Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Mark-to-Market Accounting Scapegoat for the Financial Crash / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2009

By: LewRockwell

Betsy Hansen writes: If you are a dedicated reader of the financial papers you may have fallen for the line that mark-to-market accounting rules are a major contributor to the financial crisis. I caution you to examine that argument with a great deal of skepticism. Mark-to-market accounting rules did make things worse in the financial markets, but this ill-conceived rule was not the primary cause of the crisis.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Constructive Pattern for Nasdaq Q's / Stock-Markets / Tech Stocks

By: Mike_Paulenoff

As tenuous as the SPY and e-SPU patterns might appear so far today, let’s notice that the PowerShares QQQ Trust (Nasdaq: QQQQ) has carved out a symmetrical triangle or coil since last Thursday’s peak at 39.49, which is a much more constructive pattern than the one carved out by the S&P indices.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

U.S. Dollar Stabilization and the Stock / Gold Ratio / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: Ashraf_Laidi

Dollar weakness has been excessive...at least for now..

The overnight wave of dollar selling was mostly led by a fresh wave of buying in commodity currencies (rather than only rising equities) courtesy of +$70 in crude prices and hawkish comments from the Reserve Bank of Australia raising the possibility of rate hikes before a peak in the unemployment rate. Markets were already expecting the RBA to raise rates by 25 bps by year-end.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Sector Performance Analysis During the Stock Market Rally / Stock-Markets / Sector Analysis

By: Money_and_Markets

Nilus Mattive writes: I spend a lot of time crunching data, reading third-party research, and studying market history. And one of my favorite things to watch is the relative performance of the individual market sectors.

Today, I’m going to give you the latest numbers on these important market groups, along with some additional thoughts about second-quarter earnings.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Stage Three of a Stocks Bear Market Rally, Panic Buying / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Q1_Publishing

We’re on the verge of something big here. 

What we’re on the verge of may surprise you.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

How Much Higher Can the FTSE 100 Stock Market Index Go? / Stock-Markets / UK Stock Market

By: MoneyWeek

Will the FTSE 100 break a new record today?

The index closed up 9 points yesterday. That made it the 11th winning session in a row. That's the longest streak of gains seen since early 2004. It's never managed 12 in a row before.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Stocks Bear Market Short Covering Rally / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market

By: John_Mauldin

This week I offer something unusual for outside the Box, in that I agree on almost all points with my friend David Rosenberg, except he tells it so much better than your humble analyst. David was the former Chief Economist at the former Merrill Lynch (ah, Mother Merrill, we barely knew ye.) and is now Chief Economist at Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc., which is one of Canada's pre-eminent wealth management firms. Founded in 1984, they manage $4.4 billion. (For those who wonder, David left NYS to return home to Toronto. Much shorter commute time.) David looks at the recent stock market run-up, why he likes corporate bonds better than stocks, what is lagging with the consumer and a lot more. It is a very pithy read.

Monday, July 27, 2009

Getting the Most Bang for Your BRIC Emerging Market Investments / Stock-Markets / Emerging Markets

By: Kurt_Kasun

At the end of the trading week  a Bloomberg article appeared titled “BRIC IPOs Show Region’s ‘Growing Power,’ Biggs Says,”  where famed investor and former Morgan Stanley chief global strategist Barton Biggs acknowledges that “clearly the BRICs are the big growth areas of the world.” 

Monday, July 27, 2009

Is Stock Market Rally 2009 Like Bear Rally of 2002? / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market

By: Guy_Lerner

I have often thought that the 2009 rally resembles the rally off the September 11, 2001 lows that lasted into March, 2002. Even though the causes of the "crisis" are different, there are many noteworthy similarities.

Monday, July 27, 2009

U.S. Dollar in Disarray as China Buys Resources and Assets / Stock-Markets / China Economy

By: Frank_Holmes

This article is from portfolio manager Romeo Dator, who covers China for the U.S. Global Investors investment team.

