Analysis Topic: Stock & Financial Markets
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Stock Market Glass Ceiling Revealed / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2012
By: Joseph_Russo
Following up on our most recent post "Glass Ceiling Bullish or Bearish," today, we unveil the two markets illustrated in that feature.
Below, we display the two phantom price charts presented for side-by-side comparison. We had mentioned that both were popular indices, and hinted that we had rendered one of the charts with monthly closes and the other using a chart of daily closes.
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
Stock Market Let’s Not Get Too Optimistic! / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2012
By: Sy_Harding
In investing much is said about the folly of following the crowd. It’s voiced in age-old maxims like “The market will do whatever it must to fool the majority”, and Warren Buffett’s advice to “Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful”.
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Stocks Thump Yields as Economic Growth Looks On / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: Ashraf_Laidi
It is not a new development for US GDP growth to be largely driven by a build- up inventories (+1.9% contribution is highest since Q1 2010) in contrast to weak contribution from real final sales (+0.80% is lowest since Q1 2011). If this is a signal to future growth prospects, then how will the ultra low yields-driven stock go on?
Friday, January 27, 2012
Great Green Opportunities from Dangerous Q.E. / Stock-Markets / Quantitative Easing
By: DeepCaster_LLC
“Prior to the 2008 financial crisis, the eight central bank balance sheets were less than 15% the size of world stock markets and falling. In the immediate aftermath of Lehman Brothers’ failure, these eight central bank balances swelled to 37% the capitalization of the world stock market. But keep in mind that the late 2008/early 2009 peak was due to collapsing stock market values combines with balance sheet expansion via ‘lender of last resort’ loans.
“Recently, the eight central banks balance sheets have spiked to 33% of world stock market capitalization. This has come about not by lender of last resort loans, but rather by QE expansion…
“Central banks are ruling markets to a degree this generation has not seen. Collectively they are printing money to a degree never seen in human history.”
Bianco Research 01/25/2012
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Better Than Brazil: How to Invest in a Colombian Safe Haven / Stock-Markets / Emerging Markets
By: Money_Morning
Martin Hutchinson writes:
What's an investor to do?...
The Eurozone is about to collapse. The United States is struggling out of the deepest recession since World War II. And the IMF forecasts global growth will drop from 5% in 2011 to 2.6% in 2012.
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Don’t Be A Wall Street Patsy, Understand How to Play the Game / Stock-Markets / Investing 2012
By: Money_Morning
Shah Gilani writes:
You want to know the truth? The truth is that Wall Street has stacked the deck against you.
That's why you need to understand how the game is played. Otherwise you'll end up a Wall Street patsy.
So, here's the truth along with some lessons that will help you play the game like a pro.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Stock Market Bulls Gain Steam, but Euro-Zone Concerns Bear Close Watch / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2012
By: PhilStockWorld
Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not understood.” – Henry Miller
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) rose by almost a full percentage point on Friday, but like so many aspects of the current market, that number is somewhat misleading.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Stock Market Bad News Just Around the Corner? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2012
By: Marty_Chenard
Is there bad news just around the corner ???
Technical analyst agree that a falling wedge pattern is a bullish pattern. As a pattern, its bullishness just stays dormant until the breakout occurs.
It is a great pattern for technicians because its failure rate is only 10% which means it has an accuracy level of 90%.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Super Mario Draghi and the ECB Debt Crisis Impact on Gold and Stocks / Stock-Markets / Eurozone Debt Crisis
By: HRA_Advisory
We are extremely comfortable that our prognosticating for 2012 may or may not work out. Which puts us in the same camp as most others. That said, a contrarian turn ahead of possible normalizing of the debt issues still with us that we suggested in December does seem to be gaining ground in the market. With that should come a greater focus on basic technical indicators like metal stockpile changes. We note small copper stocks on page 4, but will point out here these are focused by direction over weeks. Don’t get hung up on day to day changes. Both bull and bear issues in this market are really year to year, which means looking for value and for sustainability.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Stock Market Topping Out or Just Pinning the Fed? / Stock-Markets / Financial Markets 2012
By: PhilStockWorld
The Dollar bounced off 79.75 this morning, nothing to crow about for Dollar bulls as the Euro remains just over the critical $1.30 mark and the Pound is solidly over $1.55 for the moment.
You could say it's a bearish sign that the Dow and the NYSE stopped dead at our breakout levels but that's to be expected on a first attempt at breaking out – even if they have already attempted the same move back in late October, when the Dow was 5% lower in it's test and the NYSE was testing the same line (7,866).
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Stock Market Glass Ceiling Bullish or Bearish? / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2012
By: Joseph_Russo
We have all heard of the proverbial “glass ceiling” in the business world where one attains a certain level of achievement and is unable to advance any further.
