Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Friday, March 12, 2010
The Stock Market Big Dead-Cat Bounce / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
By: Doug_Horning
Doug Hornig, Senior Editor, Casey Research writes: It’s now been a year since the dark days of early March 2009, when, although no one knew it at the time, the stock market hit rock bottom. From there, all of the indexes went on a tear through the rest of the year, moving almost uninterruptedly higher before easing slightly in the first two months of 2010. At this writing (March 5), the Dow is still up 60%, the S&P 500 68%, and the NASDAQ 83%.
Friday, March 12, 2010
The Unfolding Economic Depression and Continuing BOOM Commodities and Natural Resources / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Ty_Andros
As the commencement of the next leg down in the developed world’s economies continues to unfold like the sunset at the end of the day, the emerging world is HEALTHIER than ever and economic sunrise is still on their horizons. Economic trains traveling in completely different directions. In the emerging world, growth, capitalism, creative destruction and competition are embraced; they know the recipe for an expanding economy which means more food on everyone’s plates.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Investor Opportunities to Profitably Escape Fiat Currency Paper "Wealth" in 2010 / Stock-Markets / Global Debt Crisis
By: DeepCaster_LLC
“Greece is only the latest in a series of countries that have faced this type of crisis in recent memory. Not too long ago the same types of fears were mounting about Dubai, and before that, Iceland. Several other countries (Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Latvia) are approaching crisis levels with public debt as well. Many have strong ties to Goldman Sachs, and the case could easily be made that default could have serious implications for big US banking cartels.
Friday, March 12, 2010
VIX Relative Strength Warning for SPX / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
By: Mike_Paulenoff
This morning the S&P 500 (SPX) popped to a new recovery high above the Jan peak, although it has traded lower since then. It is interesting to notice that while the SPX climbed into new high territory, the cash VIX did not decline to new lows -- either beneath its Mar or Jan lows.
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Friday, March 12, 2010
SULTANS OF SWAP: Smoking Guns & the Sting! / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation
By: Gordon_T_Long
There are 7 stages to executing a successful sting operation. Whether this is the modus operandi behind the Sultans of Swap operating in the $605 Trillion OTC Derivatives market or just simple coincidence, I will leave it to you shrewd reader to determine. The seven stages do however offer us an instructive theater guide to better understanding these murky instruments called Interest Rate Swaps.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Stock Market S&P 500 At The Breakout..... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
By: Jack_Steiman
They tried to sell this puppy but it just wouldn't sell. It would have been best to sell a few hundred points on the Dow, and we started in that direction today. but the force of this bull just wouldn't allow for it. The bears came out of the gate defending the close just under S&P 500 1151 with a nice little gap down. It started to run some after trying to claw back to flat and it seemed the selling was finally under way. Some bull markets get silly and just don't allow for too much selling before the buyers rush back in. The S&P 500 was spending most of the day trading slightly under the flat line but as things drew closer to the final bell, the S&P 500 went green and closed right at the breakout with a final print of 1150.
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Friday, March 12, 2010
Stocks Sucker Rally, Bear Market Trap and the Energy Bull / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
By: The_Energy_Report
Rick Rule probably could draw an audience if he were talking about the weather, but combine his presence with knowledge, understanding, experience and a track record of success, particularly in the resource arena, and the crowd falls silent. Founder and chairman of Global Resource Investments, Rick recently made himself available for a brain-drain, the foundation of the piece that follows. . .
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Financial Markets Biggest Question For the Next Two Months / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Christopher_Laird
The biggest question for the next several months for markets is what?
Now that the S and P rallied over 60 pct since last March 2009, and pretty much all other markets except housing and real estate have also rallied (anything connected to financial markets that received the half of the several $trillion of US and other central bank emergency money infusions beginning big around March 2009) it begs the question when there will be a correction. Or a crash.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
S&P 500 Stock Market Trends Forecast for March 2010 / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
By: Hans_Wagner
This is a monthly chart for the S&P 500 showing 20 years of performance. Since this index is the one used by professional traders, it is important to understand how it is performing. This chart is also excellent at defining the longer-term trends for the market.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Doug Casey on How to Survive the Financial Apocalypse / Stock-Markets / Global Debt Crisis
By: Casey_Research
(Conversations with Casey: Interviewed by Louis James, Editor, International Speculator)
L: Doug, last time we spoke, you said quite a bit about debt, in the context of your expectation that the euro is on its way out. At the end of that conversation, you mentioned, of course, that the problem is not limited to Greece, nor the eurozone. America as a country has become a world-class debtor, and many Americans seem to think a maxed-out credit card is a reason to get a higher credit limit, not to economize. It's like a global epidemic. Let's talk about debt.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
Gold, Silver, Crude Oil and Natural Gas Mid-Week Technical Trading Charts / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Chris_Vermeulen
So far this week has been pretty slow. Large cap stocks continue to lag the market which can be observed by looking at the Dow Jones Industrial Average which still has room to move higher before breaking the January high.
One important thing to note is that volume has picked up this week considerably – particularly on the SP500 and OEX. It’s difficult to say if this volume is a good sign or not.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
Stock Market Softer on Fears Tighter Chinese Policy / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: PaddyPowerTrader
A pretty moribund Wednesday but market sentiment has remained tilted towards the positive. In the US, the S&P500 took another stride towards eclipsing the 19 January high with a further 0.5% gain, helped by solid increases in the financials and the IT sector (of course the Nasdaq has already made new highs). US Treasury bonds were a bit weaker after the $21 billion 10 year auction. The auction itself was quite strong, with the bid-to-cover ratio of 3.45 comparing with the average of 2.77 over the last ten 10 year auctions.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Stock Market Rally Optical Illusions, “Oil Shocks,” and China’s Headache / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Gary_Dorsch
March 9th, marked the one-year anniversary of the elusive bottom of the most brutal bear market since the 1930’s. At the time, job losses were running in excess of 700,000 /month, and fear was rife that the US-banking system was on the verge of being nationalized. American factories and miners were using 68% of industrial capacity, the lowest level since records began in 1948. Corporate profits fell sharply for the seventh consecutive quarter, the longest losing streak since the 1930’s. The second coming of the “Great Depression” looked imminent.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Distress Signals On Financial Crisis Watch / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2010
By: Jim_Willie_CB
To be sure, almost without debate, all the financial world has turned to crisis mode. One can safely describe the norm to be crisis proliferation. This theme will clearly continue for the full year in progress. The signs are everywhere. The evidence is compelling. The criticism of remedy is replete with denials. The USGovt officials grow more desperate with each passing week. The Dubai and Greek debt woes seemed to have opened Pandora's Box.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
What’s Really Going On In The Financial and Commodity Markets This Year / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Charles_Maley
Most of the articles and media reporting are centered around the stock market, because most investors and traders look to the stock market for returns. A few newspapers and magazines occasionally talk about commodities, but are mostly reporting on Gold, Copper and Oil.