Since peaking on March 5, the dollar has fallen nearly 12 percent against the trade-weighted U.S. Dollar Index (DXY).

Monday, July 27, 2009

Is this a Stocks Bull Market? / Stock-Markets / Investing 2009

By: Michael_Swanson

My take on the stock market changed last week, because I started to buy and recommend some stocks, something I haven't done in a long time. The economy is still bad and I don't see any signs of a real recovery yet and certainly not a sustainable economic expansion, but it appears that the stock market is just going to keep going higher anyway. I do not need to know why to make money. You make money stock trading in the market by staying aligned with the market trend until the market proves you wrong. And it looks like the overall intermediate-term trend is up.

Monday, July 27, 2009

Stock Market Trend Rubber Band Effect / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Angelo_Campione

General Commentary: - The system remains on a Neutral signal.

Things have changed somewhat this past week, while we were expecting a consolidation and possibly a short sharp pullback, the market went on to make new highs and even closed at the highest point so far this year.

Monday, July 27, 2009

Unprecidented Stock Market Action Signaling... / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Jay_DeVincentis

Unprecedented - The market's move is signaling something, here's what and how to profit.

Monday, July 27, 2009

Stock Market Head and Shoulders Pattern Failure / Stock-Markets / Cycles Analysis

By: Clif_Droke

The dangers of drinking from the horse trough - One of the most talked about themes of the past few weeks was the supposedly bearish “head and shoulders” pattern in the daily chart of the S&P 500 Index. The financial press drew investors’ attention to this pattern in the most alarmist tones they could muster. A plethora of market technicians were trotted out each day to remind one and all that this “H&S top” was a precursor of a major decline, if not an outright collapse.

Monday, July 27, 2009

Yield Curve Points to Bottoming Process for a Stocks Bear Market / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market

By: Donald_W_Dony

Bond yields are often ignored when analyzing stock markets. Yet their movements can provide valuable clues to the bottoming process of a bear market.

Monday, July 27, 2009

Dow Jones IShares ETF IYJ Position Trading Update - Stop Loss Moved / Stock-Markets / Exchange Traded Funds

By: Patrice_V_Johnson

LONG-TERM TREND (> 1YR) OF THE MARKETS: DOWN

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Stocks Broke Out, Will Currencies Follow? / Stock-Markets / Forex Trading

By: Dodjit

Over the last couple of weeks, we have mentioned numerous times the strong correlation between the U.S stock market and certain currency pairs. Since the beginning of March 2009, stocks have rallied, restoring traders' confidence, while risk appetite has increased dramatically, pushing carry trades higher. Last week the S&P500 soared through recent resistance of 950, after approximately 40% of its components released their earnings.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Investors Place Bets on Global Economic Recovery, Propelling Stocks Higher / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: Prieur_du_Plessis

Goodbye safe havens, hello risky assets” seemed to be the theme during the past week as investors placed their bets on a global economic recovery, propelling stocks and other risky assets higher amid better-than-expected earnings reports and tentative signs of stabilization in the US job and housing markets.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

From Stocks Bear Trap to Bull Market? The US Dollar is Key / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: The_BullBear

A false breakdown has reversed sharply to new highs. Has a new Bull Market begun?

Since the last BBMR on May 25th, the equities markets have made a top, established a new downtrend and then threatened to break down out of a head and shoulders formation. The break was rejected with a violent upside thrust to new highs. Market action and technicals are suggestive of a renewed bull trend. Fundamentally, the economic data has generally improved and earnings have exceeded expectations in most sectors. Commodities markets, particularly the precious metals, have continued higher even as equities have stalled and the action in those markets are supportive of the reflation/inflation trade hypothesis.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Stock Market Breakout Move Underway...Eyeing 38-50% Retracement Levels / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Jack_Steiman

All the major market indices that we track broke out in a big way this week through our important Neckline Pivots which now open the door for a move up to our 38 and 50% Retracement Levels.  After breaking through the Neckline of an Inverse Head/Shoulder Pattern it's common to get some type of backtest move.