Category: Financial Markets 2010
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Monday, April 05, 2010
What to Expect in April for Stocks & Precious Metals / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Chris_Vermeulen
I hope everyone had a great weekend and Easter Holiday!
This is quick update as its Easter Sunday and it’s a time to relax with the family
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Sunday, April 04, 2010
Economic Recovery Follows Stealth Stocks Bull Market, BlogosFear Cry's Manipulated Markets / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The economic recovery continues to manifest itself in the real world as this week both UK GDP was revised higher to 0.4% for Q4 2009 and Fridays U.S. Jobs reported 162k of new Jobs added to the economy, the economic recovery has long since been led by the stocks stealth bull market that has risen by more than 70% since the March 2009 low.
Sunday, April 04, 2010
Crude Oil, Gold, Bonds and S&P Update from Commitment of Traders Report: Oil is Bullish / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Shaily
S&P short interest have hardly changed giving us very little clues after last weeks record short covering by large funds and institutions. There have been no follow up to the short covering and hence leaves the downside exposed for the coming week. We expect the S&P to correct and continue to be bearish short term. While our bearish all last week has not born fruit, it has not harmed us either as S&P still is stitting at the juncture where it can correct strongly to levels closer to 1120.
Thursday, April 01, 2010
Stocks Bull Market Continues Grinding Higher, Fear is Good! / News_Letter / Financial Markets 2010
By: NewsLetter
The Market Oracle NewsletterMarch 27th, 2010 Issue #18 Vol. 4
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Americans Still Not Working / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: PaddyPowerTrader
For the most part markets were little changed overnight with investors largely sitting tight ahead of Friday’s all-important US non-farm payrolls report. Indeed the S&P 500 closed exactly unchanged, with some strength in the industrials offset by some weakness in the financials. Stock wise 3M rallied 3.6% as Morgan Stanley said profit may top estimates after Danaher boosted its earnings forecast. Home Depot and Lowe’s climbed as the S&P/Case-Shiller index of home prices in 20 US cities and the Conference Board’s confidence gauge topped economists’ estimates.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
US Stocks Trading At 18 Month Highs / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: PaddyPowerTrader
The tone across markets is again generally positive with commodities leading the market higher (copper is up 4% and oil up over 2%). This has filtered through to equity markets, with the S&P 500 managing a 0.6% gain to an 18 month high Monday. Schlumberger, Exxon Mobil and Alcoa paced gains in commodity shares as crude oil and metals prices rallied. Boeing jumped 2.1% after saying stress tests of its Dreamliner wings were “positive”.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Interest Rates Surge Higher on Debt Crisis, Stock Market Dow Non-Confirmation / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Douglas_V._Gnazzo
The big news this week was the rise in interest rates, especially on the long end of the yield curve: 10 year yields were up 16 basis points to 3.85%; and 30 year rates added 17 basis points to 4.75% (see charts in the bond section). What’s behind this sudden move?
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Stock Market Pending Crash? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Jay_DeVincentis
Pending Crash?
We’ll take a look at our crash monitor here...
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Stock Market Rally and Economic Recovery Blowing in the Wind / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Steve_Betts
“You’ll notice that Bush never spoke when Cheney was drinking water; check it out!" Robin Williams
We are seeing some interesting developments in the markets so I want to jump right into it and save all the social and political commentary for the end. I would first like to focus on the US dollar since it is the hot topic of conversation in the media, and its price movement is subject to a lot of misinterpretation. The general line of thinking espouses a new bull market for the greenback given the fact that the US economy is on the mend.
