Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Protect Yourself from the Next Stock Market "Flash Crash / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash

By: Money_Morning

Shah Gilani writes: Just when you thought it was safe to get back into U.S. stocks, you think you see a shark.

If you are searching - like the regulatory lifeguards and all the political beach bums - to pinpoint and kill the menacing shark that took a huge bite out of investor confidence when the Dow Jones Industrial Average tanked 1,000 points in a just a few minutes late in the day on May 6, don't bother to scan the horizon looking for the dorsal fin of some lurking predator.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Stock Market Indices Stair-Step Lower & Close Near Key Support / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: Harry_Boxer

The stock market indices opened strong today and reached the session highs in the first 20 minutes, and from there it was downhill the rest of the day as the S&P 500 stair-stepped lower in a neat, orderly channel to retest yesterday's lows. At that point they bounced a couple times, but couldn't make any progress.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Is Your IRA or 401K a Target of Government Appropriation? / Stock-Markets / Pensions & Retirement

By: Lorimer_Wilson

By: Chris Blasi - Will the laws and rules in place to protect individuals in their attempt to set something aside for retirement be safeguarded by the representatives elected to advocate for them in Washington? Will the principles and moral integrity of the political class keep them from appropriating the trillions of dollars held in 401k's and IRA's? I'm not so sure!

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Stock Market Gap Up And Reversal...200's Holding So Far... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: Jack_Steiman

The market had put in a doji yesterday but did not do so at a critical level of support or resistance. We got the expected bounce at the open but did not hold, which often happens away from those critical support or resistance areas. Less trustworthy to hold for a full day. Once the gap up got taken out and filled it was all down hill from there.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Euro Crisis Shock and Awe, Short Selling Ban As Politicians Battle Market Crash / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash

By: Mike_Shedlock

Germany to Ban Naked Short-Selling at Midnight; Politicians Battle Markets; Short Selling Restrictions and Market Crashes

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The Great Commodities Con, Dangers of Investing in ETF's, Exchange Traded Funds / Stock-Markets / Exchange Traded Funds

By: John_Mauldin

A quick introduction for this week's Outside the Box. This is from my London Partner Niels Jensen, talking about the problems with long only commodity funds. This is something I discuss frequently but have not written about in some time. Quite simply, many of the commodity ETFs do not deliver what they promise and in fact many of the inverse funds can lose you money even when you make the right macro call.

Niels gives us a very good explanation of why this is so. So for those of you who have "diversified" into commodity ETFs (not actively managed funds!) or are thinking about it you might really want to read this.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Golden Goose vs. Black Swans, Gold the Other Currency / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010

By: HRA_Advisory

April ushered in both broader evidence of recovery in parts of the Western economy, and a series of both ecological and economic “events” that are quite worrisome.  It’s unlikely any of the April events (including, we fervently hope, sovereign debt) would be, in and of itself, shattering.  What each does is to impact the psychology under which markets are operating and hence how they perform.  The cumulative impact of these events after a strong uptick means sell buttons are being pushed, and should be signaling profits taking by you. How much is the question.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

What Becomes of a Broken Stock Market? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: EWI

There are two possible Elliott wave paths for stocks from here -- but only one likely outcome.

You know what a mystery the Dow's 1,000-point drop on May 6 has been.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Are We Set For Stock Market Turnaround Tuesday? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: PaddyPowerTrader

US stocks rose Monday, with the Dow dramatically reversing a 184-point drop, as a rise in the US homebuilders NAHB index and the euro’s rebound from a four-year low bolstered optimism. Sprint Nextel climbed 3% to help lead telephone companies to the biggest gain among 10 groups after saying “steep” revenue declines have ended. GLG Partners rallied 50% as Man Group agreed to buy the hedge-fund firm for $1.6 billion.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Stock Market Strategies for the Post-Financial-Crisis ‘New World Order’ / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: Money_Morning

Jon D. Markman writes: For many investors, the recent thousand-point plunge by the U.S. stock market was probably the proverbial last straw.

