Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Investment Flash: Beware of Money Substitutes / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Paul_Lamont
The panic we suggested would occur in our report last month has enveloped the credit markets .
“When the house of (credit) cards begins to fall in on itself, the trend turns from inflation to deflation . That's when creditors turn their focus from lending to collecting and debtors turn their focus from borrowing to repaying. But by this time there are too many IOUs, and debtors cannot service them, much less repay them. Falling asset values and economic contraction thwart efforts to honor the loans. Debtors begin to default. When that happens, the game is up.” – Bob Prechter, Elliot Wave Theorist
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Monday, March 31, 2008
The Bernanke Politburo's Next Big Plan / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Mike_Whitney
" Instead of just propping up bankrupt banks, the governments should be democratising them - mobilising their assets to stimulate the productive economy, repairing infrastructure, researching and developing new markets, and refitting western economies to combat climate change. " Iain MacWhirter, "The Red Menace"
The Federal Reserve is presently considering an emergency operation that is so risky it could send the dollar slip-sliding over the cliff. The story appeared in the Financial Times earlier this week and claimed that the Fed was examining the feasibility of buying back hundreds of billions of dollars of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) with public money to restore investor confidence and clear the struggling banks' balance sheets.
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Monday, March 31, 2008
Judgment Day for Wall Street / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Money_and_Markets
In the first days after the Fed's history-breaking Bear Stearns bailout, a parade of Wall Street pundits preached the theory that ...
"The worst of the crisis is behind us" ...
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Friday, March 28, 2008
Global Stock Markets Index Movements Since Highs / Stock-Markets / Global Stock Markets
By: Prieur_du_Plessis
I posted a scorecard for a number of global stock markets a week ago, showing the index movements since each of the respective market's highs. This short post provides an update, but this time also showing returns in US dollar and euro rather than only in local currency terms.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, March 28, 2008
Can This Stock Market Rally Last? / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: John_Browne
As the markets closed on Friday, March 14th , the $50 billion hedge fund, Carlyle Group, had collapsed, and questions were being asked about the viability of Bear Stearns. Having realized that Bear was close to insolvency, the Treasury and Fed worked overtime during the ensuing weekend to cobble together a bail out scheme that has since calmed the markets and encouraged a tepid rally. The salient question now is whether the rally can last.Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Bottomless Financial Sector Bottom / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets
By: Jim_Willie_CB
Global exchanges and the 13-hour trading day - The prevailing force-fed sentiment is that the US financial sector has bottomed out, the worst is over, the mechanisms for remedy are here, and time to get back in the water for profound bargains again. Let me rebutt! The financial sector is merely taking a breather in a long death march after the great bond bust and horrific unwind of reckless mortgage creation. Monoline bond insurers are nowhere near properly capitalized to handle upcoming substantial losses, nor are banks with loss reserves. Hundreds of billion$ in overvalued and soon-to-be hit mortgage bonds still have yet to occur. And besides, the housing price decline has not even remotely stabilized. Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Stocks Bear Market Notes / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
By: Brian_Bloom
There is an argument which might be put forward that, as the bad news is now known and, given that the market looks forward, the worst may be over and we have seen the lows in the industrial equity markets.
This view may well be right, but it is predicated on the assumption that all the bad news is known.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Global Stock Markets P/E Ratio and Prospective Growth Analysis for 2008 / Stock-Markets / Global Stock Markets
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The sharp drops in global stock markets has led to a fall in the current price earnings ratio's, however this fall needs to be tempered against lower GDP and earnings growth forecasts as the sharp US economic slowdown will impact most economies to varying degrees, shaving between 1.5% to 3% off the growth rates of many emerging markets.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Stock Market Technical's and Fundamentals Remain Weak / Stock-Markets / Stock Market Valuations
By: Chris_Ciovacco
While there is no question stocks are trying to form what market technicians call a double bottom, not much has really changed in recent weeks in terms of market leadership. It is helpful to take a step back and see what is actually happening from both a technical and fundamental perspective when times are uncertain and people are continually asking, "Has the market found a bottom?"Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Unwinding of the "Yen Carry Trade" is Bearish for Global Stock Markets / Stock-Markets / Yen Carry Trade
By: Donald_W_Dony
Global equity traders had, for many years, a ready source of funds at almost no interest charge. Traders have been shorting the Yen and using the funds to purchase stocks, currencies and high-yielding securities around the world. However, as of mid-2007, that "free bank account" is becoming more and more costly. The Yen carry trade is starting to unwind with very negative results for stocks. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Dow Transports Signaling More Bullish Times Ahead / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Mike_Paulenoff
The iShares DJ Transportation Index ETF (AMEX: IYT) continues to act as though oil prices are considerably lower than $101/bbl and that the U.S. economy is hitting on more cylinders than currently perceived. Let's note with interest that crude oil prices ENDED their prior correction ($86) during the third week of January, which also coincided with the corrective low in the IYT at 71.62, and since then oil prices have climbed to a $111.80 high, while the IYT has continued to climb as well.Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Media Ignores China Stock Market's Precipitous 40% Drop! / Stock-Markets / Chinese Stock Market
By: Marty_Chenard
I received an email from someone watching CNBC's Cramer last night. He said that Cramer was bullish about yesterday's market movement because the financials were leading yesterday's up move.
