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? [...]

Straight from the horses mouth. Click the image for a better view.

Source: Bloomberg, Federal Reserve, FDIC, FHA, Treasury Dept.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 Fed’s Move
Amid pressure of growing concerns of a recession, and contrary to every public comment he has ever made, Ben Bernanke stepped in to bail out Wall Street at the expense of higher inflation and a declining US dollar. His 50/50 bps cut on the fed funds and discount rates sent stock prices and [...]

Charting Stocks
September 16, 2007
In recent of posts, I’ve mentioned that 13,450 was an important level of resistance for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. On August 19th I noted that 13,458 was a key Fibonacci resistance level and thought that this would be a reasonable spot for the market to stall. I used last weeks post [...]

Charting Stocks
First time readers are encouraged to read my 2007 outlook report which was written on January 1, 2007. Click the link below to read.
The Coming Stock Market Crash of 2007
In my previous post, I mentioned that the short term move up would most likely stall at 13,500 on the Dow Jones Industrial Average. I [...]

Charting Stocks Update
August 19, 2007
“The US government is on a ‘burning platform’ of unsustainable policies and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic healthcare underfunding, immigration and overseas military commitments threatening a crisis if action is not taken soon.
..These include “dramatic” tax rises, slashed government services and the large-scale dumping by foreign governments of holdings of US [...]

Charting Stocks
April 1, 2006
“All great inflations end with the acceptance of real money—gold—and the rejection of political money—paper. The stage is now set; monetary order is of the utmost importance. Conditions are deteriorating, and the solutions proposed to date have only made things worse. Although the solution is readily available to us, powerful forces whose [...]