ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets
Exploring the poetry in financial markets for students of money and economy since the year 2000.
In mid-May, I warily eyed copper as it looked ready to lead the correction in commodity prices into a complete breakdown (see “Silver Fails Resistance; All Eyes on Copper’s Support“). However, over the past six weeks, copper prices have held firm by clinging to the 200-day moving average (DMA) line of support. Source: Stockcharts.com This … Read more
Copper Sector Set to Shine on Growing Demand – TheStreet Even though copper is down from its all-time high of $4.62 a pound, analyst reports continue to project that robust demand from China will help boost prices toward the end of 2011. On the supply side, analysts say that copper is in the midst of … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) You know something is broken when the CEO of a company promises to spend over $1M of her own money and the stock still falls over 20%. This is the current problem with China DangDang, … Read more
BitCoin HackCrash Raises Doubts About Viability of Virtual Currency – CNBC The dramatic crash in the value of BitCoins on the most popular exchange for trading the electronic currency-substitutes highlighted the dangers investors face when dealing in BitCoins. The value of BitCoins dropped on Sunday from $17 each to just pennies on the most popular … Read more
(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) Last week, an article from China Daily titled “Rare-earth supplies expected to grow” was blamed for the weakness in several rare earth stocks like Molycorp and Lynas Corp. Ltd on June 16th. The article contains … Read more
China’s sugar rush may be ending | James Saft China is an economy addicted to investment, a sort of fun house mirror of the U.S.’s addiction to consumption, with an astounding 93 percent of GDP growth in 2009 attributable to investment. That’s a strategy that worked well for years, but China’s response to the global … Read more
(This is a partial excerpt from an article I published on Seeking Alpha. Click here to read the entire piece.) When Evergreen Solar (ESLR) issued a dire earnings warning, I speculated that the company is flirting with bankruptcy. Tonight, ESLR reported quarterly earnings for the quarter ending April 2, 2011 and confirmed that it is … Read more
Originally posted on “Inflation Watch“… Nightly Business Report produced a short video segment describing China’s inflation woes (transcript included) called “China’s Inflation Battle.” The commentator identifies China’s RMB¥ 4 trillion stimulus program (around $585B USD at the time) as the original source of the inflation and takes us to Pengshui, 1000 miles from Beijing, to … Read more
China Noses Ahead as Top Goods Producer – CNBC/Financial Times China has become the world’s top manufacturing country by output, returning the country to the position it occupied in the early 19th century and ending the U.S.’s 110-year run as the largest goods producer. (tags: China economy manufacturing)
Finisar (FNSR) was punished with a 39% one-day loss last week after announcing disappointing guidance for the current quarter that included the extremely poisonous phrase “…a slowdown in business in China.” The tremendous price drop combined with record trading volume of 40.4M shares displayed all the classic markings of complete abandonment by institutions and large … Read more