Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
Stock Market Handles Discount Rate Hike by Fed... / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading
By: Jack_Steiman
On Thursday evening, just after the market closed, the market took a shot to the jaw out of left field; although you can't argue it was hinted at, when fed Bernanke raised the discount rate to banks to 0.75% from 0.50%. The market, one would think, does not want to see lending made more difficult by making lending from bank to bank more difficult. Yes, it was only 0.25% worth of BP, but a start higher nonetheless at a time when the economy is trying so hard to heal some very deep wounds. Anything that hurts money flow must be considered a negative and once the new hit it hit fairly hard. The Dow futures almost immediately sank nearly 100 points. Not pretty with stocks taking a real shot after hours led my commodity and financial stocks.
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
Stock Market Investor Sentiment in Bounce Mode / Stock-Markets / Stock Market Sentiment
By: Guy_Lerner
The investor sentiment data is consistent with a market that is in bounce mode. Following the late January sell off, investors really did not become too bearish. The subsequent bounce over the past 2 weeks has once again created a sense of complacency across our various metrics. In light of this, it will be difficult for the major stock indices to climb to new highs. Despite the recent short term strength, it is still my contention that we will need to go lower before heading meaningfully higher. I discussed the research behind this claim in the article, "Why I Think We Need To Go Lower Before Going Higher".
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Another Day in Stocks Bull-Land / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading
By: J_Derek_Blain
Bear Market Charts.
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Saturday, February 20, 2010
The Federal Reserve and Central Banks Announce Exit Plan / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
(Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve’s decision to raise its discount rate shows that the global recovery is on track and other central banks can afford to keep withdrawing emergency measures, former policy makers and economists said.
The Fed yesterday raised the rate charged to banks for direct loans by a quarter-point to 0.75 percent, the first increase since June 2006. The Fed said it was a “normalization” of lending that wouldn’t affect monetary policy, and the main federal funds rate would remain low for an “extended period.”
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Saturday, February 20, 2010
Europe's Return to Making Risky Investments in Junk Bonds and Emerging Markets / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: EWI
Europe's Return to Risky Investment
By Editorial Staff
Over 100 banks are opening soon, buying junk bonds is gaining popularity and emerging markets are the trendy investment. Sound familiar? Europe appears to be returning to some bad investment habits.
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Saturday, February 20, 2010
Global Stock Markets and General Economics 2010, When Hope Turns to Fear / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Ty_Andros
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value ZERO" - Voltaire 1729
The greatest hoax and fraud in history perpetrated by public serpents, crony capitalists and their central bank and bankster masters continues to fall to its demise. Ever since Breton Woods ii changed semi-sound money into iou's and promises to pay, this inevitable moment has loomed large. As Ponzi finance fails, so do all the investments which underpin it. This is the greatest reversion in asset prices, mal-investments, to their real values -- reflecting their ability to produce wealth rather than the constant debasement of the currency in which they are denominated.
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Friday, February 19, 2010
Financial Markets Warning!, Exit Strategy Profitable for Limited Time Only!? / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash
By: DeepCaster_LLC
CONUNDRUM: As The ___?___ Economy goes so goes the International Economy (Fill in the blank)
Markets Warning!
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Friday, February 19, 2010
China Is Selling U.S. Treasuries – So What Are They Buying? / Stock-Markets / Investing 2010
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes: In the monthly U.S. Treasury report this week, it was announced that China had sold $34.2 billion of Treasuries in December (or allowed short-term ones to run off), making Japan once again the largest holder of U.S. Treasuries.
Friday, February 19, 2010
The New Reality Does Not Include a Doomsday Collapse of Anything / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Mario_Cavolo
Let's start with a core economic premise and build a scenario of supporting premises as we ponder the new reality of our global economic future without rhetorical, crash and doomsday scenarios which almost never play out. Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, February 19, 2010
Stock Market Extends 5 Day Rally! / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
By: Harry_Boxer
The stock market indices pushed higher today and extended the 5-day rally. The day started out with a bit of mixed action, and then they had a 3-wave move to new highs on the Nasdaq 100 but failed to confirm on the S&P 500. By midday they had backed off in an orderly fashion indicating the probability of higher prices later on in the afternoon, and that certainly occurred.