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Saturday, March 27, 2010
Stocks Bull Market Continues Grinding Higher, Fear is Good! / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Alistair Darling delivered his master stroke budget in advance of a May 6th General Election. The Tory's were put on the defensive as to where and what they would cut. The voters were left confused as the Tory high command accused Labour of stealing their policies again, why vote tory if Labour are offering very similar though less austere policies? Hence a narrowing in the polls into hung parliament territory. The tories need to develop a backbone and think up radical policies that differentiate them from the Labour party AND appeal to most voters else they really will blow their chances in about 6 weeks time.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Jim Rogers on Crude Oil, Gold and the Biggest U.S. Bubble Treasury Bonds / Commodities / Financial Markets 2010
By: Submissions
Debate on the scope and risks of the US health care plan still rages even as Pres. Obama unveiled a $14 billion plan to help homeowners. And the impact of a Greek bailout on the Eurozone economies is still a question.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Financial Markets and Economic Outlook Conclusions 2010, When Hope Turns to Fear, Part V / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Ty_Andros
As we near the APEX of the countertrend rallies in many markets and economies, the air is full of HIGHLY-COMBUSTIBLE situations just waiting for someone to light the MATCH. The full debacle of the next leg down in developed world economies is at the doorstep. What event will act as catalyst is unknowable, and the list of candidates is mountainous. Corruption and criminality within the public sectors, crony capitalists and banksters set the stage for an explosive cocktail, are set to immolate the private sectors that still produce wealth and the public at large.
Friday, March 26, 2010
The Dow Marches On as Gold Investors Increasingly Throwing in The Towel / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Steve_Betts
“Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity!” - George Carlin
We continue to hear all sorts of optimistic comments about the recovery in the US, and the media tends to gloss over any less than optimistic statistics. There is always an excuse! In order to justify the discrepancies we invent new slogans like the “jobless recovery” in order to validate rising unemployment in a supposedly improving economic environment. Given today’s rather pessimistic housing numbers, you might want to call this the homeless recovery as well.
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
Despite Record Rally in U.S. Stocks, Oil, Commodities and China Will be the Long-Term Winners / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Money_Morning
William Patalon III writes: Although U.S. stocks have made a fairly smooth transition into Year Two of what's so far been a near-record bull market, there are still many traps that can quickly ensnare a less-than-cautious investor.
Moving forward, investors need to focus on quality, take the time to understand what's really happening in Washington, and turn to such once-unconventional investments as oil, commodities and China stocks, says Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Sure Looks Like A Stock Market Top? VIX, NYSE, DOW & GOLD / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Chris_Vermeulen
I think many of you will find this article interesting as I show several different indicators which point to an imminent correction for stocks and precious metals.
Last Wednesday’s report I showed how the current price of the index was almost identical to the January peak from where prices dropped nearly 10%. The report was called “28 Day Sector Rotation, Commodity & Index”. We did get the first sign of toppy market last Friday with the sharp one day sell off as I expected.
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
U.S. Economy, Banking Sector and Gold, Houdini Lives! / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Steve_Betts
Un giorno diverrai cenere ed ombra, un nome e non piu. (One day you will become shadows and ashes, a name and nothing more.) Aulo Persio Flacco
The banking system continues to suffer setbacks and the FDIC continues to absorb the mistakes. On Friday they announced the closure of seven more failed institutions, bring the total up to 37 for the year and well ahead of last year’s total of 21 thru March 31st. Here are the new victims:
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Stocks Stealth Bull Market Closes At New Dow High / News_Letter / Financial Markets 2010
By: NewsLetter
The Market Oracle NewsletterMarch 20th, 2010 Issue #16 Vol. 4
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Who’s the REAL Dumb Money? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Graham_Summers
I apologize for being out of touch. Typically I make every effort to publish an essay every day, but the last few weeks have been extremely busy on the back-end of the website.
As you can see, I’m in the midst of a total website overhaul. Right now we’re about 80% done, but I’ve got a lot a new content to add. So don’t be alarmed if some of the sections are blank right now. They’ll all be filled in with hard, hitting in-depth research soon.
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Monday, March 22, 2010
Gold and Stocks, When it Breaks, It's Going Somewhere In a Hurry... / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: J_Derek_Blain
Gold and silver are both in a fairly tight consolidated trading range over the past several weeks, keeping both metals bound within a compressed psychological battle between mid-term bulls and mid-term bears.
Monday, March 22, 2010
What Health Care Plan and A Rising U.S. Dollar Mean For Financial Markets / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Mike_Paulenoff
While the new health care plan could have negative implications for business, for taxes, for the deficit, for interest rates and so on, the S&P 500 has gone straight up since its Feb 5 low. I don’t know what it’s been discounting, but it couldn’t have been discounting the negativity implied by the health care plan. Instead, this rally has to be discounting something positive, whatever that may be.