Posts Tagged ‘stock market outlook’

Stock Market Technicals Looking Bearish

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Mar 11th, 2011 • Category: Broker Commentary, MF Global in the News, Market Updates

Our Senior Market Strategist Phil Streible appeared on Bloomberg television after the close on March 10, and shared his outlook for the stock market. He said bullish momentum looks broken, and technicals suggest a correction. He said the  S&P 500 futures and could fall as much as 50 points,  to about 1,250 . View the [...]



Dow 10,000: Line in the Sand

By Jeff Friedman • Sep 2nd, 2010 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

by Jeffrey Friedman Fall tends to be a bearish time for the stock market, and as trading volume picks up after the dog days of summer, many investors are a bit cautious about what may come next. People like to talk about psychological levels, and 10,000 in the Dow Jones Industrial Average is one of [...]



Stocks, Bonds and the Economy: Something’s Gotta Give

By Bill Dixon • Aug 10th, 2010 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

by Bill Dixon Both the stock market and Treasury market have been rallied in the past few weeks on a somewhat divergent view of the economy, but sooner or later, I think something has to give, and I think it’s likely going to be stocks. I don’t think the upward trend in stock indexes is [...]



COT Data Shows “Smart Money” Bullish S&P

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Jul 7th, 2010 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

The stock market has been struggling this past month, but perhaps what’s known in futures circles as the “smart money” is forecasting a turnaround. The most recent Commitments of Traders Report, released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission each Friday, showed commercial traders in the S&P 500 have increased their bullish positions in the market, [...]



Stock Market Should Steady, but Confidence Shaky

By Dennis Cajigas • Jun 8th, 2010 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

by Dennis G. Cajigas The driving force behind weakness in the stock market over the past month is a growing lack of confidence in the global economic outlook. I think we should see some stability in the stock indexes in June, but it may take some time before investor confidence can be restored. There is [...]



Sell in May and Go Away

By Andrew Vallance • May 5th, 2010 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

by Andrew Vallance The stock market has seen a sell-off in early May, and according to my analysis, the adage “sell in May and go away” seems like an appropriate strategy. Looking at a big- picture technical view based on Elliott Wave analysis, I can see a possible turn back to the bear market levels [...]



Powerful Stock Rally Could See Correction, Albeit Mild

By Matt Krupski • Apr 20th, 2010 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

by Matt Krupski Just about all my clients have been asking what I think of the stock market, and whether the powerful rally we’ve seen over the past year will continue. It’s taken a lot of people by surprise.  If you missed this rally, you may be feeling left out, but there are ways to [...]



Friedman’s Futures Forecast for September

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Sep 4th, 2009 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

Futures Forecast for September: Will We See a Stock Market Swoon? By Jeff Friedman September started on out a sour note for the stock market, and the question is whether this marks the start of a deeper correction many traders have been looking for (myself included). Even if the market does experience a pullback this [...]



Friedman’s Futures Forecast for June

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Jun 4th, 2009 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

Friedman’s Futures Forecast: Market Outlook for June By Jeff Friedman Month after month, the global economy has been in focus. There is no doubt the economy looks a little better than it did four months ago, and there’s no doubt it looks better than even a month ago. We heard the term “green shoots” come [...]



No Inflation Here

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Apr 14th, 2009 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

The March Producer Price Index came in down 1.2%, and was flat excluding food and energy. It was the worst year-over-year reading since 1950. Retail sales were slightly negative, down 1.1% in March, with retail sales excluding autos down 0.9%. Lind Plus Senior Market Strategist Jeff Friedman said the stock market is overbought and looks [...]