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

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Week in Review: Small Cap Outperformance

While the large cap stocks remained range bound for the week (SPY; top chart), unable to sustain a rally above 900 in the S&P 500 futures, small cap stocks benefited from end ... session in which new 20-day highs exceeded 1000 among NYSE, NASDAQ, and ASE exchanges, despite the choppy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 00:52:00

JGBs fall as stocks rally, U.S. Treasuries slide

Japanese government bonds fell on Monday, the first trading day of 2009, ... bond yields are reversing their recent downward trend,” said Chotaro Morita, chief fixed-income ... for government measures spark more stock buying,” Morita said. March futures slipped 0.29 point to 139.83 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 05:37:29

Bogle's Six Lessons for Investors

Below is my edited version of Jan 8, 2008 John Bogle editorial in The Wall Street Journal “Six Lessons for Investors ... and earnings of the Standard and Poor's 500 Stock Index. On average, the forecast was for a year-end price ... stock returns a sound guide to future returns. Virtually all investors should keep some "dry powder [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 00:32:00

Free Stuff for Stock Traders

You may think that resources for stock market traders are expensive ... Store icon, then the Search icon, type in 'Stock', and click Search. Free Trading Magazine A free subscription to SFO Magazine is available, which covers stocks, futures, options, forex and ETF's [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 04:20:25

Free Stuff for Stock Traders

You may think that resources for stock market traders are expensive ... Store icon, then the Search icon, type in 'Stock', and click Search. Free Trading Magazine A free subscription to SFO Magazine is available, which covers stocks, futures, options, forex and ETF's [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 07:16:35

Pre-Market Down 1.7%

As of New York midnight and the start of Monday, it kinda looks like the Paulson equity bear squeeze is over: [ ... Pre-Market Data, Stock Market Quotes, Fair Value, Futures, Volatility Index, World Markets Information - CNBC.com And the TED spread: Bloomberg.com: Investment Tools [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 04:45:48

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

How is Forex Trading Different?

How is Forex Trading weird? Now, whereas of self-confident regulatory changes that occurred in the behind ’90’s and the explosion of apartment ... (FOREX) settled trading stocks or commodities (futures), including liquidity, leverage, costs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 15:00:49

Coal Earnings this Week

Many coal companies are reporting this week, and how much they beat or did not beat estimates are not the issue at these valuations and after such ... , these global growth/commodity names can only be trading vehicles because institutions need to come ... historic drops in stock prices. The main emphasis now is on future prospects, and the thoughts [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 13:00:02

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

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

Wall Street’s jobs jitters

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) ... reports. Labor market: A pair of weak job market reports sparked worries ahead of Friday's big government report. Related stories from top sites:Stock futures point to higher Wall Street openWall [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:53:10

STOCK FUTURES MIXED AHEAD OF AUTO SALES DATA (AP)

Traders react as they eye financial charts and data on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday Jan. 2, 2009 ... proceeded warily into the first full week of 2009, trading mixed in premarket activity Monday ahead [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 12:00:27

Stock futures mixed ahead of auto sales data (AP)

Traders react as they eye financial charts and data on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday Jan. 2, 2009 ... proceeded warily into the first full week of 2009, trading mixed in premarket activity Monday ahead [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 12:00:27

COT Report Charts of S&P 500 - 01/06/2009

Commercials added more shorts than longs, reversing the trend (of reducing net short exposure) of previous few weeks.Charts generated using Chicago Mercantile Exchange S&P 500 stock index futures only positions data [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 20:52:00

Halliburton (HAL) lifted by oil futures surge

Halliburton (HAL) lifted by oil futures surge Posted Jun 6th 2008 1:57PM by Brent Archer Filed under: Analyst reports, Good news, Industry, ... are trading are trading higher today, after a Morgan Stanley analyst's prediction that oil could hit $150 a barrel in the next month sent oil futures soaring. If you think that the stock won't fall by too [more...]

