WHY ETFS
Carl Delfeld Carl Delfeld is head of the global advisory firm Chartwell Partners and editor of Chartwell Advisor ... baskets of stocks, currencies or commodities. Some ETFs offer relatively low-risk, broadly [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 15:50:06
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Roger Biduk; Six in a Row for Bay Street
Roger Biduk writes; The strong start to 2009 trading continued Tuesday as financials and commodity stocks led the way to a positive close for a sixth consecutive session. Toronto's S&P/TSX [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 04:48:00
Unfolding Worldwide Turmoil Could Reverse Years of Prosperity
TIPPING POINT? Traders work at the Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange in Sao Paulo. Brazilian stocks plunged the most in a decade as commodity producers dropped, and trading was halted twice because of the decline. (By Marcos Issa — Bloomberg News) [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 15:21:42
18-24 months global recession likely - and stagnation?
18-24 months global recession likely - and stagnation? ... and commodity speculators until recently. The latest stock market rally on Wall Street is likely ... Nouriel Roubini: … major sources of future stress in the financial system remain; these include [more...]
Date: 2008-10-14 05:54:24
Parsing Mr. Paulson’s Bailout Speech: The Unprecedented Giveaway of Financial Wealth by Michael Hudson
Dandelion Salad by Michael Hudson Global Research, October 18, 2008 Mr ... up asset prices  real estate, stocks and bonds. Little commodity price inflation is expected [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 12:58:26
Why agri-commodity policies need a revamp
As a result of the downturn in commodity prices across the world, and the easing of supply constraints on most commodities because of good domestic production, there is hardly any incentive for over-stocking by trade or bulk consumers of agri-commodities. Also [more...]
Date: 2008-09-02 17:37:36
TheCramerReport.com's Mad Money Recap - January 6, 2009
TheCramerReport.com's Mad Money Recap - January 6, 2009 Submitted by just another Cramerholic on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 18:55 ... infrastructure and commodity stocks as they start new projects. He said that he bought the Chinese Index ETF [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 23:55:32
Despite recent price rise, traders seeking tankers is bearish for oil
Filed under: International markets, Commodities, OilThose investors ready to position themselves in oil stocks, or perhaps even dabble in oil futures, may want to wait a while. Oil traders are seeking ... ." Dietz added that he was currently short unleaded gasoline, with a monthly contract. Continue reading [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 18:45:00
Jim Wyckoff’s Morning Blog–Wednesday
Wednesday, January 7–Jim Wyckoff’s Morning Web Log OVERNIGHT/EARLY MORNING DEVELOPMENTS The market feature in overnight/early morning ... of holding physical assets such as raw commodities, as opposed to paper assets such as stocks and bonds.–Jim [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 13:16:16
Not an optimal investment allocation
Bob Greer and John Cavalieri at Pimco have put together an interesting article that drives yet another stake into the investment thesis favored by ... two-thirds of their retirement money to stocks and continuing to do so indefinitely into the future ... commodity prices as well. We saw it most obviously at the gas pump, but in fact a very broad range [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 15:39:00
How To Profit From Online Commodity Trading
Commodity futures have many advantages as an investment compared to other investment types such as bonds, real estate, or stocks ... . Combine that with the lower commissions assigned to commodities over futures and you’ve got a win [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 19:35:57
Crosscurrents
After today's pullback, the market has relieved much of the oversold conditions and left many individual stock charts sitting on technical support. Despite today's weakness, commodity and energy names remain in intermediate-term uptrends ... the lows, in a tight ascending trading range.- OIH is providing a good entry here for a starter position [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 22:29:00
