Opening Comments October 9 2008

Prices of Treasury securities registered bifurcated results in the overnight trading session ... percent to 1.50 percent. Trading in the futures markets indicates that US stocks will open with sharp ... yesterday and only alluded to it there. When the trading day begins I will develop some follow [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 10:54:23

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A Quick Review of Stock Market Sectors

Last week's indicator review emphasized a lack of buyer interest manifesting itself across a variety of measures ... in uptrends, 4 neutral, and 29 in downtrends. Only 43% of S&P 500 stocks are now trading above their 50-day moving averages, down from 80% at the market peak. Only 29% of those stocks are now trading [more...]

Date: 2008-06-06 13:45:11

More Indications of Risk Appetite in the Stock Market

My earlier post found signs of buying interest among the indicators that I follow daily; keeping on top of those indicators before each trading day via the Twitter posts is a nice way ... ) Index (EFA); the Emerging Market Index (EEM); Consumer Discretionary Stocks (XLY); and Consumer [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 15:04:00

Japanese Candlesticks Step by Step

by Mark Deaton Japanese Candlesticks have been around for centuries ... . Over the last 400 years of course they have become popular to many including stock and forex traders ... or a wick. It indicates the highest point of the day in trading. The low is marked by the bottom [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:24:13

Chinese Stock Markets Tank, Other Foreign Indices Fall

The world is finally waking up to the fact that inflation is getting to be a wee bit of a problem and inflation is very unkind to investments ... day of trading since the People's Bank of China announced it would lift the ratio of reserves banks ... trading at Daiwa Securities SMBC in Hong Kong. "We have more work to do on the downside." Investors [more...]

Date: 2008-06-10 10:07:23

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