Michael Swanson

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• Fannie and Freddie Bring Credit Crisis to Defcon One

  Published 14 July 2008 | viewed 4,347 times

  We are at a critical point in the economic history of the United States. I know of no other way to put it. The events…

• The Twenty Percent Rule and Bear Markets

  Published 07 July 2008 | viewed 6,208 times

  From its July intraday low to its October 9, 2007 intraday high the DOW has fallen 20.5%. A lot of commentators on television and the…

• Gold Stocks Gearing Up For a Big Rally

  Published 30 June 2008 | viewed 3,554 times

  While the broad market fell last week gold rallied hard. For the past few weeks we've seen gold and gold stocks held down as various…

• We May be Facing a Fall Stock Market Disaster

  Published 23 June 2008 | viewed 6,355 times

  It has been almost ten full months now since the Fed first lowered interest rates. If you remember at first there was a lot excitement…

• Markets are at a Key Turning Point

  Published 09 June 2008 | viewed 4,250 times

  Friday was a key day for the financial markets. Not only did the DOW fall almost 400 points and break the back of the bear…

• Know This Seasonal Market Pattern

  Published 06 May 2008 | viewed 4,850 times

  I'm recommending a new junior mining stock today, but before I do that I want to talk a little about gold for a second. Yesterday…

• Thoughts on Last Weeks Big Rally(Excerpt)

  Published 21 April 2008 | viewed 4,016 times

  Hey one quick note before we get into the market - I'm ahead of schedule and almost have the Stock Market Mastery Course complete! Although…

• The Bear is Out of the Box (Excerpt)

  Published 13 April 2008 | viewed 4,328 times

  Last week I took a short position against the broad market on Monday. As I entered this position I immediately posted a WSW Power Investor…

• Gold Stocks Appear to Be Putting in a Bottom

  Published 02 April 2008 | viewed 3,433 times

  The correction in gold stocks that began a month ago appears to be coming to an end. Let's look at the action that led me…

• Stocks Back off the Ledge as the Fed Crosses the Rubicon

  Published 23 March 2008 | viewed 3,263 times

  Last weekend I wrote an article titled Stock Market on the Edge of Disaster. Well last week the market got right to the ledge and…

• Market Deleveraging Smacks Gold

  Published 20 March 2008 | viewed 5,768 times

  I'm sure you know that gold and oil stocks took huge hits yesterday. I discussed a likely commodity correction over the weekend and in a…

• No Market Bottom in Sight Yet as the Fed Fails

  Published 29 February 2008 | viewed 5,105 times

  Since October 11, 2007 we have seen the DOW, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all decline in a correction. The three averages closed right on their…

• Do Markets Make News or Does News Make Markets?

  Published 19 February 2008 | viewed 3,596 times

  Last week I went out of town to the Cambridge House Resource Investment Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. They had about 1,500 attendees, which is about…

• Should You Be Concerned About the Lack of Leadership in Gold and Commodities?

  Published 05 February 2008 | viewed 4,285 times

  Yesterday the DOW fell over 100 points and the S&P fell 14 as the market has had its first encounter with resistance(the 1/3 retracement level…

• My Projections for the Rally

  Published 04 February 2008 | viewed 5,215 times

  The broad market averages are about to encounter their first real resistance point this week - the 1/3 retracement level of the October high and…

• Is the Monday Market Meltdown in Europe Setting the Stage for a Panic Bottom on Tuesday?

  Published 22 January 2008 | viewed 4,022 times

  Is the Monday Market Meltdown in Europe Setting the Stage for a Panic Bottom on Tuesday? For the past few weeks I have been telling…

• Market Poised to Test August Lows

  Published 16 January 2008 | viewed 5,341 times

  Yesterday was another big downer for stock bulls as the broad market averages all gapped down on the open and fell hard into the close,…

• New Year Starts off with a Bang

  Published 07 January 2008 | viewed 4,016 times

  I'm writing this Saturday morning. The FOX Bulls and Bears show came on at 10:00 AM. I was flipping through the channels and stopped by…

• Warning Signs for Stock Market Grows

  Published 23 December 2007 | viewed 6,585 times

  Dear Investor, This past weekend I wrote a special WSW members only report in which I looked for a dip in the early part of…

• Is An End of the Year Rally in the Cards?

  Published 04 December 2007 | viewed 5,261 times

  We have seen the market rally sharply off of its August lows as the S&P 500 bounced off of its 1405 support level. However, that…