Is It Time To Pull The Trigger?
On Monday afternoon, I heard an awful lot of talk about the "great action" seen in the major indices.
View ArticleWednesday – Stimulus Rumors Trump the APPLocalypse – For Now
Fortunately, we were well-prepared for this eventuality as I had said way back on July 10th, in Member Chat, that AAPL was "too big to succeed"
View ArticleUS Utilities: Don’t Overpay for Yield
As short-term interest rates remain at or close to zero, investors starved for income should be wary of overpaying for yield, particularly when it comes to US utilities
View ArticleHigh Yield Barometer is suggesting what for stocks in the near future?
A couple of observations from high yields...of late, they continue to reflect relative strength, as they have outperformed the S&P 500 by almost 5% in the past 90 days (see inset in above chart).
View ArticleInnovative Ideas For Portfolio Construction
IndexUniverse ran an interview with Bill Bernstein that raised a couple of very interesting and useful points.
View ArticleBear Market Premonitions
After mostly steady selling in April and May, financial markets have had a nice rally over the previous 7 weeks (Jun 4 – Jul 20)
View ArticleFed Tries To Calm European and Stock Market Waters
As outlined in a July 22 video, there are still numerous reasons to be bullish relative to the intermediate-term outlook for stocks.
View ArticleAfter the Downgrade: German Stocks or Bonds?
Amid rising uncertainty surrounding Europe, Moody’s earlier this week lowered its outlookfor Germany.
View ArticleS&P Likes Some “Young” ETFs
The pace of new ETF issuance has slowed in 2012, but several new funds might be worth considering according to S&P Capital IQ, which published a note that examined ETFs less than three-years-old
View ArticleCommodities reaching a “Counter Trend Peak” and about to fall once again?...
The CRB Commodity Index lost over half its value in the 2008-2009 decline and then proceed to rally up to its 61% retracement level in May of
View ArticleApple Falls From The Tree, Spooks Markets
Major markets get spooked by Apple's earnings miss
View ArticleJack’s Wrap – Road To Nowhere Still Upon Us…
The bulls and bears come to the ring each day prepared to fight, and on any given day, either side can score a victory, but when you look back at the fight after 15 rounds, you see that no one has won...
View ArticleAn Interesting, Volatile, Whippy Session
The stock market indices had an interesting, volatile, whippy day today as the markets were up early, came down hard, and rallied just as hard
View ArticleThursday Flip-Flop – Whatever It Takes To Save the Euro
ECB President Mario Draghi said they "stand ready to do whatever it takes to save the Euro."
View ArticleMost important global support test in almost 20 years? Is it really all about...
The Shanghai index is testing a support line that has been in place for almost 20-years at (2) in the above chart
View ArticleWhen the Nasdaq Declines but the SOX Rallies Strongly
One interesting aspect of Wednesday’s action is that the SOX (Semiconductor Index) did so well, gaining 1.92%, despite the decline in the Nasdaq.
View ArticleThursday, July 26, 2012
In a post the other day I talked about what looks like a crash in Spain.
View ArticleRisk: Reward is Not Static on AAPL
Several groups of option strategies have defined maximum rewards that are approached as a result of the passage of time, changes in implied volatility (IV), and/or movement or failure of movement in...
View Article4 ETFs That Look Topped Out (SGG, EWW)
Even in a market where upside has recently been hard to come by, plenty of plain vanilla long ETFs are showing signs of topping out
View ArticleSpectacular Session, Good Technicals, Solid Gains`
The stock market indices had a spectacular session today, gapping up huge on good news out of Europe, and the U.S. on the economy this morning
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