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Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Monday, February 18, 2008
US Credit Markets Are Collapsing! - Last Chance to Defend Your Portfolio! / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Money_and_Markets
Martin Weiss writes: The U.S. credit markets, the giant growth engine that powers the American economy, are collapsing ... with few credit sectors spared from damage, few investors escaping losses, and little hope of federal action that's quick or strong enough to make a major difference.
Here's what's happening ...
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Monday, February 18, 2008
Stock Market Bulls on the Defensive and Gasping for Air / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
By: Joseph_Russo
BULLS FUMBLE - First-Down - BEARS - The near 20% decline from peak to trough in the October 2007 - January 2008 period, marked a potentially devastating turnover for Bulls. After throwing a near interception back in August, Bulls held steady, recovered, then fumbled critically at the October ‘07 highs.
Bears handily took possession thereafter, and have scored an undeniable first-down with the lows hit in January. Despite the aid of statist intervention along with surety of more where that came from, the Bullish contingent finds itself in the very rare and awkward position of playing defense.
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Monday, February 18, 2008
Key to Interpreting the Stock Market - Technical Or Fundamental Analysis? / Stock-Markets / Stock Market Valuations
By: Clif_Droke
One of the best practitioners of technical analysis of the last 30-40 years, and one of my personal favorites, was Ralph Bloch. Bloch was for many years the chief market technician with Raymond James and was renown for his down-to-earth manner and “say it like it is” approach to the stock market.
Bloch was known for using only the most basic of all analytical tools when it came to T.A. and he relied mainly on the charts and the tape for his trading decisions. When it came to his technical approach to the market, he once described himself as “a ham-and-egger…I'm a Technical Analysis 101 guy all the way.”
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Sunday, February 17, 2008
Stock Market Update: Blemishes on the Bears' Elliott Wave Count / Stock-Markets / Elliott Wave Theory
By: Dominick
Another week is now history and the bear case is looking worse for it. Not that the market can't go down from here, but if it does, it won't be the impulsive 3 rd wave for which so many have been waiting and waiting and waiting.Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Stock Market Scenarios for the Week Ahead / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Mike_Paulenoff
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Sunday, February 17, 2008
Stock Markets to Retest January Lows in Coming Months / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Mike_Burk
The good news is: The bottom indicators are suggesting there is little risk in the market.
Short Term - After a bottom has been made downside volume (DV) dries up pretty quickly. That has not happened yet, but it is encouraging to see DV falling off faster in the small cap indices than the large cap indices.
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Sunday, February 17, 2008
Stock Market Crash Danger as Imminent Downgrades of Credit Insurers Threatens US Economy / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Robert_McHugh_PhD
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Saturday, February 16, 2008
Primary Stocks Bear Market Crunch Time! / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
By: Brian_Bloom
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Saturday, February 16, 2008
Warren Buffet to the Rescue, Credit Crisis Creates Opportunities / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: John_Mauldin
Warren Buffet to the Rescue?
- How to Earn 20% in Tax-Free Income
- What Would Warren Do?
- A Crisis Creates an Opportunity
- It's All About Valuations
- There Are Times to Be Grateful
It was only a few years ago that I use to sit down at this computer on Friday and wonder what I would write about. In today's environment, there is enough to write three e-letters and still leave interesting copy on the editing floor. Today we look at the rather disturbing developments in the municipal bond market, Warren Buffett's offer to "rescue" the tax-exempt insurers, and ponder what the resolution will be. We also look at corporate earnings, and note how they have been downgraded significantly over the last year. There is (or will be) a connection between stock market prices, valuation, the current credit crisis, and the economy. There is a lot of ground to cover.
