TREASURIES-Drop further in new year as risk appetite improves

U.S. Treasuries fell in Asia on Friday, extending losses on the first trading day of 2009 as a recovery in stock and credit markets spurred selling of safe-haven government bonds. * The surge in Treasuries stalled last week as bond investors ... in Tokyo and Shanghai among those still closed for holidays. U.S. futures markets for stocks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 06:26:56

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Stock Market Bottom is Near or has Already Happened

For openers, let me say that I don't have any special skill in predicting market bottoms. If I did, I would be would make stock trading my day job:-) ... and are concerned about losing more money in 2008. Personally, I am still reluctant to add any new money ... to be in "safe" investments. When everybody was making money on tech stocks, it seemed the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 03:37:37

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

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

Links for 2008-10-22 [del.icio.us]

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

Making Sense of the Current Market Weakness

I'm going to postpone my first "Introduction to Trading" post to offer a bit of perspective on the current market weakness ... equity put option volume exceed equity call option volume on a multi-day basis ... of stocks trading above their 20-day moving averages at levels normally seen at bottoms. Fear [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 11:43:36

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

London Gold Market Report

Gold Slips to 6-Session Low as US Fed and ECB Vow to Inflate Away Recession in 2009 THE SPOT PRICE OF WHOLESALE GOLD slipped for the second session running on Monday, starting New York's first serious trading day of 2009 down 3.3% as Asian stock markets closed sharply higher. The US Dollar knocked the Euro 3¢ lower on the forex market while [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 13:21:26

Dandelion Salad By Mike Whitney 09/19/08 “ICH” Following another erratic day of trading on the stock market, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke convened [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 22:20:47

Playing with my CityIndex CFD account

It's gotten a bit boring watching the value of my geared stock accounts drop further and further each day. And in the past couple of days my Forex trading with CMC Markets has also given back the gains ... investment companies that act a bit like a managed fund and perform very similar to the overall [more...]

Date: 2008-07-16 14:15:00

Forex Report

Forex Report Posted By singapore trader reports on December 13, 2008 @ 4: ... known as currency, forex, or foreign exchange? While this is not the same as trading actual stocks ... that analyse the market daily and are able to make recommendations for the following day trades [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 04:25:40

10/6/08 cont.

What a day. I wish the stock market would have shown a solid capitulation, but we’ll take what we can get ... at the merc and it’s up a little, trading at 1.3540.  Time to catch a few winks, as I’m going to set ... him cover his emini’s.  He still was short one contract over the weekend, and he shorted a few more today [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 00:58:30

Bear Market Rallies and Short Term PowerRatings: Tips for Swing Traders

Read More >> View All Recent Articles >> Market Updates 16:21 Stocks Finish The Day In The Red After Seeing Early Strength - U ... Forex Contest Win $1000 every month! Enter Contest Most Popular 4 Strategies ... .S. Commentary 14:28 Stocks Moving To The Downside In Mid-Afternoon Trading - U.S. Commentary [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 17:00:00

Bedtime Stories?

Click charts to ENLARGE. So many ways to think about the market; so little time ... . I intend to focus primarily on day trading opportunities for now, using the core support ... . On one hand, you can take a top down approach: markets, sectors, stocks. A brief look [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 04:42:45

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

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

Noontime markets update

The markets are having a very bad day today. After we saw the Europeans were also vulnerable to this credit crisis, stock markets worldwide sold off, ... of increased volatility include VIX, LIBOR-OIS Spread, and the TED Spread. European currencies ... Bovespa Plunges 10 Percent, Trading Halted; Vale Sinks - Bloomberg Mexico's Peso Plummets to Record [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 16:13:35

What Say Currencies, Credit & Commodities Markets?

After a posting a 3% gain on Jan 2, the second trading day of the year was a dud for stocks ... before, big moves in currencies, commodities and credit markets will LEAD the equities. Let us try to figure out what is happening. Click all the links for charts. US Dollar is back above 20 DMA [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 23:06:08

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

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

Daily Forex Overview

Previous session overview On Wednesday, the dollar fell sharply against the euro, the yen and other key rivals as U.S. stock markets kept sliding and global oil prices began a worrisome uptrend. The USD sank in NY ... had its largest 1 day gain in 26 years as the markets sought safety. EURUSD held a tight 1.4185/1.4270 trading [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 08:14:37

Satyam Saga - Where do we go from here?

Satyam Saga - Where do we go from here? January 11th, 2009 What are ISG-ian’s thoughts on Satyam’s immediate future? ... of this script?In what range do ISG-ians see it trading in the coming days?Kukku ji,Spandan ji, VI ... ; Amit > > > > In a Stock Market, Only CMP of a Stock is RIGHT, Rest is all Assumption [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 20:13:33

A $50 Billion Fraud? So Where is the Money?

If $50 billion really went poof in Bernie Madoff's self-described Ponzi scheme, where did the proceeds go? ... . From the Wall Street Journal: Bernard L. Madoff, a former chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market and a force in Wall Street trading for nearly 50 years, was arrested by federal agents Thursday a day after [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 03:58:34

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

Proceed with Caution

This is one of those "the market will either go up, down, or sideways" posts. Read no further if that infuriates you ... . Others are saying an up close on the first trading day of the year means an up year. "All the bad ... time. The last two years' star stocks are trading substantially below their highs. How [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 22:06:55

$300 + 10 Minutes a Day = $30,000?!?

