Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Saturday, January 05, 2013
Stock Market Overall Solid Week / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2012
By: Jack_Steiman
A week of wild events led first and foremost by the fiscal-cliff drama that literally came down to the final moments. If no deal had been worked out on New Year's Day this market would have taken it on the chin very hard. The Republicans were adamant that they would not accept a deal that wasn't inclusive of major spending cuts. That's exactly what the Democrats didn't offer. Didn't look good, but at the last moment the Republicans gave in stating they were concerned about the state of the markets considering how on the edge our economy is right now. They gave in and the deal was signed into law by President Obama. The market celebrated in a very large way to the tune of 300+ points on the Dow and nearly one hundred points on the Nasdaq. It was quite the day, which also set things up more bullish on the daily charts, but more on that later on in this report.
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Friday, January 04, 2013
Fiscal Y2Cliff Sham Held Investors Hostage 2012 / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: InvestmentContrarian
John Paul Whitefoot writes: On January 1, 2000, the world breathed a collective sigh of relief that the over-hyped Y2K fiasco dissipated without even a whimper after years of ballyhoo.
Some things never change.
As expected, at the last moment, Democrats and Republicans came together in joyous union and resolved the so-called fiscal cliff. Nervous investors around the world joined together with rapturous optimism and jumped back into the markets.
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Friday, January 04, 2013
How the Federal Reserve is Showing Financial Fear / Stock-Markets / Central Banks
By: EWI
Have you heard about the Fed's 180 degree turn?
Think about one of those movie scenes when the leading man does all he can to defeat the big, bad enemy -- punches, kicks, slams, stabs, shoots -- but the bad guy just won't go down. In fact he doesn't even look fazed.
That's when the protagonist really starts to worry.
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Friday, January 04, 2013
S&P 1470-1474 Area Crucial for Stock Bulls / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: David_Banister
The SP 500 has been in a potential 5 wave rally going all the way back to October 2011 lows of 1074. This type of 5 wave rally is common in a Bull Market, but must be watched closely as it could also signal another large correction just around the corner from current 1464 levels on the SP 500 Index. Once you complete a 5 wave bullish pattern, there is commonly a 3 wave corrective decline, therefore determining where those key pivot points are is crucial for market watchers.
Friday, January 04, 2013
Federal Reserve Members Question QE Beyond 2013 / Stock-Markets / Quantitative Easing
By: Eric_McWhinnie
The Federal Reserve launched its highly anticipated fourth round of quantitative easing in December. The latest money-printing program came only three months after the central bank’s unlimited QE3 was announced. Now, recent Federal Open Market Committee minutes show that policymakers are dividend about expanding the Fed’s balance sheet to unprecedented levels.
According to the just released FOMC minutes, several members want to ease off the monetary easing gas pedal by the end of this year, sooner than expected.
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Friday, January 04, 2013
Monetary Malpractice: Dysfunctional Financial Markets, Mis-pricing and Malinvestments / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2013
By: Gordon_T_Long
One of the first axioms of analysis is: "Garbage In, Garbage Out"! If your data is flawed, everything you do with it and the decisions stemming from it are flawed and dangerous to your financial health. Experienced analysts will often be found relentlessly checking, rechecking and validating their inputs and assumptions.
If only our economists and the sell side analyst community were this diligent. But then it isn't their money. Only a year-end bonus for the 'extras' in their life is at risk.
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Friday, January 04, 2013
Stock Market VIX Compression Continues... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
VIX compression continues into its 17th hour of this declining fractal. Whether this compression is artificial or not, there is a natural limit to how long it may last. This may be it, since the pattern also appears complete. We know that the New York Fed is buying ES and SPY and selling VIX. However, as you will soon see, it may be running out of bullets and is making one last desparate stand against asset deflation.
Thursday, January 03, 2013
Stock Market Flash Crash Alert / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
Good morning!
I submit a potential flash crash fractal in the one minute SPX Chart. If you are not short, you probably missed the opportunity already.
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Thursday, January 03, 2013
Stock Market Indices Marching Towards New Bull Market Highs / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: PhilStockWorld
Courtesy of Doug Short writes: Here is a update in response to a standing request from David England, a professor who has developed a popular college level stock market classes at John A. Logan College in Carterville, IL. In his presentations, he likes to disprove the standard message of Wall Street, “Don’t worry! The market will always come back.” I furnished David with some charts, and I now share them with regular visitors to my Advisor Perspectives pages.
Thursday, January 03, 2013
Fiscal Cliff - Republicans Cave....Bill Passed..... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: Jack_Steiman
The Republicans held a stance that if there are no substantial spending cuts in the plan regarding the fiscal cliff, they would not accept it. It sure looked as if that would hold true as once they received the format from the Democrats, they said there wouldn't be enough of them to vote in favor of it. It looked bad for the market and the bulls as the night drew on. Suddenly, and out of the blue, the Republicans had a change of heart and said that the back drop of the stock market was a main reason for their turn around. Isn't it always! We talk about this all the time. Fed Bernanke always letting our leaders know what's at stake. Enough Republicans suddenly would vote for the passage of the bill as is.