2009 Forecast, More Banks to Fail, Retail Disappoints, Recession Stock Picks, Huge Tax Cut and More!
by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias How to profit in 2009: ... , commodities and infrastructure. Stocks with weak fundamentals [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 18:54:22
Following the Market Dive
Following the Market Dive By Mike Nizza The Closing Bell, 4:05 p.m. To end the day, an A.P ... from Canada. The Toronto Stock Exchange index, which is heavily weighted with energy and commodity ... prices for investors. Polls, however, indicated that his perspective was not shared by many voters [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 14:16:38
Other Markets (2)
Most of these exchanges operate on basically the same principle as the stock exchanges, ... of futures, for example, is regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) rather than ... , today’s computers and dedicated financial media are so broad that information on any [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 08:43:51
Eric Bolling: "Oil Should be $75 to $80"
Watch the following video... So, how to play it? the tickers are (USO), (DBO) and the double return (up or down) is the (DXO).Right now, I find it hard to be investing in stocks. Financials are out, consumer discretionary ... . So, that leaves certain commodities and I think the most value here is in oil..Disclosure ("none [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 17:53:00
India Halts Trading of Stocks, Bonds, Rupee on Mumbai Attacks
BLOOMBERG - Chen Shiyin and Pooja Thakur Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) ... commandos battled to free hostages held by gunmen at two luxury hotels. S&P CNX Nifty Index futures ... and National Stock Exchange were shut, along with bond, foreign exchange, commodities and money [more...]
Date: 2008-11-27 02:58:22
CME Isn't a Hot Commodity, but It Should Be (Stock Watch)
Shares of the world's largest futures exchange operator are trading at a deep discount. [more...]
Date: 2008-06-27 18:14:44
Baltic Dry Index
The Baltic Dry Index is facing some heavy resistance ; A close above 1000 is needed to consider a reversal upwards.Probability of success ? ... , Panamax, and Capesize dry bulk carriers carrying a range of commodities including coal, iron ore and grain"Why economists and stock markets read itMost directly, the index measures the demand [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 06:46:00
Forbes.com Uses Xignite Plug & Play to Bypass NASDAQ Headache
This morning Forbes.com announced that a five-year old company called Xignite provides their real-time stock market quotes via easily integrated ... information to become a commodity. Google, CNBC, and WSJ pay the NASDAQ a sizable chunk of money ... . Forbes.com simply embeds a widget on any page that needs stock quotes. The Achilles heel [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 13:00:53
Sunday morning links
TOP STORIES Talks Turn to Terms for Auto Aid - Washington Post Obama: Economy to get worse before it improves - AP "Car czar" ... /INVESTING Stocks: More pain, more gains? - CNN/Money Is Comex manipulating Gold prices? - Commodity [more...]
Date: 2008-12-07 15:55:53
The Global Market Portofolio Still Very Much Alive
Mr. Market is hurting these days, but what exactly does that mean? The world’s capital and commodity markets are comprised of multiple asset classes, of course ... : global stocks, global bonds and global REITs plus commodities–based on U.S. futures—with everything [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 17:44:20
Commodities I'm Trading In
Because I don’t trust the millions of brokers on the Bombay stock exchange who are out to steal my cash, ... Before They Hatch’. This commodity will sell well because India has once again been hit by Bird Flu ... - The Indian political class has begun to buy feet as an important commodity. Political leaders [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 16:21:04
Herd Mentality
Image of stampede from this Yorkshire UK site In times of great uncertainty, ... and unrepresentative. We see it, too, in huge price swings for commodities (which benefit Big Oil and other price-fixing oligopolies), for stocks (which benefit commissioned brokers and agents -- the type [more...]
Date: 2008-09-16 02:37:04
An Obama surge on Wall Street, and beyond?
