Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets

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Sunday, October 30, 2011

The Unfortunate Truth About an Overbought Stock Market / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011

By: J_W_Jones

Writing about financial markets is probably the most challenging endeavor I have ever immersed myself into. I am a trader first and a writer second, but I have really come to enjoy scribing missives about financial markets because it really forces me to concentrate on my analysis.

Writing for the general public has really enhanced my perception of the market and forced me to dig deeper and learn new forms of analysis. I find myself learning more and more every day and the beauty of trading is that even for the most experienced of traders there is always an opportunity to learn more. As members of my service know, I strive to be different than most of my peers as my focus is on education and being completely transparent and honest.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Emerging Stock Markets Telegraphing Trouble in 2012 / Stock-Markets / Global Stock Markets

By: David_Knox_Barker

During the last global long wave winter season that occurred in the 1930s and 1940s major economic changes took place that were similar to what the global economy is experiencing today. The big glaring difference at that time was that free market capitalism was losing vast swaths of global markets to communism, dictatorship and stifling socialism. During this long wave winter a new middle-class that numbers in the billions is coming on stream in emerging markets, greatly countering the long wave forces at work. Presently however, stock markets in emerging markets are signaling that investor expectations got ahead of the final long wave turn into a new long wave spring.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Stocks Bear B Wave Rally or New Bull Market? / Stock-Markets / Elliott Wave Theory

By: Tony_Caldaro

Another positive week for US equities as they gained ground for the fourth week in row. The majority of the gains occurred on thursday after the ECU had agreed upon a solution to their credit crisis wednesday night. Most of the economic reports swung to the positive side this week after remaining negative to neutral for months. On the downside: consumer confidence, FHFA housing prices, durable good orders, pending home sales, PCE prices and the M1-multiplier. On the uptick: Q3 GDP, Case-Shiller, new home sales, personal income/spending, consumer sentiment, the WLEI, the monetary base, and weekly jobless claims downticked. The SPX/DOW gained 3.7% and the NDX/NAZ were +3.3%. Asian markets soared 6.6%, European markets gained 4.3%, the Commodity equity group soared 7.6%, and the DJ World index gained 5.7%. Next week’s economic events will highlighted by the FOMC meeting, the monthly Payrolls report, ISM and monthly Auto sales. Best to your week!

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Strong Week For Stock Market Bulls... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011

By: Jack_Steiman

Everyone who participates in the stock market knows this was a great week for the bulls as they accomplished something most thought impossible. That was to blow through S&P 500 1260, and to do it with strong internals, such as strong volume and a great advance-decline line. We got close to 1260 some days back and failed, but refused to fall to far below. After pulling back a few percent, the market tried again and succeeded in getting through 1260 S&P 500 this week, the level from which there was a triple-bottom breakdown some months back that led to a huge eleven-day fall of 19%.

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Investors Positioning for Five Impending Investment Critical Events / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011

By: DeepCaster_LLC

“The end crisis will be postponed until the sovereigns go bankrupt.” Marc Faber, 10/27/11

Eurozone issues are critical for many reasons including the fact that they are a harbinger of those facing the World’s largest Economy and Reserve Currency. Issuer, the USA, in the not too distant future.

Friday, October 28, 2011

Friday After the Stock Market Rally Promising a Very Profitable Christmas / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011

By: George_Maniere

Yesterday on Thursday the market rallied off of a plan that the Euro zone leaders had promised and investors had demanded. That alone came as a relief to markets given how low expectations had fallen. The S&P not only broke the key resistance level of 1257 but blew away the 200 day moving average and closed at 1284.59. The Dow broke the psychologically 1200 level and closed at 12208.55. Sadly, the plan falls short of the comprehensive plan that Euro zone leaders had promised and the best hope is that this deal buys a little more time.

Friday, October 28, 2011

European Debt Crisis Contagion Turns Positive, Will it Last? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011

By: Money_Morning

Shah Gilani writes: Everybody loves a rally.

After European leaders announced a plan to stem Eurozone and global panic over Greece's potential default and shore up capital at beleaguered banks, positive contagion is lifting stock markets from one end of the planet to the other.

Friday, October 28, 2011

Why Stocks Rally Despite Crisis, Darwin’s Deceptive and Dangerous Devices  / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011

By: Doug_Wakefield

“The film depicts a future in which reality as perceived by most humans is actually a simulated reality created by sentient machines to pacify and subdue the human population, while their bodies' heat and electrical activity are used as an energy source. Upon learning this, computer programmer ‘Neo’ is drawn into a rebellion against the machines, involving other people who have been freed from the ‘dream world’ and into reality.”

Friday, October 28, 2011

Stock Market Volatility Cycle Uncovered / Stock-Markets / Volatility

By: Anthony_Cherniawski

In the third quarter of 2011, it has become obvious that many investors, mutual fund and hedge fund managers have ignored the role volatility plays in evaluating market risk.  It is possible that they view it, if at all, as a dispersion model, not a harbinger of market direction.  That is because rising volatility accompanied rising markets during the entire decade of the 90s, with the exception of the two 4-year market lows in 1994 and 1998.  Since then, the relationship between volatility and market direction has changed dramatically. A look at potential cycles in volatility may prove valuable.       

