Market Update from Trade The News Asian Market Update: Merrill Lynch announcement triggers Asian financials sell-off - Merrill Lynch announced plans to sell a big chunk of its asset-backed securities and issue new stock to raise $8.5B of fresh capital. Investors were hopeful ...

AUD/USD - Australian Dollar US Dollar, European Session - 29/07/08 http://s2.ytimg.com/vi/eiMOhpnE46M/default.jpg http://www.technicalanalysisbook.com Author: thermal1 Keywords: stocks trade business finance brian shannon Added: June 24, 2008

EUR/AUD - Euro Australian Dollar, European Session - 29/07/08 http://s2.ytimg.com/vi/eiMOhpnE46M/default.jpg http://www.technicalanalysisbook.com Author: thermal1 Keywords: stocks trade business finance brian shannon Added: June 24, 2008

EUR/CAD - Euro Canadian Dollar, European Session - 29/07/08 http://s2.ytimg.com/vi/eiMOhpnE46M/default.jpg http://www.technicalanalysisbook.com Author: thermal1 Keywords: stocks trade business finance brian shannon Added: June 24, 2008

EUR/CHF - Euro Swiss Franc, European Session - 29/07/08 http://s2.ytimg.com/vi/eiMOhpnE46M/default.jpg http://www.technicalanalysisbook.com Author: thermal1 Keywords: stocks trade business finance brian shannon Added: June 24, 2008

Market Overview by FX Tech Trade http://s2.ytimg.com/vi/eiMOhpnE46M/default.jpg http://www.technicalanalysisbook.com Author: thermal1 Keywords: stocks trade business finance brian shannon Added: June 24, 2008

Despite Positive Surprises, Stock Analysts Continue To Cut We are about at the halfway point in the second-quarter earnings season. The results so far have been very mixed: encouraging in median EPS growth terms, but downright awful in terms of total net income growth. ... Go to Full...

The Slide In Oil Prices: Think Long-Term Oil prices have been declining for several days now and I’m sure some are going to start talking as if the world has changed, and that the days of oil at $140.00/barrel and gasoline above $4/gallon are gone for good. ... Go to Full Article

Petro-Canada Petro-Canada (PCZ), one of Canada’s largest oil and gas companies, reported second quarter earnings on July 24 and easily beat estimates by 24.39% as crude prices soared. Net earnings surged 81.2% to $1.498 billion, or $3.10 per share, ... Go to Full Article

When There Is No One Left To Blame Oil prices are too high? It must be the speculators/hedge funds that are hoarding barrels of oil in their supply closets and artificially driving up energy prices. Is your company’s stock tanking? It must be the short-sellers that are ... Go to Full...

Stock Picks And Trade Ideas For Tuesday - AKNS, TTEK, SIRI, RFMD, SOHU Chart courtesy of stockcharts ( click to enlarge ). Sohu.com (SOHU) has good support at $75.83. If it falls below this level, then it can possibly go down to $67 area. Looking at the daily chart, it shows positive signs as...

Taking A Look At International Growth Stocks As the saying goes, there's no rest for the weary... That's true for me as I'm back in America after a 3-week research trip in Europe, and it's true for investors tossed back into the market gauntlet to start this week. ... Go to Full Article

Second Quarter GDP Release Set To Confirm Or Deny US Recessionary ... By William Patalon III. A hectic week on the economic calendar is highlighted by the initial look at second quarter gross domestic product (GDP). Remember, a recession is defined as two consecutive quarters of negative...

Homebuilder ETFs Trade Nervously Lower Ahead Of Earnings News Meritage Homes Corporation (MTH) is expected to deliver their second-quarter earnings numbers, but investors and exchange traded funds (ETFs) aren’t exuding positivity ahead of the news. Meritage is the 12th-largest homebuilder...

White House Lowers Growth Estimates Thanks to rising unemployment, housing, financial, and energy fiascos, the White House lowered its economic growth forecast this year and for 2009. For 2008, 1.6%, as compared to February’s 2.7% projection is expected. ... Go to Full Article