Stock Marketplace Report, Week 15

December 31, 2010 under World News
I’ve to admit, this is receiving tougher and tougher to write. I was really fired up 
about final night’s game, I really was. I believed Webb was going to play nicely, after 
which when I heard Favre was going to begin, it type of seemed like some divine 
intervention. You know the drill–battered hero makes 1 final stand and carries team to 
improbable victory. It just seemed already written, you know? 50th Anniversary team 
celebration, outside inside the snow, using the superduperstar running back out. Favre, 
all alone, carries his team to 1 much more victory. And for the really 1st drive, it was 
magic. Toby Gerhart ran with authority, Favre hit Percy Harvin on a rollout pass, then 
Harvin took a screen pass towards the home, leaving Bear defenders in his wake. Favre 
ran into the finish zone at full speed, celebrating with his team, fans had been 
throwing snow from the stands, and Ron Jaworski and Jon Gruden had been carrying out 
some critical microphone fellating of Favre. Everything seemed ideal using the globe.
Sadly, the script was only half written at that point. It all unraveled following that, 
and also the challenges that the 2010 edition of the Minnesota Vikings have on each 
sides of the ball could not be masked by a battered Favre. The Vikings had been exposed, 
once more, as a negative football team having a lot additional questions than answers as 
we head into the final two games, neither of which the Vikings may be favored in. 
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US sharemarkets managed to hold on to the previous session’s gains as volumes dried up

December 31, 2010 under World News
US sharemarkets managed to hold on to the previous session’s gains as volumes dried up. 
The CBOE volatility index fell five.5pct to its lowest level since April. At the close 
of trade, the Dow Jones was higher by 26pts or 0.2pct with the S&P 500 up 0.3pct and the 
Nasdaq stronger by 4pts or 0.2pct.
US treasuries fell (yields higher) on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve completed is 
purchases for the week and traders waited on new supply. US 2yr yields rose by 1pt to 
0.63pct while US 10yr yields rose 4pts to 3.35pct.
The US dollar rallied against the Euro on concerns that the Euro zone debt crisis will 
continue into 2011. The Euro fell from highs near US$1.3175 to US$1.3075, ending US 
trade near US$1.3095. The Aussie dollar rallied from lows near US99.60c to US100.10c, 
and was near US100.05c in late US trade. And the Japanese yen traded between 83.75 yen 
per US dollar and JPY83.40, and was around JPY83.55 in late US trade.
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Australian Stock Marketplace Report – Morning

December 30, 2010 under World News
US existing home sales rose by five.6pct in November to a 4.68 million annual pace - 
marking the highest reading since June. However the result was less than markets had 
expected. Overall sales have fallen by 27.9pct over the past year.
The final reading on US GDP rose from a earlier estimate of 2.5pct to 2.6pct within the 
third quarter. The increase in consumer spending was revised down from a 2.8pct rate to 
2.4pct. While both government spending and business investment were revised down 
modestly. The US Feds preferred measure of inflation the PCE index excluding food & 
energy rose at a annual rate of 0.5pct instead of the previously thought 0.8pct - 
marking the smallest increase since records began in 1959.
European shares edged higher on Wednesday in thin volumes. A report that China was ready 
to buy €4-5 billion of Portuguese sovereign debt helped reassure investors after 
Moodys had stated it was reviewing Portugals credit rating. The FTSEurofirst index 
rose by 0.3pct, with the UK FTSE up 0.5pct while the German Dax was lower by 0.1pct.
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Situation in stock marketplace ‘abnormal’

December 30, 2010 under World News
Finance Minister AMA Muhith Tuesday mentioned vested quarters are creating troubles 
within the share marketplace and making it risky.
“It is not the right area to create unusual tension. We’re devising mechanism to control 
the vested quarters,” he mentioned.
Investors are getting three times more profit from share marketplace in a year and every 
day general index is increasing inside the bourses, he stated terming the situation 
‘abnormal’.
The unusual desire for getting windfall profit from share marketplace and vandalism 
within the event of fall in stock prices need to be stopped, he mentioned.
The government is trying to bring discipline inside the marketplace, Muhith added.
The country won’t be benefited from the price escalation of stocks, it needs investment 
in manufacturing sector, he pointed out.
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Stock Marketplace News for Dec 22, 2010

