Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets

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Monday, July 29, 2013

World Stocks Markets Mixed Bag with a Negative Bias / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: PhilStockWorld

Courtesy of Doug Short: After four weeks of a broad-based rally, during which a minimum of seven of my eight featured indexes posted a gain, last week was a mixed bag with a negative bias. The Hang Seng was the one outstanding performer with a 2.84% advance for the week. France’s CAC 40 was a distant second, up 1.11%, and the Shanghai Composite was a close third with a 0.91% gain. The S&P 500 finished the week fractionally below the flat line, but four indexes lost from one to three percent. The big loser was Japan’s Nikkei, the “drama queen” index of 2013.

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Possible S&P Stock Market Top / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: Submissions

SIbeiho writes: The Blue Line is showing obvious support and there is a fairly gd chance the VIX is gonna move up to cover that gap at the orange line.

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Stock Market Bubbles Cannot Be Timed / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: Sy_Harding

What do tulips, Pet Rocks, Beanie Babies, Barbie Dolls, real estate, stock markets, and gold, have in common? They’ve all seen speculative bubbles in their prices that burst with devastating results for investors who believed there would be no end to their rising prices.

Should we believe claims that the stock market is now in another bubble? Some are making that claim.

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Corporate Earnings Winding Down... Stock Market Acting Fine Overall..... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: Jack_Steiman

For a few weeks now we have been watching the earnings pour in from every sector imaginable. Every leader under the sun is being put to the test. Pre-market. Post-market. A barrage of earnings is hitting Wall Street. It becomes overwhelming, but it is necessary to follow the yellow-brick road of reports because it hints at what the market action will likely be for the next few months. There are always countertrend moves within that time frame, but it's important to know what to expect. You ask yourself the big question of what did the market think of the reports overall. When you study the plethora of reports out there, the market doesn't seem all that disappointed. Sure, there were many bad reports along the way. The usual amount of real slaughters, but on the other hand, the number of good reports, especially from the leaders, seem to outweigh the bad.

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Financial Markets Meltdown Warning Signals / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash

By: DeepCaster_LLC

“Run for the Hills Now, I’m Doing It.”       Jim Rogers, CNBC.com (07/20/13)

When a Remarkably Successful Establishment (albeit a Rebel within) Investment Guru warns that He and We should “Run for The Hills” it is important to ask why?

Immediately leading up to, and for months after, the 2008-09 Financial Crisis, not only Independent Commentators but also MainStream Media commentators were Warning we were on the verge of Financial Collapse. And some quite reputable independent commentators still are issuing those Warnings.

Friday, July 26, 2013

Stock Market Back in Forward Gear / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: PhilStockWorld

Courtesy of Doug Short: After a mild two-day selloff, the S&P 500 shifted back into forward gear. The index opened lower, bounced into the shallow green 30 minutes later before selling off to its -0.35% intraday low in the late morning. The index then reversed directions and climbed back into the green. It vacillated a bit during the afternoon before rallying to its 0.30% intraday high in the final 30 minutes of trading. The index closed fractionally off its highs for a daily gain of 0.26%.

Friday, July 26, 2013

Stock Market SPX Retraces 50% / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: Anthony_Cherniawski

SPX completed its first impulse on the minute scale at the ope this morning. The rest of the day has been spent on an irregular correction that now appears over at almost precisely the 50% retracement level.

We should see the SPX and other equities markets resume their impulsive decline now.

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Investing When You Think We’re in a Bubble / Stock-Markets / Investing 2013

By: Don_Miller

Some folks may think we have returned to a pre-crash environment all over again, where the market moved on multi-year highs. Year to date, the major indexes are up roughly 15% depending on when you’re reading this article; and that’s on top of 7% returns from the year before and 5.5% the year before that. To the uninitiated, this almost looks like acceleration. To the more pessimistic, it looks like a trap: we’re in for a nasty correction that will pull down the entire market. You can’t turn on the television or read through a financial news website without being overwhelmed by stories telling us the market will crash in the next “X” number of weeks or months.

Thursday, July 25, 2013

Is the Econcomic Recovery Collapsing… Are You Prepared? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: Graham_Summers

The markets had a very weak session yesterday. With Bernanke’s final stand in front of Congress out of the way, along with options expiration and end of the quarter performance gaming, the bulls are running out of excuses to gun the market higher.

This is evident in the action of the last three days. All three days traders tried to push the market higher at the open. However, there was no follow through and every time the market retracted the early gains. As I’ve told subscribers of Private Wealth Advisory is not indicative of major buying power coming into the markets.

Thursday, July 25, 2013

The Stock Market Nirvana Trade / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: Doug_Wakefield

"What the mind can conceive and believe it can achieve" ~ Napoleon Hill

When one looks at the US stock markets over the last two years, especially since August 2011, it would appear that it has become liberated from entering a bear market for more than a few days or weeks.