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Stocks Stealth Bull Market Pounds the Crash is Coming Bears with Euro-zone Hammer / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011

By: Nadeem_Walayat

The Dow rocketed higher today to close at 12,208, up more than 17% from its summer low of 10,404, and just 5% away from its bull market peak, the mainstream financial press jumped onto the E.U. bailout deal bandwagon as for the reason why stocks soared, despite the fact that the actual agreement is pretty weak i.e. the minimum that the markets were expecting which could just as easily have been used to explain away a sharp drop in the stock market.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Hugh Hendry Interview at the LSE’s Alternative Investment Conference / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011

By: Aftab_Singh

Hugh Hendry spoke at the London School of Economic’s Alternative Investment Conference. This was a really fantastic interview and we highly recommend watching the following videos in full. See below for the videos.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Today Europe Promised Stock Market Investors a Profitable Christmas / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011

By: George_Maniere

On Wednesday night EST, Euro zone leaders struck a deal with private banks and insurers for them to accept a 50 percent loss on their Greek government bonds under a plan to lower Greece's debt burden and try to contain the two-year-old euro zone crisis.

The agreement was reached after more than eight hours of hard-nosed negotiations involving bankers, heads of state, central bankers and the International Monetary Fund and aims to draw a line under spiraling debt problems that have threatened to unravel the European single currency project.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Do You Trust The Eurocrats To Deliver? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011

By: Bob_Kirtley

The financial markets are hanging by a thread as they await the outcome of the 22nd emergency summit of the European Union. A single positive statement by a lone Eurocrat can lift the DOW by 250 points, conversely a denial can send it tumbling down again. The suggestions to remedy the economic woes of the euro zone vary from modifications around the periphery to grandiose schemes borrowed from fairy land.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Stock Market Consolidating For Now Below 1260.... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011

By: Jack_Steiman

There's nothing wrong with consolidation after a nice run up off the lows. Markets often rest when they get close to massive long-term resistance. The key to it all is how they consolidate, or not. If they just plunge lower, it's not the best action. If they hang around within a few percent of that massive breakout level, while things cool off on the oscillators, that's very good action overall. It appears, although no guarantee, that this is what's starting to set up for this market. The wrong news can come out and kill things, and the entire pattern in a heartbeat, but you have to look at what's taking place in the moment. For now, it says the market is handling out after a long run up. The handle could last quite some time, so you don't want to get too aggressive in it. But if this continues for a while longer without a major plunge lower, the bulls should be very satisfied with that type of set-up.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Do Bullish Investors Have an Ace in the Hole? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011

By: Frank_Holmes

Right now, there are planes full of travelers heading to Vegas with dreams of striking it rich. These starry-eyed gamblers would greatly improve their odds by learning how to count cards. Yet, as we learned in the movie 21, where six MIT students team with Micky Rosa to become expert card counters and "bring down the house," this highly illegal technique carries dire consequences.

You may not be able to count cards at the blackjack table, but counting historical trends of the stock market and discovering inflection points are not only legal strategies, they are essential to successful investing.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

The Stock Market's Next 1,000-Point Move / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011

By: Money_Morning

Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: Stuart Varney, host of the aptly named and very highly rated "Varney & Co." program on Fox Business, put the following question to me in his usual direct style: "Will we have an agreement on Wednesday out of Europe and what will that mean for the markets?"

Yes, I began, we probably will - but for all the wrong reasons, and it will never last.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Stock Market Technical Tipping Point Near at Hand / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market

By: Joseph_Russo

In September, following five months of impulsive decline from its May high, the Dow has reversed abruptly, rallying incessantly after a fleeting 20% roller coaster drop from its secondary QE-2 bailout crest.   The Dow is currently on path toward violently reclaiming more than 60% of these recent losses within the extremely short span of 14-sessions.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Stock Market Keeps Fooling The Masses.... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011

By: Jack_Steiman

And that's normal behavior. It rarely moves in the direction of the masses, especially for any extended time period. We have seen the masses get too bearish for quite some time now. It's approaching two months' worth of pessimism at extremes. The last five weeks have been off the charts. The market has exploded in those five weeks. Again, that's normal behavior.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

October has Killed Another Stocks Bear / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011

By: Clif_Droke

October has a tendency to be a "bear killer." That is, in years when the stock market has been in decline heading into October, the month of October more often than not reverses the decline, at least temporarily. In the years that I've been writing a financial newsletter this was true in the following Octobers: 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2005.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

The E.U. is Over Banked, Chaos in the Land of Oz (Part 2) / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2011

By: PhilStockWorld

Elliott: In Part 1 of our interview, we agreed that by not allowing the too-big-to-fail (TBTF) banks to fail, the federal government is continuing its environment of corruption and moral hazard. Case in point - the scheme to force taxpayers to insure Bank of America’s worthless debt via the FDIC. 

So, Russ, it will get worse, until TBTF banks get decapitalized?