Debauchery In The Land Of Oz - Part 4
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 03, 5:21AM CST
HYG: 90.38 (-0.06), IEF: 105.69 (+0.37), UUPT: 25.34 (-0.27), FXY: 81.27 (unch), UUP: 23.53 (-0.09), JNK: 39.17 (-0.04), SPY: 207.66 (-0.23), QQQ: 105.37 (-0.05), LQD: 118.85 (+0.19), CORP: 103.15 (+0.30), DIA: 178.83 (-0.13), EMB: 112.93 (+0.13), FXE: 121.95 (+0.68), IWM: 116.81 (-0.56), UDN: 24.28 (+0.12), UDNT: 12.82 (+0.33), BKF: 37.15 (+0.25)
Disingenue In The Land Of Oz - Part 3
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 03, 3:59AM CST
HYG: 90.38 (-0.06), IEF: 105.69 (+0.37), UUPT: 25.34 (-0.27), FXY: 81.27 (unch), UUP: 23.53 (-0.09), JNK: 39.17 (-0.04), SPY: 207.66 (-0.23), QQQ: 105.37 (-0.05), LQD: 118.85 (+0.19), CORP: 103.15 (+0.30), DIA: 178.83 (-0.13), EMB: 112.93 (+0.13), FXE: 121.95 (+0.68), IWM: 116.81 (-0.56), UDN: 24.28 (+0.12), UDNT: 12.82 (+0.33), BKF: 37.15 (+0.25)
Disinformation In The Land Of Oz - Part 2
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 03, 2:37AM CST
HYG: 90.38 (-0.06), IEF: 105.69 (+0.37), UUPT: 25.34 (-0.27), FXY: 81.27 (unch), UUP: 23.53 (-0.09), JNK: 39.17 (-0.04), SPY: 207.66 (-0.23), QQQ: 105.37 (-0.05), LQD: 118.85 (+0.19), CORP: 103.15 (+0.30), DIA: 178.83 (-0.13), EMB: 112.93 (+0.13), FXE: 121.95 (+0.68), IWM: 116.81 (-0.56), UDN: 24.28 (+0.12), UDNT: 12.82 (+0.33), BKF: 37.15 (+0.25)
Deflation And Dichotomy In The Land Of Oz - Part 1
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 03, 1:12AM CST
CNY: 42.59 (-0.01), HYG: 90.38 (-0.06), IEF: 105.69 (+0.37), UUPT: 25.34 (-0.27), FXY: 81.27 (unch), UUP: 23.53 (-0.09), JNK: 39.17 (-0.04), SPY: 207.66 (-0.23), QQQ: 105.37 (-0.05), LQD: 118.85 (+0.19), CORP: 103.15 (+0.30), DIA: 178.83 (-0.13), EMB: 112.93 (+0.13), FXE: 121.95 (+0.68), IWM: 116.81 (-0.56), UDN: 24.28 (+0.12), UDNT: 12.82 (+0.33), BKF: 37.15 (+0.25)
U.S. corporate bond sales break annual record
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 02, 4:09AM CST
SLQD: 50.33 (+0.03), SHYG: 48.87 (-0.07), SJNK: 29.30 (-0.04), SCPB: 30.67 (+0.02), VCSH: 79.93 (+0.03), HYGH: 94.64 (-0.01), HYND: 22.15 (-0.14), IBCE: 96.52 (+0.24), FCOR: 50.00 (-0.09), XOVR: 26.07 (-0.03), BSCK: 21.13 (+0.01), BSCH: 22.76 (-0.01), BSCI: 21.17 (+0.01), BSCF: 21.72 (unch), BSCG: 22.22 (+0.02), TYTE: 40.70 (-0.11), CSJ: 105.31 (unch), BSCE: 21.12 (-0.01), WYDE: 38.92 (+0.07), BSJK: 25.47 (unch), VCLT: 90.40 (+0.43), BSJI: 26.13 (-0.05), BSJJ: 25.27 (unch), BSJH: 26.43 (+0.01), BSJG: 26.34 (+0.01), IGHG: 77.95 (+0.08), BSJF: 26.41 (+0.04), BSJE: 26.26 (-0.01), THHY: 24.41 (-0.13), CBND: 32.13 (-0.06), MDT: 73.94 (-0.90), VCIT: 86.24 (+0.23), ANGL: 27.42 (+0.28), HYLD: 44.63 (-0.47), UJB: 57.22 (-0.06), COBO: 100.52 (unch), JNK: 39.17 (-0.04), SJB: 27.94 (-0.04), HYS: 103.25 (+0.02), QLTC: 50.00 (-0.16), CLY: 60.61 (+0.12), LWC: 40.85 (+0.18), QLTA: 51.52 (+0.15), HYLS: 50.77 (+0.07), CRED: 111.06 (+0.28), HYG: 90.38 (-0.06), ITR: 34.23 (+0.04), HYZD: 24.24 (unch), HYHG: 73.98 (+0.09), LQD: 118.85 (+0.19), CORP: 103.15 (+0.30), CIU: 109.68 (+0.15), IGS: 29.97 (unch)
ETFReplay.com Portfolio For December
Scott's Investments - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 01, 12:48PM CST
The ETFReplay.com Portfolio holdings have been updated for December 2014. I previously detailed here and here how an investor can use ETFReplay.com to screen for best performing ETFs based on momentum and volatility. The portfolio begins with a...