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Wednesday, January 02, 2013
Most Popular Financial Markets Analysis of 2012, Exponential Inflation Mega-trend Continues into 2013 / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Whilst 2012 closed with a whimper, 2013 starts with a BANG! as the fiscal cliff collapse crash mantra goes the same way as the Mayan doom prophecies barely of a fortnight earlier. Though don't worry there will be plenty more cliff-hangers for the always imminent crash merchants to hang onto during 2013 that I will seek to debunk during 2013, unless that is the actual probability of such events is high.
But before looking ahead towards the prospects for the likes of the stocks stealth bull market for 2013 and other markets such as housing and commodities, this is a look back at a selection of the 10 most popular articles of 2012.
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Wednesday, January 02, 2013
Stock Market Fiscal Pop-N-Drop Warning / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: Chris_Vermeulen
Today’s gap higher in stocks has many investors feeling really good about but will this rally last?
My to the point answer is “Yes” but there will be some bumps and navigating positions along the way.
Looking at the charts below you will notice how stocks are trading up over 4% in two trading sessions and several indicators and technical resistance levels are now being tested. Naturally when several resistance levels across multiple time frames, cycles and indicators we must be open to the idea that stocks could pause or pullback for a few days before continuing higher.
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Wednesday, January 02, 2013
Don't fall for the Stock Market Rally, New Crash Formation is Made / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
Insanity has reached new heights. SPX has risen this morning to challenge its massive Rising Wedge formation at its very apex. At the same time, it has formed a new Orthodox Broadening Top nested within the original formation. There is no doubt in my mind that the markets are headed for disaster.
Wednesday, January 02, 2013
Wild Stock Market Start to 2013 / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: PhilStockWorld
Happy New Year!
And what a way to start it off with our Futures flying up another 1.5% – on top of Monday's 2% gains you might have missed as we celebrate the non-event of the Fiscal Cliff that we kept telling you not to worry about last year (see any post). On Monday morning's Alert, and in our Chat Room, I reminded our Members, as the market tanked, not to be too bearish, saying:
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Wednesday, January 02, 2013
Look at Financial Crisis Year 2013 / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2013
By: Clif_Droke
In the course of history, some of the great crises of the past were beyond the pale of human control. Other crises, however, were created by the very people who suffered the effects of them. The coming year could well afford a testament in how a “crisis of our own making” leads to economic destruction.
Tuesday, January 01, 2013
The Greatest Risk to Your Wealth in 2013 / Stock-Markets / Investing 2013
By: Investment_U
Andrew Snyder writes: The ringing in of a new year is a bittersweet celebration. As the seconds ticked off the clock last night, a rush of emotions rolled through my mind.
For a lagging moment, it was as if I was back inside the stark white delivery room of our local hospital waiting for my son to be born.
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Tuesday, January 01, 2013
Stock Market Bulls Back in Town? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: WavePatternTraders
Firstly I want to wish readers and members a happy New Year for 2013 and look forward to making more successful trades with members, even more than we did in 2012 as I think 2013 is going to start out with a bang, and if my long term ideas plan out the way they have so far, then we are going to be seeing some very large swings in both directions. What you saw this past week or so is nothing, I suspect we will be seeing moves like we saw in 2007-2008.Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, January 01, 2013
Stocks Secular Bear Market, Slower Economic Growth Game Changer / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
By: John_Mauldin
We are 13 years into a secular bear market in the United States. The Nasdaq is still down 40% from its high, and the Dow and S&P 500 are essentially flat. European and Japanese equities have generally fared worse.
The average secular bear market in the US has been about 11 years, with the shortest to date being four years and the longest 20. Are we at the beginning of a new bull market or another seven years of famine? What sorts of returns should we expect over the coming years from US equities?
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Tuesday, January 01, 2013
Stock Market Hopeful of Fiscal Cliff Agreement..... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2012
By: Jack_Steiman
The stock market has been hoping for an agreement between both sides for quite some time. It began to look quite dismal for the prospects of getting something done. Neither side really seemed interested in doing what was right for the public but isn't that always the case. They probably still don't truly care, but there is an image and reputations at stake here, so it appears a program of some real substance will get done, one that actually includes both sides giving in some. Seems almost impossible to believe, but there is real hope that things will get done and done in a way where the public actually thinks it's not half bad. Never say there aren't any miracles. You are possibly witnessing one at this moment in time. If we get exactly what we need we should see higher prices in the stock market overall. Not straight up. Lots of head fakes up and down but overall higher. Let's see what we get over the next 24 hours and how the market responds to it.
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Tuesday, January 01, 2013
Happy End to the 2012 Stock Market Roller Coaster Ride / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2012
By: PhilStockWorld
Courtesy of Doug Short writes: Despite the lack of a vote on the Fiscal Cliff issues, the constant stream of breaking news, comments from congressional sources and assorted tweets kept the markets in an upward trend on this last day of 2012. The S&P 500 closed the day with a gain of 1.69% to finish the year up 13.41%, the best performance in three years.