Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets

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Sunday, November 29, 2009

Stocks, Commodites and Bond Inter-Market Relationships / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: Douglas_V._Gnazzo

Ten Year Yields have been tracking in the same direction as stocks for years – until this summer. Now they are moving in opposite directions. What gives?

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Federal Reserve Allowing Bailed Out TARP Banks To Restrict Commercial Lending / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2009

By: Bob_Chapman

The following information may be the most important we have ever published. One of our Intel sources, highly placed in banking circles, tells us that on 1/1/10 all banks that have received TARP funds have been informed by the Federal Reserve that they must further restrict any commercial lending. Loans have to be 75% collateralized, 50% of which has to be in cash, which is a compensating balance.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Will Dubai Debt Crisis Crack Uber Bullish Stock Market Sentiment? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: Prieur_du_Plessis

As shoppers were emptying their purses on Black Friday bargains, Dubai’s attempt to reschedule its debt roiled financial markets, plunging risky assets into the red. The government of Dubai requested a six-month payment freeze on the $59 billion debt issued by Dubai World - a state-owned conglomerate that has become known for its extravagant real estate projects.

Worries about Dubai’s debt woes rattled investors’ confidence, precipitating a sell-off in equities, high-yielding corporate bonds, commodities and the Baltic Dry Index, while mature-market government debt, the US dollar and the Japanese yen attracted safe-haven buyers. On Thursday and Friday, many emerging-market and high-yielding currencies declined sharply.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Stock Market Investor Sentiment Still Waiting For the "R" Word / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Guy_Lerner

As expected, last week's holiday infested market action provided little clarity. The sentiment picture remains relatively unchanged. Nonetheless, there was a market moving event, and the "default in Dubai" will likely leave investors with one of two conclusions: 1) coordinated efforts by central bankers to re-liquify the world economy are likely to continue as bad news means good news --the proverbial punch bowl will be with us for awhile; or 2) the house of cards -otherwise known as the recovery - is beginning to look a little wobbly; central bankers, no matter how hard they try, are unable to fight the forces of deleveraging. This contagion just won't go away so easily.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Dubai Property Crash Delivers Debt Black Swan to Deflationists / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: Nadeem_Walayat

This weeks major market event came late in the week whilst American's took the day off on Thursday for Thanksgiving, Dubai declared that it will be freezing repayments for at least 6 months on part of its approx $90 billion or so of visible debt at the state run Dubai World company ($20 billion). The ratings agencies responded by cutting the ratings on Dubai bonds to junk status.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Was March the True Stock Market Bottom? Here is How You Will Know Soon / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Q1_Publishing

The Associated Press calls them “fully invested bears.”

It’s the most unique phenomenon of this rally. They are the large and successful group of investors – both individual and institutional – who see the economic reality around them and are naturally bearish. However, they’re still fully invested.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

The Subprime Dubai Debt Default Crash / Stock-Markets / Global Debt Crisis

By: John_Mauldin

Subprime Dubai
More Government Data Fun:
Unemployment Claims Were Not Down
Why I Am Optimistic About the Future
The Millennium Wave

I admit that of late my writings have had a rather dark tone. There are certainly a number of severe long-term problems that we must deal with, and they're going to serve up a lot of economic pain. But the Thanksgiving weekend with the kids has me in a reflective mood, and one that has only served to underscore my long-term optimism. This week we look at why 2007 will not be the good old days we will yearn for in 20 years, after we briefly visit Dubai and the latest unemployment numbers.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Dump the Dow, Stock Market Bullish Trend Under Growing Pressure / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Peter_Navarro

My crusade this week is to get financial analysts to stop focusing on the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most important symbol of the US stock market. In the ticker tape parade everyday on CNBC, I would much rather see the S&P 500, the NASDAQ, and the Russell 2000 rather than the Dow.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Stocks Market Bearish Visions / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market

By: Adam_Brochert

There are, in my opinion, some extremely strong warning signals being sent out by the markets right now. Every time we delay the inevitable by artificially supporting and bailing out markets, we create the set up for the next round of volatility. Governments cannot change the primary trend of the economy, they can only destroy the currency and destroy confidence through their irrational and dangerous acts designed to protect the few and screw the majority.

Friday, November 27, 2009

Dubai Drops a Turkey on Global Financial Markets! / Stock-Markets / Global Debt Crisis

By: Sy_Harding

This was shaping up to be such a calm and enjoyable Thanksgiving week.

