Trading Markets

This Is A Typical Pattern

This is a typical weekly pattern seen in bear markets. The market starts the week higher, and sells off late in the week to close on a down note. The focus for today has come off the Dow and is being focused squarely on technology stocks — and expectations for weak earnings performances

How To Deal With A Memory Lapse

Micron
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How The Government Will Pay For It

Long bonds are rallying vs. shorted-dated Treasury futures: the T-bond
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The Impact Of Consumer Confidence And Oil

In its biggest drop in 10 years, consumer confidence plunged today, reflecting a national uneasiness in the wake of the worst attack ever on American soil. The index sank to 997.6 in September from 114. Although the decline in consumer confidence was severe, it was not as bad as some

Yield To Momentum

Momentum, up or down, dominates markets in the short term.  This morning, were seeing contracts from the Implosion-5 List breaking to new lows.  October live cattle
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Crude Cascades

Reeling in its biggest one-day loss in 10 years, crude oil is down sharply on the expectation that a recession will dry up demand for crude oil and products.  November crude oil
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They Called In The A-Team

When the market takes one of its biggest hits in history,brokerages have to scramble to muster up buyers. And one of the ways they drumup buying support for stocks is by calling in the A Team –financial houses best analysts — to make buy recommendations. One of the best known in this cadre

The World’s Biggest Steps In

The worlds biggest company, General Electric
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