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What a Little-Known Market Tool Is Telling Us About U.S. Stocks in 2012

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January 11, 2012
What a Little-Known Market Tool Is Telling Us About U.S. Stocks in 2012

If you're a longtime investor, you're no doubt familiar with the Price/Earnings (P/E) ratio - a common measure for valuing the stock market.

But you may not be as familiar with the more-obscure Earnings/Price (E/P) ratio, which some experts refer to as the "earnings yield" on stocks.

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Is the Stock Market Breaking Loose?

JANUARY 10, 2012, 10:11 AM Is the Stock Market Breaking Loose? You might be wondering what has gotten into the stock market this morning. So far this year it has stumbled heavy-lidded through one low-volume, low-movement day after another, and then su...
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By the Pricking of Equity’s Thumbs, Something Wicked This Way Comes

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January 6, 2012
By the Pricking of Equity’s Thumbs, Something Wicked This Way Comes

Sentiment is awfully complacent, and volatility is low. Smells like May 2011--or August 2008. Equities look ripe indeed for an "unexpected" bloodletting and resultant wicked correction. The general outlines of a equity bubble awaiting a nice ...
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Goldman’s Latest Boiler-Room Stock: America

It seems Jim O'Neill, the head of Goldman's Asset Management department, is predicting that the United States stock market may go up "15 to 20 percent." O'Neill apparently believes Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve will resort to another round of...
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Where is the Stock Market Headed in 2012?

Where is the Stock Market Headed in 2012?

Where is the Stock Market Headed in 2012? Wednesday, Jan 04 2012 by Edward Croft It was Lao Tzu who stated several millenia ago that “those who have knowledge don’t predict and those who predict don’t have knowledge”, but nonetheless those t...
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Assets of major public pension funds slid 8.5% in third quarter

Assets of major public pension funds slid 8.5% in third quarter December 28, 2011 | 9:53am The stock market's summer slide took a toll on public pension funds, with the assets of the 100 largest ones down 8.5% in the third quarter of 2011, the Census...
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Analyst: The Stock Market Is About To Crash

Most of the folks who were dead wrong for years after the market low in March 2009 (see chart at right) have quietly given up, but at least one analyst is still calling for stocks to crash through those financial-crisis lows. United-ICAP senior te...
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SPX, Euro, and Dollar Update: Are the Bulls for Real?

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December 27, 2011
SPX, Euro, and Dollar Update:  Are the Bulls for Real?

On the exceptionally light volume of Friday's session, the SPX staged a breakout over its 200 dma and a major resistance line.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average also knocked out my preferred count, which had held its ground since October. &nb...
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Wyndham Worldwide: Potential Short Opportunity?

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December 18, 2011
Wyndham Worldwide: Potential Short Opportunity?

In examining my chartbook this weekend, I came across this possible short opportunity.  This is Wyndham Worldwide, a resort/timeshare company.  The stock appears to have just completed an ending diagonal.  In classic TA, this would be ...
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Do We Get a Year-End Rally Or Not? Santa Dukes It Out With Mr. VIX

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December 16, 2011
Do We Get a Year-End Rally Or Not? Santa Dukes It Out With Mr. VIX

Market cheerleaders see a rally coming; Mr. VIX is issuing a sell signal. Looks like the next few days will be a grudge match between Santa and Mr. VIX. Everybody wants a Santa rally in stocks: Wall Street, the financial media cheerleaders, m...
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Another Reason for Stocks to Tank in 2012: Jobs

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December 8, 2011
Another Reason for Stocks to Tank in 2012: Jobs

Though nobody seems to notice, stock prices are correlated to employment, which is trending down.The Federal Reserve would have you believe that Monday morning ramp-and-camp and rumor-mill rallies in the last five minutes of trading are signs of a heal...
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Market Correlation Data Proves Fed Inflation Paradigm Is Bunk

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December 7, 2011
Market Correlation Data Proves Fed Inflation Paradigm Is Bunk

Correlation data between oil and the stock market suggests the Fed's inflation and recession-fighting paradigm is bunk. The Fed is wearing blinders, and looks set to run the economy into a ditch because of it.
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Very Slow Growth in 2012, Then Long Bear to 2020

“Top advisers see very slow growth in 2012.” That headline is screaming at Americans in “InvestmentNews: The Leading News Source for Financial Advisers” and most trusted. ...
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SPX Update: The Crash: 1; Seasonality: 0

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November 25, 2011
SPX Update:  The Crash: 1; Seasonality: 0

As predicted, Wednesday's normally seasonally-bullish session turned into a big red candle.  That in itself should tell us something about this market, as that marks only the second time in ten years that the Wednesday before Thanksgiving&nbs...
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"Very slow growth 2012 then long bear to 2020"

Nov. 22, 2011, 12:01 a.m. EST Very slow growth 2012 then long bear to 2020 By Paul B. Farrell, MarketWatch SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (MarketWatch) — “Top advisers see very slow growth in 2012.” That headline is screaming at Americans in “Inve...
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SPX and NDX Update: Crash Wave Finally on Deck

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November 18, 2011
SPX and NDX Update:  Crash Wave Finally on Deck

The crash wave I've been expecting for a week appears to have finally begun.  The markets showed some strong downside in the last two sessions, and did what they needed to in order to fulfill the expectations of the crash count...
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Does Treasury Market Turkey for Bulls Mean Stock Market Turkey for Bears?