We all know the saying, “work smarter, not harder”, but could it actually be possible to work THAT much smarter? ... , Its perfectly legal and people are doing it right this very second around the world! Its FOREX Trading ... Exchange Market, commonly referred to as FOREX, FX, and 4X. You may be familiar with the stock market [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 00:38:52

The Itsy Bitsy "SPYder" Climbed Up the Market's Snout

Okay theres a better stock to play the market going up then the one I am going to give you today ... for the "mini" Monkeybusinessblog.com BUY signal!! Yeah, you read that right. I know. I know. It coincides with the 1st real trading day of 2009. But that's not why I picked it. It might [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 17:27:55

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

Weekly Review - stocks follow sentiment down

Markets declined this week on bad jobs numbers, bad retail numbers, ... ). When the number of stocks trading above their 50-day moving average (the yellow line) crosses the line [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 03:26:11

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

personal finance free ware

personal finance free ware 2009-01-05 16:01 at 2009-01-05 16:01 · Filed under stock market investing Medical malpractice, while rough to accept, ... by the Palmerston Government to help excavation group save for their futures and as a means of raising commodity day future investing trading funds for populace spending. Im conversation about a live [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 21:02:31

Monetary Policy

Daily Market Commentary for November 13, 2008 from Millennium-Traders ... of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) gain of 97.49 points to end the trading session ... of 552.59 points on the day to end the trading session at 8,835.25 NYSE (New York Stock Exchange [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 23:16:15

Global Recession

Daily Market Commentary for October 24, 2008 from Millennium-Traders ... of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) loss of 51.88 points to end the trading session ... loss of 312.30 points on the day to end the trading session at 8,378.95 NYSE (New York Stock Exchange [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 21:30:16

Presidential Election History

Daily Market Commentary for November 4, 2008 from Millennium-Traders ... of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) gain of 53.79 points to end the trading session ... digit gain of 305.45 points on the day to end the trading session at 9,625.28 NYSE (New York Stock [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 01:32:18

Dark Days For Dynasty Built On Debt

I'm starting to think that General Growth Properties, the source of Mrs ... . The strategy picked up steam with the emergence of new debt-trading markets. In the mid-1990s ... the board.... ...The stock of General Growth, which is redeveloping the demolished Cottonwood Mall [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 17:33:00

Earnings Report

Daily Market Commentary for October 23, 2008 from Millennium-Traders ... Jones Industrial Average) triple digit gain of 172.04 points on the day to end the trading session at 8,691.25 NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) gain of 41.60 points to end the trading session at 5,672.07 [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 21:34:11

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

Make Money in the Stock Market- Don’t Get Bucked Off the Bull!

We all saw the traders feast on the 5 day rally last week, ... valuable lesson Position-Sizing: The Key to Survival The legendary commodities trader Ed Seykota ... you will risk on any single given trade – to the overall success of any trader’s trading plan. He told [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 03:00:04

Blogging About Stuff: Opt in Traffic

How to Avoid Home Business Scams · Stock Market Trading - Successful trading is when t… Need an Online Faxing Solution? ... » Complete Information about FOREX (Foreign … (0) Stock Trading 365: Understanding Online Stock Market ... Broker: Honest Doubling Stock System Review (0) About day trading: CFD Tutorial - How is it Possible [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 15:57:31

Stock Market Trading Advice

With a little gambling the stock market is an incredible place to earn some money ... exorbitant amounts on brokerage commissions and fees. The tools available to online traders almost puts them ... and high paid analysts. Another thing that makes online stock market trading so popular these days [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 05:12:44

Curious About How To Make Money Day Trading?

by Sam Lockwood Day trading is one way to make money by buying and selling stocks ... . The stock market at the moment is one of the best ones for day trading in more than ten years, since stock ... been properly trained. There are plenty of good online courses and seminars out there that’ll help you be sure [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 23:42:17

Futures Signal Recovery

EUROPEAN MARKETS HIGHER FOR SIXTH DAY DESPITE OIL RISE U.S ... and the latest housing figures - are due out shortly after the trading day opens. Equities ... , where stocks have climbed six straight trading days in an affirmation of central bank efforts to stem [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 14:11:14

The Understanding Of The Spread Option To Make Money.

by Walter Fox Yes it is possible for a non professional stock option day trader to make money in these wild chaotic days of market swings using ... trading account with my something very good to make the big percentage gains in mild setback Is enabled. While China’s stock options trading strategy seems to be naive trading my professional success [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 23:29:40

Dow Directions 12/22/08

Dow Directions 12/22/08 December 23rd, 2008 by Uncle Mike Another wild day on Wall Street ... in the comming weeks. Technorati Profile Relevant Tags:candlesticks, day trading, futures, market directions, mechanical trading, momentum oscillators, moving averages, online trading, stocks and commodities [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 15:49:19

Reassessing Roubini's Predictions

Unfortunately for Roubini, there is no Nobel Prize in Economic for being the best predictor of global financial markets ... , Nouriel predicted the potential shutdown of financial markets. A day later U.S. stock futures suspended trading after declines of more than 6% at opening tripped the circuit breakers. Nonetheless [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 08:05:00

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

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