We received one of the biggest stock market crash indicators we've seen in 2015 today (Friday) when Bank of America Merrill Lynch reported that U.S. equity outflows hit a 15-week high this week.
According to the bank, more than $83 billion fled stocks in the last week as global economic concerns intensified.
Here's why that is a such a big deal for the global markets...
We received one of the biggest stock market crash indicators we've seen in 2015 today (Friday) when Bank of America Merrill Lynch reported that U.S. equity outflows hit a 15-week high this week.
According to the bank, more than $83 billion fled stocks in the last week as global economic concerns intensified.
Here's why that is a such a big deal for the global markets...
We just received one of the biggest stock market crash indicators we've seen since the 2008 financial crisis.
A Bank of America Merrill Lynch note today shows the bank's clients sold more than $4.1 billion in U.S. stocks last week. That's the largest amount in any week since January 2008, according to analyst Jill Carey Hall.
And most of that selling pressure came from institutional clients...
With two significant pullbacks in the past three months, the specter of a stock market crash in 2015 is suddenly much more plausible.
In the past week, the Standard & Poor's 500 index has rebounded from a 5% drop this month. Back in October, the S&P 500 plunged 7.5% before recovering. Is the market trying to tell us something?
We've found seven charts that help explain why the markets have repeatedly stumbled this year - and why a bigger stock market crash in 2015 looms on the horizon.
Every investor needs to see these charts...
Six downtrodden stocks made our "stock market crasher" list today (Wednesday).
They are Walgreen (NYSE: WAG), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), T-Mobile (NYSE: TMUS), Groupon (Nasdaq: GRPN), Rocket Fuel (Nasdaq: FUEL), and Cognizant Technology Solutions (Nasdaq: CTSH).
And what's behind their respective sell-offs can be divided into just two groups:
Deals gone sour and earnings gone wrong...
Consumer security company Lifelock Inc. (NYSE: LOCK) earned "stock market crasher" status on Monday when it dropped 17.57% to $10.70 per share by close.
Lifelock, heavily advertised on "The Rush Limbaugh Show," provides identity theft protection services for consumers and identity risk assessment and fraud protection services for businesses. The company went public on Oct. 12, 2012, and investors had locked in gains of more than 200% through the beginning of February. Shares are still 46.17% above initial offering price, but LOCK stock is down 34.08% year to date and 51.3% since mid-February.
Here’s what’s behind LOCK’s stock market crash today…
Three stock market crash indicators are suggesting that the current bull market may be running out of steam and is susceptible to a significant correction.
Two of the stock market crash indicators are weakness in key sectors, and the other is a technical development on the Standard & Poor's 500 index chart.
Here’s what each indicator is telling us, and here’s what investors can do about it.
Chart watchers have noticed an eerie pattern - the bull market of 1982, which ended in the Black Monday stock market crash of 1987, looks way too much like the current bull market.
And while no one can predict the markets for certain, the chart lines for the two bull markets have given many market analysts pause, including Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald.
Even if we don't get a full-blown crash, a correction is long overdue.
Here's what investors need to do now.
Today (Tuesday), two "stock market crashers" are bleeding on the floor of Wall Street: James River Coal Co. (Nasdaq: JRCC) is down 50.38% so far, and Gigamon Inc. (NYSE: GIMO) has fallen 30.65%.
Here’s why they’re bleeding on Wall Street’s floor…
Today's (Thursday) "stock market crasher" is Walter Energy, Inc. (NYSE: WLT) - the stock hit a new 52-week low and is down 17.46% to $7.50 per share as of 1 p.m. EST.
WLT is a producer and exporter of metallurgical coals, and this morning Bank of America/Merrill Lynch (NYSE: BAC) slashed price targets on key coal stocks, including Walter Energy.
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Global Geophysical Services Inc. (NYSE: GGS) played today's (Tuesday) "stock market crasher," plunging 60.68% to an all-time low after announcing that several of its past financial reports are inaccurate.
On Monday, the provider of seismic data to energy companies shocked with Q4 and full-year 2013 earnings. In it the company stated its financial reports and related auditors' reports for each of the fiscal years ended Dec. 31, 2012, 2011, 2010, and 2009, plus the first, second, and third quarters of 2013, "should no longer be relied upon because of accounting errors resulting from material weaknesses in the company's internal controls."
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Today (Friday), the most notable stock market crasher isn't just one stock - it's the Nikkei 225 index, Japan's benchmark.
The Nikkei came crashing down 488.32 points Friday to 14,327.66, for a 3.30% loss. That marks its lowest close since Feb. 14. Japan's broader index followed suit - the Topix of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell 38.76 points, or 3.22%, to 1,164.70. All in all, Tokyo ended the week down more than 6%.
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It's a gloomy Friday for these stock market crashers: Pixelworks Inc. (Nasdaq: PXLW), Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR), and Analogic Corp. (Nasdaq: ALOG). The three companies have dropped 23.89%, 11.04%, and 15.79% respectively so far today.
Here's what's causing each of these companies' dramatic drops...
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