Downside

Good day! As we expected, the market opened sharply lower on Tuesday morning following disappointing earnings reports from several heavyweights. After trading lower in overnight trade, Apple (APPL) opened down 12% at $149 after topping its quarterly earnings expectations, yet falling short on its fiscal fourth-quarter outlook. It had closed at $166.29 on Monday. Texas Instruments closed at $28.52

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The stock market got hit again today with the dow jones industrials falling 220 points. My first downside target was almost reached this afternoon as can be seen in the above chart. If the dow can sell off just a little bit more, I will exit two thirds of my short position. I still have some Q's long and my protective stop is below last week's low. The NASDAQ in my opinion is still holding up

Recipe for a market meltdown Commentary: Five things that will pave the way for a downside disconnect By Todd Harrison Last Update: 6/18/2008 12:01:00 AM NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — My grandfather taught me many things, one of which was to always think positive. As a financial professional, I’m careful not to confuse that perspective with blind bullishness. As we edge toward the [...]

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6-5-08 21:12 GMT - EUR/USD rallied strong on comments from the ECB that they may raise interest rates later this month, after dropping sharply on 6/3 from comments that the USD may raise interest rates by the end of the year. It is more or less a draw but with an edge to the EURO because [...]

After a scorcher of an Irish bank holiday it's back to the fold. There was no Stockcharts.com review for this week because of the holiday. Yesterday was a tale of moving average resistance and bearish candlestick patterns. The Dow showed the clearest bearish pattern with a Falling Three Method candlestick combo suggesting a measured move target down around 12,055.The S&P tells a similar picture to

Le Dang Doanh, former head of the Central Institute for Economic Management, warns that the decision to peg the prices of basic commodities until June is breeding undesirable outcomes. Despite its temporary effect of reining in inflation, fixing the prices of gasoline, electricity, air and train tickets and other commodities is increasing smuggling and speculation and posing an unnecessary

If you read my last post, you would know that I was turning cautious on the dow based on several reasons one of which was a double top formation. Since that post which was only a few days ago, the dow has fallen and is now approaching my downside objective of 12300.

5-23-08 8:49a GMT - AUD/USD is approaching former support line around .9615 (green trendline on chart below) while at the same time approaching the top of its downtrending RSI line (blue line on RSI chart below). After breaking its bullish channel I expect the downtrend to continue in the short-term. Slow SS is also flipping on [...]

By Andrew Snyder Baltimore (TFN)- It is hard to believe until last week, it was nearly a month since the Dow last posted a losing week.  Even with ominous forecasts of recession, consumer sentiment plunging, and oil prices seeming to rise just to rise, the equities market has managed to make headway.  Well… it did manage.  The good times [...]

Maybe, maybe not.Despite the moderate selloff after the FOMC announcement, I don't think that today's action necessarily indicates that more downside is ahead. I think the "real" response to the Fed's decision will happen tomorrow.Whether we break downwards or rally tomorrow, I will look at my technical indicators for confirmation to make a contrary play. So I could be looking to buy option puts in the PowerShares QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQQ) if we rally and option calls if we fade.On a separate note, I like the late day comeback in Oil Service HOLDRs (AMEX: OIH). I decided to pick up some option calls at the close with a stop below yesterday's low.

Looking over the current news about the opioid painkiller OxyContin, we can see there’s not much change today from any other day in the last year or so. This is a drug that, despite its usefulness for helping serious chronic pain sufferers, has created a dark side of prescription drug addiction and crime, and led [...]

UK Q1 GDP on tap as GBP finally takes back some ground against EUR. AUD on weak footing with commodities tumble. MAJOR HEADLINES – PREVIOUS SESSIONJapan Tokyo Apr. CPI ex Food and Energy out at 0.0% vs. 0.1% expected Japan Mar. National CPI ex Food and Energy out at 0.1% vs. 0.0% expected Germany Mar. Import Price Index rises 0.4% vs. 0.6% expected MoMTHEMES TO WATCH – UPCOMING SESSIONKey Risk Events (All times in GMT) Sweden Mar. Trade Balance (0730) Switzerland SNB's Roth to Speak (0800) UK Q1 GDP (0830) EuroZone ECB's Gonzalez-Paramo to speak (1045) US Apr. Final University of Michigan Confidence (1400) EuroZone ECB's Ordonez to speak (1500)Market CommentsThe German IFO reading surprised to the downside for the first time in several months with a reading of 102.4 vs. 104.3 expected