Did we just witness the Obama pre-victory rally? The stock market today bucked convention with a sharp advance that lifted the Dow Jones ... stocks (European blue-chip shares jumped 4.1%, on average) and commodities (oil futures soared $6.62 [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 08:49:47
Sunday morning links
#fullpost{display:inline;}TOP STORIESIsrael May Call Up Army Reserves After Bombarding Hamas - BloombergGMAC quiet on bailout hurdle after deadline ... /INVESTINGGas prices: Five-year low and falling - CNN/MoneyRecovery seen for US stocks as trading enters new year - AFPGold, the star performer of 2008! - Commodity OnlineOil giants are itching to invade [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 15:50:00
Media Digest 1/1/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg (GM)(C)(IBM)(TWX)(VIA)(WFC)
According to Reuters, Wall St. closed its worst year since The Depression ... of the US financial stock index dropped 57% last year. The FT reports that the commodities markets ... giant Gazprom has cut deliveries to the Ukraine The New York Times reports that US markets lost [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 10:40:54
Prospects for 2009
At first blush, prospects in 2009 look pretty grim. Unemployment is predicted to top 9%, massive retrenchment in the stock market industry, ... in the north, the government got tough on futures commodities, bursting the bubble by taking the energy out of energy futures gambling. Investor abuse in futures was circumvented for the short term [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 13:50:35
China to stockpile zinc this week
China to stockpile zinc this week China’s commodities buying spree will turn to zinc this week as the state stocks up on cheap raw materials, ... a drive which seems motivated by cheap prices rather than a desire to throw a lifeline to producers. Read more…. Financial Institutions Default Thumbnail [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 03:23:23
Bullish Percent Index, Flashing Warning Signs
The NYSE Bullish Percent Index (BPNYA) has gone from 'holy shit, the world is going to end tomorrow' territory straight back into 'don't worry, ... long plays today, but still hold at least half of all my commodity plays. As mentioned early today ... numbers:1) The number of NYSE stocks which has "buy signals" on their Point and Figure charts. (P&F [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 21:00:00
Roger Biduk; Commodities Hurting Bay Street at Midday
Roger Biduk writes: Toronto's main stock index was down more than 200 points, hitting its lowest level since Dec 31, on Monday as lower prices for key Canadian commodities such as oil and gold pulled the resource ... oil prices. The materials group buckled as prices for gold and other precious metals slid. Eight [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 18:08:00
4 Links I liked:
4 Links I liked: Posted November 7th, 2008 by itrade4real Financial bonds business commodities corn dollar ETF finance futures gold loss markets Money profit risk stock trading treasury Wheat Read the full article: http://www.itrade4real.com/2008/11/links-i-liked.html10vote Our catalyst today is the payroll data at 8:30 am. Not much [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 13:46:45
MCX gets nod to begin stock exchange operations
After launching carbon trading and currency futures, the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) ... , has spot and futures trading in 60 commodities with a focus on energy basket and metals. It launched ... Nations mandate. This can be sold either immediately or through a futures market, just like any other [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 06:17:49
Option Greek In The Market
by Walter Fox Trading which is a practice dating way back in time involved the exchange of commodities by two or more people, ... their money, a market was created for stock brokers, trading methods, and helpers. Trading software was thus introduced to the share trading market. This software has been numerously tried and tested [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 18:44:18
Commodity trading book - There are two ways the short seller can provide the stock.
The less likely is to buy back in the same day, so that the shares he acquires can be endorsed over to the person to whom, earlier, he sold ... of the brokerage house itself. For expert in-depth information on all aspects of Make Money Trading Commodity, visit Commodity Trading Software [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 23:00:08
Oil Under $60 and Gasoline Approaching $2/Gallon. Gas Guzzlers Set for a Comeback?
Commodities markets are on an even wilder roller-coaster ride than the stock market and crude oil is leading the retreat ... . The AP reports that Thursday’s hit of inter-day low of $54.67 / barrel and closed at $58.24. That there is almost 2/3rds down from the summer’s near $150 peak. TFC Commodity Charts publishes ... [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 12:21:02
More funny money: Sports "stocks"
Filed under: Entrepreneurship, Extracurriculars, Shopping, Technology, ... do not actually reflect any tangible commodity, which means that they do not pay dividends, and cannot be cashed [more...]
