“The World’s Largest Hedge Fund is a Fraud”

by Paul Kiel, ProPublica - It just keeps getting worse for the SEC ... . But when he tried to replicate Madoff’s supposed strategy (trading a mix of stocks and stock-index options [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 16:50:54

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TREASURY BUBBLE UPDATE -- 1/7/09

"The boom can last only as long as the credit expansion progresses at an ever-accelerated pace. … But then finally the masses wake up ... , you know that long-term Treasuries had a stellar year in 2008 -- their prices hitting historical highs ... commodity or index. ETFs trade just like regular stocks, so they're easy to buy and sell [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 17:18:00

TradingMarkets 10 Trading Rules: #8 - The Relative Strength Index: A Short Term Trader's Best Friend

Read More >> View All Recent Articles >> Market Updates 14: ... Stocks Seeing Further Downside In Early Afternoon Trading - U.S. Commentary 10:38 Stocks Under Considerable Selling Pressure In Mid-Morning Trading - U.S. Commentary 09:39 Stocks See Initial [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 19:13:00

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 6/1

HCM City stocks fall on sluggish trading The VN-Index slid 1.43 points, or 0.46 percent, to close at 311.91 on Jan. 5 as trading remained sluggish ... were net buyers of 710,000 shares in Jan. 5’s trading, with a net value of 26.3 billion VND (1.5 ... to securities investors as share prices have slumped deeply. Meanwhile, gold and foreign currency markets [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 11:11:00

Asian, Pacific stocks up in early trading

(CNN) — Stocks in Australia, Japan and South Korea bolted upward in early trading Wednesday, ... index was up 1.69 percent. Early trading, however, saw Hang Seng fall .35 percent. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 01:22:51

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

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

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

Dow Up 890 After Ten-Times Increase in Commercial Paper Sales

US equity markers were already having a very good day, even by the standards of recent high market volatility, ... Davis, an independent trader active in Treasury and stock-index futures at the Chicago Board of Trade [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 20:36:01

Karachi's experiments with circuit breakers in 2008

by Junaid Khalid, MCB Asset Management Company Ltd.In a world where volatility skyrocketed while stock markets fell, ... to the buoyant stock market index. Poverty, inflation and currency depreciation were all pushed aside ... ' (badla) on your side. In India, badla trading ended in 2001, and was replaced by a world of rolling [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 16:53:00

Another Ponzi Scheme

Broken Record I’ve said it all before.  The following press release can be found here ... the funds in an account that would trade in securities futures contracts, including S&P 500 stock index futures. According to the complaint, despite the impressive and consistent returns he reported [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 03:37:41

Market undergoes wild swings on volatility in RIL, Infy, L&T

In a highly volatile trade, the market rebounded from intraday low in late trade. Index heavyweights Reliance Industries (RIL), and Infosys triggered late volatility on the bourses. A fall in these two stocks in mid-afternoon trade had pulled the market sharply lower at about 14:25 IST. The BSE 30-share Sensex provisionally rose 101 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 11:54:00

Daytrading Mindset - The Real Key

by Doug West We have taught nearly 1,000 people how to daytrade the mini-Dow or S&P emini index ... to do as to make profit on every trade). If your day trading strategy is consistently successful ... . That is only because of the negative connotation the term brings to mind. Stock trading is what most [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 02:15:59

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

Don’t Get Too Excited About This Rally

Rob Curran reports: Broad indexes have risen 20% from their lows six trading sessions ago; in this market, ... managed a similar rally between Oct. 27 and Nov. 4, when it rose 18%. When the stock market is enduring its most volatile year since the 1930s, 19% isn’t a big cushion above the lows. Futures suggest [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 14:03:53

Don’t Get Too Excited About This Rally

Rob Curran reports: Broad indexes have risen 20% from their lows six trading sessions ago; in this market, ... managed a similar rally between Oct. 27 and Nov. 4, when it rose 18%. When the stock market is enduring its most volatile year since the 1930s, 19% isn’t a big cushion above the lows. Futures suggest [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 16:23:18

Job Report Jolts Wall Street

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks tumbled Wednesday morning after a pair of weak readings on employment raised the alarm ahead of Friday's bigger ... were down in afternoon trading. The London FTSE lost 2%.The decline in futures and international stock indexes follows a relatively strong day on Wall Street. On Tuesday, the Dow Jones industrial [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:26:00

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

World Markets Tumble on Last Monday in October

Last week was an ugly on stock markets, but not as terrifying it might have been ... tumbled again today. U.S. stock index futures are pointing to a sharply lower opening this morning ... carry-trade, borrowing in low-interest yen and in investing in higher-yield markets, is being unwound [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 12:52:41

