Originally Posted by WakingTheBull 84% of All Stock Trades Are By High-Frequency Computers … Only 16% Are Done By Human Traders Source: http://www.washingtonsblog.com Posted on April 26, 2012 by WashingtonsBlog Given The Dominance of The Machines, Do Flesh-and-Blood Traders Have a Chance? As of 2010, 50-70% of all stock trades were done by high frequency trading computer algorithms. And many other asset classes are dominated by high frequency trading as well. High-frequency trading distorts the markets. And see this, this and this. And it lets the big banks peek at what the real traders are buying and selling, and then trade on the insider information. See this, this, this, and this. Morgan Stanley has just shown (via the Financial Times) that the percentage of high frequency trading in the stock market has skyrocketed to 84%: Trading by “real” investors is taking up the smallest share of US stock market volumes [since Morgan ...
Originally Posted by WakingTheBull As we approach our Second Year we rely on our members support, If you value the profitable information found on WAKINGTHEBULL.COM THEN $CLICK HERE TO DONATE$ Please donate so we can continue to provide valuable information to our grassroots community. Adam Smith's (The Father Of Economics) mantra " that an individual pursuing his own self-interest in a free market tends to also promote the good of their community." SO PLEASE SHARE YOUR TRADE IDEAS! Here is a look at how the major Indices fared this week: DOW ($INDU) The closed down 66.17 @12993.97 above it's MA(200)@12134.34 S&P500 ($SPX) The S&P 500 closed down 27.82 @1370.26 above it's MA(200)@1271.91 Volatility Index ($VIX) The Volatility Index closed up 2.85 @19.55 under it's MA(200)@25.83 Baltic Dry Index ($BDI) The Baltic Dry Index, an index that measures shipping spot freight rates of various dry bulk cargoes closed up ...
Originally Posted by baronvonstocks Profits Are at Record Levels, So Why Aren't Stock Prices? Source: CNBC On Monday November 7, 2011, 3:47 pm EST With almost all of the third quarter results out, it's safe to say that companies in the S&P 500 Index (INDEX: .SPX) have achieved record earnings and profit margins on a quarterly and one-year basis, fully exorcising the 2008 credit crisis and reflecting the aggressive cost cutting efforts underway since that calamity. "Third quarter 2011 establishes a new quarterly and trailing four quarter EPS peak while trailing four quarter net margins remain at peak levels," according to a Goldman Sachs Research, which came to this conclusion using the figures from the 90 percent of the S&P 500 members that have reported and the firm's estimates for the rest. "The last four quarter EPS total of $94.80 (for S&P 500) exceeds the previous peak of $91.47 achieved in second ...
Originally Posted by WakingTheBull Wild market ride is driving people out of stocks Surge in volatility leaves investors wary; S&P 500 made 20 swings of 2 percent plus this year Source: AP BY: Matthew Craft NEW YORK (AP) -- Just how turbulent is the stock market? More than half a trillion dollars in paper gains were made and lost within just two weeks in September. The S&P 500 jumped 5 percent in the week ending Sep. 16, the second best week this year. The next week it plunged 6 percent, the second worst week this year. The wild swings have made many wary of putting money in the stock market. "It's like an elevator with only two buttons," said Jeffrey Sica, president of Sica Wealth Management. "If you see one button says `surge' and the other says `plunge,' you're not going to get on the elevator." In market-speak, it's called volatility: Large jumps followed by deep dives, within the course of a week or sometimes the same day. The surge in volatility since early August ...
Originally Posted by WakingTheBull Mamta Badkar, On Monday July 11, 2011, 7:28 am EDT Good morning. Here's what you need to know. Asian indices were mostly down in overnight trading with the Shanghai Composite up 0.18%. Major European indices are in the red and U.S. futures indicate a negative open. A European Central Bank source is reported to have said that the existing European rescue fund is not big enough to take on an Italian bailout. Italian stocks are off over 2% and yields on two-year government bonds have widened. Don't miss: The sad story of how Italy got to be such a wreck > It is being reported that European leaders are prepared to accept a Greek default on some of its bonds as part of a new bailout plan. The move is expected to be discussed at a Brussels meeting of Eurozone finance ministers today. Meanwhile two-year Greek bond yields have surged to over 31%. Here are the 15 countries that are buried under the most debt > The ...
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WTB: Market Forecast Watchlist Yet Again On The Money $$ Friday Jobs Report We stated in this weeks report that is sent out every Sunday> ( Free To All Registered Members So Please Sign Up) "Once again, we think the market will continue to grind higher testing the previous highs sooner then latter.The Golden Cross is indicating we can be in for a big move this week and possible test the above resistance areas. A test to the moving average support would mark the extreme downside as we see it in the short term." Well the DOW was up 193 points today breaking above the previous 10900 resistance area. The Golden Cross was a major catalyst for the move on the technical side. In the short term: a better then expected jobs report Friday and a mention that the Bush Tax credits will be extended could send the market to test the previous highs in the 11200 area. Depending on which way the election goes, we still might even ...
Forget Low Volume—Stocks Are Underbought: Manager "Despite the recent rally in stocks, volume levels have been on the light side. What does it mean for investors? Craig Hodges, co-portfolio manager at The Hodges Fund, and John Morris, managing partner at Crestwood Advisors, shared their outlooks. “There’s been so much negative news, it’s killed the enthusiasm,” Hodges told CNBC. "It’s gotten so negative out there that the individual investor is gone and now the market is dominated by quants and computers...it’s made a lot of investors feel like they don’t have a chance and that’s part of the problem with the volume. Hodges said stocks are currently underowned and cheap" Read Full Article Watch Video...... NYSE Euronext U.S. Stock Trading Volume Down 21.8 Percent "NYSE Euronext said its cash trading in equities in the United States is down 21.8 percent from a year ago, while it global volume in derivative transactions is ...
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