A lot of important economic reports were crammed into the first three days of the week. Most of them provided positive surprises, supporting the scenario of a nicely improving economy. It wasn’t good that the economic recovery in the third quarter wasn’t as strong as previously reported, with 3rd quarter GDP being revised down to 2.8% from the previously reported 3.5%.

Friday, November 27, 2009

S&P 500 Temporarily Falls to 20 Day Moving Average, Russell 2000 Back to "Broken" / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Trader_Mark

Overnight, S&P futures had fallen all the way down to 1070, but as has been the case so many times the past year furious buying in premarket pushed the market higher in the 2 hours before the US markets opened.  Hence domestic markets launched far above the worse levels overnight.  The S&P has jumped as I write all the way back up to test its 20 day moving average from below (1090)...

Friday, November 27, 2009

Flashback: Head of FDIC Says ‘The FDIC will never go broke’ / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2009

By: Mac_Slavo

Flashback: On January 15, 2009, the head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Sheila Bair, insisted that deposits in American banks were secure:

Friday, November 27, 2009

Fed in Denial on Existence of Asset Bubbles / Stock-Markets / Liquidity Bubble

By: Mike_Larson

Ever see one of those “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” statues or pictures? The ones with the three monkeys, one covering his eyes, one covering his ears, and one covering his mouth?

That’s pretty much what the Federal Reserve appears to be doing now when it comes to the asset markets …

Friday, November 27, 2009

Is This The End of The Stock Market Rally? / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Andrew_Abraham

There are really no isolated incidents in the world. Today we are waking up to the news that Dubai might be defaulting on its debt. Stock Markets around the world are plummeting. There are many other issues that hardly made the news. Firstly Vietnam devalued their currency and their populace as Mark Mobius has coined the statement has entered into a “Surge of Fear”. There is confusion and uncertainty once again. Vietnam raised interest rates to try to lower inflation.

Friday, November 27, 2009

The Goldman Sachs Disease Is Spreading, 15 Signs of Metastasization / Stock-Markets / Market Manipulation

By: LewRockwell

In The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism Jack Bogle no longer sees Adam Smith's "invisible hand" driving "capitalism in a healthy, positive direction."

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Rothbard on the Financial Panic Then and Now / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2009

By: William_W_Baker

Murray Rothbard's Panic of 1819, written for his dissertation and originally published in 1962, provides a window to an era when there was once a vibrant and well-articulated public debate on monetary policy measures. Fortunately, it was rereleased by the Ludwig von Mises Institute in hardback in 2007.

Thursday, November 26, 2009

U.S. Dollar Break Triggers Sharp Moves in Financial Markets / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: Jay_DeVincentis

Wow

Wednesday break of the dollar triggered a lot of strong moves...

Thursday, November 26, 2009

FTSE Stock Market 175 Point Mini Crash on Dubai Debt Default Fear / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash

By: Nadeem_Walayat

With the U.S. markets closed for Thanksgiving, the London FTSE 100 Index fell out of bed during the day, met by two relentless waves of selling, apparently on news of the possible debt default of the Dubai government run companies, namely Dubai World freezing debt repayments which sent shock waves around the world. The news was not helped by the London Stock Exchange shutting down during the morning due to technical glitches.

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Stock Market Grinding Higher... / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Jack_Steiman

The market got some very good and unexpected news on jobless claims this morning coming in at 466,000 versus expectations near 500,000. There was also the Report on Durable Goods that wasn't nearly as positive. The market popped initially on the Claims Report but pulled back thereafter. There was a small gap up once we opened. The rest of the day was spent in a small trading range. One that grinded higher throughout but in very tiny bursts. We closed right on 1110 resistance. Good action for what's known to be a retail day higher for the market.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

The Financial Markets Liquidity Bubble Religion / Stock-Markets / Liquidity Bubble

By: Brady_Willett

The dreaded “L” word – liquidity – has once again become the word to explain every major movement in every major asset class. Don’t understand why equities are outpacing the fundamentals – liquidity!  Can’t grasp why crude oil is up even though the demand outlook remains exceptionally weak – liquidity! Baffled by low or negative U.S. bond rates, the surging price of gold, and the booming Chinese real estate market - liquidity, liquidity, liquidity!