The Market Ticker From Huffington Post: Note the language: “mistakes”, “errors”, “processes” (following the initial use of “paperwork”). No mention of “fraud”, “felony”, “criminal investigations”, or “prosecutions” for the tens of thousands of felonies...

By James Quinn, Contributor, The Casey Report Regular Casey Report contributor James Quinn is the head of strategic planning for one of the world’s most prestigious business schools and the host of TheBurningPlatform.com blog. In this article, he is presenting historical indicators that may tell us what’s in store for the U.S. economy. ...

Imagine you’re from another solar system, and that you’ve come to Earth to study collective human behavior. Your task: the stock market. Millions of humans participate in it. What will you learn by watching them invest their money into a collective pot? Your first observation: Most human investors get information about the stock market...

By Phil at Phil’s Stock World Strong dollar?  Hahahahahahahahahahahaha…. That is was the answer to a question I had this summer when I met with an unnamed Treasury official whose name might rhyme with Jimothy.  The unnamed official nearly fell off his chair laughing when I said “So, does the US still have a strong dollar policy?”...

By: Brandon Rowley of T3Live Most everyone in the financial world has heard of the BRIC countries, Goldman Sachs’ coined term for their top picks in the developing world; Brazil, Russia, India and China. The much less recognized grouping is the Next Elevan, Goldman’s picks for the 11 countries after the BRICs with large populations that...

Courtesy of Mish The foreclosure crisis isn’t just about lost documents. It’s about trust—and a clash over who gets stuck with $1.1 trillion in losses say BusinessWeek writers Peter Coy, Paul M. Barrett and Chad Terhune in a comprehensive 7 page article called Mortgage Mess: Shredding the Dream. The article kicks off with a high-profile case...

Tyler Durden John Noyce, Goldman’s arguably best technician, in his weekly Charts that Matter, has released one (among many) interesting observation on just how overbought the market currently is, and more specifically just how desperate the velocity of the pick up in the stocks since August has been, in order for levered beta players such...

Phil’s Stock World “Do as I say, not as I do – or say…” That’s the word from US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner as he seems to forget that people follow him around with notepads and microphones as he begins the game of “Survivor – Global Currencies” although Tim seems to be following the very interesting...

Scott Redler of T3Live Yesterday I came in with a little short on the brain after Tuesday’s harsh sell-off. I was short overnight, added to spy on the open around 117.25- by 11:00 and I was stopped out around 117.50-117.60. It’s okay to have a contrarian-type idea, but you can’t be stubborn if you are wrong. Take your loss and move on....

BigTrends introduces the ETF Toolkit! An essential part of any portfolio management, especially in the World ETF’s Three Alternatives to the iShares Xinhua 25 Fund (FXI) Think one ETF is as good as another as long as it’s in the same sector, country, or style as the alternatives? Perhaps that was the case ten years ago. In an effort to...

If someone told you they had uncovered a 300 year old secret that had the potential to bring great wealth, would you listen? If they could explain the mysteries behind the secret so that you could profit as well, would you be interested? Candlesticks provide unique visual cues that make reading price action easier. Trading with Japanese Candle Charts...

The equities market reversed to the upside Wednesday posting a light volume broad based rally. Remember light volume tends to have a neutral to upward bias on stocks, But it was mainly the sharp drop in the dollar which spurred stocks and commodities higher. Today’s bounce was not much of a surprise for several reasons… • Overall trend is up,...

The Market Ticker You’re joking, right? Yesterday the dollar advanced about a percent and a half.  The stock market fell by more than 100 DOW points. Today, the dollar declines by (thus far) 1.32%.  The stock market advances by more than 100 DOW points. Simply put, you’re not investing.  You’re gambling on the movement of the currency,...

Back in late February 2009 I decided enough was enough, and I stuck my neck out and called for a massive bull market in stocks. I based this prediction purely on Elliott Wave patterns I identified as bottoming and the sentiment gauges were off the charts bearish. We had not seen sentiment that negative since the 2002 lows.  The re-tracement of...

5 Trading Tools to Make More Money (Free) – Included in the brand new Investor’s Tookit from BigTrends. Get instant access here We all know the ride’s going to end sometime, but in the meantime (and until further notice) it’s still a trade-worthy ride. What is it? It’s this bullishness. Yes, it’s overextended, hard to believe,...