Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Monday, March 04, 2013
Stock Market Ending, Major Top Approaching / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: Darah_Bazargan
The individual stocks of the equities market are no longer keeping pace with the broad averages. A vast number of these stocks have faltered because the trend itself has become ever more selective. What initially started as a robust, broad based rally is now narrow; and can only be supported by a handful of stocks.
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Sunday, March 03, 2013
Gold, Crude Oil and Stock Market SPX Trade Setups / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2013
By: Chris_Vermeulen
Over the past year my long term trends and outlooks have not changed for gold, oil or the SP500. Though there has been a lot of sideways price action to keep everyone one their toes and focused on the short term charts.We all know that if the market does not shake you out, it will wait you out, and sometimes it will even do both at the same time. So stepping back to review the bigger picture each week is crucial in keeping a level trading/investing strategy in motion.
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Sunday, March 03, 2013
The True Cost of the Current U.S. Federal Reserve Easy Money Stance / Stock-Markets / Quantitative Easing
By: InvestmentContrarian
Sasha Cekerevac writes: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified in front of Congress and faced a barrage of questions and criticisms regarding the central bank’s monetary policy initiative.
There are a growing number of critics voicing their concerns over the current monetary policy path set forth by the Federal Reserve. These critics aren’t only independent analysts such as myself, (I have been writing articles on the topic for some time now, including the article “Current Monetary Policy Unsustainable”), but economists who have worked closely with the Federal Reserve in the past.
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Sunday, March 03, 2013
U.S. Stock Market Uptrend May be Ending / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: Tony_Caldaro
Another volatile week, as volatility has picked up since the SPX closed at 1531 a week ago tuesday. Since that close the SPX traded to 1497 last thursday, 1526 on monday, 1485 on tuesday, 1525 on thursday, and 1501 on friday. Two percent swings in a matter of days, when during most of February we were barely seeing 1.5% swings in a week. For the week the SPX/DOW were +0.40%, and the NDX/NAZ were +0.35%. Asian markets were +0.9%, European markets were -0.4%, and the DJ World index was flat. On the economic front positive reports outnumbered negative reports 12 to 5. On the uptick: Case-Shiller, FHFA housing index, new/pending home sales, consumer confidence/sentiment, Q4 GDP, Chicago PMI, personal spending, PCE prices, ISM manufacturing and weekly jobless claims improved. On the downtick: durable goods orders, personal income, construction spending, new home prices and the WLEI. New week we get reports on ISM services, the FED’s Beige book, and monthly Payrolls. Best to your week.
Saturday, March 02, 2013
Fifty Trades of Grey - Investment, Temptation, Addiction, and the Cost of Money / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2013
By: John_Mauldin
I get so much broker research that I must admit I don’t usually read it or do so really fast. But the headline above caught my eye, and the piece turned out to be such a fun read, as well as truly thought-provoking and insightful, that I’ve made it today’s Outside the Box. The personalization of a “relationship” with the Fed gives us a decidedly delicious way to think about QE!
Saturday, March 02, 2013
The Stock Market Pullback / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: Jack_Steiman
The pullback was on. The market was falling very hard a few minutes after a small gap down had occurred. This was a follow-through, something we hadn't seen in a long time, from yesterday's late selling once the negative divergences kicked in. The Dow fell one-hundred points very late in the day yesterday, and, thus, one would have had to expect a follow-through today. So once it came on this morning, the question was how deep was this going to go. The Dow down over one-hundred points and then the much anticipated ISM Manufacturing Report came out thirty minutes into the trading session. The number was a shock and it was spectacular!Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, March 02, 2013
The Great Recession - Politicians Still Don’t Get It! / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2013
By: Sy_Harding
In the early 1990’s, in the aftermath of the 1990-91 recession, the outcry to politicians was “It’s the economy, stupid!”
With the economy currently recovering, but anemically, an apt cry-out might be “It’s the politicians, stupid”. Or perhaps more accurately, “It’s the stupid politicians!”
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Friday, March 01, 2013
Financial Storm Worse Than 2008 Coming as Seniors Steal From Youth / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash
By: Bloomberg
Hedge fund icon Stanley Druckenmiller sat down for a rare one-on-one interview with Bloomberg Television's Stephanie Ruhle, saying that he's decided to speak out now because he sees "a storm coming, maybe bigger than the storm we had in 2008, 2010."
Druckenmiller said that the mushrooming costs of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, with unfunded liabilities as high as $211 trillion, will bankrupt the nation's youth an pose a much greater danger than the debt currently being debated in Congress. He said, "While everybody is focusing on the here and now, there's a much, much bigger storm that's about to hit...I am not against seniors. What I am against is current seniors stealing from future seniors."
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Friday, March 01, 2013
Epic Crisis... and Vast Prosperity / Stock-Markets / Technology
By: DailyWealth
Porter Stansberry writes: I have become well-known in financial circles for doom-and-gloom themes.
That's mainly because my professional life as a financial writer and analyst happened to correspond with the largest speculative bubbles in history.
As a result, I spent most of my 30s writing about one disaster or another... from the collapse of MCI-WorldCom and the dot-com/telecom bubble... to the mortgage/housing bubble... to today's sovereign-debt bubble (which, by the way, is the largest and most dangerous bubble yet... by a wide margin).
Friday, March 01, 2013
How to Invest for QE Forever / Stock-Markets / Investing 2013
By: Money_Morning
Diane Alter writes: When Ben Bernanke testified before Congress Tuesday and Wednesday, he staunchly defended his easy- money policies like quantitative easing, or "QE Forever."