Well, the same thing happens to share values from time-to-time. They reach a certain price level, and no matter how hard they try, they are simply unable to shatter the glass ceiling overhead.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Why You Should be Leery of Improving Stock Market Sentiment / Stock-Markets / Stocks Bear Market
By: Profit_Confidential
Michael Lombardi writes: The bear market is doing an excellent job with investors’ attitude towards the stock market. We can see it in the market’s performance…
So far this year, the S&P 500 has gained 4.6%—its best January start in 15 years! Market sentiment—how investors feel about the stock market—has shown a marked improvement.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The Time is Right for Malaysia Investing / Stock-Markets / Emerging Markets
By: Yiannis_G_Mostrous
I have been bullish on Malaysia long before the Southeast Asian nation became a fashionable investment destination. MY recommendation to buy into the country’s market via iShares MSCI Malaysia Index Fund (NYSE:EWM) has generated a 36.5 percent return since I added the exchange-traded fund (ETF) to Global Investment Strategist’s Long-Term Holdings Portfolio at the end of 2009.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, January 23, 2012
Stock Market Rotation to Growth Begins / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2012
By: Donald_W_Dony
In early January, the bear market correction ended. In response, money began to flow out of defensive assets such as bonds and the US dollar and move back into growth (Chart 1). By mid-January, equities were now outperforming fixed income for a first time since July.
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Monday, January 23, 2012
Stock Market Reversal is Due / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2012
By: Andre_Gratian
SPX: Very Long-term trend - The very-long-term cycles are down and, if they make their lows when expected, there will be another steep and prolonged decline into 2014.
SPX: Intermediate trend - Intermediate uptrend still intact, but short-term top... or more, is now very close.
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Monday, January 23, 2012
Stocks Bull Market Continues / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2012
By: Tony_Caldaro
The US rally extends to three up weeks in a row. While volatility has virtually disappeared this new year the market continues to work its way higher. For the week the SPX/DOW were +2.20%, and the NDX/NAZ were +2.75%. Foreign markets also joined in, with Asia and Europe both +3.10%, as was the DJ World index. Economic reports for the week were biased to the upside: 8 to 5. On the downtick: the PPI, housing starts, building permits, the Philly FED and the M1-multiplier. On the uptick: the NY FED, industrial production, capacity utilization, existing homes sales, the NAHB, the monetary base, the WLEI and weekly jobless claims improved. Next week, the FED meets tuesday and wednesday, then Leading indicators and Q4 GDP. Best to your week!
Monday, January 23, 2012
Stock Market Trend and Geomagnetism / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2012
By: John_Hampson
A correlation between stock market performance and geomagnetism is captured in a paper here by Krivelyova and Robotti. That aside, it is a rarely used discipline in trading, and if you search Marketwatch, Bloomberg and CNBC for its reference, you will come away empty handed. My latest findings are about to demonstrate its importance.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Stocks Are Not Dead / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2012
By: Brady_Willett
Proclamations like The Death of Equities usually arrive near the point of maximum pessimism, and when everyone is most bearish it is usually time to take a contrarian stance and buy. However, today - less than 4-years into a historic deleveraging phase* - calls that equities are dead are likely to prove premature. Equities are not dead in the sense that they are poised to rally strongly from a contrarian perspective. Rather, equities are simply dying
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Stock Market Squeaks Into the Green / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2012
By: PhilStockWorld
Courtesy of Doug Short. The S&P 500 spent the day wallowing in shallow red ink, but a rally at the close nudged the index into the positive territory for a fractional gain of 0.07%. The week tells a better story, with a gain of 2.04%. Thus far, of the thirteen S&P 500 market days in 2012, eleven have been advances, athough three of them were in the 0.02% to 0.07% range. The index has a year-to-date gain of 4.59%. It is 3.54% below its interim high at the end of April 2011.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Stock Market Edging Higher...Resistance Right Here ...VIX Low / Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2012
By: Jack_Steiman
The market is losing its volatility as the VIX drops, and that's not a bad thing. Nice and smooth is how the market is now trading. No major swings. No intense whipsaw. That's a welcome reality for all traders. The worst of times come when the market just flip flops all over the place, haphazardly, without much rhyme or reason. When the VIX starts soaring, it's lights out for this market in terms of performance. It becomes almost impossible to play. Many hundreds of points up and down in a single day on the Dow. With the VIX near 20, we don't have to fear the market. We know things will be tight, and thus, trading becomes more enjoyable. A strong market helps bring the VIX down, and that's why it's so low, although the market has not made the big breakout to this point. It has moved up decently, but yet to make the big one a reality. More on that later.
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