Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
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Monday, January 05, 2009
Stock Markets Suffer Their Worst Run for Generations / Stock-Markets / Global Stock Markets
By: Regent_Markets
The final week of 2008 passed with many markets recording their worst annual performance for generations. Equities finished above their lows, but still finished down by at least 30%. The S&P 500 closed 2008 down 38%, while the Nikkei closed down over 40%. The ‘lost decade’ rolls on ever more for the Japanese stock market.Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, January 04, 2009
Stock Market Crash 2008 Gives Birth to Baby Bull 2009 / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bull Market
By: Clif_Droke
The old man of 2008 has yielded his place to the baby New Year and with it a changing of the guard. Not only has 2009 brought a fresh new start with a clean slate, but also a new series of Kress cycles.
The previous year was dominated by every conceivable nightmare in the financial realm. From housing market woes to bank collapses, from soaring fuel costs to collapsing equity prices -- in 2008 we saw the extremities of price inflation give way to deflationary collapse, all within the space of a few short months. Truly the financial market turmoil of the past year was head-spinning.
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Sunday, January 04, 2009
Investor Sentiment Indicator Says Sell into Bear Market Rally / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
By: Guy_Lerner
This is the fourth week in a row where the "dumb money" is neutral and the "smart money" is bearish, and this is not a scenario that is generally supportive of higher prices especially with prices on the S&P500 under their 40 week moving average. The ideal situation for higher equity prices would be for the "smart money" to be bullish and the "dumb money" bearish (i.e., bull signal). Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, January 04, 2009
Overbought Stock Market Expected to Correct Lower / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Mike_Burk
The good news is: By current fashion, a bull or bear market is defined as a major index moving 20% off its low or high. By that definition, we are in a bull market with every major index except the Dow Jones Industrial average (DJIA) more that 20% off its November low. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) was 19.6% off its low as of Friday's close, the S&P 500 (SPX) 23.8% off its low, the NASDAQ Composite (OTC) 24%, the Russell 2000 (R2K) 31.3% and leading the way, the Value Line Arithmetic up 39.4%. Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, January 04, 2009
Stock Market Investors Buying Beaten Down Stocks / Stock-Markets / Global Stock Markets
By: Prieur_du_Plessis
Changing the digits on the calendar from '08 to '09 may not have transformed the dire outlook for the global economy, but during the holiday-shortened New Year week investors appeared adamant to put the rout of 2008 behind them.
Although mercifully the door has been closed on 2008, let's recap some of the unprecedented movements experienced in financial markets during the year.
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Saturday, January 03, 2009
Bad Corporate Earnings Points to Retest of Stock Market Lows / Stock-Markets / Stock Market Valuations
By: John_Mauldin
- 2008: Annus Horribilis, RIP
- The Aftermath of Financial Crises
- ISM: Anywhere You Look It Is Bad
- Another Round of Earnings Disappointments
- A Bear Closes His Short Fund
- La Jolla, Bermuda, Florida, and Writing
I meant to take yet another Friday away from my writing, but as I am researching for next week's annual prediction issue, there is so much material that begs to be covered that I thought I would put out a short letter with 3 or 4 points as a preface to my prognostications of next week.
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Saturday, January 03, 2009
Bond Market Investors Near the Exit, Stock Market Rally Over Already? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
The Federal Reserve and Wall Street are congratulating themselves on averting disaster in the financial markets. A report issued by the Department of Treasury had this to say, "Treasury, working with the Federal Reserve, the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.) and other regulators, has taken the necessary steps to prevent a financial collapse." "The most important evidence that our strategy is working is that Treasury's actions, in combination with other actions, stemmed a series of financial institution failures. The financial system is fundamentally more stable than it was when Congress passed the legislation.” Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, January 03, 2009
Stock Market Wave 4 Rally Scenario Intact / Stock-Markets / Elliott Wave Theory
By: Mike_Shedlock
The "wave 4 theory" is alive and fine. Here is the chart from December 8th Bullish Looking Charts: S&P 500, Nasdaq, BKX describing possible targets for Wave 4.
In Elliott Wave terms we are looking for a "wave [4]" bounce. The short term implications are bullish with possible retrace targets of 1008 for a 38.2% retrace or 1090 for a 50% retrace of "wave [3]". The long term implications are rather nasty. Our "Wave [5]" target back down is approximately 600.
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Friday, January 02, 2009
An Unappy New Year for the Financial Markets / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Professor_Emeritus
Another forgotten anniversary that haunts the nation is the re-establishment of the gold standard in the United States by the Roosevelt administration on January 1, 1934. What? -- you may ask incredulously. Roosevelt re-introducing the gold standard in the United States? You had better believe it. That's exactly what he did. He fixed the statutory price of gold at $35 per ounce 75 years ago. This price was observed until 1971 as it was also incorporated in several international treaties, and confirmed by the solemn promises of several presidents following Roosevelt. It is a great pity that Roosevelt-worshippers frown upon the idea of following the leader. They should demand a return to the gold standard now, 75 years after Roosevelt showed the way out from the economic quagmire. Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, January 02, 2009
Stock Market What's in Store for 2009? / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Marty_Chenard
If you have been listening to CNBC or Bloomberg, you have probably picked up on a "growing expectation" that we will come out of the recession in the 3rd. Quarter of this year. Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, January 02, 2009
Gloomy Corporate Earnings Prospects Hold Key to Stock Market Investing / Stock-Markets / Investing 2009
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes: The consensus estimate of earnings for the Standard and Poor's 500 Index for 2009 is currently about $83. The index itself is currently standing at about 904. That means the market is trading on only 10.6 times next year's forecast earnings, far below the historical average multiple.