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Saturday, February 16, 2008
US Treasuries Auction Failure Suggests Stocks Dead Cat Bounce is Over / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
Some wealthy investors got a jolt this week as Goldman Sachs informed them that they would be unable to withdraw their money from an investment considered “safe as cash.” These investments are so-called “ auction rate securities ,” credit instruments now caught in the latest liquidity squeeze. Banks and brokerage houses have sold these instruments to investors, claiming them to be safe. The fact is, they are long-term securities on which the banks hold weekly or monthly auctions to set prices and interest rates. This week's auction was a failure of major proportions.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Fiat Currency Credit Creation to Prevent Banking System Failure / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Ty_Andros
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
Sell US Stock Market Rallies and Buy Asian Dips / Stock-Markets / Chinese Stock Market
By: Money_and_Markets
Larry Edelson writes: Have Asian economies delinked from the U.S. or not? Are they independent of each other? Now that the U.S has caught a cold (recession), will the rest of the world, especially Asia, catch it?
These seem to be the major questions on investors' minds these days, from Wall Street to Main Street. And who can blame them for wondering?
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
UltraShort S&P Stock Market ETF on the Move / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Today's action in the ProShares UltraShort Inverted SPY (AMEX: SDS) has triggered preliminary indications that the upside directional move in the major market ETFs from February 7 into this morning open is complete, and that a period of pullback has started. If that proves to be the case, then the SDS should perform on the upside for a climb to at least 64.00/20, which should provide a hedge for my long XXH, XLF model portfolio positions, especially ahead of options expiration (tomorrow) and ahead of the approaching 3-day Presidents Holiday weekend.Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Stock Market Rallies Determined by Liquidity Inflows and Outflows / Stock-Markets / US Stock Markets
By: Marty_Chenard
If you think of logically ... when money flows into the market, stocks are being bought. When the amount of Inflowing Liquidity is in Expansion , then more and more investors are entering the market ... and that drives prices up.
However, when Liquidity is out-flowing, it is a condition where investors are removing their capital from the market. That means the impetus is on selling, and the market pulls back. When out-flowing Liquidity deteriorates to the point where the net liquidity is in Contraction, then the market experiences a correction.
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
FTSE 100 Stock Market Index Showing Remarkable Strength / Stock-Markets / UK Stock Market
By: Nadeem_Walayat
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Subprime Losses Already Outweigh The Great Depression / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Adrian_Ash
"Time somebody did something, right...?"
IN 1984 THE BANK of ENGLAND saved Johnson Matthey Bank – a horribly over-geared subsidiary of the centuries-old gold dealer – with an emergency buy-out costing just £1. The debts covered by the Bank of England, however, totaled $309 million on one estimate. They took 10 years to clear from the Bank's balance sheet.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Pullback in Financial Stocks Appears Complete / Stock-Markets / Banking Stocks
By: Mike_Paulenoff
Now for a look at Financial Select SPDR (AMEX: XLF), which technically indicates that we should expect renewed price recovery. Components Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) all exhibit similar chart structures that argue for higher prices in the financial sector.Read full article... Read full article...
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Stock Market Technical Breakdowns May Call For More Investor Hedging / Stock-Markets / Global Stock Markets
By: Chris_Ciovacco
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The Debt Disease is Spreading - Sell Now! / Stock-Markets / US Debt
By: Money_and_Markets
Martin Weiss writes: The debt disease we've been warning you about, long subdued and dormant, is returning with a vengeance.
You can see its symptoms everywhere — in the massive losses on Wall Street ... in consumer credit turning sour ... in collapsing bond insurers ... in sinking corporate earnings ... in the recession hitting hard.
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Rising Risk of a Systemic Financial Meltdown:The 12 Steps to Financial Disaster By Nouriel Roubini / Stock-Markets / Credit Crisis 2008
By: John_Mauldin
This week we look at a recent analysis from Professor Nouriel Roubini of the Stern School of Business at New York University. Nouriel has become known for his rather clear clarion calls that the housing bubble would lead to a credit crisis and possibly much worse. He has been one who has been on CNBC and was in the clear minority early last year, but now no one is laughing (I was once on the show with him, and we were not the majority view).
In this week's Outside the Box, Nouriel details for us how a worse case scenario would develop. We both hope this does not develop. It can be avoided, but realistic investors need to know what to look for to make sure we are not going there. I like Nouriel's work, as it pull's no punches. You can go to RGE Monitor at www.rgemonitor.com to see his regular work, which is geared to institutions. Like this letter, he offers Outside the Box analysis, which I think you will find useful.
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