Recent Commentaries tagged (greece)
C’mon Baby, Let The Good Times Roll
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ..." Arguably, this is the most interesting opening line of any novel in western literature. It popped into my head this morning as I read through my news, and I watched the market go from green to red right after the official announcement that...
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Tags: trading-advice | ecb | greece | unemployment | iran | oil
Sector Detector: Quack, quack…ducks are...
Courtesy of Scott Martindale, Sabrient Systems and Gradient Analytics The stock market is behaving extremely well from a technical perspective. And why not? The world seems stable enough to give investors the confidence to maintain a "risk-on" allocation. Sure, there is still plenty to worry abou...
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Tags: economy | greece | etfs
Maybe It’s Time For Those Expensive Shoes, Dear
When I think of his name alone, I smile, but when I think of Forest Gump's insightful words, I want to, well, break something (something small and inconsequential, nothing that really matters, of course). That wise, wise man was onto something when he said, "My mama told me, 'stupid is as stupid ...
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Tags: trading-advice | real-estate | greece | mortgage-rates
Bearskin Rugs
I was joking on twitter yesterday morning that the short-term bearish setup I was looking at looked very tempting, even if people were having to climb over piles of bearskin rugs to get to the screens to see it. Needless to say there was a report early in the day that the Greek are very close to...
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Tags: greece | forex
Greece Hopes, Bernanke Testimony Key Market...
US market recovered from overnight weakness to finish positive Tuesday, boosted by increasing optimism that a Greek debt deal will be consummated this week. The Dow was the strongest index, climbing 0.26% back above 2011 highs and to levels not seen since 2008. Investors were jittery overnight ab...
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Tags: frontpage | greece | debt | stocks
Market Outlook - Tuesday 02-07-12
We now wait again for the final documents of the Greek bailout to be completed. Equities have continued to rally and the EUR/USD has held its ground above 1.31 through all of the commentary and rumors. We will see some volatility today as we await Bernanke's statement at 10:00am EST. Wait for the...
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Tags: bernanke | greece | cpi | credit-analysis
Singapore Stock Market Updates on 7/2/12
Market faces updown pressure as investors turn their attention on Greece. Talks have been postponed to Tuesday as leaders are trying to come up with agreement to prevent Greece from defaulting. We expect market to be choppy at this current point so please stand sideline first. Nevertheless, we ar...
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Tags: stocks | singapore | greece
Some Days, It Is Hard To Be Me
Orchestration and negotiation are my two words of the day today. Oh, and let me throw in cold as kind of a bonus word ... The Iran situation is heating up, and this is not good news for the market. All we need is another late winter, such as we had last year - the Japanese earthquake and tsunami,...
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Tags: trading-advice | europe | greece | iran | israel | oil | japan
Monday Market Madness – What’s This Greece...
NOW Greece is going to matter? Just when we were planning to get bullish, the Futures are off half a point as concerns about Greece, of all things, come back to the forefront as pretty much the entire country is poised to strike this evening on the expected news that even stricter austerity meas...
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Tags: stocks | greece
Weekly Traders Homework: Bullish Optimism...
Last week started out with early consolidation as the bulls took a breather after the run we've had. By Wednesday, the bulls took charge once again, catching many longs under-invested and frustrating the shorts even more. The action has been so bullish that it has converted many capitulated short...
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Greece on ‘Razor’s Edge’ as Debt Talks Drag On
Greece's efforts to win a second bailout from international creditors teetered in the balance as negotiations in Athens failed to clinch an agreement. "The distance between success and failure, which could come from misfortune or misunderstanding, is very small," Greek Finance Minister Evangelos ...
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Tags: greece
NFP Action - Friday 02-03-12
Today's market is up about 10 points from yesterday's close on the S&P 500 as of 8:45am EST due to NFP figures beating expectations and the unemployment dropping. The EUR/USD briefly touched 1.31 after the release, but may be pulling back a bit. We will see if today can set a trend for February a...
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Tags: nfp | greece | unemployment
SPX 500 - Thursday 02-02-12
Submitted by BBFX Blogger on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 08:11 The SPX 500 sits slightly higher (as of 8:45am est) from yesterday's close on the S&P 500, after the release of better than expected US Unemployment Claims. Before the release we were a few points lower. Many have seen this rally as skeptica...
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Tags: bernanke | deutsche | nfp | unemployment | greece
New Month Optimism
After the market went straight up for the entire month of January, we had four straight days of drip lower action to end January. New month money came in today. The past pattern probably calls for a consolidation or small upside day tomorrow. Friday's outcome would depend on the reaction to the ...
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Tags: etfs | calls | greece
Potential Trades This Week: Looking For...
Referencing the weekly homework and stock radar, I am highlighting a few of the charts below for potential trades in undervalued stocks. We finally saw signs of consolidation this morning, but it was short-lived creating continued frustration for the bears. The trend over the past few months has ...
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