Posts Tagged ‘ Lows ’

SPX, INDU, and CVX Updates: Market Decides to Mix It Up a Bit

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May 24, 2012
SPX, INDU, and CVX Updates:  Market Decides to Mix It Up a Bit

A quick note on the new website: if you have been unable to register there because the software thinks you're a spammer:  I have taken down the spam protection for today only.  Please go re-register if, and only if, you've met the r...
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OIL FUTURES: Crude Rises In Asia; Iran Talks Enter Second Day – Wall Street Journal

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May 24, 2012
OIL FUTURES: Crude Rises In Asia; Iran Talks Enter Second Day – Wall Street Journal

Globe and MailOIL FUTURES: Crude Rises In Asia; Iran Talks Enter Second DayWall Street JournalBy Eric Yep Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--US crude-oil futures recovered in Asia Thursday, after hitting their lowest settlement value since O...
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German Manufacturing Shrinks at Fastest Pace in 3 Years – CNBC.com

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May 24, 2012
German Manufacturing Shrinks at Fastest Pace in 3 Years – CNBC.com

CNBC.comGerman Manufacturing Shrinks at Fastest Pace in 3 YearsCNBC.comGermany's manufacturing sector has been shrinking at the fastest rate in three years in May, renewing concerns about the stamina of Europe's largest economy, which likely pr...
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Safe-Haven Government Bond Yields Fall To Fresh Lows – Wall Street Journal

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May 23, 2012
Safe-Haven Government Bond Yields Fall To Fresh Lows – Wall Street Journal

Irish TimesSafe-Haven Government Bond Yields Fall To Fresh LowsWall Street JournalBy Nick Cawley Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Yields on safe-haven government bonds hit fresh lows Wednesday, as investors piled money into triple-A-rated deb...
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SPX, NASCRACK, RUT, and USD Updates: This Rally Was No Surprise…

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May 22, 2012
SPX, NASCRACK, RUT, and USD Updates:  This Rally Was No Surprise…

A quick reminder: if you haven't met the requirements for registration at the new forum, your account will, unfortunately (or maybe fortunately, lol) not be approved.  Please read this thread carefully when registering. ...
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Brent steady near $109 ahead of EU summit, Iran talks – Reuters

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May 22, 2012
Brent steady near $109 ahead of EU summit, Iran talks – Reuters

Moneycontrol.comBrent steady near $109 ahead of EU summit, Iran talksReuters* EU leaders meet on Wednesday to tackle debt crisis * World powers due for nuclear talks with Iran on Wednesday * US crude stocks up, products unchanged last week - poll (Upda...
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Brent steady near $109 ahead of EU summit, Iran talks – Reuters

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May 21, 2012
Brent steady near $109 ahead of EU summit, Iran talks – Reuters

Globe and MailBrent steady near $109 ahead of EU summit, Iran talksReuters* EU leaders meet on Wednesday to tackle debt crisis * World powers due for nuclear talks with Iran on Wednesday * US crude stocks up, products unchanged last week - poll By Flor...
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Russian Stocks Continue Slide On Weaker Oil, Euro Fears – Wall Street Journal

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May 18, 2012
Russian Stocks Continue Slide On Weaker Oil, Euro Fears – Wall Street Journal

BloombergRussian Stocks Continue Slide On Weaker Oil, Euro FearsWall Street JournalBy Ira Iosebashvili Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES MOSCOW (Dow Jones)--Russian stocks and the ruble hit multi-month lows Friday, dragged down by weaker oil prices and sovereign ...
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Asian Shares Slump; Korea Eliminates 2012 Gains – Wall Street Journal

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May 18, 2012
Asian Shares Slump; Korea Eliminates 2012 Gains – Wall Street Journal

Belfast TelegraphAsian Shares Slump; Korea Eliminates 2012 GainsWall Street JournalBy DANIEL INMAN HONG KONG —Asian markets fell heavily Friday, with Japan, Australia and Hong Kong all hitting four-month lows, as poor US manufacturing data added to r...
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Brent oil price hits lowest level since December

