Archive for the ‘Trading Psychology’ Category

Jim Rogers – News on ABC Australia – Things Getting Worse As America Declines

Friday, October 21st, 2011

Deflationist Gary Schilling Foresees Deflation, Hard Landing For China And S&P At 800 Going Forward

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

Gary Schilling the author of “The Age of De-Leveraging” thinks there will be more pain ahead. As the economy stalls, demand for goods and commodities will fall causing deflation and subsequently stock markets will fall.

One Year and a Half To Next Stock Market Bottom – Dec, 2012 or Jan 2013

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

Next stock market crash bottom
The 2007 violent sharp downward move happend on Oct.29th which signal the bear market that eventually ended and bottomed on March, 2009. From the beginning of the bear market crash to the bottom the timeframe was 17 months roughly. The pattern is pretty much the same for all markets Dow Jones, Nasdaq and S&P 500.

Gold, Silver, Mineral Stocks Drop On New Recession Fears

Sunday, September 25th, 2011

Gold mining heavy machinery equipment
The reason why commodities prices drop is simple, when good times are here, demand for commodities increase. More computers, electronics and other products requiring commodities like gold, silver and rare earth minerals are being manufactured, because the economy is in a growth stage more products are being sold to consumers and corporations.

Jim Rogers “The Next Global Recession Will Be Worse Than 2008″

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

It is just a matter of time before every market will start to test the 2008-2009 lows. Right now all governments around the world is just delaying the evitable.

Dow Jones Industrial Average Crashes 303 Points Today – More Downside To Come, Recession Ahead?

Friday, September 9th, 2011

Dow Jones Industrial Average - DJIA drop 303 points
Looking at the charts of most U.S indexes over the last 2 weeks or so, it is clear that things are definitely volatile. The stock market have been bouncing up and down and having trouble breaking past previous ceiling. The markets are trading in a range right now.

If Recession Hits, Investors Should Prepare for 40% Drop in Stocks, Says Mauldin

Friday, August 19th, 2011

If you ask me looking at the jobs numbers and the headlines about layoffs along with lots of companies now not meeting their numbers and having negative forward guidance, it looks like we are heading into a big recession.

Next Stop, Dow 8,200: Nasdaq 1750 – Futures Trader

Monday, August 15th, 2011

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.

Waiting For Nasdaq To Crash Lower – Next Few Month(s) with HQD.TO Bear/Short ETF

Friday, August 12th, 2011

Nasdaq 1 year chart, Aug.12, 2011 just after crash HQD.TO
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.

Dow Jones Industrial Average Crashes 634 Points Today – Signalling New Recession Ahead

Monday, August 8th, 2011


Dow Jones Industrial average - DJIA crash 634 points August 8 , 2011 signalling the great depression 2.0
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.

Economy and Stock Market Turning Down – QE3 is Inevitable

Friday, June 10th, 2011

I’ve been anticipating the U.S stock market decline for a while now and this week the Dow Jones industrial average declined below 12,000.

I believe there is more downside coming in the near future. My initial assumption was that this decline will start near the end of June, however with markets it is always difficult to know when it will actually happen.