Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Return of the Boring “Normal” Stock Market / Stock-Markets / Global Stock Markets
By: PaddyPowerTrader
After a year plus when we have become comfortable with wild intra swings, it seemed odd to have a day when nothing happened twice . Equities, lead by energy and commodity stocks, finished modestly higher in thin end of year trading.Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Stock Market Indices Consolidate as Prelude to Upside Breakout / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Harry_Boxer
The markets had three distinct parts of the session. They were up in the morning, down mid-day and back up late in the session to close with gains for the day. Modest gains, but gains nevertheless. Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Watching for Good U.S. Stock Market Entry Points / Stock-Markets / Stock Market Valuations
By: Richard_Shaw
We are waiting watchfully for a good re-entry point for US equities using the substantial cash position we raised last summer.
The critical factors we are watching to identify a prudent re-entry point — information we will use to become comfortable that the storm we avoided has passed by — are:
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Indian Tech Stocks in Trouble / Stock-Markets / India
By: Money_and_Markets
Tony Sagami writes: The deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India dominated the global headlines last week. What didn't get a lot of attention, though, was the reason behind the attacks.
The terrorists attacked the commercial heart of India — Mumbai's financial district. And I believe their purpose was to destabilize India's democracy and capitalist economy.
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Nasdaq Q's Coil Pattern Not Necessarily Bullish / Stock-Markets / Tech Stocks
By: Mike_Paulenoff
It should come as no surprise that the Q's (NASDAQ: QQQQ) have been carving out a coil pattern off of Monday's high at 30.46. Normally, a coil at the top of a potent upmove should be considered bullish, and should resolve to the upside -- in this case in a thrust to new recovery highs projected into the 31.25 area. Normally?Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
The Great Stocks Bear Market Rally / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
By: David_Shvartsman
So, the question before us today is: "are we due for a bear market rally in shares?".Let me say up front that I have no idea whether or not the greatly expected bear market rally will materialize anytime soon.
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
The Stock Market As Time Machine / Stock-Markets / Dividends
By: David_Haas
I am sure very few people look at it this way but, in reality, the stock market is actually used by most investors as a means of “cheating time” rather than simply as a means of making money. Please read on and allow me to explain.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Beware of the Stock Market Valuations Trap / Stock-Markets / Stock Market Valuations
By: Money_Morning
Louis Basenese writes: this your warning…
With thousands of stocks down 50% (or more), investors are salivating over the bargains. But for every true deal, there are at least three “value traps” - stocks destined to languish at depressed levels indefinitely. Or worse, get cheaper still.
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
How to Invest Like Warren Buffett / Stock-Markets / Investing
By: Investment_U
Not long ago I excerpted a recent New York Times column by Warren Buffett explaining his take on the recent market sell-off.
Despite the dour economic outlook, Buffett expects U.S. companies to report record profits within five years. He is getting fully invested in stocks in his own personal account.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Stock, Commodities and Currency Futures Markets Analysis 10th December / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets
By: INO
The March NASDAQ 100 was higher overnight as it extends this week's rally above the 20-day moving average. Stochastics and the RSI are becoming overbought but remain bullish signaling that sideways to higher prices are possible near-term. If March extends this week's rally, the reaction high crossing at 1321.75 is the next upside target. Closes below the 20-day moving average crossing at 1158.76 would temper the near-term friendly outlook in the index. Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
China's Stock Market and the Baltic Dry Index / Stock-Markets / Chinese Stock Market
By: Richard_Shaw
China stock market and Baltic Dry Index are in current disagreement.
China manufactures things and ships them around the world. Much of that transport is done by sea. The Baltic Dry Index is an assessment of the price of moving major raw materials by sea.
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Stock Market Turnaround Tuesday! / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Harry_Boxer
The markets had a turnaround Tuesday. Despite the fact the futures were lower and the markets opened down sharply, they held support and rallied very sharply back, taking the Nasdaq 100 up to 1251 and change, a new multi-week rally high. However, the S&P did not take out yesterday's highs at that point, and when they pulled back and consolidated and then broke support the indices went sharply lower to test yesteday's lows on the Nasdaq 100, took them out on the S&P but couldn’t get the NDX to confirm.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Stock Market Rally Was Running on Empty- “The 12 Bailouts of Xmas” / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets
By: PaddyPowerTrader
Stocks retreated yesterday as the euphoria about Obama's package gave way to a more somber reflection on more layoff announcements (Sony, Citibank, Rio Tinto, Skf and Molex) and poor earnings outlooks (Nokia, Texas Instruments, Broadcom, Danahe and Samsung). Bellwether stock FedEx fell 16%, hardly an omen of a 2009 economic pickup. Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Stock Market Trends December 2008 Building a Base / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
By: Hans_Wagner
This is a free monthly newsletter on stock market trends to help you to learn to invest. Following the trend is a proven way to beat the market and grow your stock portfolio. Basic technical analysis provides the tools to identify and follow the trends of the market as determined by the S&P 500.
It is best to begin with the big picture in mind and then work our way down to weekly and then daily views of the charts. You will notice that the chart and the value of the indicators change as we move from a monthly to a weekly and then a daily chart. This is a normal part of the technical analysis.
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Leadership Stocks Ratio Turning Bullish? / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Marty_Chenard
Is the Leadership Stock Ratio on the cusp of going positive?
In the stock market, it can be said that there are two subsets of stocks ... Leadership stocks and Broad Market stocks.
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Stock Markets at Critical Crossroads- Yorba TV Show / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
Today all the markets are at a crossroads. Either we continue going up or the market sells off in what may be the largest decline yet. So, let’s get busy and explain the choices the market must make.
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Stock Market Fundamentals, Valuations, and Technical Trends / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets
By: Chris_Ciovacco
Long-Term Technicals Continue to Outweigh Valuations - During bear markets investors have to weigh numerous inputs when making asset allocation decisions. From the list below, investors would be well served to place higher weights on housing and the market's technical health. In terms of managing risk in the short to intermediate term, they are more important than valuations or general economic conditions. Stocks will bottom before the economy, but only when we can see some light at the end of the economic tunnel. Housing stabilization is a key component in helping us see the economic light. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
How to Invest in this Global Credit Crisis / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Dudley_Baker
Arnold Bock writes: Virtually all investors large or small, institutional or private, sophisticated or clueless have managed to weather the current tsunami in the financial markets. If they are honest, however, most would admit to having taken at least a haircut and a shave, if not a bath, from late September 2008 to the present. Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Financial Markets Heading for Less Volatility During 2009 / Stock-Markets / Volatility
By: Clif_Droke
If you had to choose one word to describe this year, it would probably be “volatile.” That 2008 was characterized by volatility is an understatement. Such volatility hasn’t been seen in decades.
Not only was price volatility at an extreme this year but so was share turnover. Take a look at the following chart of the NYSE Composite Index for 2008. The red dots indicate the number of times the upside/downside or downside/upside trading volume ratio was beyond the boundary that has historically characterized “overbought” or “oversold.” Needless to say 2008 was a record year in terms of volume turnover.
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Stock Market Valuations and Dow 5,000 Redux / Stock-Markets / Stock Market Valuations
By: John_Mauldin
What is fair value for stocks? Are they now cheap? You can certainly make that argument by comparing valuations based on past performance. But repeat after me, "Past performance is not indicative of future returns." The investment climate of today is almost certainly going to be quite different than that of the 80's and 90's. Thus, to expect stocks to repeat the performance of the last bull market in a climate of government intervention, deleveraging and increased regulations may not be realistic?Read full article... Read full article...