Stock Indices

This article describes what led up to the stock market crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression:

The Web is crawling with technical analysis (TA)...[and,] given its popularity, [begs the questions as to whether or not there] really is something to it. [Based on our research,] the short answer is no, not really, at least not in developed markets like the US or the UK... Furthermore, most of the popular TA indicators that are bandied around are nonsense jargon and should be ignored as useless noise. [Let us explain our position.] Words: 2143

Multiple indicators are flashing warning signs that I believe are being ignored by short-termism and overly excited market prognosticators.

We believe a series of lower closes beneath the 200-day moving average (currently 2752 in the March futures) could be enough to awaken the sleeping bear from his short hibernation.

Mining stocks are facing an opportunity they haven’t seen many times in the past 8-years!

Take a look! The economy is slowing and corporate profits have peaked so how could stocks possibly be entering a new bull market and making a run to new all-time highs in the months ahead?

Whether you are a businessman or an ordinary citizen concerned about what’s going on in the world, the yield curve is something you should care about as it is probably the single best indicator of an upcoming recession and where the markets are headed.

Some veteran investors and traders see the current market situation as a repeat of early-2008, in which stocks fell while gold went up. That being said the bull market’s top isn’t necessarily in but risk:reward does favor long-term bears.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average provides us with some pretty strong evidence that our “stock market boom” has been fueled by debt. On Wednesday, the Dow crossed the 20,000 mark for the first time ever, and this comes at a time when the U.S. national debt is right on the verge of hitting 20 trillion dollars. Is this just a coincidence? As you will see, there has been a very close correlation between the national debt and the Dow Jones Industrial Average for a very long time.

Don’t fall in love with this stock market rally. With most major averages having achieved sub-20% declines in recent weeks, stocks are likely in the early stages of a bear market. Although stocks could go marginally higher in the short-term, they ultimately will likely continue to slip sideways and slide downwards to a bottom somewhere around the 1,500-1,800 level on the S&P 500,