Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
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Sunday, May 29, 2011
Stock Market Clues in Vertical Credit Spreads and the Russell 2000 / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: J_W_Jones
Before discussing why I think the S&P 500 may be setting up to rally I have to discuss an options strategy that often times is overlooked. Besides writing covered calls and cash-secured naked puts (same risk profile by the way), one of the most basic spread constructions available to option traders is the vertical spread.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Stock Market Bottoming Soon / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Tony_Caldaro
Another choppy week in the US stock market that led to the fourth consecutive, albeit small, weekly loss. On the economic front positive reports outpaced negatives 8:5. On the negative side: durable goods orders, pending homes sales, the M1-multiplier, and the WLEI declined; while weekly Jobless claims rose. On the positive side: we had increases in new homes sales, the FHFA housing index, PCE prices, the monetary base and consumer sentiment. Remaining positive were Q1 GDP and personal income/spending.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Stock Market Down Month....Bulls Holding Key Support....Bears Holding Key Resistance.... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Jack_Steiman
Boring times such as we are experiencing now can also be construed as interesting if you dig underneath the "nowhere" movement of the market. It's really interesting how both sides are holding massive support and resistance when the charts approach them. So many times this past week the bears banged hard on 1315, even hitting 1311 intraday. They simply could not get the job done.
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Saturday, May 28, 2011
How “Social Proof” Helps Smart Investors / Stock-Markets / Investing 2011
By: David_Galland
David Galland, The Casey Report writes: As a young man in a foreign land, my curiosity was piqued by the crowd standing five or six deep in a circle. On pushing my way forward, the focus of the crowd’s attention quickly became apparent – a fight, although for reasons I’ll explain momentarily, “fight” is not the right word.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Seasonality and Global Stock Markets / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Sy_Harding
When investors think of the stock market’s annual seasonality, as expressed by the adage ‘Sell in May and Go Away’, they usually relate it to the U.S. market.
But in fact the historical pattern of stock markets making most of their gains in the winter months, and experiencing most of their bear market declines and corrections in the unfavorable summer months, is also common in global markets as well.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Buying Stocks At Alternative Entry Points / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: David_Grandey
Say it with us! Pullbacks Off Highs and grand slams to the 50-day average are the only two patterns you’ll ever have to know. Be it in uptrending markets or even in markets where some would say “Market In Correction”Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, May 28, 2011
The Stock Market Coming 6-year Cycle Peak / Stock-Markets / Cycles Analysis
By: Clif_Droke
The year 2011 to date has seen its share of ups and downs in the financial market, yet nothing like the volatility of 2010 has made its appearance. With an important long-term yearly cycle scheduled to peak in just a few months, this would be a good time to look ahead as we try to discern what the balance of the year will bring.Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, May 28, 2011
How to Profit from the Global Shipping Industry / Stock-Markets / Sector Analysis
By: Money_Morning
Larry D. Spears writes:
The shipping industry plays an indispensable role in connecting consumers with their most cherished goods. But many investors unfamiliar with its inner-workings underestimate its potential as a massive profit generator.
Meanwhile, investors who are aware of its importance, and can track the volatile ups and downs of the companies that provide shipping services, frequently score big gains from its oft-repeating profit opportunities.
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Saturday, May 28, 2011
FTSE 100 Stock Market Index Resilience / Stock-Markets / UK Stock Market
By: Seven_Days_Ahead
Like most other major equity markets the FTSE has recently endured yet another round of risk aversion that has seen the market correct lower.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Stock Market Near Term Outlook / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: John_Hampson
The near term technical picture for stocks appears bullish:
Friday, May 27, 2011
Equities And Treasuries Forecasting Past Recessions / Stock-Markets / Recession 2008 - 2010
By: Tony_Pallotta
One thing the 2007 recession taught us is how horrible the equity market was at forecasting economic contraction. The S&P 500 peaked in October 2007, just two months before the recession officially began. By contrast the 2001 recession saw the S&P 500 peak nine months earlier.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Essential Investor Knowledge For Maximizing Real Gains / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: DeepCaster_LLC
“Since its inception in 1913, The Federal Reserve Board has been responsible for almost 95% devaluation of the U.S. Dollar. All this has been achieved through its ability to continually inflate the money supply.
And, between 1985 and 2005, the Federal Reserve Board has increased the money supply by five times. This extraordinary money creation is merely the catalyst for debt creation. In a fiat money system, money is debt…there is absolutely no way this money can ever be repaid except by continued inflation. But, now that the credit bubble is blown up, inflation is no longer an option; bankruptcy looms.”
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Charles Nenner and Harry Dent Stock Bear Market 2012 Cycle / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
By: readtheticker
Charles Nenner and Harry Dent Jr have both stood tall on their soap box and loudly proclaimed the Dow Jones is heading south to a new cycle low in 2012/13. We are going to watch this show closely, examining cycles in currencies, stocks, bonds and commodities to find supporting evidence as to the likelyhood of this scenario occurring. Our website will be live soon, so you can run your own cycles to construct your own conclusions.
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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Stock Market Trending Toe To Toe... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Jack_Steiman
It's a heavyweight battle between the bulls and the bears. No one is able to take the other one down. Each side lands a few good blows, but somehow neither one will go down. Solid chins on both sides. The bulls have held the line rather well when it looked like all was lost. The bears held things down when it looked like the bulls were ready to rock higher after the first small pullback roughly three weeks back. The trend has been lower over the past month, but the amount of losses incurred are rather small. Only about 4.5% as of the close of trading today. That losses have done their job in that the daily index charts have unwound quite a bit off of overbought. In fact, severely overbought, especially on the weekly charts which are also flashing negative divergences still.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
U.S. Dollar’s Impact on the Stock Market, Gold, Silver, and Crude Oil / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: J_W_Jones
In doing some brief reading around the blogosphere I have noticed that most pundits are writing off gold, silver, and oil entirely. In fact, I have even read that the selloff is just beginning in precious metals and energy. In addition to the bearish traders, it seems as though even more traders are expecting some period of consolidation. Lower prices and a period of consolidation make sense, but what I am more interested in at this stage is a clear setup that offers solid risk / reward.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
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By: EWI
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
How To Handle A Stock Market Down Day / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: David_Grandey
On Monday, the markets gapped down and stayed down most of the day.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Death Derivatives: How Wall Street Plans to Profit From Your Death / Stock-Markets / Derivatives
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes:
I just spotted the next global "black swan."
But I think it actually looks like a giant Pteranodon.
I'm talking about so-called "death derivatives."
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Stock Market Bears Getting Close.... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Jack_Steiman
That rising trend line has actually been broken to the down side, but the psychological level of 1315 is holding up for the moment. No arguing that the bears are making their move over the past couple of weeks. It took many tries to first take out 1335 on the S&P 500. On about the fifth try they broke it down and allowed for a back test that ultimately failed for the bulls. It's just what you'd expect from the bears once they captured this first important level of support. Now their focus is 1315 and nothing else. They want it badly but it's not coming easily. The bulls know the importance of this important support zone and will fight as hard as humanly possible to make it hold. You can see the erosion.
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Monday, May 23, 2011
Stock Market Uptrend Still Weakening / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Tony_Caldaro
Another choppy week that ends in the red for the third time this month. Economic reports were definitely on the negative side outnumbering positives by 9:2. On the positive side the weekly Jobless claims improved and the Monetary base rose. On the negative: the NY/Philly FED both declined, along with Housing starts, Building permits, Industrial production, Capacity utilization, Existing homes sales, the WLEI and Leading indicators. The NAHB index was flat.