Preparing for The Stock Market Crash – Inverse ETFs and Puts Timing…Stock-Markets / Financial CrashAug 02, 2015 – 09:38 PM GMTBy: Clive_MaundIn this update on the broad market S&P500 index we are going to look at no less than 5 charts for it, covering different time frames, the reason for this is that there are different points to make on […]
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 […]
What’s the worst thing that could happen to your stock market portfolio? The obvious answer is a bear market, one that takes the popular averages down at least 20 percent. In fact, many bear markets have seen a loss of twice that magnitude, including the bear of 2007-2009, which took the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 54 percent from top […]
June was an unusually cruel month for the Chinese stock markets—and yet, somehow, July outdid it.The Shanghai Composite benchmark index ended the month down 14.3%. That compares with June’s 7.3% loss. (To be fair, though, Chinese stocks peaked in mid-June, shedding 17.2% after June 12.)It was only in the last week or so that things got truly ugly. Until then, […]
On July 27, the Shanghai Composite Index fell 8.5 percent, its largest single-day loss since 2007. This came on the heels of major government intervention to stem the market’s slide earlier in July. What does the latest chapter of the crash mean for China’s economy? And, more broadly, what does it mean for the policies and politics of China’s current […]
The Greek news of the day is Greek Stock Market to Reopen, With Restrictions.RestrictionsPeople cannot draw on their Greek bank accounts to buy shares
People can only buy shares with existing brokerage account cash
I supposed people could transfer cash from elsewhere into stocks but no one in their right mind would do such a thing.And what about taking cash out of […]
Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts have just published a fantastic map showing which major US listed companies are worth more than entire emerging market stock indices.Take a look:BAMLThe authors offer this explanation of the “the journey from hubris to humiliation” that emerging market equities have undergone: Back in late 2010, when Sepp Blatter announced that Russia & Qatar would follow […]
Authorities have been flailing in efforts over the past three weeks to prevent a further sell-off. Photograph: Shizuo Kambayashi/AP
China’s securities watchdog is investigating the impact of automated trading on share markets, as authorities step up a crackdown on what they regard as heavy speculative selling that could destabilise the world’s second-largest economy.China’s main share markets, both among the world’s five […]
Health care and consumer staples continue to be among the best-performing sectors on North American equity markets, with both established names and emerging companies getting love from investors. But all that attention creates high valuations, raising concerns about the potential upside for future returns and what might happen if sentiment takes a turn for the worse.There are still plenty of […]
#MarketUpdate: Is the growing US economy going to lead to a rate hike in 2015?Stocks are mixed today, as the growing US economy appears consistent with comments by the Federal and possibly setting up a 2015 rate hike. Dow -0.02%, S&P -0.1%, Nasdaq +0.2%, R2000 0.1%On the economic front, quarterly GDP showed us that the economy picked up the pace […]
