The Markets Wait On Earnings

Hello MarketClub members everywhere. The stock market has started off the new trading week with gains as Wall Street readies for the start of the third-quarter earnings season, awaits more news from the Federal Reserve and watches politics as the presidential election comes down the final stretch.

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The reporting season kicks off on Tuesday with quarterly results from aluminum maker Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) and more importantly on Friday with reports from the three major banks Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM).

Key levels to watch next week: Continue reading "The Markets Wait On Earnings"

Is Deutsche Bank Going To Implode?

Hello MarketClub members everywhere. I'm thinking most of the public thought that all of this bank garbage was behind them, but the reality is there's still a lot of real problems out there many of which the Fed will not own up to. I have said for some time that the Federal Reserve system is out of whack and up a creek without a paddle.

Well, it looks as though Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE:DB) is imploding this morning as it stock sinks with massive withdrawals from hedge funds and the public is not helping matters. With a huge debt load that it can't possibly support Deutsche Bank is in trouble and its only savior at this time is the Merkle regime. However, if they step in it only kicks the can down the road to another day. I'm sure there are still some folks around who remember the hyperinflation in Germany in the 30s. This terrible time was the beginning of an economic climate that gave birth to the Nazi regime. Nobody wants to see that happen again.

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Everybody was worried about the financial system in Greece, but we are talking about Germany now which has a far greater footprint and significance in the EU. If Germany begins to totter, the rest of Europe cannot be far behind.

The question I have is this: sooner or later you have to pay the piper and face the music and it is not dancing music!! My other question is when do people begin to pile into hard assets like gold? Continue reading "Is Deutsche Bank Going To Implode?"

The Big Non-Event

Hello MarketClub members everywhere. Like the other 84 million Americans, I watched the presidential debate and I have to say it was as boring as watching an uneventful Super Bowl. The interesting thing is the next day the stock market had a very healthy bounce. I don't think there is one particular event you can point to that caused the bounce, but nonetheless, it was a bounce.

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The question is, should you buy stocks now? The answer will be if you are long-term trader it may be a good time to be a buyer. On the other hand, if you're an intermediate or shorter-term trader it would be best to wait for a green weekly Trade Triangle in the Dow or the S&P 500 to be a buyer of stocks in those indices. The NASDAQ is a different kettle of fish as that is clearly in a strong upward trend.

Let's begin by looking at the major indices and see what they're doing trend wise. Continue reading "The Big Non-Event"

Will Tonight's Debate Move The Markets?

Hello MarketClub members everywhere. It's estimated that there will be up to 100 million people watching tonight's debate. Never before have there been that many people so involved and so intrigued by a political debate. Never before has the country been so divided in so many ways.

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Tonight's debate is going to be historic in the sense that we have never seen two more famous or infamous people depending on your viewpoint duke it out for 90 minutes in prime time. The question is, how are the debates going to affect the markets? That is a question that cannot be answered with any logic. What I do know is that the Trade Triangles will catch any nuances that come out of the debates.

Last week painted a pretty positive picture for most of the markets. Based on the close of business on Friday here are the net percentage changes for the week. Continue reading "Will Tonight's Debate Move The Markets?"

Amazon Soars To The Chagrin Of These Two Companies

Hello MarketClub members everywhere. There is no doubt about it; Jeff Bezos has built a fantastic company. When he first started selling discounted books, he wanted to give his company a big name. The biggest thing he could think of at the time was Amazon which is the largest, mightiest river in the world. Jeff's premonition for calling his company Amazon turned out to be very fortuitous as Amazon is without question the biggest online store in the world.

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I have to admit; I'm a customer of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) like millions of other people who love the service. What Amazon does better than anybody else is sell products and deliver them and make it all incredibly easy and pain-free.

There is a catch, however, in the marketplace and in life there is no such thing as a free lunch, someone has to pay. Continue reading "Amazon Soars To The Chagrin Of These Two Companies"