Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets

The analysis published under this topic are as follows.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Stock Market Rate of Accent is Unsustainable, Something Has to Give / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets

By: Mike_Burk

The good news is: Friday, most of the major indices closed at their highest levels since the early March low.

Short Term

Saturday, May 09, 2009

Imminent Global Stock Market Crash to Support U.S. Dollar / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash

By: Global_Research

Continued from Page1 .... Employers are letting up a bit on the mass layoffs they resorted to earlier this year to cope with the recession, but the unemployment rate is climbing because many businesses remain wary of hiring given all the economic and financial uncertainties.

Saturday, May 09, 2009

Agnostic Approach to the Stock Market Rally / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets

By: Jack_Steiman

This weekend we discuss where we've come from and what the possible road map may look like this weekend. Just an overall review of what's taken place since the March 9th bottom and what we can likely expect in the near term. There are a few potential scenarios and I will discuss them in detail here.

Saturday, May 09, 2009

Stocks Bear Market Rally Sparks False Investor Confidence / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market

By: Tim_Wood

Since the March 6th intra-day low at 6,469.95 the Dow Jones Industrials have advanced 32.79% into their recent high at 8,587.55.   The Transports bottomed on March 9th at 2,134.21 and have advanced 59.70% into their recent intra-day high at 3,408.28.   During this time the S&P 500 has advanced 37.9% and the Nasdaq 100 also advanced some 37.9% into its recent highs.  Then, there is the CRB Index which is up some 20% from its February lows and crude oil, which is now up from its February low some 68%.    Yippee!  Obama has saved the world.   The job numbers were better than expected.  The bear market has ended and the economy is now on its way to recovery.  

Saturday, May 09, 2009

Imminent Global Stock Market Crash to Support U.S. Dollar / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash

By: Global_Research

Bob Chapman writes: On Friday the dollar completely broke down, with the USDX collapsing to about 82.5, as monetizations by the Fed became a stark reality. A world stock market collapse could be imminent as a source of dollar support. We wonder how low they will let the dollar go before they collapse the stock markets to chase people back into US treasuries, which have also broken down, with treasury interest rates on the rise despite various Fed purchases of treasuries in the hundreds of billions. So much for the bogus stress tests as things turn much uglier than anticipated by the boneheads in Goldman Sachs South who are attempting to resurrect the Goldilocks Matrix.

Friday, May 08, 2009

The Free Market Did Not Cause the Financial Crisis / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash

By: LewRockwell

Thomas Woods writes: In March 2007 then-Treasury secretary Henry Paulson told Americans that the global economy was “as strong as I’ve seen it in my business career.” “Our financial institutions are strong,” he added in March 2008. “Our investment banks are strong. Our banks are strong. They’re going to be strong for many, many years.” Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said in May 2007, “We do not expect significant spillovers from the subprime market to the rest of the economy or to the financial system.” In August 2008, Paulson and Bernanke assured the country that other than perhaps $25 billion in bailout money for Fannie and Freddie, the fundamentals of the economy were sound.

Friday, May 08, 2009

Stock Market Investors Don't Be Fooled by Inflation / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets

By: Peter_Schiff

Strike up the band, boys, happy days are here again! Recently released short-term economic data, including unemployment claims, non-farm payrolls, home sales, and business spending, which had been so unambiguously horrific in February and March, are now just garden-variety awful. With the Wicked Witch of Depression now apparently crushed under the house of Obamanomics, the Munchkins of Wall Street have sounded the all clear, pushing the Dow Jones up 25% from its lows. But the premature conclusion of their Lollipop Guild economists, that the crash of 2008/2009 is now a fading memory, is just as delusional as their failure to see it coming in the first place.

Friday, May 08, 2009

Nasdaq Q's on the Move / Stock-Markets / Tech Stocks

By: Mike_Paulenoff

The PowerShares QQQ Trust (Nasdaq:  QQQQ) slowly climbs to the upside off of its two-day double-bottom formation at 33.88, towards another test of resistance up at 34.74 (this morning’s high).  If the Q’s can claw their way above 34.74 – especially late in today’s session – I will be expecting a powerful upside follow-through that revisits this week’s high at 35.30, possibly on the way to my optimal next target at 36.20/50.  At this juncture only a plunge beneath 33.88 will wreck the still constructive pattern.

Friday, May 08, 2009

Stock Market Pre NonFarm Payrolls Profit Taking Sets In / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: PaddyPowerTrader

U.S. stocks fell prey to some pre nonfarm payroll profit taking which is hardly surprising given their recent gravity defying stellar up move. Tech and telecom sectors bore the brunt of the selling pressure while retailers were the sole bright spot. Weak demand at yesterday’s Treasury auction also rattled confidence as traders fretted that a rise in yields could choke off refinancing and increase mortgage costs and resets.

