Italy Drops Like a Rock
The iShares MSCI Italy Index Fund (NYSE:EWI) is trading lower this morning by $1.02 to $15.41 a share. The 6.25 percent decline in the EWI could be just the start of things to come as the country could...
View ArticleVampire Market
Since July 21, 2011, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has dropped lower by 786.0 points, the popular stock index is now trading below the psychological 12,000 level. This is one fast and massive drop...
View ArticleEuropean Crisis Eclipses World Markets
Once again, the major stock indexes are tumbling lower after the European Union continues to remain under heavy selling pressure. Italy, Spain, and even France may need to be bailed out in the near...
View ArticleRepeat of 1997, This Time It Is The West
This recent stock market decline can now be compared to the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis also called the Asian Contagion. This time around it is the European Union collapse that is the leading catalyst...
View ArticleEuro-zone Breakdown
This afternoon, the popular and highly followed German DAX closed lower by over 4.00 percent to 5189.93. This is a fresh new 52 week closing low for the most important stock index in the European...
View ArticleLast Ditch Effort Did Not Work
This afternoon, the major stock indexes are still under severe selling pressure. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is trading lower by more than 440.00 points to 10,674.00. The one factor that is...
View ArticleFlip This Chart Upside Down And There Is The Rally
It is still amazing at how people get so excited about a stock market rally that occurs when the value of the U.S. Dollar declines. Are people crazy or what? When the U.S. Dollar Index declines the...
View ArticleEveryone Is Watching Italy
This morning, the Italian parliament voted on a budget that passed with 308 votes. While this budget vote passed it lacked the majority. This tells the world that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi might...
View ArticleThe European Indexes Still Look Ugly
A couple of weeks ago the European Central Bank (ECB) created a new lending facility to the banks in Europe. The European banks could borrow capital from the ECB at 1.00 percent for up to three years....
View ArticleThree Reasons Why This Will Remain A Traders Market For Years To Come
If you happen to be in a diversified retirement fund you probably finished 2011 basically flat. Many of the popular hedge fund managers also underperformed the S&P 500 Index last year. This tells...
View ArticleEuropean Debt Crisis Starts To Erupt Again
This morning, the problems in the European Union are starting to surface once again. Recently, all of the major stock indexes have been floating higher steadily each and every day on extremely light...
View ArticleEuropean Stock Indexes Slide Deep Into The Red
All of the leading European stock indexes have been declining since the opening bell rang at the New York Stock Exchange. Fear is starting to spread in the market as many investors are expecting some...
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