Don't count on the holiday/new year rally in the stock market or Obama rescue package? So, what next?

Commodity prices are falling and so as the stocks markets of Russia and Brazil which are commodity producers, hence its time for commodity consuming stock markets of India/China to move up, so they are rising ... +ve views in long-term that BRIC economies especially India/China offer great future opportunities [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 19:39:47

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Yesterday's Economic Reports - Nothing to See Here; Move Along

Thankfully facts mean nothing or else I'd be worried. Instead I think of pandas (and Obama) and all my ills go away. Before I get to the meat of this entry let me pass on some words from Alcoa (AA) - a commodity stock if there ever was one. As we watch commodity stocks fly upward on the coming global recovery [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:00:03

Money Magazine recommends commodities (kind of)

It's only six percent and it's not really commodities, but commodity stocks instead, however, ... 9%, the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index, which tracks oil, metals and food futures, averaged a 13% annual return. In just the past five years, commodity-driven mutual funds have gained an annual average [more...]

Date: 2008-06-27 13:18:00

Has the Commodity Bubble Popped?

Rob Curran of Dow Jones Newswires has this report on commodities and related stocks, and what may be in store ... % from its record high on July 11 to $127.50 a barrel. Some of the hot commodity stocks, such as coal miner ... a greater decline that traders in the space have become accustomed to, and the biggest percentage [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 08:59:00

Inflation round the corner?

One of John Murphy's intermarket watch areas was the relationship between the 10-year treasury note price and the price of oil ... return it will be bullish for commodities and commodity based stocks, but I am still of the belief gold has to drop more in line with other commodity prices - with that of other precious metals - before [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 11:57:48

Stocks, commodities surge

The stock market rally from the October low proved short-lived. The rally from the November low is proving stronger, especially after Monday's gains ... in commodities. General Motors Corp. jumped 21 percent as lawmakers agreed in principle with the White House ... percent, to settle at $43.71 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange...Copper futures [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 00:12:00

Truckers’ strike hits Mizoram

Aizawl, Jan 09 Nation-wide strike by truckers hit Mizoram hard with the common people facing the scarcity of essential commodities brought from ... and the stocks are dwindling, Mizofed filling station employees here said. Traders said the stocks of essential commodities like rice, potato, dal and other items would last only a few days and they were [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 17:36:27

Focus on the Forest, Not the Trees (pfblogs.org)

Yesterday's market is a great example of why timing the market (keeping your eye on the forest) is more important than picking the right stocks ( ... to enlarge):As a result of yesterday's market decline 9 out of 10 stocks, ETFs (stocks, commodities ... ;P futures, after today's 1.75% retracement of yesterday's drop, is pointing to a relatively [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 01:28:52

Earnings on Tap this Week

Earnings season does not really begin in earnest until NEXT week but the first wave is hitting this week ... . That said, we hold a few commodity stocks on the "reflation" trade and any day oil, or the Baltic Dry Index rise HAL9000 and friends drive up commodity stocks as if the world economy will turn any [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 12:30:07

The Momentum Crowd Runs Into Biotech

Rob Curran reports: If Herman Melville were around today, he might be working for Pequod, ... and making gung-ho bets on biotech stocks. Market participants say stock and commodity markets increasingly follow a bunch of adventurers known as “momentum,” or “momo,” traders. Once a sector [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 09:22:00

The Worm Turns, and Fertilizer Stocks Suffer

Rob Curran has this report on the recent stumbles of the market’s favored high-fliers. Remember the rally in commodity and agricultural stocks that would never end because the world ... traders took cover from the second-quarter sell-off, have flipped into the loser column in the first [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 16:18:07

The Economy - Nowhere To Go But Up

As we slowly shed the rotting skin of a dismal year a resolute optimism prevails and although hurdles lie ahead, we have nowhere to go but up ...   looking backward. Commodities were here before the stock market, and they’ll be here after. Investments in commodities and managed futures, according to Marketwatch, Bloomberg and Barclays, are predicted [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 21:34:51

Sometimes “Safe” Doesn’t Mean Squat!

