Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
Stocks, Gold and Oil Markets Weekend Report / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Andre_Gratian
Overview
On Friday, the indices had an opportunity to demonstrate that they had ended their correction and had reversed. They failed to do so. The SPX could not break out of its secondary channel, and the lack of readiness was particularly evident in the QQQQ.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Robert Prechter's Stock Market Forecast 12 Page Report Download / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: EWI
Announcement: Elliott Wave International has released a free issue of Robert Prechter's Elliott Wave Theorist. It includes more of Robert Prechter's experience than you’ll ever read in a single issue -- all 30-plus years of it. What matters is that he uses his experience at a moment when it can do the most good, namely when investors are most vulnerable. This is a unique opportunity for you to see what Prechter’s subscribers see. Don't miss out! This free issue is only available through March 21. Learn more about Prechter’s 12-page issue – it’s yours for free.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Buying Opportunity At Hand But Vigilant Awareness is Necessary / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Steven_Vincent
In recent BullBear Market Reports I was able to successfully identify the apparent Wave 3 of (3) top at SPX 1344. I advised BullBear Trading members that I was taking 40% of my long position off the table and closing long positions in Nikkei as well as exiting short US Treasuries. I might have taken more of the position off but there was some doubt, until the Japan Panic hit, about the degree of the correction at hand. All in all, the analysis and timing were quite solid.
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Sunday, March 20, 2011
Stock Market Breaks Support, Nasdaq Broadening Top Pattern / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
The FDIC Goes Quiet on Closures
The FDIC Failed Bank List announced no failures this weekend. The total bank failures for the year number 25. There may be a moratorium of thing closures. See the next article.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Stock Market Correction is Nearly Over / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Tony_Caldaro
Markets, worldwide, had some serious declines early in the week but rebounded by week’s end to lessen the losses for the week. Japan’s Nikkei had nearly a 20% decline in two days but recovered to end the week -10.2%. In the US the SPX/DOW were -1.7%, and the NDX/NAZ were -3.1%. Asian markets overall were -3.4%, Europe markets -2.9%, the DJ World index was -2.0%, but the Commodity equity group was +0.9%.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Interest Rate Trends Impact on the Dow and FTSE Stock Market Indices / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The consensus view as continuously pumped out in the mainstream financial press and further regurgitated at length in the blogosfear is that rising interest rates will negatively impact upon stock price trends due to higher yielding bonds competing against stock dividend yields as well as acting to suppress economic activity and therefore corporate earnings growth.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Stock Market Fault Lines / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Barry_M_Ferguson
What else can go wrong? In the last decade, investors have withstood a barrage of seismic catastrophes along fault lines of vulnerability.
Our political leaders have initiated military conflicts that were justified from prevarication and outright lies. It seems that all wars are fought on the foundation of a lie.
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Saturday, March 19, 2011
Yen Intervention, What a Manipulated Joke the Markets Are! / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation
By: PhilStockWorld
Of course, that’s why we love them, right? But, sometimes, even when we’re playing along – the manipulation we see is so sickening, we still feel the need to declare SHENANIGANS! Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Key Market Trends between QE1 and QE2 / Stock-Markets / Quantitative Easing
By: Asha_Bangalore
The Fed's latest policy statement suggested that it is most likely to complete the second round of quantitative easing (QE2) by June 2011. Discussions are underway about the status of financial markets after the termination of QE2 and if additional support will be necessary for self-sustained economic growth. In the interim, it is informative to trace the behavior of markets when QE1 was completed and QE2 was not in place. Chairman Bernanke's August 2010 speech laid the foundation for expectations of QE2.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Stocks Lose Their Allure After the Japan Nuclear Meltdown / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
"Chernobyl solution" may be last resort for Japan reactors
(Reuters) That means the stricken complex is likely to become an open sore, leaking radioactive particles into the atmosphere, for weeks and possibly months before the Chernobyl solution could even be implemented.
Authorities say radiation outside the Japanese plant is not high enough to cause harm. Still, the 20 km (12 mile) exclusion zone around the plant may end up as a permanent no-man's land, a major problem for small, populous country. A 30 km (19 mile) exclusion zone remains around Chernobyl.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Reasons to Distrust the Stock Market Snap-Back Rally! / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Sy_Harding
Thankfully the news out of Japan regarding the potential for nuclear meltdowns has subsided, and global stock markets have rallied for two days in relief. Many on Wall Street are claiming the correction in global stock markets is therefore over, and it’s a buying opportunity.