VTI: 106.71 (-0.13), PCY: 28.82 (unch), LQD: 118.85 (+0.19), SHY: 84.69 (+0.05), VNQ: 81.00 (+0.21), TLT: 121.80 (+1.01)
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund announces monthly distribution of $0.3351
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 01, 9:55AM CST
LQD: 118.85 (+0.19)
A New Corporate Bond ETF from FlexShares Hits the Market - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Nov 25, 7:00AM CST
FlexShares debuts a new type of corporate bond ETF using a scoring system to pick securities for inclusion.
VCIT: 86.24 (+0.23), LQD: 118.85 (+0.19), SKOR: 50.05 (-0.42), CIU: 109.68 (+0.15)
A Brand New Way To Track The Labor Market
The Financial Lexicon - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Nov 15, 10:08AM CST
SPY: 207.66 (-0.23), QQQ: 105.37 (-0.05), LQD: 118.85 (+0.19), DIA: 178.83 (-0.13), AGG: 110.09 (+0.33), IWM: 116.81 (-0.56)
A Confusing Message From The Fed
The Financial Lexicon - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Nov 14, 10:11AM CST
SPY: 207.66 (-0.23), QQQ: 105.37 (-0.05), LQD: 118.85 (+0.19), DIA: 178.83 (-0.13), AGG: 110.09 (+0.33), IWM: 116.81 (-0.56)
An Unkind Bond Unwind
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Nov 13, 1:57PM CST
HYG: 90.38 (-0.06), IEF: 105.69 (+0.37), UUPT: 25.34 (-0.27), FXY: 81.27 (unch), UUP: 23.53 (-0.09), JNK: 39.17 (-0.04), HY: 75.22 (-1.29), IMO: 46.50 (-0.22), LQD: 118.85 (+0.19), CORP: 103.15 (+0.30), EMB: 112.93 (+0.13), FXE: 121.95 (+0.68), UDN: 24.28 (+0.12), UDNT: 12.82 (+0.33), BKF: 37.15 (+0.25)
ETFReplay.com Portfolio For November
Scott's Investments - Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 03, 4:29PM CST
The ETFReplay.com Portfolio holdings have been updated for November 2014. I previously detailed here and here how an investor can use ETFReplay.com to screen for best performing ETFs based on momentum and volatility. The portfolio begins with a...
VTI: 106.71 (-0.13), PCY: 28.82 (unch), RWX: 42.72 (-0.50), LQD: 118.85 (+0.19), VNQ: 81.00 (+0.21), TLT: 121.80 (+1.01)
The Next Big Short Strategy: Rise And Fall Of Fixed Income ETFs
Macro Strategist - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 03, 10:11AM CST
VCIT: 86.24 (+0.23), SJNK: 29.30 (-0.04), HYEM: 24.19 (-0.08), VCSH: 79.93 (+0.03), HYLD: 44.63 (-0.47), TLT: 121.80 (+1.01), JNK: 39.17 (-0.04), HYS: 103.25 (+0.02), SCHO: 50.65 (unch), EMB: 112.93 (+0.13), EMLC: 22.06 (-0.06), HYG: 90.38 (-0.06), IEI: 122.59 (+0.16), IEF: 105.69 (+0.37), UST: 55.59 (+0.36), PHB: 18.86 (unch), VCLT: 90.40 (+0.43), TMV: 35.82 (-0.87), LEMB: 46.70 (-0.21), PCY: 28.82 (unch), BSJF: 26.41 (+0.04), ELD: 43.12 (-0.06), LQD: 118.85 (+0.19), SHY: 84.69 (+0.05), BIL: 45.74 (unch), CIU: 109.68 (+0.15), VGSH: 61.04 (+0.01), SHV: 110.26 (unch)
Shift In Quality Spectrum Argues We've Entered Later Innings Of Bull Market
Chris Puplava - Seeking Alpha - Fri Oct 31, 5:53PM CDT
Was it all just a bad dream? Had you closed your eyes a month ago you would have seen the S&P 500 hovering between 1980-1990. Fast forward a month ahead and we have the S&P 500 essentially unchanged. Monthly closing values are often the only...