I wonder how many investors were told that their structured product was safe? First off, what’s a structured product? According to this article ($) ... , investors can get exposures to commodities, stocks or other investments without actually owning those ... a little extra dough. The broker’s happy because they make a nice commission, the issuer is happy [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 17:40:55

Introducing GalaTime 5L Virtual Portfolios

I’ve been mulling over some new initiative in the area of portfolio management for retail investors in India ... . Q: Is this an investment / trading game? Is this an online tool that allows me to track ... ; these include - stocks, stock & index futures & options, ETFs, commodity futures &amp [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 14:18:04

Open the Online trading account of Karvy

Karvy Fortune a business franchisee of Karvy Stock Broking Ltd, ... such as stock, commodities and insurance broking, investment banking, mutual funds distribution ... Advisor. http://www.karvy.com/v2/fortune/index.asp [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 10:06:40

Tuesday morning links

TOP STORIES Oil dips as Ike weakens, OPEC mulls holding steady - AP An Itchy Finger on the Trigger of a Bazooka - NY Times 2008 a tough year so far ... ; Dollar - Commodity Online Toronto stocks tumble on resource demand fears - Reuters ECONOMY ... - AP Mortgage Giants’ Future: A Rebuild or a Teardown? - New York Tiemes FED/TREASURY/BANKING Rescue [more...]

Date: 2008-09-09 12:56:00

Bookkeeping: Closing Mosaic (MOS)

I never thought this day would come - long time readers know that I once considered naming my first unborn child Mosaic (MOS) ... of just about all our commodity exposure by early fall 2008 I only kept 3 names for trading purposes and MOS ... from one of the two names into the remaining but with the drunken stupor that has now overtaken commodity stocks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 20:44:47

Madoff's "Woman on Wall St."

NYTimes reports:VIENNA — With an aggressive style that stood out in the staid world of Austrian banking even more than her bouffant red wig, ... last week.Embarrassment from investing heavily with Mr. Madoff could explain wanting to disappear from public view ... . (Russia’s richest men have been especially strapped as commodity prices and their stock [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 08:40:00

Catching the Market's Themes

I once again want to thank those who have recently emailed regarding the Twitter posts ... : strong U.S. stocks and U.S. dollar; weaker stocks and currencies overseas; and falling commodity prices. All of these are reflections of the relative concerns investors and traders are placing [more...]

Date: 2008-08-12 11:48:22

HELL, MEET HANDBASKET

by Doug Hornig November 7, 2008 Currently, we find ourselves in a mess that many are calling the most serious economic crisis since the Great Depression. If not worse. A mile-high mountain of paper profits has been set ablaze and reduced to ashes, choking investors who put their faith in houses, stocks, or commodities, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-08 14:29:28

Commodity News Digest

Global Markets: Stocks, Dollar Surge into 2009 - Reuters After Worst Year Ever, Commodities May Lag Recovery - Reuters Success of Managed Futures is a Mixed Bag - Chicago Tribune Bonds in 2009: Waiting by the Exits - CNNMoney Oil Jumps 3.6% on Supply Worries - CNNMoney [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 21:39:54

TSX falls 240 points on sliding commodities

TORONTO - The Toronto stock market chalked up triple-digit losses for a second session late in the morning, with declines led by commodity stocks amid sliding prices for oil and metals. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 16:47:00

Gold, Not so Golden in 2008

Gold It’s been a terrible year for most major asset classes — stocks, real estate, hedge funds, and commodities ... other commodity.” The yellow metal settled at a record $1003.20 on March 18 and has lost nearly 16 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 16:07:07

Potential Portfolio Candidates

I've been jettisoning some names this week to make way for new kids on the block; or in some cases, old friends we've once owned ... commodity stocks since HAL9000 trades** almost all of them in 1 group; if oil and/or the Baltic Dry ... you get trounced. These are just day traders paradise for now. Remember, to HAL9000 oil = coal = iron ore [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 18:58:41

Have YOU bought your carbon credits?

