Sometime around last Thursday afternoon the mood in the market went from concerned to “totally freaked out”. It is a trifecta of concerns that have investors on the edge. Chinese growth is slowing. The American employment picture is not good. And Europe is in the middle of a dangerous debt crisis.
February 8th, 2010 | Dan Denning | 17 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "bearish"
Dollar Up, Gold Down
Here in the Far East, the dollar is a particularly curious entity. Once upon a time, the mighty greenback was the best show in town, the “must have” ticket for the rocking Asian economies.
October 29th, 2009 | Joel Bowman | 0 comments | Continued
Is Gold Going Up Because People Fear Inflation?
We began having doubts about the ‘feds inflate…gold soars’ hypothesis last year. It was too easy…too obvious. And if it were that easy to inflate a nation’s currency, how come the Japanese couldn’t get the hang of it…
September 24th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
S&P/ASX 200 Clears Resistance Line
A breakout is a clear positive signal.
This is especially valid when the resistance was in place for a long time. It means the breakout is a significant trading event and that the strength of the bullish signal triggered is high.
The second observation is that the previous resistance is generally tested just after the breakout…
September 17th, 2009 | Gabriel Andre | 12 comments | Continued
The Long Emergency
The reason behind this mass delusion is not hard to find: it’s based on wishing, especially the wish to retain all the comforts, conveniences, luxuries, and leisure that had become normal in American life. These are now ebbing away in big gobs for most of the population…
August 5th, 2009 | James Howard Kunstler | 2 comments | Continued
The Public Still Buys Stocks but the Love is Gone
According to the Australian Share Ownership Study by the ASX, overall share ownership among Australians dropped to 6.7 million in 2008, or just 41%. That was down from 46% ownership near the top of the market in 2006. According to Chris Zappone in The Age, “The study shows risk-wary investors saying they “they preferred blue-chip shares” amid falling confidence in the overall market.”
June 29th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 3 comments | Continued
