Stock Market Some Day…..Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015Aug 02, 2015 – 05:08 PM GMTBy: Jack_SteimanWe are all trying to wrap our heads around this base. Arguments can be made on both sides. The bulls will tell us that sentiment is unwinding nicely as we hold the range, while the bears will say the longer this goes on without breaking out […]
China’s stock markets cratered again today, despite the government’s stimulus efforts. The Shanghai Composite Index fell by 8.5% and the Shenzhen A-shares index lost 7% of its value.Over the past 10 years, today’s drop was the second-worst on record:The fall comes after the government reported a 0.3% drop in industrial profits in June, a sign that China’s economy may be […]
Since the beginning of this year the markets have primarily treaded water. The primary support for the bulls has been continued acknowledgement by the Fed on an inability to remove accommodative policy by raising interest rates. (Which should make you question what happens the first time they do.) The bears have been feasting on weak economic data and deteriorating fundamentals. […]
It is no secret that in recent weeks Goldman has been particular bearish (if only to the outside world), with statements such as the following by chief equity strategist David Kostin:
… by almost any measure, US equity valuations look expensive. The typical stock in the S&P 500 trades at 18.1x forward earnings, ranking at the 98th percentile of historical valuation […]
Stock Market Right Back Up…Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015May 28, 2015 – 06:21 AM GMTBy: Jack_SteimanWhen dealing with the stock market of the past five to six months there is a theme to be understood. Never judge one day’s action as if that’s the new trend to come. We have seen so many big days both to the up side […]
Stock Market Continues Defying Gravity, Dow New All Time HighStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015May 19, 2015 – 03:09 AM GMTBy: Nadeem_WalayatThe stock market continues to confound the doom merchants who have long since convinced themselves that another crash, collapse or bear market was always imminent. Which in many cases is not just for the whole of this year but for […]
Stock Market Basing Below The Breakout….Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015May 16, 2015 – 05:57 PM GMTBy: Jack_SteimanWhen you watch price action near critical levels of resistance you want to see how it holds up, even if the short-term charts are at or near overbought. Watching the action today with those short-term sixty-minute charts near or at 70 RSI it has […]
Stock Market Holding Well…..Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015May 05, 2015 – 10:08 AM GMTBy: Jack_SteimanSo yes, we saw yet another failure today when the S&P 500 got back to 2119, and turned south, but it didn’t turn south very hard. That’s good to see if you’re bullish. The market is trying to hold up better on this latest test of […]
Stock Market Going Nowhere FastStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015Apr 19, 2015 – 09:48 PM GMTBy: WavePatternTradersSPXLast week I mentioned the idea of a pullback on the SPX; it appears the bears were in tune with that idea, although it may still see a bit more downside as some of the European markets argue for a bit of weakness, such as […]
As March Madness begins the market had a solid quiet inside consolidation day. Biotech stocks were once again the talk of the town as many stocks were jumping higher. Once again small cap stocks were the winners today with the NASDAQ Composite just behind. The Dow led to the downside as pressure from a rising dollar continues to be the […]