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

Stock Investors Hope Santa Touches Down

Investors could do their holiday shopping on Wall Street this week as bargain-basement prices for stocks and optimism over efforts to fight the ... can rescue 2008 from going into the books as the worst for stocks since the Great Depression, thanks ... just seven trading days left, the benchmark S&P 500 index is down 39.5 percent for the year, on pace [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 19:13:00

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Asian Market Losses Deepen - NYTimes.com Asian stock markets headed into another day of steep falls on Thursday, led by the Nikkei 225 index, ... of three African trading blocs agree to create a free trade zone of 26 countries with a GDP ... , and if they do sell out online, don't sweat it just yet -- sweep your local stores today.Eye-Fi Explore The Eye-Fi [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 09:34:02

Market snaps five-day winning streak; Sensex drops nearly 5%

Weakness in European stocks and lower US index futures pulled the market sharply lower in what was a volatile trading session ... Minister Kamal Nath after trading hours on Tuesday, 3 November 2008, that the government will further ease foreign investment rules, including those relating to defence production.Trading in US futures [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 14:13:00

No Shame Crowd Deserves the Gulag

Good Evening: The news flow that affected our capital markets today actually started last night when Fed Ex and Texas Instruments posted negative ... joined this morning by Con-Way freight. U.S. stock index futures were under pressure for most ... were down 2% to 5% with 90 minutes to go in the trading session. Word that the financial aid package [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 02:00:12

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

Stretching the Family Dollar

This year will be remembered as a wipeout for the lion’s share of the equity market ... into the last trading session of 2008 as the best performer among the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index ... their strategy toward food, which we like,” says Patrick Dunkerly, lead portfolio manager of the UMB Scout Mid [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 17:11:38

Stretching the Family Dollar

This year will be remembered as a wipeout for the lion’s share of the equity market ... into the last trading session of 2008 as the best performer among the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index ... their strategy toward food, which we like,” says Patrick Dunkerly, lead portfolio manager of the UMB Scout Mid [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 18:13:56

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

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (Dec 22 – 28, 2008)

Investors spent the holiday-shortened Christmas week in an un-merry mood, digesting more gloomy economic data and taking stock of a tumultuous 2008 ... Average (+1.8%) and the Russian Trading System Index (+5.8%) confounded the bears as both countries [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 14:24:18

Wednesday (Jan 7th): Nifty pullback will continue further; going LONG is better option now.

Nifty on Tuesday: 3112 (Spot) Market had turned volatile on Tuesday due to lack to direction and as traders were cautious ahead of IIP data and ... . Strategies for Trading:-Nifty LONG/Call holders should continue to hold as long as Nifty is above ... beginning of earnings season next week. India's benchmark stock index futures on Tuesday ended [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 18:08:18

Nasdaq Market Wrap - 5 Jan 2009

Support at 1150 for the emini nasdaq (@nq). The Index is testing the resistance at 1250. Many are betting on a failed breakout ... conditions remain pretty weak for the moment. Very interesting, most stocks are trading above their 50-day ... Radarscreen to display:- range of the past 20 trading sessions (%);- % from the lowest close [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 01:57:00

Option players bet on extended gains in DryShips

Technorati Tags: Baltic Dry Index,Baltic Dry Indices,Ship Chartering,Shipchartering,Voyage Fixtures,Time Charter Fixtures,Panamax,Capesize,Handymax, ... may be returning, said Andrew Wilkinson, senior market analyst at Interactive Brokers Group ... . DryShips shares rose 8.79 percent to $16.46 on the Nasdaq in late trade. The stock earlier hit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 01:02:00

ForexGen | US Dollar Under Pressure

US Dollar Under Pressure As Risk Sentiment Pushes Higher (Euro Open) ... stock markets pushed higher despite a swath of dismal Japanese economic data. Equity index futures ... Higher in Thin Holiday Trading Critical Levels The Euro climbed steadily higher overnight, topping [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 12:44:24

US SESSION: GOVT. BAILOUT PROVIDES SHORT TERM EUPHORIA, STILL ROOM FOR ADDITIONAL MARKET TURBULENCE

The dollar was battered in intraday trading as the market reacts to the announcement of another US Govt. bailout ... in the marketplace. Equity futures are pointing higher in the US, following the trend of European stock indexes with the FTSE up 175pts or 4.6% and the DAX up 141pts or 3.4%. Commodities are consistent [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 21:48:55

Tokyo market dives more than seven percent

The Tokyo stock market continued to plummet Wednesday as the key Nikkei 225 Stock Average dropped below the 10,000 mark. The Nikkei lost 743 ... in the financial system. On currency markets at midday (0300 GMT), the dollar traded weaker ... .82 points, or 7.3 cent, to 9,412.08 in afternoon trading. The broader Topix index of all first [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 07:06:47

Black Friday? By Mike Whitney

Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney 10/10/08 “ICH” Panic has spread to stock markets around the world ... for the banking system, has turned into a global stampede. Shares fell sharply across Europe and Asia for fifth ... of U.S. equities in just one trading day. The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, the “fear [more...]

