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investmentpostcards.com - 11/22/2008

Economic woes torpedo stock markets

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Yesterday was another ugly day for stocks, with bourses around the globe falling victim to strong selling pressure. Oversold conditions have so far not produced more than a temporary reprieve, and nobody knows how far down this bear market will fall. Until we see more signs of base formations ...

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bespokeinvest.typepad.com - 11/25/2008

The Most Volatile Market Ever

— bespokeinvest.typepad.com — Over the last 50 trading days, the average absolute daily percentage change of the S&P; 500 has... been...wait for it...3.82%! That means the S&P; 500 is averaging a daily move of up or down nearly 4%. This is definitely one of the craziest statistics of ... (more) The Most Volatile Market Ever

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bloomberg.com - 11/18/2008

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— bloomberg.com — S&P 500 Index's `Retest' of Low Fails to Spur Rally (Update1) By Elizabeth Stanton Nov. 18 (Bloomberg)... -- The Standard & Poor's 500 Index is poised to extend this year's 42 percent drop after a rally from last week's five-year low lasted just one day, ... (more) U.S.

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crossingwallstreet.com - 11/20/2008

A 40-Year Look

— crossingwallstreet.com — The S&P; 500 closed at a 68-month low today. Given that the CPI report came out today,... here’s an interesting stat. Adjusted for inflation, the S&P; 500 has advanced just 23.9% in 40 years. Annualized, that’s 0.54%. This means that almost the ... (more) A 40-Year Look

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The Doomsters: Richard Russell
InvivoAnalytics.com — ... . The second one is none other than Richard Russell. It was reported yesterday that Mr. Russell wrote the following in his Dow Theory Letters: The market is warning of a coming depression. Next year there’ll be a huge problem of unemployment, job openings will have disappeared, and every business will be going over its personal thinking in terms of who the business can do without. The sentiment in the country will be dark grey to jet black. Fortunes will have been wiped out. Thousands of savings plans and 401Ks will have been shattered. Americans who have never experienced ...

The Week That Was November 17 – 23, 2008
The Big Picture — ... I am also closely monitoring the surges in the US dollar and Japanese yen - low-yielding currencies previously used for funding risky investments - as a break of the uptrends in these two currencies will be a good indicator of the forced deleveraging selling starting to subside. Once this situation has played itself out, we should see a return to lower volatility levels and a return of confidence. (Also read my recent posts “Economic woes torpedo stock markets” and “ ...

Prieur's Perspective: Financial Markets Living On a Prayer
Minyanville — ... and relative outperformance by the financial sector. I am also closely monitoring the surges in the US dollar and Japanese yen -- low-yielding currencies previously used for funding risky investments -- as a break of the uptrends in these 2 currencies will be a good indicator of the forced deleveraging selling starting to subside. Once this situation has played itself out, we should see a return to lower volatility levels and a return of confidence. (Also read my recent posts, Economic Woes Torpedo Stock Markets and ...