Date: 2008-06-06 13:57:00

Bobbys Corner- Open Market 1.7.2009

Bobbys Corner- Open Market 1.7.2009 Posted by Bob Slade on Wed, 01/07/2009 - 8:33am in BOBBYS CORNER-FX Good Morning: ... rates as low as other central banks. Asian stocks rose and European equities fell.  U.S. futures ... packages. Oil:$48.50                        Gold:$859.60    Today we have some secondary data on jobs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:33:52

Recognizing Reversal Patterns in the Stock Market

The S&P 500 Index (ES futures contract; top chart) staged a nice turnaround in afternoon trading ... , enabling ES to retrace its day's losses. Recognizing these patterns as they emerge is a key element of trading success; turnarounds often occur when buyers/sellers cannot move markets higher/lower [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 23:29:00

Green Ink: Detroit Gets Greener, Will Jobs?

paper Crude futures peeked above $100 on rebounding stock markets and signs of financial-market stability, Bloomberg reports ... markets, the WSJ reports (sub reqd.), with question marks over commodities trades made with Lehman [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 12:18:37

Retail sales fall by record 2.8 percent in October

Retail sales fall by record 2.8 percent in October November 14th, 2008 By Alister Bull WASHINGTON (Reuters) ... in Purchase, New York. U.S. stock index futures were lower after the report, bonds were steady [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 14:44:56

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

Dow Directions 01/02/09

Dow Directions 01/02/09 January 2nd, 2009 by Uncle Mike Three White Soilders The Dow was higher today ... to believe it is here to stay. Uncle Mike Relevant Tags:candlesticks, daytrading, equities, futures, market directions, momentum oscillators, moving averages, stocks and commodities, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 23:07:25

Black Monday? Global Investors vote “No” on Paulson’s Bailout

Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney 09/29/08 “ICH” The wrangling continued on the floor of the House of Representatives all weekend, ... to stop the bleeding. Before the stock market opened on Monday, the futures markets had slumped [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 22:13:47

Market Mayhem Watch: Fear and Greed

Guido can't resist and is now actively trading once again in financial markets, attracted by the blood on the streets of New York and London ... to financial futures, foreign exchange and commodities rather than individual stocks. Have an aversion [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 08:29:41

We’re Cooked

We’re Cooked Gordon G. Chang - 10.24.2008 - 2:47 PM Today, Asian and European markets plunged, threatening to bring American stocks with them. Selling of Dow Jones Industrial Average futures was prohibited early morning as they reached ... , which would end trading should the Dow fall through pre-determined levels. At the opening, the market [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 18:47:39

Changing BRIC for BRAC: A new look for global investors

Changing BRIC for BRAC: A new look for global investors Posted Jul 25th 2008 10:35AM by Steven Halpern Filed under: International markets, India, China, Brazil, Russia, Newsletters, Canada, Commodities, Oil, Agriculture, Stocks to Buy ... economies and still face exceptional futures. "But their major resources are cheap labor, which [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 10:35:00

Flawed system

11 November, 2008 General News/Issues   Source TheStar Tuesday November 11, ... trading on the world stock exchanges. These commodities are traded in the futures markets where ... changes. Hedge funds and other speculative investment funds control about 60% of the wheat traded [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 05:15:24

Option Trading - Straddles - Delta Neutral Strategies

The great thing about a straddle is that it’s non-directional. This means that you can make money without forecasting market direction. In other words, it doesn’t matter whether the stock price goes up or down in the near future - you can still make money either way - as long as it moves somewhere. The idea [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 00:37:57

Global Directional Portfolio: 23% Gain for 2008 Worth a Look?

This week's BusinessWeek highlighted an interesting investment opportunity that matches low correlation to major stock indices and positive alpha ... volatility and utilizes a managed futures approach. When volatility is low as it was a few years back ... Trades2008 Stock Market Returns by Country and SectorSelling High Priced Options in a Volatile [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 00:32:00

Leon Panetta's Penny Stock

Remember Hillary's corrupt cattle futures deal where her $1,000 investment magically morphed into a $100,000 profit? ... . Joseph Culligan Web of DeceptionA little insider trading, eh? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:36:00

Futures Trading News as of 7/10/08

Derivatives and futures trading goes online (The Nation - Thailand’s English news) Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) subsidiary settrade.com, in cooperation with South Korean broker Daishin Securities Co Ltd, will launch ... Futures Exchange (TFEX) begins online trading in SET 50 Index futures. Speculators become largest [more...]

