Charting Stocks

2009 will be a year of complete destruction for the US economy. 5 Million will lose their jobs. The Dow Jones Industrial average will break below 6,000. Municipalities will fail. Insurers will fail. The unemployed and foreclosed American population will take to the streets and begin rioting. The Greatest Depression is upon us.
Sound far fetched? [...]

Today’s treasury auction outlined the panic that still dominates the financial markets. $36 Billion in T-Bills were auctioned off today which gave a 0% yield. Why would anyone be willing to make an investment in which they are guaranteed to make nothing? The one word answer is “Fear.”

Because treasury bills are direct obligations of the [...]

“News Dissector” Danny Schechter investigates our economic calamity in the upcoming feature documentary ‘PLUNDER.’

We’re naming names! Below are our picks for the best economic forecasters for 2008.
#1 Nouriel Roubini

Professor of Economics at New York University
Chairman, RGE Moniter
Website: www.rgemonitor.com
In his words: (2007) “With residential investment still in free fall, commercial real estate still doing fine until recently but now showing signs of strain, capex spending by the corporate sectors [...]

Kondratieff
Nikolai Kondratieff was a Russian Professor who, after the Russian revolution of 1917, was tasked with developing the “Five year plan” which researched and analyzed factors regarding economic growth for the Soviet’s. Kondratieff published his work in 1926 and because his findings seemed critical of the stated policies of Joseph Stalin, Professor Kondratieff was removed [...]

Ron Paul is a nine term Congressman and 2008 Presidential Candidate whose passion is monetary policy, Dr. Paul has served on The House Banking Committee and The Financial Services Committee.

As of 01/02/2008 the the year price target on the S&P 500 set by the Chief Investment Strategists at the major investment banks are as follows:
Strategist Year End Price Target
Citigroup                                   1675
HSBC                                          1700
Credit Suisse                              1650
Bank of America                         1625
UBS                                             1700
Morgan Stanley                           1525
Bear Stearns                                1700
Goldman Sachs                           1675
JP Morgan                                    1590
Lehman Brothers                         1630
Wachovia                                     1590
Merrill Lynch                                1525
Average 1632
Average [...]

No  sign of a bottom! The S&P 500 Index has violated it’s 2002 lows. The financial sector remains in free fall. Hartford Insurance appears to be the next AIG, and Citigroup the next Lehman.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is coming close to it’s moment of truth, a test of it’s 2002 lows. A breach of [...]

Another brutal day on wall street as the Dow Jones Industrial Average gave up another 223 points to close the day at 8273.  The following chart paints a grim picture as to the internal health of the market. The NYSE New Highs-New Lows ratio shows the number of stocks in the NYSE making new 52 [...]

The stock market continued it’s slide this week with the financial stocks leading the way.
Goldman Sachs, UBS, Citigroup & Merrill Lynch make fresh new lows.

Both Houses of Morgan (JP Morgan & Morgan Stanley) show relative strength while Goldman Sachs and Citigroup look the weakest.