December 29, 2010 under World News
Investors’ optimism put the markets on the winning side with major indices achieving two 
year highs. Reports of strong earnings and a wave of merger and acquisition activities 
helped markets touch two year highs. 
On the international front, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan stated China supports 
European officials’ efforts to negate the negative impact on the global markets, caused 
due to the euro-zone debt crisis. It was also reported that Fitch Ratings will possibly 
downgrade Greece’s ratings. It is also believed that Moody’s Investor Service will lower 
Portugal’s A1 rating by a couple of notches. But investors shrugged off any concerns 
arising out of these to take the markets modestly higher.
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Stock Marketplace Sentiment Not A Barrier To Further Gains

December 29, 2010 under World News
There are currently several reasons to be concerned about the stock marketplace, from 
debt problems in Europe to slowing technical momentum. However, if investor sentiment is 
currently at the top of your list of concerns, you may well want to bump it down a few 
notches.
Stock marketplace sentiment relative to a bullish or bearish outlook can be used as a 
contrary indicator for stock prices when it reaches extremes. If you follow the markets 
closely, you have run into an article or two making the case that a correction or bear 
marketplace is imminent based on the current state of extended bullish sentiment.
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Beacon Power stock sees heavy trading

December 28, 2010 under World News
Beacon Power Corp. (Nasdaq: BCON) saw its second-heaviest trading day of 2010, and its 
share price dropped to 20 cents, on Wednesday after the corporation announced a new 
public offering worth up to $15 million.
The Tyngsboro, Mass.-based energy storage provider has been searching for to raise its 
stock price above $1 to comply with Nasdaq Stock Marketplace rules and avert de-listing. 
But on Wednesday, the stock closed down 20 percent for the day as 8.6 million shares 
traded hands ?a more than 5 times the typical volume for the past three months.
Beacon Power only saw a heavier volume of trading this year on Sept. 29, when 12 million 
shares traded hands.
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“I know of not one bear for 2011,” mentioned Peter Boockvar

December 28, 2010 under World News
“I know of not one bear for 2011,” mentioned Peter Boockvar, chief equity strategist for 
Miller Tabak. “With the European problems still quite very much alive, a mini earthquake 
within the U.S. bond marketplace over the past few weeks, and the likelihood of higher 
interest rates in Asia and Latin America too, the bulls better be a bit more careful 
here.”
Those that have turned bullish since August have been rewarded. The S&P 500 is up 23 
percent from its 2010 low posted in July as a second round of quantitative easing by the 
Federal Reserve, improving employment figures, and a tax compromise in Washington fueled 
further gains.
But now, with so many bulls out there, which bears are left to convert into buyers and 
take the marketplace even higher, contrarian investors stated.
USA Today ran an interview this week with 5 Wall Street strategists, including 
Blackrock’s Bob Doll, Goldman Sach’s Abby Joseph Cohen and Bank of America Merrill 
Lynch’s David Bianco. The headline screamed: Experts Agree: Get Over Your Fear and Get 
Back Into Stocks.
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Stock Marketplace Crash Ahead? You Were Warned!

December 27, 2010 under World News
Jesse Livermore, legendary trader of the early Twentieth century, had a rule: The stock 
marketplace is designed to fool most of the people, most of the time. We may well be in 
fool territory.
According to the most widely followed sentiment measure on Wall Street, the number of 
stock marketplace bulls out there is eerily approaching the highest level since October 
2007, the month the stock marketplace hit an all-time high and the worst financial 
credit crisis since The Great Depression ensued.
The number of bulls rose to 58.8 percent this week, the highest since the 62 percent 
reading three years ago, according to the long running survey of financial newsletter 
writers conducted by research firm Investors Intelligence.
The velocity of the conversion from bull to bear is impressive, notes Investor 
Intelligence, as bulls numbered just 29 percent at the finish of August.
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Daily Indian Stock Marketplace Outlook: FairWealth Securities

December 27, 2010 under World News
Despite heavy selling pressure inside the final hour of the session in Indian 
marketplace, Metals and FMCG maintained the gains while the other entire sector turned 
red. The Sensex closed at 20015, down 44 points from its previous close, and Nifty 
closed at 5984, down 16 points. The CNX Midcap index was up 0.1% and the BSE Smallcap 
index was up 0.4%. The marketplace breadth was positive with advances at 705 against 
declines of 594 on the NSE. The top Nifty gainers were Bharti Airtel, Ranbaxy, Hindalco 
and BPCL and prime losers included Maruti Suzuki, Suzlon, Reliance Infra and Wipro.
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