Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Did US Dollar Injection Alter the Dominent Crisis Market Trends? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Capital3X
This is part of the premium analysis for Captial3x subscribers. It was a tough trading day across desks as SNB/ECB combine once again caught almost every trader that I know off, napping by “injecting USD liquidity”. This is the second time SNB has found itself leading an operation involving non conventional methods and therefore reflects an increasing ability to preempt crisis. Left to the markets, dollar scarcity would have result the exact of not worse situation seen in 2008. Dollar liquidity was the first step in calming the markets but we need to understand how long will this last as Central banks do not have infinite resources. While there are many who will be increasingly vocal about the ethos of providing such operation instead of letting institutions/countries to fail, we disagree and believe if there is a problem we need to first treat the pain and then go to treat the real problem. If one has headache we do not think of cutting the head off, do we? Therefore CBs are in their right to deploy such measures if they see pain in the markets. Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, September 16, 2011
Why Has the Stock Market Yet to Crash? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Joseph_Russo
An Old Type of Business-As-Usual
One could easily misperceive the 17-years of “entitlement” rally from 1982 through 1999 as normal and representative of the type of “certainty” necessary to carry out business as usual.
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Friday, September 16, 2011
Investor Prosperity and Protection in this Era of Concatenating Crises / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: DeepCaster_LLC
“Let’s face it; many of the world’s ‘developed’ nations are insolvent … Either (they) will default or they will try and inflate their currencies into oblivion. Politicians can lie all they want, but the truth is that the debt obligations of these European nations are simply too large relative to the size of their economies.”
“In Greece, government debt now represents almost 160% of GDP and the average yield on Greek debt is around 15%. Thus, if Greece’s debt is rolled over without restructuring, its interest costs alone will amount to approximately 24% of GDP. In other words, if debt pardoning does not occur, nearly a quarter of Greece’s economic output will be gobbled up by interest repayments!”
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
SPXU Still in Play / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: George_Maniere
Pro Shares Ultra Pro S&P 500 (UPRO) is a triple leveraged fund that seeks a 300% return on the performance of the S&P for a single day. Conversely, The Pro Shares Ultra Pro Short S&P 500 (SPXU) seeks a triple leverage or 300% return on the inverse performance of the S&P 500. If you believe as I do that we are setting up for a leg down on the S&P then SPXU is the best way to profit from this trade.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Dangerous Stock Market VIX Circle Pattern / Stock-Markets / Volatility
By: Marty_Chenard
Every couple of years, this "Circular VIX Pattern" has been showing up. It is a pattern where you can draw a circle off the VIX lows, and once you move to the half way point past the middle of the circle ... the support starts to move up which means the market moves down.
We posted this pattern for readers in July but some readers never heard of such a thing so they ignored it. But, for those who didn't, it sent ample warnings to become more and more cautious as the market became more and more dangerous.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
As Greek Debt Default Nears, Investors Need to Take Cover / Stock-Markets / Global Debt Crisis
By: Money_Morning
David Zeiler writes:
At this point a Greek debt default is virtually unavoidable, and it could happen in a matter of weeks.
The ensuing chain reaction will upend markets around the world and will almost surely lead to more defaults among the European Union's (EU) other debt-plagued nations, collectively known as the PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain).
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
S&P 500 Relative to Europe is Raising Red Flags for Bulls / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Chris_Ciovacco
The S&P 500 has been regarded as a relative “safe haven” given:
- The high probability of a default by Greece.
- Concerns debt markets will focus on Italy next.
- Weakening economic data in Europe.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
How to Beat the Stock Market Mania of Pessimism / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Investment_U
Two weeks ago, I opined that the biggest obstacle a stock market investor faces today is “headline risk.”
That is, relentless media negativity.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Germany Becomes an Appealing Investment / Stock-Markets / European Stock Markets
By: Trader_Mark
While we've had a quite serious correction in domestic markets, Europe has been crushed the past few months - for obvious reason. As I was looking over the charts last night, it was stunning to see a country like Germany, the fourth largest economy in the world, mangled to the tune of a 33%+ loss in under two months. No matter the outcome of this crisis (and fact the Eurozone is probably headed for recession anew), this is a very dynamic economy which has probably melded the best parts of 'capitalism' and 'socialism' (I hate the labels) to create an export machine with a high standard of living.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
The Collapse Of Europe's Top Stock Market / Stock-Markets / European Stock Markets
By: DailyWealth
The euro crisis isn't just hammering Germany's banks... it's hammering the "DAX" as well. And that's very, very bad...