"We do not see the potential costs of the increased risk-taking in some financial markets as outweighing the benefits of promoting a stronger economic recovery," the Federal Reserve chairman said.
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Friday, March 01, 2013
Stock Market Dow Theory Shines Through / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: Christopher_Quigley
What a market. Even the most experienced traders that I know are having a difficult time getting a handle on what is happening. Wednesday’s market action caught a lot of folk napping.
Monday’s 216 point drop in the Dow Industrials convinced many that finally the much anticipated market “correction” had arrived.
The slight “uptick” on Tuesday was a classic VIX buy signal but it turned out to be a trap. Those traders who shorted the market on the 26th were pulverized by the bullish 175 Dow point move on the 27th.
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Friday, March 01, 2013
A Close Encounter With Zombiedom / Stock-Markets / Quantitative Easing
By: Bill_Bonner
Ben Bernanke spoke out on Tuesday, leaving no doubt where he stands on the QE issue. To print or not to print? He hardly seemed to think about it. Instead, he announced himself four-square in favor. If there is to be any prudence or propriety at America's central bank, it won't be on his watch!
This seemed to put some starch into investors' nerves. After a big sell-off on Monday... and a bounce on Tuesday... they went back into the markets yesterday with a single-minded command: "Buy!"
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Friday, March 01, 2013
Stocks, Bonds and Dollar Markets Review / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2013
By: Puru_Saxena
According to our methodology, Wall Street is currently in correction mode and this is not the time to invest fresh capital in stocks. It is notable that although major US indices advanced on Tuesday and Wednesday, volume was very low and this warrants caution. Moreover, volume picked up during Thursday's late stage sell-off and this negative action suggests that the ongoing stock market pullback may continue.
Friday, March 01, 2013
The Recent Fed FOMC Minutes Should Anger Every Investor / Stock-Markets / US Federal Reserve Bank
By: Casey_Research
With gold dropping nearly 3% on February 20, we at Casey Research had to look closely at the FOMC minutes, which were partially responsible for that movement. Since there are quite a few highlights, I have split this analysis into three sections: the confusion over the minutes in the market; the ambiguous language hinting at deep problems; and a few quotes to make your blood boil.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
How to Trade Stock Market POMO Manipulation / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: Chris_Vermeulen
This week I talked about how the uptrend is to be the focus of trading positions until a down trend is actually confirmed via price and volume action. The SP500 was very close to reversing down this week but with the POMO’s (permanent open market operations) scheduled largest injection of money for February of over $5 billion dollars sent stocks soaring jamming stocks back up into its uptrend.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Warning: Stock Market Likely to Crash From Here, 50% Drop! / Stock-Markets / Financial Crash
By: Dr_Martenson
I don't relish the job of constantly pointing out the risks to the equity markets. But since few on Wall Street seem willing (or able) to do this, I'm "making the call" for a market correction, as enough variables have aligned to indicate a high likelihood of stocks heading downwards from here.
I've only given one other such warning about equities before, and that was in March of 2008, when I warned of the possibility of a 40% to 60% decline in stock prices by Fall. I am making a similar call today, with the understanding that I am usually a bit early to the game with my views.
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Cash Alternatives: Making Money Work for You / Stock-Markets / Investing 2013
By: Don_Miller
Just what are "cash" and "cash options?" Some of us take those terms for granted, but after a recent article on sector allocation, one of our subscribers wrote in asking for clarification. Money Forever recommends holding approximately one-third of your portfolio in cash or cash options, but what does that really mean?
To clear up any confusion, "cash options" are not publicly traded options. "Cash alternative" is probably a more appropriate phrase.
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Stock Market Rally is Over, Time to be Short / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
The rally is over. It took the form of an ending diagonal, which implies a complete breakdown from the rally. Time to be short.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Historic Collapse of Corrupt Monetary System Gritty Questions / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2013
By: Jim_Willie_CB
The typical articles over the last many years have featured a particular theme. In the last few months, the central theme in Jackass articles has been the isolation and demise of the USDollar, how it is happening, why it must happen, and its importance in the restoration of the global financial structure. But this week, a sudden urge has come to address an overwhelming list of critical gritty questions. They crop up with clients, colleagues, and friends. More than a crisis, it is more accurately described as a collapse of a corrupt inequitable monetary system, and a desperate defense by the major Western bankers to preserve their power over nations and their governments, alongside a vile vicious violent attempt by the United States to maintain its privilege as owner of the vast USDollar counterfeit machinery, as controller of vast banking pillars of paper columns, and as commander of a vast military. The current monetary system has a debt foundation, which is collapsing in lockstep with the rapid breakdown in the sovereign bond market. The last four years have seen a long drawn-out unstoppable process, where the collapse cannot be avoided and must happen. The pathogenesis is obvious to those in the Sound Money camp. The blossom of corruption and complete banker criminal immunity has only hastened the urgent need for the collapse. The cadaver in Intensive Care cannot be revived with more intravenous applications of contaminated money, the body dead since September 2008. Insolvent systems rush to the crash zone, where efforts can only delay the outcome.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Good News Only Goes So Far, Stock Market Should Reverse Hard / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013
By: Anthony_Cherniawski
Here are two different takes on the Durable Goods Report:
(Bloomberg) Orders for U.S. durable goods excluding transportation equipment climbed in January by the most in a year, indicating business investment is holding up.
(ZeroHedge) As expected, the January Durable Goods was a big miss to expectations, printing at -5.2% on an anticipated plunge in aircraft orders, worse than the expected -4.8%, and a plunge from the downward revised 4.3% in December. However, where there was a glimmer of hope, was the ex-transportation number, which rose modestly from 1.0% to 1.9%, on expectations of a 0.2% flat print.
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