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May 17, 2012
Brent oil price hits lowest level since December

(via AFP) The price of Brent crude retreated Thursday, hitting the lowest level for over five months, while oil futures steadied in New York a day after hitting six-month lows amid signs of weak energy demand. Brent North Sea crude struck $108.12 a barrel — which was the lowest point since December 30, 2011…
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Mortgage Rates in U.S. Fall to Record Lows With 30-Year at 3.79% – Bloomberg

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May 17, 2012

Mortgage Rates in U.S. Fall to Record Lows With 30-Year at 3.79%BloombergMortgage rates in the US fell to a record for a third straight week, reducing borrowing costs as the housing market improves and home-loan defaults decline. The average rate for a...
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Market Oversold, But Breaking Down From Major Top Means More To Come

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May 17, 2012
Market Oversold, But Breaking Down From Major Top Means More To Come

Several technical indicators have reached levels consistent with intermediate lows, but key support levels have been broken, and despite some signs of being oversold, the market remains vulnerable to further declines, both over the short run and the longer term as well. The market averages have broken down from an important top, and some...
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This Decline Isn’t a Selling Panic, It’s a Buying Strike

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May 16, 2012
This Decline Isn’t a Selling Panic, It’s a Buying Strike

A few signals are finally starting to reach oversold levels, but there's nothing to mark the extreme levels normally associated with more meaningful bottoms.  As I was looking at the charts earlier, particularly the down volume to up volum...
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Treasury Yield Is 10 Basis Points From Low on Greece – BusinessWeek

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May 15, 2012
Treasury Yield Is 10 Basis Points From Low on Greece – BusinessWeek

Globe and MailTreasury Yield Is 10 Basis Points From Low on GreeceBusinessWeekBy Wes Goodman on May 15, 2012 Treasury 10-year yields were 10 basis points from the record low after German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said a Greek election would b...
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Treasury Yield Is 10 Basis Points From Low on Greece – BusinessWeek

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May 15, 2012
Treasury Yield Is 10 Basis Points From Low on Greece – BusinessWeek

Globe and MailTreasury Yield Is 10 Basis Points From Low on GreeceBusinessWeekBy Wes Goodman on May 15, 2012 Treasury 10-year yields were 10 basis points from the record low after German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said a Greek election would b...
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US Treasurys Rally On Greece Fears; Yields Test Historic Lows – Wall Street Journal

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May 14, 2012
US Treasurys Rally On Greece Fears; Yields Test Historic Lows – Wall Street Journal

BloombergUS Treasurys Rally On Greece Fears; Yields Test Historic LowsWall Street JournalBy Cynthia Lin Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- The global scramble for safe-haven assets sparked by Greece's political shuffle is firing up deman...
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Oil prices slide as dollar strengthens (via AFP) Full Story

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May 14, 2012
Oil prices slide as dollar strengthens (via AFP) Full Story

Oil prices slide as dollar strengthens (via AFP) Oil prices slumped on Monday, with New York crude striking five-month lows, as the dollar strengthened against the euro on mounting worries over Europe’s debt crisis, traders said. New York’s main contract West Texas Intermediate crude for delivery in June was down $1.99 at $94.14 a...
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FOREX-Greek woes drag euro to near 4-mth lows; Aussie dips – Reuters

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May 14, 2012
FOREX-Greek woes drag euro to near 4-mth lows; Aussie dips – Reuters

Sydney Morning HeraldFOREX-Greek woes drag euro to near 4-mth lows; Aussie dipsReuters* Euro falls below $1.29 to lowest in nearly 4 months * Political risk factors to undermine euro * Aussie dips below parity, hits 5-month low By Anirban Nag LONDON, M...
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SPX and INDU Updates: It’s Painfully Obvious What’s Going to Happen Next… or is it?

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May 13, 2012
SPX and INDU Updates:  It’s Painfully Obvious What’s Going to Happen Next… or is it?

