The market staged another strong recovery this week as the SP500 regained its 20 WMA after briefly dipping below the last couple weeks. How quickly this market responds is a testament to why sticking to the long-term trends and keeping an open mind are so beneficial for proper money management. During this most recent “meltdown” (where the SP500 declined only […]
7-1-15Secular Market Top – Since January 2000+53.3% Dow+171.8% Transports+94.2% Utilities+40.4% S&P 500+22.5% Nasdaq+52.2% 30yr Treasury Bond+304.6% Gold+132.3% OilFrom High to Low+304.6% Gold+171.8% Transports+132.3% Oil+94.2% Utilities+53.3% Dow Jones+52.2% 30 Year Treasury+40.4% S&P 500+22.5% NasdaqIt is easily seen that in the year 2000 the Nasdaq was horribly overvalued and gold was on the give away table, such lopsided returns 15 years later!Here […]
Anyone who reads my blog is already likely to know the story. Until the market peaked on June 12, with the Shanghai Composite at 5,178, China had experienced a stock market boom that saw the Shanghai index rising in what seemed like a straight line by more than 135% in one year. The boom seemed almost inexplicable from a fundamental […]
Stock Trading Alert: Positive Expectations Following Greece Debt Deal – New All-time Highs Ahead?By: Paul Rejczak | Thu, Jul 16, 2015SharePrintEmailStock Trading Alert originally published on July 16, 2015, 6:55 AM:Briefly: In our opinion, speculative short positions are favored (with stop-loss at 2,140, and profit target at 1,980, S&P 500 index)Our intraday outlook is bearish, and our short-term outlook is […]
China loses momentum in its manipulation overnight… US industrial production data was dismal… Yellen admits The Fed needs to raise rates sooner or may be forced to raise rates more aggressively… and stocks did not drop until TV images showed blood on the streets of Athens… This just seemed appropriate…“hearts on fire” indeed – can the small undersize reality of […]
REUTERS/China DailyAn investor adjusts his glasses as he looks at a computer screen in front of an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Fuyang, Anhui province, China, July 9, 2015.There’s been a lot of panic in recent weeks about the colossal collapse of China’s stock markets, from both banks and Beijing.But Goldman Sachs thinks naysayers have […]
China Crash, Greece Collapse, Harbingers of Stock Market Apocalypse Forecast 2015?Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2015Jul 13, 2015 – 03:05 AM GMTBy: Nadeem_WalayatWhilst all eyes in the West were on Greece as its marxist Syriza government played game of thrones with the Greek peoples lives as they black mailed the Eurozone, the chinese stock market crashed, collapsing by over $2 trillion […]
Submitted by Jared “The 10th Man” Dillian via MauldinEconomics.com,We are about a week into the Greek non-crisis, and nothing especially scary has happened. Stocks opened up lower a couple of times, and there was one wild trading day in EURUSD, but everything is essentially unchanged. Which surprised everyone. Including me, a little.I used to be a plunger. Loved shorting stuff. […]
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The boom and crash of the Chinese stock market has been one of the biggest stories in finance this year.The Shanghai Composite exploded 155% from its 52-week low to its 52-week high 5,178 in June. From there it crashed 32% to 3,507 on Wednesday.It’s trajectory, is peppered with manic milestones and unprecedented government intervention. The latter helped the market […]
The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.China’s sell-off will be felt far beyond its see-sawing stock markets. The month-long slide in share prices has called into question the country’s recent conversion to market dogma, while the state’s floundering response has exposed the limits of its grip on China’s financial system. Broader reforms may suffer.Some […]
