There is no question that Robert Prechter’s Conquer the Crash foresaw and explained nearly every chapter of today’s financial crisis, years before it happened. Enjoy your 8 free chapters from the book with this free Club EWI report; here’s an excerpt from chapter 23, "What To Do With Your Pension Plan." Note especially the last [...]
Here in Laguna Beach today, it feels like summer. Gentle ocean breezes struggle to keep the mercury below 80 degrees, as beachgoers of all ages struggle to avoid sunburn while basking in the sun.
The conditions on Wall Street are not so different. Freakishly pleasant trading action is luring investors into a stock market that seems [...]
Aaaand we’re off! Buyers pushed prices higher to trigger yet another round…
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Seriously? Sleepy mega caps that now move like Chinese small caps?…
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It’s Brian Johnson here with another video on the current state of the markets…
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I’m spending a few days in Toronto at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada annual conference…
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Why do I carry on about this highly respected trader? It is NOT to promote a trading course (though I understand they are excellent). Put simply, I want to establish his credibility. In turn, when you read what Dick Diamond is saying about the market now, you’ll take it as seriously as he does…
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Oliver Stone’s latest effort to tap into the “collective unconscious” of Americans at this juncture in history by releasing a “Wall Street” movie sequel could indicate that a new economic collapse is in the offing. Or, so suggests Paul Farrell in a recent MarketMatch commentary.
The new film, “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” (trailer below), is coming [...]
This must be some kind of golden age for government. In the US, the feds have seized major stakes in banking, autos, insurance and mortgage finance industries.
The Chinese are paying for their enterprises. They already own footholds in some of the most important companies in the US. Yesterday, they announced another big move. CNOOC, China’s [...]
We had a pretty busy day in the currency markets yesterday, with the dollar rising sharply in the morning only to sell off again after lunch. The selling continued in Asian trading, and the dollar index is back down to levels it was at this time yesterday morning. These roller coaster rides will probably continue, [...]
Will they hike ‘em today? Probably not. But the sight of a central bank raising interest rates is no longer unusual…
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Sen. Dodd’s new financial regulation package is out and about…
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After a gap-down opening, Consol Energy Inc. (CNX) has slipped below its 20 day MA and 50 day MA in the same session by closing on Monday to $48.85 following the buyout deal. The same confirms the possibilities that Consol Energy Inc. (CNX) may move into a bearish mode on charts in near future…
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The US stock markets rallied in late trade only in a limited manner to finish with small gains on Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 17 points, or 0.12%. The S&P 500 index ended almost flat at the end of session at 1149.60 points. However, the Nasdaq composite slipped 5 points, or 0.2% [...]
Can you be too transparent?
I don’t think so, but I never went to Harvard or had $1 billion to manage around an algorithm. Google $goog can’t be transparent with their algorithms and had to pull out of China because of it (maybe).
I have been thinking about one of my rants on [...]
Some Potential Swing Trading Opportunities for today…
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Or, counterfactuals, yet again. Or, rejoinder to Casey Mulligan, Joseph Lawler,…
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Bulls just don’t want to let go of this rally, but letting go is perhaps the best…
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Well, it really did seem as though the expected interim top was in and that the correction was starting on Monday morning…
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From Mike’s Charts of the Week video, MPTrader.com…
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The Lightning Round is extended in this CNBC.com exclusive feature.
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Find out how the US government is doing more to hurt homeowners than help them.
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Beware the Ides of March…and the rest of the year too!
This is the day Caesar was assassinated. What’s it to us?
Well, it just reminds us that things go wrong. Even when you’re on top of the world. There are always countercurrents…undercurrents, beneath the surface, where you don’t see them…plots…conspiracies…and just bad luck.
On the surface, the [...]
Throughout the media, mainstream and otherwise, and especially since the financial crisis, are discussions of China’s growing importance… be it in new billionaires or in strengthening political allies. However, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard takes a different tack. When it comes to the current issue of Chinese yuan appreciation in particular, he questions whether China’s aggressive ire may [...]
A lot of people doubt the president’s reforms will become law. Bu the Mad Money host isn’t so sure anymore.
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Cramer makes the call on viewers’ favorite stocks.
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There was an interesting item in The 5- Minute Forecast which read, “Within 12 years, the largest item in the federal budget will be interest payments on the national debt,” which is pretty scary for guys like you and me, especially if you are, like me, a paranoid, frightened and angry little man who sees [...]
Something huge is happening in the natural-gas sector, Cramer said. And it could make investors a lot of money.
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Cramer talked with the Medicis CEO about his company’s newest product.
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“What I don’t understand,” China Premier Wen Jiabao said, “is depreciating one’s own currency, and attempting to pressure others to appreciate, for the purpose of increasing exports. In my view, that is protectionism.”
There was a time, long ago – like way back in 2007 – when the only mud slung from the Far East came [...]