So let me be perfectly clear about the point that I want to make here: Sitting on the sidelines could be the investment mistake of a lifetime. The post-financial-crisis "new world order" that's emerged from the speculative excesses, recessionary realities and regulatory breakdowns of recent years has created a world of lucrative new profit opportunities - governed by a new set of profit rules.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Stock Market Indices Edge Higher in Afternoon Snapback After Steep Losses / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: Harry_Boxer

The stock market indices started the day to the plus side but failed at resistance and rolled over hard in the morning. They reached the session lows on a spike down just before noon at about the 1873 area on the Nasdaq 100 and the 1195 area on the S&P 500. At that point they began a stair-step move back up, which accelerated over the course of the afternoon and closed with the indices back into the plus column, but just barely.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Gold Bull Market and the SP 500 Index Forecast Update / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010

By: David_Banister

Back in the third week of April I predicted here on Kitco.com a topping in the broader market indices.    The theory was the VIX levels were extremely and historically too low concomitant with extremely high historical readings in investor bullish sentiment gauges.  After thirteen Fibonacci months of a bull cycle rally, it was likely an A B C correction to the downside would begin. In further follows ups on TheMarketTrendForecast.com service I run on April 20th, I again outlined concerns with falling volumes on small cap stocks and too many “stories” being run up too far ahead of the economics.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Stock Market Doji late... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: Jack_Steiman

Which simply means that there should be some relief short-term for the market but expecting too much is probably not a good idea since we have some very strong resistance a little more than 1% above closing prices. 1155 is the gap down on the The Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipts (SPY) from a few days back and then there's also the trailing lower 20- and 50-day exponential moving averages at 1164/1165 respectively. 1155/1165 will be very tough in the short-term for the bulls as we whipsaw all over the place on what is seemingly a daily basis. The charts tonight show clearly these ranges we are stuck in.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Has the Stock Market S&P 500 Index Topped Out? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: INO

This past weekend I visited some friends in Texas. The reason I bring this up, is that these folks are very worldly and very smart. During my visit, the conversation naturally turned to the market and what is going on.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Financial Markets Euro Sovereign Debt Fears Linger / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010

By: PaddyPowerTrader

Nasty end to a rollercoaster week as sovereign debt worries continued to trump some decent US economic data Friday. Crude oil slipped below $70bn and the Euro slumps sub 1.23 versus the USD as investors realize the solutions to the current fiscal crisis are all growth negative. I’d thought Friday would be a relatively quiet holiday thinned session but it pretty much all ended in tears. To kick off we’d some ill timed & ill judged comments from Deutsche Bank’s top man Ackerman that Greek debt RESTRUCTURING is still a possibility (there are things you think but don’t say in a position such as his).

Monday, May 17, 2010

Commodity Charts Point to Stock Market and Economic Vulnerability / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010

By: Mike_Paulenoff

This week we look at commodities charts, which indicate there may be some concerns regarding future global economic growth. Precious metals gold and silver, as safe havens in uncertain market environments, have constructive-looking charts, while industrial metals such as copper, steel, and aluminum, as well as oil and the materials sector, look vulnerable, suggesting a problem in terms of buyers and demand.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Stock Market Historic Crash, A Warning Shot Across Our Collective Bow / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash

By: Captain_Hook

That’s the way you should view yesterday’s historic crash, witnessing the largest single day point swings in history. You should view it as a warning shot across your bow, because most market participants will stay in the stock market until it’s too late. Then, when the real panic starts, a lasting panic with no recovery like yesterday, they will freeze like deer in the headlights, and it will be all over but the crying as stocks crash like never before in a Grand Super-Cycle event.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Robert Prechter Stock Market Forecast For 2010 and Beyond / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010

By: EWI

The following article is excerpted from Robert Prechter's current issue of the Elliott Wave Theorist. For a limited time, you can Download the full 10-page issue, FREE.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Monday Monetary Madness - Financial Markets Ewwwwro! / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010

By: PhilStockWorld

Wow, nobody wants those Euros!
Of course, that kind of makes me want them as the Euro collapsed to $1.223 last night and we moved into "crazy oversold" territory.  Just 3 years ago supermodel Gisele Bundchen (left) INSISTED on being paid only in Euros (classic sign of a top!).  It’s not like we’re going to run in and buy Euros but I think $25 is plenty on EUO so we’re done with those for now and they are up another $2 from when we were already thrilled with them on May 5th.  That was the same post in which I said about oil "that bubble may be popping too" and we’re down from $85 then to $72 this morning and we touched $70 this morning which is our 20% retrace from our April $87 highs.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Sovereign Debt Crisis: Investor Emergency Strategy Update / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010

By: Martin_D_Weiss

Martin Weiss: Just days ago, the cradle of Western democracy — Greece — was in flames! Rioters attacked banks, businesses and government buildings. The entire country plunged into chaos. Spain, Portugal, Italy and even the United Kingdom were reeling. The euro was crushed.

Then, as we have warned you consistently and persistently, the raging storm in Europe struck our shores … ripped through our corporate bond market … created chaos in our stock market … and threatened to derail our already-fragile economic recovery.