Date: 2008-10-10 22:42:40

Brazil plans more state aid

On the eve of a planned trip to Bolivia and Venezuela, ... the first quarter of 2009 will be difficult. Brazilian stocks continue to fall today. Brazil's Ibovespa index was down 2.3 percent today in the first 30 minutes of trading. Agribusiness and other [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 16:19:46

Evergreen Solar Extends Slide On Lehman-Related Fallout

a second-straight day on concerns about complications related to a stock-lending agreement with Lehman Brothers in connection with a May 2008 ... by Lehman and indexed to something called the ” Lehman Brothers Commodity Alpha Trading Strategies I Excess ... %, to $10.09. Best Buy (BBY) shares are trading lower this morning after the company posted [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 13:46:57

Finding Solid Dividend Payers in 2009

The New Year got off to a strong start with stocks posting a nice little pop on the first day of trading. And even after yesterday's pullback, the broad indexes are still well above their recent lows [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 20:05:33

Roger Biduk; Wall Street Lower on Earnings Concerns

Roger Biduk writes:   U.S. stocks fell on Monday for a fourth consecutive session with investors stepping tentatively before Alcoa Inc ... components trading lower.    Weighing the most on the blue-chip index, shares of Alcoa (AA) declined 9.6 ... its brokerage business with Morgan Stanley (MS). Morgan led all S&P 500 financial stock gainers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:24:15

Pakistani stocks open down, rupee also lower

Pakistani shares opened lower in dull trade on Tuesday after the removal of a floor on its main index the previous day, ... they have big sell orders at their lower circuit breakers,” said Sajid Bhanji, a dealer at brokers Arif [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 06:25:43

Stock Market Trends Are Still Not Quite Your Friends

I decided to take a fresh look at an old market pattern and see how the S&P 500 Index (SPY) ... has been up yesterday and over the past week (N = 163 trading days), the next five days in SPY have averaged ... money in the stock market, including how to lose by buying into uptrends. Those lessons seem [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 00:55:30

Nikkei falls to a four-year low; broader Japanese index sheds 1,000 points

Japan's key Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell to a four-year low Monday on worries about the financial crisis, ... on the financial system. On currency markets at 9 a.m., the dollar was quoted at 104.52-57 yen, down ... was trading early afternoon (1:43 p.m.) at 10,434.17, down 503.97 points, or 4.60 percent. The broader [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 09:02:43

Gloomy Earnings Prospects Hold Key to Stock Buying

The consensus estimate of earnings for the Standard and Poor’s 500 Index for 2009 is currently about $83. The index itself is currently standing at about 904. That means the market is trading on only ... currently believe. The $83 number is thus a lagging indicator, which doesn’t take account [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 15:06:47

Stock market internals - further headway in ‘09?

Stock market internals – further headway in ’09? As investors ring out the old year, trading volume should remain light until battle-weary traders return from the holidays next week ... , and the S&P 500 Index will probably not deviate a great deal from its three-week trading range [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 12:53:25

New Year’s Resolution #1: Invest Wisely in 2009

Like so many people, I learned a lot of investing lessons the hard way in 2008 ... indexes like the S&P 500 at minimal cost to the investor. If you believe the stock market ... t sound too scary, you might want to open a trading account with a discount broker like Scottrade [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 01:50:09

Chart of the Week: Volatility Drifts Lower

While stocks gave back some gains this week and any sense of inevitability was stricken from the consciousness of the bulls, ... of the week below, you see more concern about future volatility in the form of the VIX than ... ;P 500 index. I elected to use the 21 day setting for the ATR, as it is based on trading days [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 18:22:27

Stocks lack direction; Profit-taking knocks down USD

- Forex: The USD came under pressure in thin Asian trading, but few traders are taking the move seriously. Traders cited profit taking flows for the greenback's weakness (stop-loss bids were triggered in the EUR), while others pointed out that there is a Tom DeMark technical signal on the USD index [more...]

Date: 2008-08-27 04:04:04

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