Date: 2008-07-10 16:53:07

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

The Next Bull's Green

Admittedly, it's a bit obscene to talk of a new bull market now that Wall Street is heavily sick and in need of a trillion dollar ... for at least the foreseeable future. Green investing is markedly different from the normal stocks [more...]

Date: 2008-09-27 21:49:43

Green Ink: Oil?s Future Is Pricey

paper Crude oil futures inched above $65 after earlier declines, boosted by rising stock markets, Bloomberg reports ... social unrest. Lower oil prices are self-correcting. Just look at the 2013 futures price, says the WSJ— ... . But dismal economic data out of the U.S. and Asia has some analysts forecasting $55 oil. China [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 14:19:44

Oil recovers with Dow rally

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The daily survey from motorist group price of oil on Monday reversed AAA. Prices peaked at $4 ... , have already started cutting back founder of commodities brokerage on oil use, said Cordier ... has already taken investors sold off crude futures place, and it's going to take a as stock indexes around [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 17:17:35

MLDownloader

MLDownloader downloads intraday, end of day and historical stock quotes, Options and Futures from ... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 06:37:06

What to add to your portfolio on a market pullback?

I bought Apple Computer a few weeks ago, symbol AAPL, at $86 ... at $71.95 and TZA closed at $51.25 and is up in pre-market futures this evening.Labels: AAPL, Apple Computer ... .50 and the stock rose in anticipation of Mac World, to about $93 but has pulled back to $90/share [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 04:12:00

Daily Forex Overview

Previous session overview On Friday, the euro almost hit a record high against the dollar on worries about mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. A sharp fall in U.S. stocks, along with a fresh record high for crude oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange, sent the euro to an 11-week high of USD1.5949 - less than a cent [more...]

Date: 2008-07-14 08:23:06

Dow Soars Nearly 300 Points As Oil Tumbles Again

The stock market had a mixed start on Wednesday as futures indicated a modestly higher open for the indices. Equities however, experienced some selling pressure initially. Nevertheless, the pressure [more...]

Date: 2008-07-16 21:28:05

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

Alcoa Cost Cuts Weigh Futures

Alcoa Cost Cuts Weigh Futures January 7th, 2009 by Money broker By STEVE GOLDSTEIN US stocks are set for a lower open Wednesday, with Alcoa's cost-cutting moves dragging futures down. Less than two hours before the start of trading, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were 57 lower at 8893. Read full story Posted [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 12:13:26

An Economic Sea Change

With all the doom in the markets, it's essential to get a bird's eye reading of economic conditions when expectations suddenly change ... in all markets - stocks, housing, financial, political - will be with us for the foreseeable future ... out of the blocks to recovery. Lower oil/commodity prices also contribute the dollar's rise. VIABILITY [more...]

Date: 2008-09-07 13:20:56

About

I go by the moniker Complacent Panda. I discuss topics, largely, in the economics field, with some tangents into politics, art, philosophy, ... the skills necessary for trading in the stock market, the forex market, or on the options exchange ... for future interest in investments, and was in first place for total profits. While the .com bubble [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 00:02:00

401(k)’s and IRA’s Are For Suckers

401(k)’s and IRA’s Are For Suckers This is a Devil's Advocate post ... community has made investing in the stock market as a means of security your financial future a part [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 11:36:06

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

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

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

Top 10 Small Business Resolutions for 2009

I recently came across this article in the English Observer that put words to a new cultural and economic reality that is taking shape here in the U ... to take stock of their business performance in order to plan for the future. To help get you started [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 11:07:28

Technical Analysis

by Walter Fox A technique used to forecast the movement of stock prices based on past market data is called technical analysis ... the future of the markets and trading against those predictions. Fundamental Analysis does the same ... such as this, serve as graphic indicators by which an analyst will make trading decisions. Critics argue [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 19:10:02

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