Debauchery In The Land Of Oz - Part 4
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 03, 5:21AM CST
HYG: 90.31 (-0.07), IEF: 105.10 (-0.59), UUPT: 25.91 (+0.57), FXY: 80.12 (-1.15), UUP: 23.71 (+0.18), JNK: 39.13 (-0.04), SPY: 208.00 (+0.34), QQQ: 105.38 (+0.01), LQD: 118.36 (-0.49), CORP: 102.84 (-0.31), DIA: 179.51 (+0.68), EMB: 112.49 (-0.44), FXE: 121.03 (-0.92), IWM: 117.69 (+0.88), UDN: 24.05 (-0.23), UDNT: 12.40 (-0.42), BKF: 37.23 (+0.08)
Disingenue In The Land Of Oz - Part 3
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 03, 3:59AM CST
HYG: 90.31 (-0.07), IEF: 105.10 (-0.59), UUPT: 25.91 (+0.57), FXY: 80.12 (-1.15), UUP: 23.71 (+0.18), JNK: 39.13 (-0.04), SPY: 208.00 (+0.34), QQQ: 105.38 (+0.01), LQD: 118.36 (-0.49), CORP: 102.84 (-0.31), DIA: 179.51 (+0.68), EMB: 112.49 (-0.44), FXE: 121.03 (-0.92), IWM: 117.69 (+0.88), UDN: 24.05 (-0.23), UDNT: 12.40 (-0.42), BKF: 37.23 (+0.08)
Disinformation In The Land Of Oz - Part 2
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 03, 2:37AM CST
HYG: 90.31 (-0.07), IEF: 105.10 (-0.59), UUPT: 25.91 (+0.57), FXY: 80.12 (-1.15), UUP: 23.71 (+0.18), JNK: 39.13 (-0.04), SPY: 208.00 (+0.34), QQQ: 105.38 (+0.01), LQD: 118.36 (-0.49), CORP: 102.84 (-0.31), DIA: 179.51 (+0.68), EMB: 112.49 (-0.44), FXE: 121.03 (-0.92), IWM: 117.69 (+0.88), UDN: 24.05 (-0.23), UDNT: 12.40 (-0.42), BKF: 37.23 (+0.08)
Deflation And Dichotomy In The Land Of Oz - Part 1
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 03, 1:12AM CST
CNY: 42.52 (-0.07), HYG: 90.31 (-0.07), IEF: 105.10 (-0.59), UUPT: 25.91 (+0.57), FXY: 80.12 (-1.15), UUP: 23.71 (+0.18), JNK: 39.13 (-0.04), SPY: 208.00 (+0.34), QQQ: 105.38 (+0.01), LQD: 118.36 (-0.49), CORP: 102.84 (-0.31), DIA: 179.51 (+0.68), EMB: 112.49 (-0.44), FXE: 121.03 (-0.92), IWM: 117.69 (+0.88), UDN: 24.05 (-0.23), UDNT: 12.40 (-0.42), BKF: 37.23 (+0.08)
U.S. corporate bond sales break annual record
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 02, 4:09AM CST
SLQD: 50.15 (-0.18), SHYG: 48.80 (-0.07), SJNK: 29.28 (-0.02), SCPB: 30.61 (-0.06), VCSH: 79.74 (-0.19), HYGH: 94.52 (-0.12), HYND: 22.04 (-0.11), IBCE: 95.90 (-0.62), FCOR: 49.95 (-0.05), XOVR: 26.02 (-0.05), BSCK: 21.04 (-0.09), BSCH: 22.69 (-0.07), BSCI: 21.10 (-0.07), BSCF: 21.72 (unch), BSCG: 22.21 (-0.01), TYTE: 40.70 (-0.11), CSJ: 105.11 (-0.20), BSCE: 21.12 (unch), WYDE: 39.01 (+0.09), BSJK: 25.46 (-0.01), VCLT: 90.26 (-0.14), BSJI: 26.11 (-0.02), BSJJ: 25.13 (-0.14), BSJH: 26.42 (-0.01), BSJG: 26.34 (unch), IGHG: 78.00 (+0.05), BSJF: 26.34 (-0.07), BSJE: 26.28 (+0.02), THHY: 24.43 (+0.02), CBND: 32.02 (-0.11), MDT: 75.04 (+1.10), VCIT: 85.96 (-0.28), ANGL: 27.04 (-0.38), HYLD: 44.25 (-0.38), UJB: 57.22 (unch), COBO: 100.52 (unch), JNK: 39.13 (-0.04), SJB: 28.01 (+0.07), HYS: 103.04 (-0.21), QLTC: 49.98 (-0.02), CLY: 60.35 (-0.26), LWC: 40.67 (-0.18), QLTA: 51.33 (-0.19), HYLS: 50.80 (+0.03), CRED: 110.83 (-0.23), HYG: 90.31 (-0.07), ITR: 34.06 (-0.17), HYZD: 24.17 (-0.07), HYHG: 74.33 (+0.35), LQD: 118.36 (-0.49), CORP: 102.84 (-0.31), CIU: 109.21 (-0.47), IGS: 29.92 (-0.05)
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: 106.95 (+0.24), PCY: 28.69 (-0.13), LQD: 118.36 (-0.49), SHY: 84.53 (-0.16), VNQ: 80.59 (-0.41), TLT: 121.09 (-0.71)
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: 118.36 (-0.49)
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: 85.96 (-0.28), LQD: 118.36 (-0.49), SKOR: 50.05 (-0.42), CIU: 109.21 (-0.47)
A Brand New Way To Track The Labor Market
The Financial Lexicon - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Nov 15, 10:08AM CST
SPY: 208.00 (+0.34), QQQ: 105.38 (+0.01), LQD: 118.36 (-0.49), DIA: 179.51 (+0.68), AGG: 109.62 (-0.47), IWM: 117.69 (+0.88)
A Confusing Message From The Fed
The Financial Lexicon - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Nov 14, 10:11AM CST
SPY: 208.00 (+0.34), QQQ: 105.38 (+0.01), LQD: 118.36 (-0.49), DIA: 179.51 (+0.68), AGG: 109.62 (-0.47), IWM: 117.69 (+0.88)
An Unkind Bond Unwind
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Nov 13, 1:57PM CST
HYG: 90.31 (-0.07), IEF: 105.10 (-0.59), UUPT: 25.91 (+0.57), FXY: 80.12 (-1.15), UUP: 23.71 (+0.18), JNK: 39.13 (-0.04), HY: 77.02 (+1.80), IMO: 45.74 (-0.76), LQD: 118.36 (-0.49), CORP: 102.84 (-0.31), EMB: 112.49 (-0.44), FXE: 121.03 (-0.92), UDN: 24.05 (-0.23), UDNT: 12.40 (-0.42), BKF: 37.23 (+0.08)
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: 106.95 (+0.24), PCY: 28.69 (-0.13), RWX: 42.59 (-0.13), LQD: 118.36 (-0.49), VNQ: 80.59 (-0.41), TLT: 121.09 (-0.71)
The Next Big Short Strategy: Rise And Fall Of Fixed Income ETFs
Macro Strategist - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 03, 10:11AM CST
