Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
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Saturday, September 20, 2008
United States Becomes Toxic Debt Waste Dump to Stop Financial Armageddon / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
The camel's nose got in the tent when Bear Stearns was bailed out. The question is, when will it end? The U.S. government moved to cleanse banks of troubled assets and halt an exodus of investors from money markets in the biggest expansion of federal power over the financial system since the Great Depression.
A toxic waste dump.
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Saturday, September 20, 2008
Financial Markets Day of Rest / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Doug_Wakefield
“By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.” Genesis 2:2
As we head into the third weekend of the month, it looks as though our illustrious financial leaders will once again find no rest this weekend. After working through the weekend of September 5 th , to structure the US government takeover of the two largest holders of mortgages in the world (Fannie & Freddie), they continued over the weekend of September 12 th , deciding that the 158 year old company that is the largest underwriter in municipal bonds (Lehman Brothers) would be allowed to go bankrupt and that one of the world's leading wealth management firms (Merrill Lynch) would be bought out by one of the largest banks in the world (Bank of America), one would have thought that they could have taken some time off. Yet, no rest was found for the weary.
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Saturday, September 20, 2008
US Government Declares WAR on Debt Crisis / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Money_and_Markets
Martin D. Weiss writes: In the last few hours of Friday, in a desperate attempt to ward off a catastrophic Wall Street meltdown, the government has announced three unprecedented actions:
First, President Bush, Fed Chairman Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Paulson have called on leaders of both parties in Congress to work through the weekend to develop a plan to let the government buy up bad debts from banks.
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Friday, September 19, 2008
Paulson Commits Trillions of Tax Payer Dollars to the Mother of All Bailouts / Stock-Markets / Government Intervention
By: Peter_Schiff
Just three days ago, after looking at the prospect of bailing a string of distressed financial institution in the country, the government seemingly drew a line in the sand, and refused to bail out Lehman Brothers. The authorities clearly saw Lehman’s demise as a trial balloon to see how the markets would react if the government stayed on the sidelines. That trial balloon quickly turned into the Hindenburg. Immediately reversing course, the Government has decided to go “all in” and bail out every institution with financial exposure to U.S. mortgages. Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, September 19, 2008
Credit Default Swaps $57 Trillion Risk to Financial's / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Money_and_Markets
Mike Larson write: It's been quite the eventful week on the bailout front, eh?
The Treasury and Federal Reserve drew the line at Lehman Brothers, allowing the fourth-largest broker in the U.S. to file for bankruptcy.
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Friday, September 19, 2008
Financial Armageddon Postponed- Fed Intervenes In Money Markets / Stock-Markets / Government Intervention
By: Mike_Shedlock
The Fed has announced new liquidity measures this morning governing non-recourse funding of asset backed commercial paper and plans to purchase short-term debt obligations issued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks. Here is the Fed Press Release On Liquidity Measures .
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Friday, September 19, 2008
US Government’s Financial Disaster Fix-it Plan Sends Stock Markets Soaring / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Money_Morning
Jennifer Yousfi, William Patalon III write: U.S. stocks rallied the most in six years yesterday (Thursday) - with traders actually cheering the ticker action from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange - on the news that the federal government is taking steps to shore up the unraveling U.S. financial system and end the global credit crisis. Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, September 19, 2008
The Basle Banking Model Created the Banking Crisis / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Christopher_Quigley
“Originate to Distribute” - In an attempt to comprehend the current "credit crisis" I decided to try to investigate its underlying causes. To my dismay I discovered that the situation did not come about by accident but was actually conceived and planned by the International Banking Fraternity in Basel, Switzerland, in 1998.
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Friday, September 19, 2008
Financial Insanity: SEC Plans to Temporarily Ban Short-Selling / Stock-Markets / Government Intervention
By: Mike_Shedlock
Every time I think the height of insanity has been reached I have been proven wrong. My new official statement is: "There is no upward limit on insane actions by Congress, the SEC, the president, or for that matter anyone else." Already I need to amend a post I wrote moments ago: Stock Market Cheers Fiscal Insanity .
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Friday, September 19, 2008
Stock Market Cheers Fiscal Insanity / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Mike_Shedlock
The biggest stock market rallies occur in bear markets. Today we witnessed one of the biggest bear market rallies in history on Plans To Shore Up Banks . U.S. stocks rallied the most in six years on prospects the government will formulate a "permanent" plan to shore up financial markets, while regulators and pension funds took steps to curb bets against banks and brokerages.