So it is a screaming buy, right?
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Friday, January 02, 2009
Stock, Commodities and Currency Futures Markets Analysis 2nd January 2009 / Stock-Markets / Futures Trading
By: INO
The March NASDAQ 100 was higher overnight as it extends Wednesday's rally. From a broader perspective, March continues to extend last month's trading range. Stochastics and the RSI are turning bullish signaling that sideways to higher prices are possible near-term. If March extends this week's rally, the reaction high crossing at 1254.00 is the next upside target. Closes above the reaction high crossing at 1254.00 are needed to renew the rally off November's low. Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, January 02, 2009
2008 a Humiliating Year for Global Investors, Grim Outlook for 2009 / Stock-Markets / Global Stock Markets
By: Oxbury_Research
Good-bye 2008: Wish We Never Knew Ya! - Much like an embarrassing family member or friend, or humiliating past pictures taken of you in a ridiculous outfit or pose, we'd all like to pretend that 2008 never happened and it was just a figment of our imagination.
Personally, we've had friends lose their jobs, watch their business nosedive, pull their hair at sharply reduced retirement incomes and/or be abandoned by their wives. And everyone's investment portfolio got blasted to one degree or another.
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Most Popular Financial Markets Analysis of 2008 / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets
By: Nadeem_Walayat
As the abysmal investment and economic year of 2008 draws to a close the following represent the 10 most popular financial markets analysis articles out of a pool of 5000 published during the year. For my financial markets outlook and forecasts special for 2009, subscribe to our always free newsletter.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
The Last Hour of 2008, an Extraordinarily Long Year / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets
By: Mike_Shedlock
2008 is rapidly winding down. If it seems like it's been a long year, it's because it has been. Tick tock ... tick: Extra second added to 2008
Those eager to put 2008 behind them will have to hold their good-byes for just a moment this New Year's Eve.
The world's official timekeepers have added a "leap second" to the last day of the year on Wednesday, to help match clocks to the Earth's slowing spin on its axis, which takes place at ever-changing rates affected by tides and other factors.
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Stock Market Forecast and Strategy for 2009 / Stock-Markets / Investing 2009
By: Michael_Swanson
This is the time of year where everyone gives out stock market forecasts and this year in particular they are all over the map. David Bianco of UBS AG is calling for a 53% rally for the S&P 500 in 2009. He claims that the first "signs of a dawn of confidence" will cause a total surge in stock prices thanks to cheap valuations and Fed intervention. On the other hand regular CNBC talking head Vince Farrell thinks that "the stock market will take its time forming a bottom - at best. Damage like we have seen takes months to repair." Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Stock, Commodities and Currency Futures Markets Analysis 31st December / Stock-Markets / Futures Trading
By: INO
The March NASDAQ 100 was steady to slightly higher overnight as it extends Tuesday's rally. Stochastics and the RSI are turning neutral signaling that sideways to higher prices are possible near-term. If March extends this week's rally, the reaction high crossing at 1254.00 is the next upside target. Closes above the reaction high crossing at 1254.00 are needed to renew this month's rally. If March renews Monday's decline, the reaction low crossing at 1135.00 is the next downside target. Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Stock Market Panic's The Greatest Investment Opportunities in History / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash
By: Money_and_Markets
Sean Brodrick writes: Happy New Year's Eve. What a year, eh? Speculation causes a massive market collapse … gold prices soar … leading bankers fail …
But I'm not talking about today's market woes! I'm talking about the Panic of 1873.
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Stock Market Internals Point to Continuing Base Building into 2009 / Stock-Markets / Global Stock Markets
By: Prieur_du_Plessis
As investors ring out the old year, trading volume should remain light until battle-weary traders return from the holidays next week. Not much weight should therefore be placed on market movements during this “thin” period, and the S&P 500 Index will probably not deviate a great deal from its three-week trading range. Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Seismic Geopolitical Impacts on Stock and Commodity Markets / Stock-Markets / GeoPolitics
By: Oxbury_Research
There's no doubt that geopolitical events have the potential to roil markets. And it's equally true that consideration of the broader sweep of history and its attendant social transformations can offer intelligent investors a chance to profit.
So, too, however, is it easy to miscalculate the impact of politics – and even significant military events – on the course of bull and bear markets. Especially in a world driven by 24 hour, live-hype media that would have you believe the sky is falling every time Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hiccups.
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