “Buy” since November 21, the day that index closed at 800. They say a verification could come in early December, when monthly liquidity figures come out—if there is extreme positive liquidity to accompany the technical “Buy” signal, history shows that on average there's a six-month price rally of 18.5 percent.
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Stock Market Crash Technical Analysis Online Video / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash
By: INO
How did a dead mathematician pinpoint the downturn in the market?
In my new video, I will show you how a mathematician who has been dead for
several hundred years, pinpointed today's downturn in the market (12/1/08).
I think that you'll find this short video informative, educational and above
all practical.
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Major Stock Market Test Underway / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Marty_Chenard
... because a formidable 6 month resistance is now being tested ...
Today, we will share the chart of our "Net Daily Difference between the Very Strong to Very Weak" stocks.
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Stock Market Rally Ends With a BANG! / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Harry_Boxer
The rally abruptly ended today and with a bang, as the indices opened sharply lower on very negative pre-market futures. They dropped precipitously in the morning, bounced around mid-day to try to consolidate, and even tried a mid-day rally. When that failed they sold them off in earnest, as the indices cascaded in the last hour, the Nasdaq 100 dropping from 1128 to 1093 just in the last hour alone, and the S&P 500 dropping from 850 to 815 over that same period of time and closing not far from there.Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Inflated Egos Next Bubble To Burst / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Captain_Hook
As a follow-up to last week's commentary on the chronic complacency that has gripped the investing public, a population that thinks ‘ big daddy ' will bail them out of all troubles forever apparently, once its realized by the masses this belief is a falsehood , a sense of panic will enter the collective psyche, and the issue of our inflated egos will finally be addressed. Of course in the meantime the bureaucracy is doing a great job of keeping the mob's attention off of real issues, much in the spirit of Rome's bread and circuses so long ago now. In knowing this the question begs, ‘have we not progressed past the failings of our forefathers in matters of society?' Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, December 01, 2008
Nasdaq Retraces 50% of Upmove / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Mike_Paulenoff
The Q's (NASDAQ: QQQQ) are pressing towards a 50% giveback of the prior 5-session upmove, at 27.25, which is the next significant support plateau beneath the 11/25 pullback low of 27.52. If 27.25 does not contain the selling pressure, then we should expect downside continuation that fills the gap area from 11/24 in the 27.00-26.65 target zone.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, December 01, 2008
Stocks Bear Market Rally Continues During December / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Andre_Gratian
Current Position of the Market
SPX: Long-term trend -
Down! The very-long-term cycles have taken over earlier than anticipated and if they make their lows when expected, the bear market which started in October 2007 should continue until 2012- 2014.
SPX: Intermediate trend - intermediate low may have been reached in November, but this remains to be confirmed. There is good possibility that January 2009 will bring a new low, or at least a test of the lows.
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Monday, December 01, 2008
Stock Market Santa Rally Could Correct this Week / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets
By: Regent_Markets
Markets pulled their socks up last week, with global equities putting some distance between the November lows and Friday’s close. The FTSE 100 enjoyed a 13% weekly gain, while the Dow, S&P500 and Nasdaq are up 17.1%, 19.9% and 18.3% from the November lows respectively. The week started well with traders liking what they saw in the massive bailout of Citi group.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, December 01, 2008
European Banks to be Hit by Collapsing Emerging Markets / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Money_and_Markets
Jack Crooks writes: Most investors are understandably fixating on the spectacle of the U.S. debt crisis and Washington's $7.8 trillion in loans, investments, commitments and guarantees designed to end it. Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Stocks Head into Seasonally Second Strongest Month of the Year / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Mike_Burk
The good news is: New lows all but disappeared over the past week.
Short Term In an up trending market the down days give you the best information. We have not had a down day in the past week.
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
Investors Give Thanks for Stock Market Five Day Rally / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets
By: Prieur_du_Plessis
The holiday-shortened Thanksgiving week brought investors an additional item to be thankful for when stock markets closed higher for five consecutive trading days - a rare winning streak last accomplished in July 2007. The S&P 500 Index has gained 19.1% since the start of the rally on November 21 and 12.0% on the week, registering the largest weekly gain since 1974. Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Important Questions for the Stock Market and U.S. Economy / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Money_and_Markets
Mike Larson writes: It's a beautiful, long holiday weekend. I've been celebrating Thanksgiving (and my birthday) with my family, and I'm sure many of you are also busy with relatives and friends. So I'm going to keep this week's column short.
Specifically, I'm going to highlight three big questions we should all be thinking about — and offer up my best answers. I feel these are the most important three questions to ask right now because the answers will determine the next big moves in the market and the U.S. economy.
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Saturday, November 29, 2008
Important Aspects of Dow Theory Interpretation / Stock-Markets / Dow Theory
By: Tim_Wood
It's amazing how many people write articles and publish material on Dow theory. The sad thing is that the vast majority of the material I see is dead wrong. Recently, I was sent an older article that was published by a Certified Financial Analyst stating that a Dow theory “buy signal” was triggered on April 18, 2008. I was asked why that so-called signal failed and why my read on the Dow theory has proven correct. It's simple. When I read these articles I always see a common denominator in that it becomes immediately apparent that the author had never actually studied the original writings of Charles H. Dow, William Peter Hamilton or Robert Rhea. Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Stock Market Patterns Suggest More Upside / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Jack_Steiman
I'll keep things brief tonight as the holiday shortened week didn't do much to change my outlook from Wednesday. What appears to be setting up is the exact opposite of what was happening in the down trend for several months. The 60's would flash amazingly strong positive divergences along with very oversold conditions and the market could barely rally. The 60's are now very overbought with some strong negative divergences out there but it's not mattering. Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, November 28, 2008
Healthcare Stocks ETF Looking Robust / Stock-Markets / Sector Analysis
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Many of the major components of the SPDR Select Healthcare ETF (AMEX: XLV) have been acting well technically and exhibiting patterns that argue for more upside directly. These include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Merck (MKR), Pfizer (PFE) and Eli Lilly (LLY). Let's expect continued strength in the ETF that next confronts a key 8-week resistance line, now at 25.35/40. If hurdled that will trigger upside follow-through towards my optimal target zone of 27.20/60.Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Is the tide turning for the Stock Market? / Stock-Markets / Global Stock Markets
By: Prieur_du_Plessis
I posed the following question a few days ago: “ Does the stock market rally have legs? ” We have now had four days in a row of a higher market, something we have not seen since June this year. This is also the S&P 500 Index's biggest four-day surge (+18.0%) since 1933.
A sharply weaker opening yesterday as a result of a barrage of gloomy economic reports was followed by a reversal on the news of former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker's appointment to a new White House Economic Recovery Advisory Board tasked to revive growth in the US. Involving the 81-year Volcker in this way is a smart move by President-elect Obama.
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