Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your mid-day market update for Thursday, the 13th of October.
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The light volume rally that exceeded everyone's expectations in the equity markets has finally come to an end. We were surprised, like many traders, just how far this rally extended. The major trends always win out in the end, and the major trend for the equity markets, the oil market, the silver market, and the Reuters Jefferies CRB index are all still negative longer-term. The long term trends came into play and proved how important they are in the scope of trading.
This morning I saw that Wall Street insider Raj Rayaratnam was sentenced to 11 years in prison for his insider trading. I'm all for putting people behind bars that break the security laws of the United States. The security markets have no place for individuals like this.
I'm also for putting incompetent politicians who waste our money behind bars. There should be consequences for their actions. When you have Senator Dick Durbin go on the Senate floor and say to everybody to pull their money out of Bank of America, it is an irresponsible statement and very dangerous for our fragile economy.
The reason Senator Durbin said what he did on the Senate floor, is because he cannot be prosecuted. Had he made that statement in a town hall meeting or any kind of public meeting, Bank of America could and should sue him. You can't have politicians denigrating businesses who are elected officials. Unfortunately, most of these officials have zero shame and certainly would not resign over something like this.
I hope you were able to catch our shows yesterday, at 1 PM and again at 5 PM, when we discussed how many markets could be under pressure today.
Here's the bottom line, nothing has really changed, the country and the world is in a heap of trouble and that just can't be swept under the rug and forgotten about.
Now, let's go to the 6 major markets we track every day and see how we can create and maintain your wealth in 2011. Continue reading "Here's the Bottom Line, Nothing Has Really Changed" →