Image via WikipediaI'm trying my best to understand the process of "carbon credits".What is a carbon credit? ... " is now just another commodity to be traded on the stock exchange. We all know that trading of commodities is a highly [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 07:00:00

Learn About Commodity Trading

Have you ever heard investors mention speculating in futures of the commodity market and wondered what it they are talking about? While most of us are familiar with investing in stocks, commodities can be an interesting way to have your money make money for you. But first, you might ask what is a commodity? commodities [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 17:43:07

The Coppock Guide and MTI Agree

Everyone is looking for indicators that might tell them whether the market has hit a bottom and how far along the correction might have come so far ... in the November, 1994 issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, the “bible” ... . So if we compare prices relative to a year ago - which happens to be the most common interval - and we see [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 04:42:00

in Corporate Management | Credit | Derivatives | Real Estate “The mortgage business at Merrill Lynch was an afterthought — they didn’t really ... or commodities. Stock futures, for example, are a common and relatively simple derivative. Among [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 16:30:34

The oil-major prop desks cometh

Proprietary trading (Wikipedia): The term used in investment banking to describe when the firm's traders actively trade stocks, bonds, options, commodities, or other items with its own money as opposed to its customers' money, so as to make a profit for itself. Not so easy anymore says former Sempra Metals-economist turned Reuters columnist [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 09:21:39

Day Trading Advice From The Pros! Their Secrets Revealed!

by Sam Lockwood Day trading can be an excellent method for making a profit, if you have the stuff to do it. However, no matter how others may pitch it, it’s not a smooth ride. You have to put a lot of work into it to succeed. Day trading stocks and commodities is really a highly lucrative job [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 16:48:30

Capitulation Nation

There will not be a sign like this to let you know it is safe ... Advisors. Some of this may be taking place — high-flying agricultural and commodity-based stocks ... Index, or the VIX, to levels above 30, suggesting heightened worry. Of late the VIX was trading below [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 09:28:00

Back to the Future - Commodities Rule Again

I feel like I've fallen asleep and someone transported me back to about 9 months... the whole gang is back! ... positions are being taken back to the future by HAL. The charts above are why I say it makes zero sense for you to spend even 1 minute of research in commodity stocks. In the new hedge fund era of the past [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 20:14:41

2008 in Review: Best and Worst Indexes, Stocks, Commodities, Currencies and More!

by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias 2008 retrospective… unless you reside in a small African country, your market lost money A closer look at the year for American markets… the few winners, and many losers Worst year on the books for commodities too… with four notable exceptions Crude oil pops 14%… Russia moves another pawn in the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 19:51:04

Top 5 Secrets Why Cash is Not Safe

In this turbulent economy many people are fleeing the stock market (or selling low) and sticking their money in cash.  While I do recommend cash ( ... of investing, we usually think about the risk that a stock, mutual fund, bond, or commodity ... 3 years), investing in cash is the wrong choice for long term (10+ years) goals, such as retirement [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 21:34:25

Stock market could halve again

As you know, I've been doing my own extrapolations recently, based on the Dow since 1928, ... them to stock prices, applying various price-earnings ratios. His conclusion is broadly the same.As ... , at first, stocks, corporate bonds, property, commodities (including gold), even government bonds [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 06:33:00

Collapse of Proposed Bailout Endangers Car Industry

We all know that the wind of recession had severely hit the global car market. Big U ... stocks, and commodity prices have started tumbling in response to the immediate effect ... in India. The Indian auto industry is gradually making efforts to revive its future. But, a bankruptcy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 12:46:09

Great Depression 2009 Follows $30 Trillion Deflation

Dec 22, 2008 - 03:33 PM By: Kurt_Kasun Not Your Grandfather’s Depression - It will be much worse, in many respects ... . By some estimates, combined losses in commodities, stocks, bonds, real estate are greater than $60 trillion ... , yes; runs back to new highs, no. This is true for most all commodities with the exception [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 15:35:43

Overnight markets: Commodities gloom

Asian stocks fell to a two-week low on Wednesday, following US and European markets overnight, as commodity prices slumped, pointing to a worsening outlook for global economies. Futures on the S&P 500 Index rose 0.5%, however, after losing 2.2% Tuesday as General Motors sank to the lowest price since 1943 amid [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 05:23:21