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Friday, February 19, 2010
Fed Fires Interest Rate Shot, Stock Market Overnight Fireworks / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Jay_DeVincentis
Overnight Fireworks
The Fed fires a shot overnight and tomorrow will be difficult.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Stock Market Rally, S&P 500 Joins The Nasdaq For Now... / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading
By: Jack_Steiman
Today was a very interesting day from this perspective. Normally, when a market gets overbought on the short-term time frame charts, it sells off some almost immediately. If we were in a bear market or a strong down trending market, it probably wouldn't last but a moment. The selling would kick in basically immediately. We spent an entire day today at overbought. Unusual but bullish. At some point we'll need to sell that off some to unwind things but it was great action to see overbought stay overbought.
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Three Walls of Worry Hitting the Stock Market / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
By: Claus_Vogt
Stock markets around the world are down about 10 percent since their January highs. Complacency, which was so high only weeks ago, has quickly vanished. Worries, if not outright angst, have returned.
However, if you take a closer look, you can detect interesting differences in the “walls of worry” building up in three major regions of the world. And since it’s often said that stocks climb walls of worry, these could lead to the next leg up for stock prices …
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Today's Current Stock Market Accumulation-Distribution Study / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
By: Marty_Chenard
Occasionally, we share our Institutional Accumulation/Distribution chart on this free member site. Today, will be one of those days.
In this daily study, we calculate Institutional Investor buying levels and selling levels. Then, we subtract the Institutional buying reading from the Institutional selling reading.
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Stock Market Rally Continues! / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
By: Harry_Boxer
The stock market indices ended up again today on Wednesday, but in a much narrower session and in a more of a consolidative pattern. The day started out with a gap up, and then they backed off, retested the highs, made slight nominal new highs but couldn't follow through, and then rolled over rather hard, setting the session lows by late morning.
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Stock Market and Silver Down Trend Forecast / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2010
By: Chris_Vermeulen
This report is a mix of both current market action and educational material on how stocks and commodities trend (move).
Since mid October I have been on the look out for the market to top or make a multi wave correction. The market did top in January and has formed an ABC retrace (3 wave correction).
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Stock Market Where We Are... / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
By: Jack_Steiman
As for me, who knows but for the market, let's explore the message(s) being sent. When one studies the market, the focus should really be on two things. Secondly, sentiment. It's not an exact timing mechanism but all it needs is a catalyst and she'll kick in hard. The one thing that holds true more than anything in this game is earnings. As goes earnings so ultimately will go the market.
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Gold Breaks Out in Europe, Complete Global Debt Crisis Coordination / Stock-Markets / Global Debt Crisis
By: Jim_Willie_CB
The subprime debt issue of 2007 blossomed into a global credit crisis. Likewise, the Dubai sovereign debt issue will blossom into a global sovereign debt crisis in similar pathogenesis. The start and end points are located in the Untied States and Untied Kingdom. With the global climax come disruption, restructure, and chaos. The subprime mortgage problem was grossly under-estimated. The Hat Trick Letter called it the beginning of an absolute bond contagion, a global credit market collapse correctly forecasted. Central bankers, led by the clueless USFed Chairman Bernanke, minimized the degree and depth of the credit crisis, and made every conceivable wrong forecast. His reward was reappointment, since his service to the syndicate has been steadfast, loyal, and inventive. Every phase of global finance has entered a crisis mode, as the financial structures are coordinated, linked in complete fashion by the tightening noose using a US$ brand of rope.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Stock Market Crashing Through With Cash, Market Myths Exposed / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
By: EWI
11 Commonplace Market Views: True or Myth?
By Susan C. Walker
"Cash on the sidelines is bullish for stocks." Have you ever heard some stock market pundit utter these words? Have you ever wondered if the statement were true? Read this item from the latest issue of The Elliott Wave Financial Forecast, and you'll wonder no more:
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Stock Market Investing, We’re All Speculators Now / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2010
By: Doug_Wakefield
As I watch the drama of the financial markets and consider the enormous impact they have on every aspect of our daily lives, I am amazed by the vast difference of opinions held by the public. Now, I don’t mean the financial press or the press in general; what I am talking about is our basic understanding of the very financial world that we have grown to take more for granted with each passing day.