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MUMBAI, Xinhua) - Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex closed at 15,626.62 points on Tuesday, down 17.82 points or 0.11 percent over the previous day close.Sensex is the common name for the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index. It consists of the 30 largest and most actively traded stocks, representative of various sectors, on the Bombay Stock Exchange. The base year of Sensex is 1978-79 and the base value is 100. 　Editor: An LuCourtesy: news.xinhuanet.com

What to do When You are Having Financial Problems:  The Downside to Payday Loans  In the 21st century, many men and women find themselves facing financial difficulties. A great number of people find themselves living paycheck to paycheck. These people literally are not able to make ends meet. The sad fact is that many of these people [...]

A stop loss order is where you set a price for a stock at which it will be automatically sold. You use it to prevent a stock from falling below a certain value. In a momentum market, where most stocks are rising, a stop loss can be used to automatically lock in gains. You buy a [...]

Poll: Bush's popularity hits new low - CNN.com "Defeating this enemy in Iraq will make it less likely we will face this enemy here at home," he said. "We're helping the people of Iraq establish a democracy in the heart of the Middle East. A free Iraq will fight terrorists instead of harboring them."I'm not really sure what evidence Bush has for the above statement. I'm not sure there is any reason to believe that complete victory in Iraq will result in a nation that is any more anti-terror than, say, Pakistan. It's all political rhetoric. There's no particularly good reason to believe that complete victory is even possible in this kind of war.If anything History has proven that an occupying force is always at a disadvantage. All the enemy has to do is not quit, and eventually the occ

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It was an extremely dark day for markets with Sensex breaching the January lows of 15332. Globally equity markets have seen a sell off but India has underperformed its peers today. Falguni Nayar, MD at Kotak Mahindra Capital says that the overall1 Vote(s)

It was an extremely dark day for markets with Sensex breaching the January lows of 15332. Globally equity markets have seen a sell off but India has underperformed its peers today. Falguni Nayar, MD at Kotak Mahindra Capital says that the overall1 Vote(s)

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It was an extremely dark day for markets with Sensex breaching the January lows of 15332. Globally equity markets have seen a sell off but India has underperformed its peers today.Falguni Nayar, MD at Kotak Mahindra Capital says that the overall market has corrected a lot and there could be further downside from here, however valuations still seem quite attractive and they are only going to become better.Technical Analyst, Ashwani Gujral feels that for Nifty the 4,527 is crucial. He adds, "Markets are probably heading for a 50% correction and the level for the Nifty could be around 3,626 and around say about 12,000 on the Sensex."Excerpts from CNBC-TV18's interview with Falguni Nayar and Ashwani Gujral:For More Log on to moneycontrol.com

We are nearly half-way through March and it is on course to register another down month. Even during the worse of the 2000-2002 bear market it was rare to see more than 4 down months in a row - the worst run was 6-months which marked the very bottom of the market in 2002. Even in that instance, the low created after 4-months held as support for the subsequent 2-months.Will we see 2,202 hold as support?

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As mentioned in “Prisoner’s Dilemma” I posted a while ago, most efficient teamwork requires absolute faith and discipline from every player. Conflict between individual and collective payoff exists in continuous time. On top of all this, majority of people do not act rationally. It then makes sense that most business type games do not operate in the most efficient manner where maximum potential payoff could occur. The next logical suggestion sets forth that the average multi-staff business has a higher probability toward failure than success. OK, the question lies in how we can exploit this for profit. Most simply, downside bets on the stock markets. Allow me to illustrate why and how it is done. An economist visited AUT early 2007 and lectured regarding corporate crisis ma

Caption: Robert Goldstone directs the Cognitive Science Program at Indiana University and also the Percepts and Concepts Laboratory. Credit: Indiana University. Usage Restrictions: NoneBLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Good ideas can have drawbacks. When information is freely shared, good ideas can stunt innovation by distracting others from pursuing even better ideas, according to Indiana University cognitive scientist Robert Goldstone."How do you structure your community so you get the best solution out of the group?" Goldstone said. "It turns out not to be effective if different inventors and labs see exactly what everyone else is doing because of the human tendency to glom onto the current 'best' solution."Goldstone's findings were published this month in the January/February issue of the journal "

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