Jan 3, 2010

Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions

Daily Markets - Financial News & Opinions


Are The Stock Markets Being Manipulated?

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 05:01 AM PST

What if I told you I have a secret trading system that’s right 98% of the time?

Would you be interested in what I thought the market was going to do next?

Or would you just think about how even the best traders and investors are right about 2/3rds of the time. And that kind of consistency, combined with proper discipline, is enough to make a fortune over time.

You could just call me a liar, a criminal, or a crook too.

Or you could just assume I work at Goldman Sachs … [visit site to read more]


2009 Market Review

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 04:01 AM PST

Time.

More than any period of the last thirty years, I think it is imperative to view the global economy and market prospects with a longer time horizon. Those in Washington and on Wall Street have never displayed the discipline nor the inclination to truly take this approach. I strongly encourage those reading Sense on Cents to view your personal situation and that of our global economy and market with a longer time horizon. Why?

I personally believe our global economy remains in … [visit site to read more]


Technology ETFs Getting Power From Consumer Spending

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 02:01 AM PST

Worldwide, the number of computers per person is predicted to rise. While it’s nice to get a shiny, new computer, the news is of greater interest to technology exchange traded fund (ETF) investors.

North America forecast set to have the highest rate of personal computers per person in 2010, says the Economist Intelligence Unit’s forecasts. So far, in the United States and Canada the ratio is about one per person, according to the Economist.

Globally, PC penetration will continue to … [visit site to read more]


S&P 500: Long Term Technical Outlook

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 01:57 AM PST

Looking out over the next 12 months, my outlook for the S&P500 is bullish. This may surprise many of you as I have had a cautious bent for the better part of six months now, and I have been writing about selling something, anything for the past 6 weeks.

Make no mistake about it, this market needs a correction, and with the market looking toppy, I believe we are nearing the point that a correction will begin. So despite my 12 month bullish outlook, I would not make an out sized … [visit site to read more]


Cartoon: So Long To A Lousy Decade

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 01:51 AM PST

Source: Nate Beeler, December 31, … [visit site to read more]


More Predictions For 2010

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 12:01 AM PST

I don’t recall being less comfortable making predictions. For one thing the UK general election result has a rather binary feel to it - either a workable Tory majority at the first attempt, or political chaos for a while which, with a truly malign crew of Labour string-pullers at work, could be very destructive indeed. Many issues hang on this.

There is surely only a gloomy economic prognosis for 2010, as the various vast and indiscriminate stimuli come to an end. This will put the … [visit site to read more]


Plenty More Downside To Come For The Stock Market?

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 05:01 PM PST

Relying on the valuation methodology made famous by Yale professor Robert Shiller, author of the prescient bestseller Irrational Exuberance, along with some analysis of his own, Doug Short, publisher of dshort.com, raises the question that many bulls seem to be ignoring (or avoiding): “Is the Stock Market Cheap?”:

For a more precise view of how today’s P/E10 relates to the past, our chart includes horizontal bands to divide the monthly valuations into quintiles - five groups, each … [visit site to read more]


What Stock Investors Need To Know About Google’s Android

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 04:05 PM PST

Name any internet-connected device and you’re bound to find an application or “app” store for it.

It’s all the rage these days, and every telecommunications company worth mentioning has put significant time, money and resources into having the best array, including:

Nokia (NOK)
Palm (PALM)
Microsoft (MSFT)
Apple (AAPL)
Research in Motion (RIMM)

And that list doesn’t include the surging number of gadgets running the Android operating system from Google … [visit site to read more]


China’s 2010 Gold Rush

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 07:00 AM PST

The collapse in India's gold demand during 2007-09 might seem good reason to question the fundamental strength of gold buying worldwide.
After all, if the world's No.1 gold buyers can't keep up with record-high gold prices, who can…?
But the plain fact, as BullionVault first forecast in spring 2009, is that China has overtaken India as the number one private gold buyer this year. The typical Chinese New Year gold rush has already begun (thanks in part to 3% discounts at major … [visit site to read more]


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