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Jeff Nielson: In the topsy-turvy world of U.S. “newsertainment”, it is common knowledge that comedian Jon Stewart of The Daily Show is one of Americans’ “most admired journalists”. Regrettably, the U.S. mainstream media has chosen to compete with Stewart…by producing comedy. Read more…
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Mike Larson: Have you viewed the brand new video presentation Martin Weiss and I have put together yet? Have you clicked here to watch America’s Financial Doomsday — at absolutely no cost? Read more…
Chris Ciovacco: There is a sound axiom in the markets – “When the market does not do what you expect it to do, it is time to pay attention.” In terms of timing an entry point, our rationale for adding to our S&P 500 short positions [ProShares Short S&P500 ETF (NYSE:SH), Rydex Inverse S&P 500 Read more…
Joseph L. Shaefer: Nothing has improved in the U.S.’, Europe’s, China’s, Brazil’s or the rest of the world’s economy. (Though we may enjoy a minor breather this week if the news is so-so. So-so is better than unmitigated Read more…
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George Maniere: ProShares Ultra Pro S&P 500 (NYSE:UPRO) is a triple leveraged fund that seeks a 300% return on the performance of the S&P for a single day. Conversely, The ProShares Ultra ProShort S&P 500 (NYSE:SPXU) seeks a triple leverage or 300% return on the inverse performance of the S&P 500 Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: Well that was interesting – absolutely no jobs were created in August, so says the Non-Farm Payrolls report released September 2nd. Read more…
Joseph L. Shaefer: It was Friday Night Smackdown last Friday when retail sales reached their highest level in 4 months, one factor propelling the markets higher that day. At almost the same time it was announced that consumer confidence has plunged to its lowest level since 1980. Read more…
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Chris Ciovacco: We are participating in a PIMCO conference call this morning with Mohamed A. El-Erian and Bill Gross. PIMCO is very well connected and knowledgeable regarding the bond markets. We may be able to gain some insight into the debt problems in Europe and the United States. Read more…
Joseph L. Shaefer: To answer that question, let’s take a look at what’s bad and what’s good. (Yes. There is some good and it will get better. I am no Pollyanna — I wrote “The Myth of the Summer Rally” back on June 28th when everyone was wildly enthusiastic, all the news was good, and never Read more…
Martin D. Weiss: The first-ever downgrade of U.S. debt, announced Friday by Standard & Poor’s, hit Asian stocks hard last night and is about to slam into U.S. markets at the opening bell a couple of hours from now. Read more…
Scott Pluschau: Let’s look at SPY, the S&P 500 exchange traded trust (NYSE:SPY). I think we’re at a favorable trade location to go either long or short. How can that be? Because to me trading is not about prediction, it’s about the reward to risk ratio. Looking at a daily chart of SPY, Read more…
Claus Vogt: Four weeks ago I discussed the quickly deteriorating macroeconomic picture, both in the U.S. and internationally. Since then the outlook has corroded more. Read more…
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Thomas Carreno: Yesterday was a doji candlestick day and not much progress either way. The volume on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) was again horrible and weak relative to the very high volume SPY swing low in mid March 2011. We are not pushing down with enough Read more…
Martin D. Weiss: Major stock sectors are now in a race for the bottom. These are stocks on a rendezvous with their lowest lows reached in the debt crisis of 2008-2009 … sinking back into the danger zone that came with red ink, bankruptcy, and financial ruin for millions of investors. Read more…
Thomas Carreno: There is some risk to the short side from here. I was thinking about switching to a BOT Long signal today in the AM but held back.. But that my very well have been the right course Read more…
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