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Bulls Gobble Up Stocks As Volume Recedes
The major averages advanced on Wednesday as the greenback slid to a 14-year low against the yen after the latest round of economic data was released. As expected, volume, a critical component of institutional demand, was lower than Tuesday’s levels ahead of the the Thanksgiving day holiday. The stock market will be closed on Thursday and is slated to close early on Friday (1pm EST) in oberservence of the holiday. Advancers led decliners by over a 2-to-1 ratio on the NYSE but trailed by a narrow margin on the Nasdaq exchange. There were 22high-ranked companies from the CANSLIM.net Leaders List making a new 52-week high and appearing on the CANSLIM.net BreakOuts Page, higher from the 12 issues that appeared on the prior session. In terms of new leadership, it was encouraging to see new 52-week highs outnumber new 52-week lows on the NYSE and Nasdaq exchange.
The U.S. Dollar vs. Capital Markets
Th Inverse Correlation Explained:
In the recent past, there has been an inverse correlation between the U.S. dollar and dollar denominated assets (mainly stocks and commodities). By definition, the inverse correlation states that stocks and commodities (which are priced in dollars) will fall when the dollar rallies. Since early December, the greenback has steadily rallied which has put pressure on several capital markets. As the following few charts show, on a relative basis, crude oil is the hardest hit, followed by gold, then U.S. equities. What does this mean? We’ll let you draw your own conclusions by commenting below.Stocks Plunge on Thanksgiving
On Friday stocks sold off as investors unloaded their positions ahead of the the weekend. The catalyst which precipitated this sell off was Dubai World’s trouble restructuring their debt. Dubai World, the most indebted of Dubai’s state-sponsored companies, is seen as a barometer for the health of the financial nexus.
Way Too Big To Fail & The Most Important Investment Lesson Post Lehman
Way To Big Too Fail & Respect Risk: People never fail to amaze me. The one constant in life and in markets is that human nature never changes. It has been 5 years since Lehman failed and the entire global financial system came to a grinding halt. What changed? What lessons have you learned? The single…
Great Read: Doesn't Money Growth Produce Inflation? Normally, Yes, But…
Following excerpt explains it all: But doesn’t money growth produce inflation? Normally, yes, but it has to go somewhere for that to happen. He says, “You miss the circulation effects as the money moves between buyer and seller, saver and spender, three or four times. [Now] it just stays in the bank.” Full Article: Barron’s:…
FLS Update: A Near Term Low – Originally published Wednesday -The Exact Low Of The Week
Here is The Intra-Week Update That Was Sent on Wednesday – The EXACT Low of the week. Market Update: Barring another wave of massive selling, it appears the market is trying to put in a near term low today and it looks like stocks are ready to bounce from their deeply oversold levels. So far,…
