August 18, 2010 · 7 comments
in September, VIX volatility, indicators, market crash, market reports, market timing, news and updates, preparedness, technical analysis, terminology, theories, wealth protection
So what’s this “Hindenburg Omen” you may have been hearing about lately? Is it an economic conspiracy theory, or does it really have any value as a leading indicator for a market slowdown?
The Hindenburg Omen is a technical indicator created by the blind mathematician, Jim Miekka, that is supposed to predict financial crashes – and [...]
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July 4, 2010 · 3 comments
in Federal Reserve, US debt, US economy, collapse, debt, deficits, deflation, economy, forecasts, market crash, market reports, recession, stimulus
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By all counts it seems clear that the odds of the U.S. falling into a double-dip recession have increased. If you just look at the charts of the DJIA alone, you can see the breakdown in prices, but there are other factors, too.
1. State Anti-Stimulus Programs Larger than Federal Stimulus Programs. I think this was [...]
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May 7, 2010 · 4 comments
in Greece, S&P 500, S&P/TSX, debt, europe, exchange rates, foreign investment, forex, government, international economy, international stock market, legislation, market crash, market reports, market trends, news and updates, risk, stock exchanges, world order
Is Greece triggering the double-dip? Yesterday’s several-hundred point dive in the stock markets globally was said to be the result of a “fat finger” typo – someone, a really big trader (eg., Citibank), typed in 15 “billion” of futures contracts instead of 15 “million” somewhere.
And is this the new kamikaze capitalism – where you don’t [...]
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April 5, 2010 · 6 comments
in bubble, discipline, economy, emotions, financial planning, future, investing, market crash, market timing, money lessons, opportunity, preparedness, psychology, purchases, savings, stock picks, stocks, wealthbuilding
One week we’re done with market crashes, the next week there’s more talk of bubbles and Wall Street antics wasting taxpayers’ money. This list of market doom headlines is a good enough reminder of how the fear for the end of the world felt like just over one year ago now in early March 2009.
What [...]
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January 20, 2010 · 13 comments
in 2010, Federal Reserve, US economy, bull market, central banks, economy, exchange rates, financial planning, forex, hedging, inflation, interest rates, international economy, market crash, market reports, market timing, recession, risk
Highest ever one-month inflation rise in the UK for December, fiscal imbalances in Greece, weakened macro-economics in Germany, a Canadian housing market bubble, higher than 50% gains in the commodity currencies since last March (2009), and the return of hubris and risk-taking in the U.S. investment banks… what do these all have in common?
Is it [...]
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January 15, 2010 · 12 comments
in diversification, economy, education, emergencies, lifehack, market crash, risk, self-protection, survival, sustainability, unemployment, wealth protection, world order
Do your “transferable skills” include survival skills? If you work in financial markets, accounting, tourism, real estate, university-level teaching (certain fields), administration, human resources, and a number of other fields whose central activities are not connected in any real way to the basic “stuff” of living, it is more likely that you are lacking in [...]
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January 12, 2010
in 2010, DJIA, Financial New Year, Q3, Q4, S&P 500, bull market, earnings, economy, indexes, market bottom, market crash, market timing, market trends, recession, risk, technical analysis, wealth protection
Increasingly, analysts seem to agree that the first half (and the first quarter, especially) of stock markets in 2010 will look robust and promising, but stock markets in the second half of the year leave much to be desired.
The possibility of a double-dip recession still remains for some, while others mitigate this prediction about the [...]
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