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Friday, September 19, 2008
Conditions Ripe For Huge Stock Market Rally / Stock-Markets / Global Stock Markets
By: Chris_Ciovacco
"The great secret of success in life is for a man to be ready when his opportunity comes." Benjamin Disraeli
In a difficult time for investors, it is refreshing to report a ray of hope in the charts below. In addition to the positive technical developments, two fundamental developments may help the market find an intermediate bottom:
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Paulson Seeks Resolution Trust Corporation "Solution" / Stock-Markets / Government Intervention
By: Mike_Shedlock
When you have done as much damage to taxpayers and the economy as Paulson has, one just might expect for him to go into hiding until the next administration fires him.Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Systemic Failure of the United States- Game Over / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Jim_Willie_CB
We are in historically unprecedented times. The foundation is being laid for a default of USTreasurys in the wake of the greatest regulatory failure in modern history, and the collapse of the US financial system. Anyone who cannot see that suffers from poor vision, chronic nostalgia, low mental wattage, a paycheck from Wall Street, a post in financial press media, or owning an Economics advanced degree. So many changes come with each passing day, not week, that it boggles the mind. Many of us predicted $100 updays for gold, and we almost saw one. The wheels came off the US financial wagon long ago, but only now that fact is being recognized. The monetization largesse finally has gone beyond the corrupt bailouts of fraud kings on Wall Street. Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Britain Bans Short-Selling Citing 'Extreme' Market Climate / Stock-Markets / Government Intervention
By: Mike_Shedlock
See Addendum: Ban is on Financials OnlyMarketWatch is reporting Britain bans short-selling, citing 'extreme' market climate .
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Britain's Financial Services Authority on Thursday announced the unprecedented move of banning short-selling and forbidding any increase in new positions. Also, disclosure will be required on all positions of more than 0.25% of a stock. The ban is due to remain in force until Jan. 16, but it will be reviewed in 30 days.
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
The Real Reason for the Global Financial Crisis…the Story No One’s Talking About / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes: Are you shell-shocked? Are you wondering what's really going on in the market? The truth is probably more frightening than even your worst fears. And yet, you won't hear about it anywhere else because “they” can't tell you. “They” are the U.S. Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury Department, and they can't tell you what's really going on because there's nothing they can do about it, except what they've been trying to do – add liquidity. Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, September 18, 2008
UK FSA Bans Hedge Fund Short Selling After Attack on HBOS / Stock-Markets / Government Intervention
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The FSA in a statement issued a short while ago effectively bans hedge fund short-selling as of midnight tonight of financial stocks. This follows just 24 hours from my analysis (
Hedge Funds Crash Halifax, HBOS Rescued by Lloyds TSB) that in the wake of the HBOS collapse recommended UK government take immediate action to regulate short selling of financial institutions so as to allow the distressed banks time to negotiate with possible merger partners than to be forced into shot-gun weddings or worse as a consequence of relentless hedge fund short-selling that results in market panic actions that acts as a force of great instability for the whole of Britain's financial system. Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Central Banks Swapping Bad Debt for Cash / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Adrian_Ash
"...Monetize labor, monetize stocks, monetize the farmers, monetize real estate..."
DAMNED IF THEY DO , damned if they don't, politicians the world over are looking pretty sheepish right now. Nationalizing failed banks, mortgage lenders and insurance firms hardly makes for a strong election pitch. It won't do much to coax fresh risk capital into shoring up financial balance-sheets, either.
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
China Stock Market ETF Near-Term Bottom? / Stock-Markets / Chinese Stock Market
By: Mike_Paulenoff
My near and intermediate-term work on the iShares China ETF (AMEX: FXI) indicates that the September 17 low at 30.25 and the upmove into this morning's high at 33.48 established the first coordinate in a near-term bottoming process, which if accurate argues for a recovery period that propels the FXI to the 37.00/50 area prior to the completion of the initial advance. The only question here is how much of the initial pop (30.25-33.48) will be retraced on US market weakness? We are about to find out.Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, September 18, 2008
China, Russia Governments Intervene to Halt Stock Market Panic / Stock-Markets / Global Stock Markets
By: Mike_Shedlock
On the heels of Central Banks announcing Global Coordinated Liquidity Measures , China and Russia have both announced plans to intervene directly in the equity markets. Let's take a look at both countries starting with Russia Pledges $20 Billion for Stocks, Cuts Oil Tax .
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
Stock, Commodities and Currency Futures Markets Analysis / Stock-Markets / Futures Trading
By: INO
The December NASDAQ 100 was higher due to short covering overnight as it consolidated some of Wednesday's decline. Stochastics and the RSI are oversold, diverging but are bearish signaling that additional weakness is possible near-term. Closes below March's low crossing at 1703.75 would open the door for a possible test of weekly support crossing at 1527.12 later this fall. Closes above the 20-day moving average crossing at 1809.97 are needed to confirm that a short-term low has been posted. The September NASDAQ 100 was up 23.00. pts. at 1670.00 as of 5:55 AM CST. First resistance is broken support marked by March's low crossing at 1703.75. Second resistance is the 10-day moving average crossing at 1735.52. First support is Wednesday's low crossing at 1639.75. Second support is weekly support crossing at 1527.12. Overnight action sets the stage for a higher opening by December NASDAQ 100 when the day session begins later this morning. Read full article... Read full article...