Author: mysterytrader@traderplanet.com

Hundreds are dead already, 500,000 people are displaced, and destruction of assets and resources is large and growing. The media now report that that war could escalate much further, last for weeks or even months, and involve...

Stocks may go to much deeper oversold with continuing all out war in the Middle East. Also, our friends in the media tell us that investors are BEGINNING to question the sustainability of double-digit earnings growth. Brilliant!...

Suddenly, everything turned Bearish. How does this happen? The news media mostly reiterate the perpetual salesman’s puffery of Wall Street analysts. The news media are owned by big corporations with big vested interests to...

U.S. stocks are indicated to open higher. The media reports that analysts expect very strong earnings reports, up 12.3%. Of course, Wall Street analysts are habitually optimistic. Keep in mind that the Q2 reports reflect the...

Recent news contributes to about as tricky a backdrop as one could wish for, making for an excellent environment for fleecing the lambs… Pre open on Friday…stock index futures jumped on surprising news of much...

But why, then, did the Nasdaq just now turn red? [Now is 2:15 on 7/6/06] Because the underlying condition of this market is weak, despite all manner of manufactured “good news” thrown at...

Wednesday’s lack of bounce-back resilience might reveal a weak underling condition for the stock market. Naturally, stock market investors don’t like it very much when crazed dictators make threatening gestures. So,...

Stock prices are indicated lower on the open. News of North Korea’s new missile tests was not entirely unexpected, and so the impact of this news may be limited. I expect a volatile up/down trading...

Looks like a higher open for stocks. It could quickly settle down, however, given the uncertainties currently plaguing the outlook. I intend to fade the open, and fade any other large move today. Reversion to the mean trading...

Are Fed governors talking out both sides of their mouths, hawkish and dovish at the same time? See my comment of June 16, 2006, at the bottom of this page. Do they even know what they are doing? Or, do THEY know exactly what...