SPDR DOW 30 ETF (DIA) 173.39 $DIA
ISM Services A Big Downer
Bespoke Investment Group - Seeking Alpha - 16 mins ago
Today's release of the ISM Non Manufacturing report for the month of December disappointed the street with a larger decline than expected. While the consensus forecast called for the headline index to drop to 58.0 from last month's level of 59.3, the...
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45)
January 2015 Perspective
Manning & Napier - Seeking Alpha - 31 mins ago
The U.S. Economy The U.S. economy expanded faster than originally thought during the third quarter 2014 according to the most recent GDP growth estimate from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Domestic output adjusted for inflation rose at a 5%...
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45)
Risk Premia Forecasts: 6 January 2015
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - 1 hr 59 mins ago
The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index (GMI) continued to trend lower through December. GMI — an unmanaged, market-value weighted mix of the major asset classes — is now projected to earn an annualized 3.6% over the...
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45)
Crude Prices Continue to Drag Down Stocks as Volatility Heats Up
at The Street - Tue Jan 06, 1:56PM CST
The CNBC 'Fast Money Halftime' show takes a look at when it may be time to buy stocks as oil prices continue to weigh on equities.
NCR: 27.67 (-0.48), LLY: 69.72 (+0.35), TLT: 131.65 (+2.33), CI: 101.46 (+0.40), YHOO: 49.21 (+0.08), AER: 38.24 (-0.03), GT: 27.78 (+0.07), SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), ESV: 27.99 (-0.19), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), RHT: 67.50 (-0.59), STI: 39.08 (-1.16), AIG: 54.22 (-0.78), XLF: 23.84 (-0.37), TWTR: 38.76 (+2.38), AAPL: 106.26 (+0.01), XLE: 75.12 (-1.12)
How To Design A Market Neutral Portfolio
Fred Piard - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 1:44PM CST
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), IWM: 115.31 (-2.03), FXH: 59.43 (-0.45), IWV: 118.83 (-1.28)
Averages attempt to stage a comeback
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 1:43PM CST
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45)
Flying High In The Sky, Looking For Opportunities In 2015
Frank Holmes - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 1:15PM CST
It's the start of a new year, meaning it's also time to give your portfolio a tune up and ensure that its engine is running optimally and ready for takeoff. Soaring at 500 miles per hour and looking down from 40,000 feet at your portfolio, you can...
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45)
ADP Employment Report: December 2014 Preview
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 1:08PM CST
Private non-farm payrolls in the US are projected to increase by 213,000 (seasonally adjusted) in tomorrow’s December update of the ADP Employment Report, based on The Capital Spectator’s median point forecast for several econometric...
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), IWM: 115.31 (-2.03)
Buy And Hold Complacency Has Peaked, The Saudis Still Aren't Kidding And Europe Is A Disaster Zone
Mercenary Trader - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 12:15PM CST
As we noted in this week's Macro View, the deep structure of markets is mean reverting and cyclical. Given the passage of time, the pendulum always swings . This matters because, for the past few years, "macro" considerations went into...
FEZ: 34.86 (-0.40), SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), GREK: 12.33 (-0.44), OIL: 10.98 (-0.49), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), RSX: 14.16 (-0.17), FXE: 117.16 (-0.38), TLT: 131.65 (+2.33), XLE: 75.12 (-1.12)
John Hussman: Pills For Cognitive Dissonance In A Speculative Bubble
John Hussman - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 10:29AM CST
Excerpt from the Hussman Funds' Weekly Market Comment (01/05/15): In the 1950’s, Stanford psychologist Leon Festinger developed the theory of cognitive dissonance, describing the psychological conflict that results from holding...
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), IWM: 115.31 (-2.03)
Reflections On 2014 And 2015 Outlook
Mark Liew - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 9:00AM CST
Happy New Year to all. It's time to reflect on 2014 - the good as well as bad investments. After a ~30% return in 2013, I was actually under-invested for most of 2014 (>90% cash), and only re-entered the market (still >70% cash) in September,...
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), PGJ: 28.01 (-0.19), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), FXI: 41.02 (-0.51)
Today's Market: M&A Picks Up, Company Hit With Fraud
Matthew Smith - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 8:05AM CST
YHOO: 49.21 (+0.08), COH: 36.30 (-0.43), AOL: 46.25 (+1.51), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), VZ: 47.04 (+0.47), VOD: 32.62 (-0.21), XOOM: 16.82 (-0.07)
Daily State Of The Markets: Greece Again? Say It Ain't So!
