Wild Swings Coming in Stock Market!By: Brad Gudgeon | Sat, May 30, 2015SharePrintEmailLast time I wrote, the market looked toppy and I was anticipating a 2.5 week low Tuesday (which used to be the dominant 5 week lo). We rallied Wednesday after the expected selling then sold off the rest of the week. I had said that I expected a […]
TraderFeed: Assessing Demand and Supply in the Stock Market
Assessing Demand and Supply in the Stock MarketBy now readers are aware that measures I track closely are buying pressure (demand) in the market versus selling pressure (supply). My measures are derived from a decomposition of the NYSE TICK, which is issued by the New York Stock exchange. The TICK is a […]
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: China’s equity mania truly is the gift that keeps on giving, and not just for those who are riding the wave, but also for those who, like us, appreciate the humor in a giant, margin-fueled bubble that’s captivated millions upon millions of semi-literate housewives and banana vendors turned day traders.While there […]
Kai Pfaffenbach/ReutersAll of a sudden, things in the stock market are boring. Since the excitement we saw earlier this year with the S&P 500 falling 3% in January, oil searching for a bottom, the Swiss National Bank removing its peg against the euro, and the European Central Bank starting a quantitative easing program, US stocks have settled into one of the […]
It is difficult to tell at times if the market wants bad news (more Federal Reserve) or good news. Ahead of Friday’s official employment report, the ADP Employment Report showed 169,000 jobs were created in April, below analyst expectations of a rise to 200,000. The S&P 500 fell 0.45% and the NASDAQ 0.40%. Ironically as the head of an organization […]
Today marks the five year anniversary of the Flash Crash, the day in 2010 when the US stock market fell drastically in a matter of minutes then recovered most of the losses.Unlike sharp declines in the past, the Flash Crash happened for apparently no reason. Since then the government has launched multiple inquiries into what happened and recently charged a […]
NEW YORK (CBS/AP) — Twitter’s (TWTR) stock is falling sharply after the company’s earnings — due to be released after the stock market closes — came out ahead of time.Trading in its stock was halted Tuesday afternoon after word spread of the premature earnings release. When trading resumed, the stock fell more than 25 percent.Some reports say the earnings leaked out. Bloomberg […]
By Ben LevisohnIt’s that time of the year, when biotech stocks are tumbling–Amgen (AMGN), Celgene (CELG) and Biogen Idec (BIIB) are all down about 3%–and investors looking at the iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology ETF (IBB) and wondering if this is the end of the sector’s astounding run.
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The answer: Who knows? There’s certainly little in the way of news that would cause […]
In last week’s Fakeout or Breakout? I made the case based on the technical evidence that “despite Friday’s drop, I expect last week’s highs in the major averages to be surpassed in the coming weeks.” As you may recall, the S&P 500 was down over 1% on Friday April 17 and the bearish sentiment spiked.In last Thursday’s trading, the NYSE […]
A series of unsettling trends from soaring debt to falling spending suggest a U.S. stock market crash in 2015 looks increasingly likely.Lately the six-year bull market has been looking tired. Despite a lot of volatility, stocks overall are flat on the year.Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standard & Poor’s 500 are both within 3% of their all-time […]