Day Trading Training - What Makes The Pros So Good?

by Sam Lockwood Day trading can be an amazing way to make good money, or an amazingly stressful occupation. No matter what some may say, it’s not an easy ride. You have to put some serious work into it. Day trading commodities and stocks is more like a highly lucrative job. You need a number of firmly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 15:13:47

Some Cautionary Observations from Marc Faber

The latest edition of Marc Faber's latest newsletter fell off two separate trucks in my 'hood, ... for a buying opportunity. In general he prefers the risk/reward ratio in commodities to that of stocks. He also recommends selective buying of Asian equities, with the caveat that prices could fall further [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 05:13:51

Trading Options: Short Term Power Moves

trading options has many advantages over other investment vehicles ... Strangle.Option contracts also provide traders with an enormous amount of leverage. In the US, 1 option ... of 1,000 times the underlying stock or commodity. Our Newsletter Services are backed by years [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 05:01:16

Gold, Not so Golden in 2008

It’s been a terrible year for most major asset classes — stocks, real estate, hedge funds, and commodities ... % since. The gains were fueled by much the same activity that boosted grain commodities such as wheat ... has been in the past,” says Darin Newsom, DTN senior commodities analyst. “We were seeing a get-me-out effect [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 16:12:01

Naughty and nice in the oil markets

It’s an iconic scene, playing out in many movies from Trading Places and Wall Street to A Good Year (below) ... that hedging, rather than speculation, is at fault.  Refiner SemGroup overinvested in oil futures ... investors tend to hold long positions in commodities as inflation hedges. Losses in stocks forced [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 20:17:00

AN INSIDER’S VIEW FROM THE CAPITAL MARKETS COOPERATIVE TRADING DESK:

The Week Ahead in the Capital Markets  –   January 5, 2009 As Yogi Berra so wisely observed, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” We were still receiving Bear ... almost every day, and almost every asset class – bonds, stocks, real estate, and commodities – lost value [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:11:21

Four at Four: OPEC Gets Burned

This is a situation the market has not witnessed in some time: declines in oil, the dollar, bond yields and stocks ... Scott Magnuson, commodity trading advisor at MF Global. “The perception of another six to seven ... Paul Brigandi, vice president of trading at Direxion Funds. macys_art_160_20081217161108.jpg [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 12:26:00

Four at Four: OPEC Gets Burned

This is a situation the market has not witnessed in some time: declines in oil, the dollar, bond yields and stocks ... Scott Magnuson, commodity trading advisor at MF Global. “The perception of another six to seven ... Paul Brigandi, vice president of trading at Direxion Funds. macys_art_160_20081217161108.jpg [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 12:26:00

Monday morning links

TOP STORIES U.S. Losses on Fannie, Freddie May Be $300 Billion, Poole Says - Bloomberg Fannie, ... in futures - Commodity Online Asian stocks soar after Freddie, Fannie bailouts - AP INTERESTING Cruise ... as Hurricane Nears, Dollar Eases - Bloomberg Coming Soon: Mother of all Market Crashes - Commodity Online [more...]

Date: 2008-09-08 12:27:34

TheCramerReport.com's Mad Money Recap - January 5, 2009

Segment 1: Where are We Now? Cramer is back from vacation, and is looking ahead to 2009, ... problems looming in the future, but the market depends on Washington to get us back into a good place to invest. He is happy to see that commodity stocks were higher today, but thinks that we need Obama's [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 23:59:13

Bullish Percents sing from the same hymn sheet

Bulls got another endorsement with all three Bullish Percents generating bullish crosses of their 5-day EMAs ... between tops for each sector: Look for yields to rise first, then the stock market, then commodity prices. Get the Fallond Newsletter Dr. Declan Fallon, Senior Market Technician, Zignals.com the free [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 09:19:31

Day Trading Training - What Makes The Pros So Good?

by Sam Lockwood Day trading can be an amazing way to make good money, or an amazingly stressful occupation. No matter what some may say, it’s not an easy ride. You have to put some serious work into it. Day trading stocks and commodities is really a highly lucrative job [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 17:03:55

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