JNK: 39.17 (-0.04), HYG: 90.38 (-0.06), OEF: 92.18 (-0.09), SPY: 207.66 (-0.23), LQD: 118.85 (+0.19), DIA: 178.83 (-0.13), IWM: 116.81 (-0.56), IVV: 209.05 (-0.25), TLT: 121.80 (+1.01)
A Once In A Generation Change For Stocks
Eric Parnell, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Thu Oct 30, 4:30AM CDT
The Federal Reserve is currently undergoing a monumental change in its monetary policy priorities. This shift marks a major departure from the focus that has defined the Fed's work for more than a generation. And if the Fed actually follows through...
HYG: 90.38 (-0.06), SPY: 207.66 (-0.23), QQQ: 105.37 (-0.05), LQD: 118.85 (+0.19), GLD: 115.88 (-0.45), DIA: 178.83 (-0.13), IWM: 116.81 (-0.56), TLT: 121.80 (+1.01)
Tracking Ken Fisher's Fisher Asset Management Portfolio - Q3 2014 Update
John Vincent - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Oct 21, 3:52AM CDT
UTX: 111.21 (+0.22), FBGX: 114.85 (-0.51), SCPB: 30.67 (+0.02), UBS: 18.16 (+0.05), INTC: 37.46 (+0.03), GOOG: 537.31 (+5.99), SLB: 87.43 (+0.67), JPM: 61.38 (-0.16), HDB: 50.82 (-0.18), MBB: 109.45 (+0.10), LYG: 4.98 (+0.01), MSFT: 48.84 (+0.76), FIEG: 123.82 (-1.53), CSCO: 27.77 (-0.18), PFE: 31.67 (-0.08), WFC: 54.50 (+0.11), GSK: 45.89 (-0.82), NVO: 45.86 (+0.03), MRK: 60.92 (+0.34), BRK.B: 150.05 (+0.32), CVX: 112.28 (-1.43), NVS: 95.77 (+0.11), GE: 26.09 (-0.29), C: 55.18 (-0.03), XOM: 94.37 (-0.58), TM: 128.60 (+0.89), FIGY: 123.41 (-0.87), PEP: 97.75 (-0.57), JNJ: 107.56 (-0.16), V: 261.14 (-0.46), SAP: 69.17 (-0.53), BHP: 51.24 (-0.48), QCOM: 73.34 (-1.03), GOOGL: 542.58 (+5.61), SNY: 46.75 (-1.36), AAPL: 115.49 (-0.44), KO: 43.50 (-0.30), AMZN: 316.93 (+0.43), HD: 98.95 (+0.36), AXP: 91.83 (+0.58), FEEU: 114.16 (-1.23), DIS: 93.23 (+0.12), HSBC: 49.38 (-0.29), TSM: 22.82 (-0.11), BAC: 17.21 (-0.08), ORCL: 41.89 (-0.17), LQD: 118.85 (+0.19), RY: 70.88 (-0.87), PG: 90.58 (+0.58), CMCSA: 56.37 (-0.77), FLGE: 115.03 (-0.30)
Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Deflation?
The Financial Lexicon - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Oct 18, 6:13PM CDT
As oil prices plunged in recent weeks, I started to see an increase in deflation-related commentaries. It seems like every time the specter of deflation appears on the horizon, the financial media lights up with commentaries designed to shape public...
JNK: 39.17 (-0.04), HYG: 90.38 (-0.06), SPY: 207.66 (-0.23), QQQ: 105.37 (-0.05), LQD: 118.85 (+0.19), DIA: 178.83 (-0.13), JCP: 6.73 (-0.46), AGG: 110.09 (+0.33), IWM: 116.81 (-0.56)
QE Forever Is What Stocks Want
The Financial Lexicon - Seeking Alpha - Thu Oct 16, 10:50AM CDT
At 10:22 am Eastern this morning, I was following various securities on my trading screen when all of a sudden the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA: SPY ) jumped eight points in seconds. That was followed by another nine-point jump a minute later. What caused...
JNK: 39.17 (-0.04), HYG: 90.38 (-0.06), EEM: 40.96 (+0.07), SPY: 207.66 (-0.23), QQQ: 105.37 (-0.05), LQD: 118.85 (+0.19), DIA: 178.83 (-0.13), AGG: 110.09 (+0.33), EFA: 63.82 (-0.21), VWO: 41.54 (-0.05), IWM: 116.81 (-0.56), VEU: 48.89 (-0.15)