Signs of stock market trouble – increasing insider sales and new ETFs struggling to gain footing
Alex Hernandez
Jan. 2, 2008

Two things that happened in the last part of 2007 can haunt the stock market in 2008. In most sectors the insider sales went up exponentially. Insiders are increasing gloomy. But what also creates a danger signal is the performance of new ETFs. For some reason these ETFs have gone nowhere.

Investors are skeptical on anything new these days. The trouble comes from four directions. First, the falling real estate price creates the biggest damper. People are caring to hold on to their wealth. Second is the tight squeeze on credit. That is creating a leak in the liquidity system of the economy. The Fed is perhaps fighting it with a wrong instrument – lowering the rates.

The third is the higher energy prices. Home heating bills, gasoline prices have made people wary of anything new. The last but not the least is the possibility of Hillary Clinton or other Democrats winning the White House and Democrats keeping the control over both the legislative branches of the Government. That can certainly see higher taxes. Higher taxes will start with the rich but can very easily overflow into the middle class.

The combination of all these factors can devastate the economy and the stock market. The skepticism is clear as the new ETFs struggle and insider selling intensifies.

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