But let’s think this through and not react too quickly. The human toll and economic damage in Japan was from the earthquake, not the subsequent potential problems with nuclear plants.
Friday, March 18, 2011
What the Jump in Global Markets Volatility Means? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Julian_DW_Phillips
After the earthquake and Tsunami wreaked horrendous damage in Japan and was blamed for huge drops in equity and other markets, extreme volatility was the best description of most global markets for this last week. The media even blamed the nuclear threat in Japan for the fall in the Dow Jones in the U.S. Clearly, this was not the case, but the extreme nature of the volatility has raised large questions as to what really is going on globally. To see why there is such high volatility over global markets we have to stand back so as to see the full picture.
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Friday, March 18, 2011
Stocks Bear Market Ahead? / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
By: EWI
Announcement: Elliott Wave International has released a free issue of Robert Prechter's Elliott Wave Theorist. It includes more of Robert Prechter's experience than you’ll ever read in a single issue -- all 30-plus years of it. What matters is that he uses his experience at a moment when it can do the most good, namely when investors are most vulnerable. This is a unique opportunity for you to see what Prechter’s subscribers see. Don't miss out! This free issue is only available through March 21. Learn more about Prechter’s 12-page issue – it’s yours for free.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Stock Market Indices Buying Opportunity / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: John_Hampson
In my analysis of February 17th I suggested that a stock market pullback was imminent - it began on the 18th and remains in progress.
In my analysis of March 2nd I suggested the correction should last an average of 4 weeks based on cycles and previous corrections, and that the overly bullish indicators and sentiment needed resetting, in order for the cyclical bull to continue.
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Friday, March 18, 2011
Banks Must Be Restrained And Financial System Reformed, Before There Can Be Any Sustained Economic Recovery / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2011
By: PhilStockWorld
I have long been a fan of Jesse's Café Américain. Jesse is a brilliant writer and a deep thinker who uniquely transcends politics, easily seeing through lies and disinformation. He has a great feel for what really matters, and the courage to speak out about it. Jesse and I have spoken before about the economy, markets and politics, and being at a crossroads once again, it was a perfect time to catch up.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Time for More QE? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Guy_Lerner
We have heard it all before. The market is going up because of QE2. The Fed has got your back. And yes, from early November to mid- February that is all the market did -- it went up. But a funny thing happened along the way -- just when investors got comfortable with the idea of a sure thing -- somebody or something pulled the rug out from underneath them. And oh my goodness, the SP500 is down a whopping 5% from its highs. Ruin!!
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
Time to Trade Stocks, Gold and Silver? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Chris_Ciovacco
Market professionals and experienced investors consider it to be common knowledge that silver has more real-world uses than its precious metal sister gold. Silver is used in coins, photography, batteries, bearings, electronics, and mirrors. Silver also aids in numerous medical applications and even contributes to helping capture and use solar energy. The Silver Institute describes “silver uses” as follows:
Thursday, March 17, 2011
What's Going On With the SP500 Stocks Index Now / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Richard_Shaw
Not surprisingly, we have been getting lots of calls about the markets in light of both the unsettling circumstances in the Middle East and the triple catastrophe in Japan, with the still brewing European debt crisis in the background.
The first observation is that events, more than analysis, are driving the markets at this point. That puts macro-economic observation and thinking in first position, price chart behavior in second position, and fundamental analysis in third position in terms of what is most likely to occur in the markets in the short-term.
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
Decidedly Negative Stock Market Session / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Harry_Boxer
The stock market indices suffered big losses today, and although a late rally did bring them back, they fell back again in the last 15-20 minutes to close not far off the session lows.
Net on the day, the Dow was down 242.12 at 11,613.30, with a low of 11,555, so about 70 points off its low. The S&P 500 was down 24.99 at 1256.88, about 7 points off its low, and the Nasdaq 100 was down 56.65 at 2202.97, about 14 points off its low.
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
How to Gauge the Stock Market So you Don’t Buy to Early! / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Chris_Vermeulen
Over the years I have found an indicator/trading tool which I find help spot intermediate trend reversals. I am going to quickly cover in this report. As most of you know the 20 simple moving average is a great gauge for telling you if you should be looking to buy the dips or sell the bounces. It’s an indicator I keep on the broad market charts like the SP500, Dow and NASDAQ.Read full article... Read full article...