I’ve been keeping a close eye on the Nasdaq and it has been trading in range right now between 2350 to 2470. There seems to be downward pressure because every time it rallies up, it cannot seem to get past 2470 to shoot through previous high of around 2560.
All over the financial news, they say that traders are all waiting for an announcement from Ben Bernake at the Jackson Hole, economic conference. So, that is why there is a range being formed until the Friday announcement.
Russian economic researchers has found that the richest slice of Russian society has doubled its wealth in the past 20 years, while almost two-thirds of the population is no better off and the poor are barely half as wealthy as they were when the Soviet Union fell, according to the research.
Here is the link to the full article:
http://taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2011/04/13/2003500648
This is quite huge as a piece of news in the technology industry. Hewlett Packard / HP to get out of consumer computer business…wow. It would seem that their PC business has been suffering for quite a while, despite being one of the top 3 vendors in the computer market.
If this future trader is betting that the Dow Jones Industrial Average is going towards near 2009 lows of 8200, then it should take the Nasdaq also down to near 2009 lows, which is around 1750 points. I would have to agree with this view and it might take several months to get to that level, however you never know sometimes with the market, so we will just have to wait and see.
After watching the video from Sky News UK, it would seem that the rioters and looters of the London riot were mainly people who didn’t have much in terms of money and jobs. I guess they saw it as an opportunity to get things they can not otherwise afford. The rioting was trigger by the killing of a boy shot by police.
I started purchasing HQD.TO (Horizon Bear Nasdaq ETF) again. Some at 2450, and then some at 2500 points on the Nasdaq. I will look at loading up some more when the Nasdaq hits 2578 or higher, if it ever gets there.
If you think about the highs for the Nasdaq this year which was slightly above 2800, it is unlikely in this current economic environment that it will hit that high again.
Nothing much has been done to change the U.S banking system since the 2008 crisis. Basically, if anythig it is the same problematic system and getting worse. So, let’s see if the banking crisis 2.0 and recession will be upon us within the next short while.
About 6 months ago I warned a family member to move all his investment to cash or Canadian bond position, however the response I got back, was “Why should I do that, the financial stocks are doing very well now.”
I however, did not press the issue with this family member because I didn’t want to seem like a know it all, but I knew that the rise in the stock market will be followed by a sharp and violent downturn and it finally arrived.
While the United States government lies about their inflation numbers and creates inflation around the world by printing more U.S dollars, Canadian food prices have been rising at the fastest rate in two years. Many experts already know there is food inflation across the world and now it has been affecting Canadian consumers.
Statistics Canada figures showed that food prices rose 4.3 per cent in June from a year ago, . That’s the highest since July, 2009, and a tick upwards from the 3.9-per-cent pace in May.
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