ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
In a year where Chinese solar companies have generally out-performed American solar companies, LDK stands out as a laggard. LDK is down 31% for the year whereas every other major Chinese solar stock traded on the American exchanges is no worse than flat on the year. When Q-Cells announced it would terminate a supply contract … Read more
Good (or not as bad as expected) economic news has typically garnered selling in the U.S. dollar and buying in the stock market. On Friday, the good news that November’s monthly change in U.S. non-farm payrolls came in essentially flat sent the S&P 500 soaring as high as 1.7%. However, the dollar index also soared, … Read more
For Toll Brothers (TOL), history has a nasty habit of repeating itself. Over the last two quarters, TOL released preliminary earnings reports that propelled the stock to one-day double-digit gains on record trading volumes. For the second time in a row, the actual earnings report generated the exact opposite response. After the last earnings report, … Read more
China hints sticking to dollar despite worries | Reuters China has maintained a consistent allocation of its foreign exchange reserves across different currencies, a senior official said on Friday, suggesting that any diversification away from the dollar has been gradual. (tags: China currency U.S._dollar) Bullard: Jobless Recoveries Could Change How Fed Acts – WSJ.com Federal … Read more
Over the last four days, Sunpower Corporation (SWPRa) completed a successful retest of the March lows (intra-day low of $19.70, closing low of $20.91). The next price target is around $26.25 with a close of the gap created by the news of accounting irregularities at its Philippine manufacturing operations. This price level will likely meet … Read more