Date: 2008-12-06 00:00:00
Asian Stocks Fall as Manufacturing Declines; Woodside, JFE Drop
BLOOMBERG Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks tumbled, extending a global rout, as a deepening world recession drove down commodity prices and heightened concern company earnings will collapse as manufacturing shrinks. JFE [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 04:03:30
Stocks in Europe, Asia Decline, Led by Banks; U.S. Futures Fall
By Adam Haigh Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) — Stocks in Europe and Asia declined for a second day, ... analysts who study charts of trading patterns. Stocks in Europe and futures on the S&P 500 recouped ... led by commodity producers and financial companies on concern the deepening recession will erode [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 13:44:57
Mochiach Moshiach !! Is he in the air? On The ground ? Thoughts About the Messianic Redemption
Barack Obama is set to take office in less than two weeks. I maintain the conviction that he was an unfortunate choice for the country ... has been shown to be like castles built on air. Commodities and precious metals are not following any of the usual rules . Gold and stocks go down at the same time. Oil has fluctuated wildly over a year's time [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 09:51:39
Brokers ideas for 2009.
Here is a list of brokerages top picks for 2009. Brokers name is given along with the stock pick ... , be invested in upstream crude companies and buy more if the commodity dips to newer 2009 lows, (which [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 23:42:52
Markets and timeframes for price distribution charting
Have a trading related question? Submit it here. I received a set of questions following on my How to identify price targets for your trades post ... ? What about commodity markets like mini gold futures etc ? What about applying this method on US stock markets ... , like Nikkei or even Singapore’s small futures market, the SIMSCI futures. What I would [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 14:00:44
The Energy-Stock Chasm
In the wake of the shuttering of Ospraie Management’s largest fund Tuesday, ... positions on commodities futures and long ones on resource equities — a bet that didn’t work out, because those stocks continued to decline. “The options pricing implies that these stocks are not done [more...]
Date: 2008-09-03 19:01:57
Managed Futures Shine in 2008 Massacre
Managed futures funds or Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) ... , trade over 100 highly liquid global futures contracts, including stock indexes, bond indexes ... compared to a 15.6% gain for the CSFB/Tremont Managed Futures Index. Only dedicated short-sellers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 19:38:44
Invest on Stocks or Property?
It’s a very strange economic climate at the moment with stocks at very low levels, property prices well off their peaks, oil prices down, and commodity prices down as well. So if you were looking to invest your money somewhere, which ... account automatically. The major drawback with share investing is that you have to pick quality [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 13:34:31
Lawsuit Targets Banks With Novel Tactic
Some Cleveland neighborhoods have a message for banks that abandon their foreclosed houses or unload them at fire sale prices to speculators: ... go downhill from there: “The vacant property enters the cheap housing ‘commodity’ market, where ... , sometimes for less than $1,000 - the housing equivalent of trading in ‘penny stocks.’ “The vast majority [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 08:11:08
Lose Money And Pay Taxes - Time To Get Rid Of Your Mutual Funds?
Most taxes are pretty simple to understand. The more you earn the more you pay ... to investing. There are many reasons why this occurs. Selling Winners One reason is that mutual fund ... with the tech stocks of the 2000-20002 era will be seen with highly appreciated energy, material, commodities [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 22:47:09
Afternoon Reading: BHP-Rio?A Smaller Deal, but More Necessary?
The current financial crisis–and subsequent tumble in stock prices–has made BHP Billiton’s pursuit of rival miner Rio Tinto less stunning ... . Now, with commodity prices in retreat and the share prices of both companies down significantly for the year [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 10:52:00
International Forecaster December 2008 (#6) - Gold, Silver, Economy + More
By: Bob Chapman Sunday, 21 December 2008 US MARKETS When, in the wake of the Bear Stearns collapse, ... derivatives market with the passage of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act, an opaque market, which ... destroying it. They were drawing out huge salaries, stock options, bonuses, golden parachutes, fees [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 17:31:27
Stock Market Dictionary - D
DFifth letter of a NASDAQ stock symbol specifying that it is a new issue, such as the result of a reverse split ... commodity, futures, and options markets are allowed to rise or fall in a day. Exchanges usually impose ... in the context of stocks to refer to the date trading begins on a new stock issued to the public.Date [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 16:33:00
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