VCIT: 85.96 (-0.28), SJNK: 29.28 (-0.02), HYEM: 24.03 (-0.16), VCSH: 79.74 (-0.19), HYLD: 44.25 (-0.38), TLT: 121.09 (-0.71), JNK: 39.13 (-0.04), HYS: 103.04 (-0.21), SCHO: 50.56 (-0.09), EMB: 112.49 (-0.44), EMLC: 21.83 (-0.23), HYG: 90.31 (-0.07), IEI: 122.05 (-0.54), IEF: 105.10 (-0.59), UST: 55.03 (-0.56), PHB: 18.86 (unch), VCLT: 90.26 (-0.14), TMV: 36.34 (+0.52), LEMB: 46.50 (-0.20), PCY: 28.69 (-0.13), BSJF: 26.34 (-0.07), ELD: 42.68 (-0.44), LQD: 118.36 (-0.49), SHY: 84.53 (-0.16), BIL: 45.75 (+0.01), CIU: 109.21 (-0.47), VGSH: 60.93 (-0.11), 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: 39.13 (-0.04), HYG: 90.31 (-0.07), OEF: 92.39 (+0.21), SPY: 208.00 (+0.34), LQD: 118.36 (-0.49), DIA: 179.51 (+0.68), IWM: 117.69 (+0.88), IVV: 209.44 (+0.39), TLT: 121.09 (-0.71)
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: 90.31 (-0.07), SPY: 208.00 (+0.34), QQQ: 105.38 (+0.01), LQD: 118.36 (-0.49), GLD: 114.43 (-1.45), DIA: 179.51 (+0.68), IWM: 117.69 (+0.88), TLT: 121.09 (-0.71)
Tracking Ken Fisher's Fisher Asset Management Portfolio - Q3 2014 Update
John Vincent - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Oct 21, 3:52AM CDT
UTX: 111.29 (+0.08), FBGX: 115.03 (+0.18), SCPB: 30.61 (-0.06), UBS: 18.19 (+0.03), INTC: 37.67 (+0.21), GOOG: 525.26 (-12.05), SLB: 87.16 (-0.27), JPM: 62.70 (+1.32), HDB: 51.11 (+0.29), MBB: 109.05 (-0.40), LYG: 5.01 (+0.03), MSFT: 48.42 (-0.42), FIEG: 123.69 (-0.13), CSCO: 27.50 (-0.27), PFE: 31.99 (+0.32), WFC: 55.03 (+0.53), GSK: 46.04 (+0.15), NVO: 46.33 (+0.47), MRK: 61.49 (+0.57), BRK.B: 150.68 (+0.63), CVX: 110.87 (-1.41), NVS: 95.83 (+0.06), GE: 26.01 (-0.08), C: 56.08 (+0.90), XOM: 93.82 (-0.55), TM: 129.03 (+0.43), FIGY: 123.51 (+0.10), PEP: 97.76 (+0.01), JNJ: 108.51 (+0.95), V: 263.35 (+2.21), SAP: 69.75 (+0.58), BHP: 50.38 (-0.86), QCOM: 73.37 (+0.03), GOOGL: 528.08 (-14.50), SNY: 46.75 (unch), AAPL: 115.00 (-0.49), KO: 43.53 (+0.03), AMZN: 312.63 (-4.30), HD: 99.64 (+0.69), AXP: 92.65 (+0.82), FEEU: 114.63 (+0.47), DIS: 93.76 (+0.53), HSBC: 50.08 (+0.70), TSM: 22.74 (-0.08), BAC: 17.68 (+0.47), ORCL: 41.93 (+0.04), LQD: 118.36 (-0.49), RY: 70.38 (-0.50), PG: 90.38 (-0.20), CMCSA: 56.34 (-0.04), FLGE: 114.85 (-0.18)
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: 39.13 (-0.04), HYG: 90.31 (-0.07), SPY: 208.00 (+0.34), QQQ: 105.38 (+0.01), LQD: 118.36 (-0.49), DIA: 179.51 (+0.68), JCP: 6.64 (-0.09), AGG: 109.62 (-0.47), IWM: 117.69 (+0.88)
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: 39.13 (-0.04), HYG: 90.31 (-0.07), EEM: 40.88 (-0.08), SPY: 208.00 (+0.34), QQQ: 105.38 (+0.01), LQD: 118.36 (-0.49), DIA: 179.51 (+0.68), AGG: 109.62 (-0.47), EFA: 63.96 (+0.14), VWO: 41.51 (-0.03), IWM: 117.69 (+0.88), VEU: 48.93 (+0.04)