You can think of the "DAX" as the Dow Jones Industrial Average of Germany. It consists of the biggest blue-chip German companies. Names you'll recognize here include BMW, Merck, Bayer, Adidas, Daimler, BASF, and Volkswagen. As you can see from today's chart, these blue chips are in crash mode. The DAX has fallen 31% in the past two months. This type of move is the mark of a region in crisis.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Wall Street Issues Its Latest Ultimatum to Europe / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2011
By: Jesse
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I think any American president, secretary of Treasury, regulator or other leader would want strong, healthy global financial firms and not think that somehow we should give up that position in the world and that would be good for your country. If they think that’s good for the country then we have a different view on how the economy operates, how the world operates.”
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
World Markets Tumble as Clouds gather over Eurozone / Stock-Markets / Global Debt Crisis
By: Mike_Whitney
Growing fears of a default in Greece sent markets in Europe and Asia plunging on Monday while yields on "safe haven" US Treasuries and German bund fell to record lows. Nearly 3 years after Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008, the global economy is now facing a second and more lethal financial crisis that threatens to tear-apart the battered eurozone and drag the world economy back into recession.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Oversold Stock Market Bounces... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Jack_Steiman
This morning I spoke about how the 60-minute index charts were oversold, and thus, it wouldn't be very wise to short the gap down that was going to take place due to more bad news in Europe. The gap down took place, and then the market went back and forth, down as many as 150 Dow points before reversing late in the day. At the same time those 60-minute charts got oversold, the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (UUP) chart got overbought. It wasn't on the 60-minute chart, but instead, on its daily chart. It had a 70 RSI reading. We all know that 70 RSI's are not the best conditions for further upside most but not necessarily all of the time. In this particular case, that was true for the dollar, which remains very bullish bigger picture on its chart. That was it for the very short-term, and thus, the reversal on all sides here as the dollar fell late and the market surged as that fall took place. It was a nasty black candle on the UUP today with the RSI still at 71 on its daily chart. This is an indication that the market is about to engage in more upside action in those nasty bigger-picture bear-flag patterns.
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Monday, September 12, 2011
The Chart That Predicted '87 Stock Market Crash Now Predicts Major Rally / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Sara_Nunnally
I just got my hands on something juicy...
We've been talking about technical analysis and being able to read charts here at Smart Investing Daily for the past couple of weeks.
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Monday, September 12, 2011
Three Moves Investors Should Make Before the Next FOMC Meeting / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald, , writes: The decisions made at the next Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on Sept. 20-21 could affect market performance for years to come. That's why investors should prepare ahead of time. Of course, there's no way to predict exactly what U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will do, but 20 years of experience in global markets suggest he's considering five alternatives drawn from a rapidly diminishing menu of options:
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Monday, September 12, 2011
Stocks and Commodities May Get Hammered If U.S. Dollar Rallies / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2011
By: Chris_Ciovacco
Saying an asset class may be “hammered” may seem like a colorful way to express an opinion, but the table below shows stocks and commodities were indeed hammered during a sharp U.S. dollar rally that occurred in the period August 2008 - November 2008.
Monday, September 12, 2011
What Social Mood Is Saying About the Stock Market / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: J_W_Jones
Social mood is absolutely horrible right now. In my experience as a trader I do not recall a similar time frame in my life. Social mood has deteriorated to the point that it would not surprise me to see two grown men come to blows over a fantasy football draft. Oh wait, that happens every year!
Monday, September 12, 2011
Stock Market Downward Pressure Increases in Sepember / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Donald_W_Dony
As the S&P 500 approaches the expected low in late September, downward pressure is increasing and volatility continues to expand.
The VIX, which moves in the opposite direction to the S&P 500, has risen from a medium risk level of 24 in early August into the high risk band of over 33. At the same time, the stock index dropped from 1290 to 1120 (Chart 1).
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Stock Market Almost Ready to Fall Off a Cliff / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: Andre_Gratian
SPX: Very Long-term trend - The very-long-term cycles are down and, if they make their lows when expected, there will be another steep and prolonged decline into 2014.
SPX: Intermediate trend - After last week, it is likely that the downtrend continues. It has a tentative projection to 1065.
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
Monday Stock Market Pivot Point / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2011
By: George_Maniere
In 1940 Jesse Livermore wrote one of the classic books on the workings of the Stock Market “How to Trade in Stocks. By this time Jesse Livermore had developed a mathematical formula that incorporated what he termed “Pivot Points” in determining when to initiate a buy or a sell. When he calculated pivot points, the pivot point themselves, were the primary support or resistance of the asset. This meant that the largest price movement (either up or down) was expected to occur at this point. The other support and resistance levels were less influential, but still had the ability to generate significant price movements.