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November 17, 2011
Does Treasury Market Turkey for Bulls Mean Stock Market Turkey for Bears?

Foreign central bank (FCB) buying of Treasuries was again heavy this week, two weeks after hitting a record level. Their buying binge of recent weeks pumped plenty of cash into US markets. That normally leads to a stock market rally, but not this time. Meanwhile, there’s evidence that withholding tax collections are weakening versus...
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Yes Virginia, There Is a Market – After The After, Before The Before Market Update

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November 10, 2011
Yes Virginia, There Is  a Market – After The After, Before The Before Market Update

CHARTS FIXED! 9:05 PM OK, so I don’t have a very clever title or stupid symbolism or word simulations tonight. It’s late, I have two reports to try to finish for subscribers, and I just had a big fat roast pork sandwich au jus with melted provolone, sauteed onions, pickles, and sauerkraut, and I...
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ECRI Still Adamantly Campaigning For A Recession

ECRI Still Adamantly Campaigning For A Recession by: Dr. Duru November 9, 2011 November 7, 2011, Lakshman Achuthan of the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) appeared on CNBC again to talk about recession. Achuthan was very adamant in his insi...
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ES 1230 +0.35% +4.25 pop on euro market bounce

ES 1230 +0.35% +4.25 pop on euro market bounce

European markets were looking to open -2% or lower, but slowly improved and after the open, it was BTFD frenzy, which is helping goose US futures. Considering the Eurozone is supposed to be the cause of the current financial mess, it sure seems bou...
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Private Players (Still a Few) Lay Down The Law

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November 9, 2011

Russ Winter of Winter (Economic and Market) Watch, Aaron Krowne of Ml-Implode.com and the Wall Street Examiner’s Lee Adler discuss the market getting an Italian haircut, and look at the keys for deciding whether the stock market is ready to face reality. This is a subscriber only podcast. If you are not a subscriber,...
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Stocks- The New Safe Haven

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November 8, 2011

As political and financial instability rages in Europe, the stock market continues its quest to retest the October highs .
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23 Mind-Blowing Facts about Inequality in America

23 Mind-Blowing Facts About Inequality In America Once again the rich are getting richer as the poor get poorer in America. Although rich people took a hit in the financial crisis, the stock market has recovered strongly. Main Street has not: Median...
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SPX and Dow Update: Sentiment Still Favors the Bears

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November 6, 2011
SPX and Dow Update: Sentiment Still Favors the Bears

Sentiment continues to remain bullish, despite the declines in the averages last week.  Rydex funds are reaching ridiculous extremes.  Rydex funds offer a good proxy for retail investor sentiment; retail investors are small money, an...
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You’ll Never Catch Me, Copper!

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November 6, 2011
You’ll Never Catch Me, Copper!

Several readers have asked me to draw a chart for copper.  I've actually been working on one for a while, and finally decided to finish it tonight.  Copper looks, in the words of the famous sheep, "Baaaaaad."  Copper seems to have...
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Critical Support Level Holds Key To Stock Market’s Next Move

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November 1, 2011

The question hanging over the market now is what Ben will do. The technical picture suggests that traders are predisposed to react a certain way, but there’s a key support level that could send a signal one way or the other depending on whether it holds or breaks.
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Foreign Central Banks Have Left the Building

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November 1, 2011
Foreign Central Banks Have Left the Building

Tracking foreign central bank (FCB) holdings of US Treasury and Agency (Fannie, Freddie, and minor government agencies) paper has been one of the most important lines of inquiry in my analysis of market liquidity for the past 9 years. This information is available virtually in real time each week in the Fed’s weekly H41...
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Can Only Have One, Not The Other

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October 30, 2011

With liquidity flat, one market can rally only at the expense of another. Last week it was again the stock market’s turn. Click here to download complete report in pdf format (Professional Edition Subscribers). including 86 pages of charts and clear, cutting edge analysis that you can use to gain an edge in the...
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The Treasury Market Will Collapse

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October 28, 2011

Unless foreign central banks step back up to the plate, either the Treasury market will collapse, or the stock market rally will fizzle, or both.
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Eurozone wins respite, but it could be brief

Eurozone wins respite, but it could be brief David Mchugh, AP Business Writer, On Thursday October 27, 2011, 2:45 pm FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- With their late-night deal to cut Greece's debt and support other wobbly countries, European leaders bough...
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