I won't say that the banking sector is devoid of strength ... because yesterday, 69% of the sector's stocks had a Relative Strength reading of 50 or higher. 31% had a Relative Strength reading below 50.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Global Stock Market Forecasts and Outlook for 2008 / Stock-Markets / Global Stock Markets
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Given current uncertainty and volatility, it is more difficult than usual to project an outlook for the global stock markets 12 months forward, therefore to be able to generate an outlook there is first a need to arrive at key assumptions that will impact on stock prices going forward before I turn my attention to the technical picture contained within the stock charts.
Key Assumptions
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Bernanke's Credit Crisis "Nuclear Option" / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Money_and_Markets
Seven days and 12 hours after Fed Chairman Bernanke's history-breaking actions, while financial markets continue to gyrate wildly, market pundits continue to debate madly.
Their incessant question: Why?
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Bear Stearns Saga / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Regent_Markets
Just when you think a trend has been established, the market throws you a wrench and totally changes the whole picture. Before the markets even opened, the Bear Stearns saga hit its highest note, with JP Morgan offering $2 per share for Bear Stearns, and the latter accepting, mainly because the only other option was Bankruptcy.Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Stock Market Bulls vs Bears- The Battle Rages On! / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Michael_Nystrom
If you're reading this, you're probably like me in this respect: Watching the market try to make up its mind is fun, the same way that watching a game is. The best part about this game is that you don't have to wait until Sunday – it is always on, and there is no shortage of pre- and post game analysis. True, it is always the same two teams – the Bulls vs. Bears, but each day they go at it with a vengeance, and recently the games have been nail biters! Furthermore (and perhaps the very best part) is that there is absolutely nothing illegal about placing bets on your favorite team for both fun and profit. In fact, you're encouraged to do just that. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Nasdaq Breaks Out from Base Formation Whilst Onslaught Against Gold Continues / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets
By: Mike_Paulenoff
The Q's emerged from a three-week base formation today, breaking above key
near-term resistance at 43.40/50, and then following through to attack the
next important resistance plateau at 44.50/70. My overall pattern and
oscillator work indicate that the Q's are poised to climb t 46.00 in the
upcoming hours/days, and at that point we will find out if the price
structure has established lows for the year.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, March 24, 2008
The End Of The Financial World As We Know It? / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Captain_Hook
The end of the world as we know it is coming. That's right – according to the flamboyantly named Ambrose Evans-Pritchard – where it's likely a challenge just attempting to live up to his name – life as we know it is about to change – big time . And while I in fact agree with this assessment in terms of inevitabilities, at the same time putting this sentiment together with a perceived widening acceptance financials are all toast, it appears time to put on our contrarian's hat again, especially with the business cycle for financials set to turn positive in mere days. This means based on a growing number of pivotal factors (sentiment, cycles, and technicals), and as evidenced by the price action in the market over the past few days, we are growing increasingly skeptical stocks will swoon much further in the immediate future, not before an exhaustion of negative forces set for this month cause a sharp reversal higher. Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, March 24, 2008
New Recovery Upleg Signalled for Semi-Conductor Holder Stocks ETF / Stock-Markets / Tech Stocks
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Breakout above 30.00 for the Semiconductor HLDRs (AMEX: SMH) is a very constructive sign and should signal the emergence of a new recovery upleg off of the January low at 26.54 that projects to the 31.50-32.00 target zone next. Components ADI, INTC, AMAT, NSM, among others, exhibit very positive chart patterns that should help propel the SMH higher in the days ahead.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, March 24, 2008
Banks Bleeding Value And Hiding Desperation as US Housing Slump Continues / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Ronald_R_Cooke
The decline in fixed asset values continues. Homes. Shopping Centers. Commercial and industrial properties. Land. And the decline is not done. Not by a long shot.
Residential Housing
Let's look at the decline in residential housing valuations.