Friday, May 08, 2009

Opportunities in Gold, Stocks and Currencies on Increased Global Risk Appetite / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: Ashraf_Laidi

You must have read by now that about 70% of activity in currency markets over the last 2 years has been largely driven by risk appetite, with equity indices being the primary independent variable steering FX flows. But there are times when currencies peak or bottom 2-3 days before equities begin to turnaround. The more resounding and recent example was the March 4th bottom in the EURUSD (peak in the US dollar), which occurred 2 days before the low in the major stocks indices.

Friday, May 08, 2009

Is The Stock Market Rally For Real? / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market

By: Kingsley_Anderson

Whether we are seeing the beginning of a new bull market or just another bear market rally, the two month upswing has been quite extraordinary.  As can be expected, the perma-bears and perma-bulls are out in full force, arguing their case with the vigor of someone that has a direct line to Nostradamus.  Where do I stand?  While the recent move upward has been encouraging, I have not joined the longs.  Why?

Friday, May 08, 2009

Bank Stress Test Results...Do you Believe the Stock Market Rally? / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: INO

Since my return from holiday, I have been scratching my head wondering why the market (in this case the S&P) has moved so high for little or no reason. The economy still appears to be very much on the defensive with unemployment rising and the business environment still on a slippery slope.

Friday, May 08, 2009

What to Do When Stock Market Panic Buying Begins / Stock-Markets / Investing 2009

By: Q1_Publishing

Most people would consider Claypool Hill, Virginia, a typical U.S. town.

It is home to 1,912 folks. It’s situated about halfway between Lexington, Kentucky and Richmond Virginia.

Thursday, May 07, 2009

Stock Market Rally a Symmetrical Correction or Filling the Gaps? / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Chris_Ciovacco

It is always important to understand both the bullish and bearish case. The next step is to have game plans for both outcomes. Positive signals are coming from markets around the globe and from numerous asset classes. We all know the bearish case - we are overdue for a correction, financial crisis, etc. The bullish case is based on improving fundamentals and improving technicals. Chart gaps are part of a potentially bullish technical picture. Gaps exist above several markets - gaps that could be filled before or after a correction.

Thursday, May 07, 2009

Correction in Progress for the S&P 500 Index / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Mike_Paulenoff

In classic technical fashion, this AM the e-Mini S&P 500 (e-SPM) spiked about 1% above the top of its Apr.-May channel (920) from where it reversed to the downside back beneath the confines of the upper channel line, which much more often than not, is a signal that the most recent upward traverse across the channel is complete- and that a correction already is in progress. The peak at 929.50 ended the upleg from the 4/27 pivot low at 838.50. Since the earlier recovery high, the e-SPM has reversed and declined to an intraday low so far at 908.50.

Thursday, May 07, 2009

China the One Investment Market that is Vibrant, Healthy, and Growing / Stock-Markets / China Stocks

By: Uncommon_Wisdom

Tony Sagami writes: When is the last time you heard someone brag about how much money they were making as a day trader or house flipper? Answer: Not for a long, long time.

How about a red-hot IPO? Can you even name one IPO from this year?

Thursday, May 07, 2009

Stock Market Strong as a Bull, or Overbought? / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Marty_Chenard

If you look back 22 months, to July 2007, there have been 4 occasions where the 30 day Relative Strength has been 58 or higher.

Those occasions are on the chart below.

Thursday, May 07, 2009

S&P Above 900 As Stock Markets Dismiss Stress Tests / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: PaddyPowerTrader

Another day and another 100 points (plus) rise for the Dow, easy isn’t it? The U.S. Government could not have choreographed this better, for the market is now surely inured to the drip-feed of stress test leaks that presumably put the bad news up front. If the stress tests are to be successful, they need to be credible, and they need to impart a message that the financial sector’s capital demands are manageable. On the latter, the aggregate sum looks easily to be within the bounds of the deep pockets of Uncle Sam, and thankfully so, for if we were dependent on private capital it would be a very different proposition.

Thursday, May 07, 2009

Gold, Silver, Oil and Stocks Technical Trading Summer Forecasts / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2009

By: Chris_Vermeulen

I have put together some interesting charts using the weekly time frame because they provide a cleaner picture of what to look for in the financial markets over the next 3-6 months.

Thursday, May 07, 2009

Stock Market Indices Hold Support and Continue Rally / Stock-Markets / Stock Index Trading

By: Harry_Boxer

The stock market indices snapped back today and closed with solid gains after a very steep morning sell-off. They came back with a vengeance in a 3-wave rally that saw them reach new highs on the S&P 500 at 920 with about an hour to go. At that point the Nasdaq 100 failed to reach its highs and they sold off, but held the intraday trendlines and snapped back in the last 10-15 minutes to closer higher.