With each subsequent drop, a rally has ensued. US stock indices seem to move one step closer to nirvana with each passing "minor correction" in prices. One need never worry again, as we gain greater confidence in the masters of finance, who with the mere mention of the words, "a highly accommodative policy", can levitate stocks.

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Stock Market Rally Resumes on the Japan Scam / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: PhilStockWorld

And up we go again!  

AAPL had OK earnings and it's up about 3% overnight so that's pumping 0.6% into the Nasdaq from that stock alone.  The big news of the day is Euro-Zone PMI Reports coming in better than expected, pretty much across the board.  Forget the fact that they are, overall, at 50.1 on a scale where 49.9 is contracting – 50.1 is NOT CONTRACTING!!! 

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Stock Market Trendline Violation / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: Anthony_Cherniawski

The hourly SPX chart now shows the lower trendline of the Ending Diagonal is broken. This is the earliest and best warning. We may see the SPX drop to or below the hourly Cycle Bottom at 1584.84 before a bounce occurs. The decline may take a couple days, but it should wipe out the entire month-long rally.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Could this Be the Stock Market Top? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: Anthony_Cherniawski

I may be taking a risk of a premature call, but it appears that SPX is losing its grip on the rising trendline.

The pattern certainly appears complete.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Stock Market Overbought Again.....Earnings Fine Overall..... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: Jack_Steiman

The market is once again overbought on the majority of daily index charts. When this occurs the candlesticks on the way up seemingly get smaller and smaller as it becomes a bit harder to find buyers that give the market huge up days. When markets aren't overbought in a bull market there’s one large candlestick after another. Now, due to overbought, those sticks are getting smaller and smaller as big money refuses to come in and buy for the short-term. They are waiting for retail to stop buying, thus, allowing the market to unwind those overbought oscillators. We also will get further insight as to why the market is printing smaller and smaller candles when we get those sentiment numbers on Wednesday morning.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Stock Market Short-term Top / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: Andre_Gratian

Current Position of the Market

SPX: Very Long-term trend - The very-long-term cycles are in their down phases, and if they make their lows when expected (after this bull market is over), there will be another steep decline into late 2014. However, the severe correction of 2007-2009 may have curtailed the full downward pressure potential of the 40-yr and 120-yr cycles.

Intermediate trend - SPX continues to progress according to its structure. After a brief consolidation, the bull market has resumed its uptrend and has already created new highs in the leading indices. A short-term top is brewing.

Monday, July 22, 2013

Why Detroit’s Bankruptcy Should Concern You / Stock-Markets / US Debt

By: InvestmentContrarian

Sasha Cekerevac writes: Well, it’s official—as of last Thursday, the city of Detroit is bankrupt.

Detroit is a sad example of a city that was continually running a large budget deficit. But it grew into such a huge amount of government debt that the only way out was to file for bankruptcy and give investors pennies on the dollar.

Monday, July 22, 2013

Gold, Silver and the Coming Complete Wipeout of All Debt - Video / Stock-Markets / Global Debt Crisis 2013

By: Videos

Bix Weir is a tireless advocate for manipulation-free gold and silver markets. Weir says, “They are printing money, and the reason to control the price of gold is to control the perception the U.S. dollar is a sound currency.” The manipulation game is not going to go on much longer. Weir proclaims, “We’re at a point in our system and in the manipulation where people within the Fed and within our government are ready to pull the plug on the game and basically crash the system.” Weir goes on to say, “You’re looking at a complete wipeout of all debt in all banks, all virtual assets, virtual assets meaning electronic blips on a 401k statement and checking and savings accounts.” 

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Stock Market Divergences Continue Whilst VIX Drops / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: Jesse

"I listened carefully to yesterday's Bernanke speech. He seemed ill at ease and almost stumbling. I truly believe that Bernanke is confused and even frightened by the results of all his manipulations. But what he's most confused about is the poor results he's been getting from both the economy and the markets. Bernanke appears to me to be a man trapped and confused by his own unorthodox tactics." - Richard Russell July 18, 2013

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Stock Market Rally Continues Except for Shanghai / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: PhilStockWorld

Courtesy of Doug Short: The global rally for my featured group of eight indexes has entered its fourth consecutive week, with seven of the eight posting gains. France’s CAC 40 took the top spot with a 1.82% advance. Of the 29 weekly closes in 2013, this is the first time the CAC 40 has finished first. Europe also took the next two spots, with Germany’s DAXK up 1.45% and the UK’s FTSE 100 close behind at 1.31%. China’s Shanghai Composite was the sole finisher in the red with a slide for the week of 2.30%. That’s the eighth time this year that the Shanghai has been the worst weekly performer.

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Stock Market More Overstretched Than At Anytime in 30 Years / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013

By: Graham_Summers

The markets are running out of steam as there is no longer a Bernanke talk to look forward to (he won’t be at the Fed’s Jackson Hole meeting in August) and options expiration is ending.

Bernanke has a thing for options. For some reason, over the last five years, he had a tendency to expand the Fed’s balance sheet on weeks when options were expiring. He even did this on weeks when the Fed technically was not engaged in a QE program.