The very short-term charts are still a mess.  Some personalities feel that an analyst should be able to have a strong opinion on the market at all times -- unfortunately, out here in the real world, that's simply not realistic...
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, oil slump on weak jobs data – Reuters

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May 4, 2012
GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, oil slump on weak jobs data – Reuters

FirstpostGLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, oil slump on weak jobs dataReuters* Weak US payrolls, PMI reports in Europe, spell gloom * Global shares slide; bond prices jump on QE3 hopes * Brent crude falls to 3-month lows under $113 a barrel * Dollar slips vs yen ...
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Cycle Juxtaposition Could Tie Market In Knots for Months

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May 1, 2012
Cycle Juxtaposition Could Tie Market In Knots for Months

The market’s drop yesterday changed nothing in the numbers or the chart patterns. Upside projections range from 1407, already done, on the 4 week cycle to 1425 on the 6-7 week cycle, and 1460-90 on the 10-12 month cycle, with an idealized peak target date of May 7. On the downside 13 week and...
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SPX, COMPQ, Eur/USD Updates: Today Could be a Critical Day

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May 1, 2012
SPX, COMPQ, Eur/USD Updates:  Today Could be a Critical Day

Today could be a key day toward gaining more confidence in one of the two main counts, because -- as those of you who own digital watches already know -- today is the first of May.  The first of any month is frequently bullish,...
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Bears with a win,but bulls still fighting

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April 23, 2012

Off the lows,but could go either way here.....
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Listed House Sale Closings Rose 74,000 in March, Prices up 5% in Month, 2.5% in Year

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April 19, 2012
Listed House Sale Closings Rose 74,000 in March, Prices up 5% in Month, 2.5% in Year

The NAR reported today that their members settled 361,000 house sales in March (actual, not seasonally manipulated), up 74,000 from February. The median price rose 5.27% versus February and was up 2.5% versus March 2011. This was the largest monthly percentage price gain since June 2005. The year over year gain was the first...
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Lots of Conomic Data Releases, All Of Them Misleading

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April 17, 2012
Lots of Conomic Data Releases, All Of Them Misleading

There’s been lots of conomic data over the past couple of days. I covered the NAHB builder survey yesterday. Regardless of the fact that the housing market is at pathetic levels historically, the builder data showed the rebound off the lows to be on track. Today, the government released data on housing starts to...
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Market Looks For Short Term Turn

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April 17, 2012
Market Looks For Short Term Turn

While all cycles up to 10-12 months are technically in gear in down phases, the market has shown little sign of giving ground. Lows are overdue on the 4 week and 6 month cycles and only the 4 week cycle projection is slightly below levels that have already been reached. Liquidity should now be...
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Builder Indexes Down In April, But Trend Is Still Up

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April 16, 2012
Builder Indexes Down In April, But Trend Is Still Up

The dark and dirty job of pointing out that the NAHB Housing Market Index present conditions index is up 11 points versus last April and traffic is up 5 points falls to me, I guess. The mainstream media and the NAHB itself has already widely reported only the bad news that April was down versus...
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SPX, CVX, and NYA Updates: Aesthetics vs. Technicals

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April 11, 2012
SPX, CVX, and NYA Updates:  Aesthetics vs. Technicals

Yesterday's market blew through the downside projections, much like the rally did on the upside earlier this year.  It comes to mind that the prior rally became historically over-extended, so there are a lot of folks ready to jam the exit doo...
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Dextrous dynamics

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April 9, 2012
Dextrous dynamics

Divergence in the early openers: Kiwis -0.2% and Aussies -0.7% doing a catch up after yesterday's hol with Nikkers +0.6% and Sth Korea +0.3%. Most Aussie sectors in the red but off the lows: Healthcare -1.9% and Energy -1.7%. Gold +0.6% is the sole g...
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SPX and Oil Update: The Market Appears to Have Finally Reached the Tipping Point

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April 5, 2012
SPX and Oil Update:  The Market Appears to Have Finally Reached the Tipping Point

Who remembers Sniglets from HBO's series, Not Necessarily the News?  Sniglets are words that should be in the dictionary, but aren't.  One that sticks with me from my youth, and which comes to mind now, is: Pielibrium - n. The...
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