Just as the Wall of Worry was about to drop into dangerously complacent territory, Old Man Iraq rears up to give us something to worry about and then some. After a brief and shallow dip, the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX), Dow (INDEXDJX:.DJI), and Nasdaq (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) came ripping back up. The S&P 500 went as far as hitting yet another Rita Coolidge “All-Time High,” while […]
Gains in financial and small-cap stocks helped benchmarks shrug off initial losses to end in the green. Stocks had opened in the red owing to dismal housing data. However, improved consumer price data firmed up the US dollar, also leading to expectations of a rate hike. Markets secured their third-straight positive finish on a day when the two-day FOMC […]
Investors nudged U.S. stocks into positive territory Monday, thanks in part to another round of corporate couplings.Three proposed acquisitions, including medical device maker Medtronic’s $42.9 billion bid for rival Covidien, helped the market eke out a slight gain for the second trading day in a row.Homebuilding stocks also got a boost from […]
Stock Trading Alert: Short-Term Uncertainty As Stocks Fluctuate, Is Correction Over? By: Paul Rejczak | Mon, Jun 16, 2014 SharePrintEmailStock
Trading Alert originally published on June 16, 2014, 7:07 AM:Briefly: In our opinion speculative long positions are still favored
(with stop-loss at 1,910, S&P 500 index).Our intraday outlook is neutral, and our short-term outlook remains bullish:Intraday […]
SummaryLumber prices have been declining, as have those for panels.
Since the Great Recession ended, similar declines have preceded stock market sell-offs accompany the end of QE.
Thus the question […]
Stock Market Dow Trend Forecast Summer 2014 By Nadeem WalayatStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jun 05, 2014 – 12:02 PM GMTBy: Nadeem_Walayat
No ‘Sell in May and Go Away’ this year for Either Bulls or BearsWatching the disconnect between stock prices and what passes for stock market commentary since my last detailed look at the stock market of early […]
Potential break up play: Danaher (DHR)
Fri 23 May 14 | 06:25 PM
[…]
Yesterday, I participated in a panel discussion on CNBC about the markets and the economy. It was during the course of that discussion that one of the participants uttered the most important phrase:”Everbody knows interest rates are going to rise.”
First, let me explain my reasoning for why it is possible that “everybody” is wrong. As I addressed last […]
It is said that they don’t ring a bell at stock market tops.However, the housing industry has sometimes been quite adept at doing just that. In fact, it has been quite prescient in leading the economy, and thus the stock market, in both directions.The most obvious tops followed the bursting of real estate bubbles, such as in 1989, which led […]
Benchmarks ended lower on Wednesday following disappointing corporate results and economic data. AT&T, Amgen and Biogen posted disappointing corporate results. Boeing and Gilead’s better-than-expected quarterly earnings failed to restrict the day’s losses. Decline in new home sales data also added to the bearish sentiment.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure to read today’s Ahead […]
