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Is This Stock Market Rally For Real?
With each passing week, the case for a bearish reversal out of this stock market rally becomes stronger. For the time being, the bulls triumphed by breaking out of a potentially ugly double top pattern. This raging bullish sentiment pretty … Continue reading
Bull-Bear Royal Rumble: Bear To Assert Presence Soon
There is nothing more detrimental to our psychology than seeing our friends get rich. With each day that stock markets continue their impressive surge, lingering skepticism are transformed into belief and rational people are behaving once again like gamblers. It … Continue reading
Stock Market Rally: First Stage Of A Primary Bull Trend?
“Sell in May and go away” may not be relevant this year. For a month commonly associated with disinterested stock market activity, we have seen a 36% jump in the benchmark S&P 500 from March’s 12-year low. Economic reports turn … Continue reading
Bear Rally Refuses To Die But Don’t Get Carried Away
In case it is not glaringly obvious to you, the bear rally is still alive. Fundamentals have taken a back seat as investors continue to buy into the recovery story. The rationale goes like this – the stock market is … Continue reading
Bullish Days Ahead But Bear Is Lying In Wait For The Kill
We are into the fifth week of upswing in the stock market. While stock valuations remain attractive for value investors, the market is overbought and a major correction is overdue. That is not to say that this bear rally is … Continue reading
HyperInflation Coming But Financial Crisis Not Over Yet
Ben Bernanke is indeed a man of his words. He not only stepped into a helicopter to drop money, he virtually bombed the skittish financial system with a trillion dollar payload. Continue reading
Bears Still Having A Party
The bears have laid their trap and are partying hard. Any upswing in the stock market now is what the experts termed sucker’s rally, where any gains are short-lived but enough to lure investors while stocks continue to test new … Continue reading
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Protectionism Will Cost Investors Dearly
The US government revealed on Friday that payrolls tumbled by 598,000 in January (the biggest one-month drop in 34 years) and the unemployment rate is now at a 16-year high of 7.6%. In a month of brutal layoffs, I guess the … Continue reading