David Moenning - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 7:32AM CST
So far at least, the New Year has been anything but happy for stock market investors. In short, traders have ignored the traditional seasonal pattern and have instead focused on the negative. So, the worries are back. Greece is back. And after...
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), GREK: 12.33 (-0.44), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), EZU: 34.65 (-0.36), IWM: 115.31 (-2.03)
The morning after: Europe bounces, as do U.S. futures
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 6:07AM CST
EWI: 12.80 (-0.14), FEZ: 34.86 (-0.40), SPUU: 132.62 (-2.39), SPLX: 29.43 (-0.44), SDOW: 22.17 (+0.53), TQQQ: 88.64 (-3.66), DOG: 23.88 (+0.20), SPXU: 41.26 (+1.10), UPRO: 121.74 (-3.39), SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), EPS: 69.92 (-0.51), DXD: 22.88 (+0.34), QQXT: 38.64 (-0.39), SQQQ: 32.67 (+1.16), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), SPXL: 80.65 (-2.29), QID: 41.93 (+1.11), SFLA: 173.00 (unch), RWL: 39.48 (-0.40), RSP: 77.59 (-0.85), SH: 22.41 (+0.24), SSO: 121.25 (-2.22), QQEW: 41.42 (-0.65), IVV: 201.27 (-1.83), QQQE: 61.65 (-0.96), DDM: 127.84 (-2.14), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 128.54 (-3.48), VOO: 183.27 (-1.82), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), SDS: 23.27 (+0.42), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), EWU: 17.21 (-0.20), PSQ: 61.33 (+0.81), UDOW: 130.49 (-3.49)
Welcome To 2015: Trust No One But Yourself
Anthony Brunson - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 3:45AM CST
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), VXX: 33.95 (+0.74), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), IWM: 115.31 (-2.03)
Peak What? Christmastime In Hell? Part 5
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 3:06AM CST
HK: 1.57 (-0.12), EXXI: 2.65 (-0.46), SLB: 81.72 (-1.63), SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), LNCO: 11.31 (+0.09), SCTY: 49.50 (-0.56), FXE: 117.16 (-0.38), BKLN: 23.86 (-0.07), BKF: 34.40 (-0.15), PSX: 66.02 (-1.90), EXC: 36.22 (-0.28), IEF: 107.90 (+0.72), EOX: 1.03 (-0.03), TPLM: 4.22 (-0.27), HNR: 0.90 (-0.07), CLB: 114.25 (+1.11), CPE: 5.02 (unch), IWM: 115.31 (-2.03), PDCE: 38.78 (-1.07), OAS: 14.76 (-0.67),
76.16 (-0.39), KMI: 40.83 (-0.82), F: 14.62 (-0.14), BPZ: 0.25 (-0.02), UNG: 14.93 (+0.06), FCX: 22.53 (+0.38), JNK: 38.23 (-0.18), MXWL: 8.62 (-0.36), UNT: 30.62 (-1.70), ECA: 12.90 (-0.22), QEP: 18.67 (-0.20), TRP: 45.87 (-1.62), CHK: 17.99 (-0.50), REN: 1.03 (-0.06), FCG: 10.23 (-0.26), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), APA: 59.26 (-0.65), EMB: 108.28 (-0.34), CRZO: 39.37 (-0.81), LINE: 11.22 (+0.07), SYRG: 12.02 (-0.36), PEIX: 8.72 (-1.38), UDNT: 11.50 (-0.09), BHI: 54.99 (-0.17), HYG: 88.43 (-0.34), FXY: 82.11 (+0.80), SN: 8.39 (+0.05), PVA: 5.99 (-0.32), MHR: 2.85 (-0.24), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), LQD: 120.81 (+0.49), CORP: 104.11 (+0.44), UDN: 23.43 (-0.06), SLCA: 24.26 (-0.59)
Tips For Navigating The Market In 2015
Russ Koesterich, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 3:31PM CST
The beginning of a year is a good time to evaluate your investment portfolio and think about how to position it going forward. That's the purpose of The BlackRock List , which we have just updated for 2015. First, a quick look back before we make...
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45)
Economic Risk Factor Update: January 2015
Brad McMillan - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 3:24PM CST
This article originally appeared on the Independent Observer Blog. Once again, it’s time for our monthly update on risk factors that have proven to be good indicators of economic trouble ahead. As expected, the data hasn’t...
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45)
Crude Prices Break Below $50, Weighing on Broader Market
at The Street - Mon Jan 05, 1:22PM CST
The stock market is off to a rough start in 2015 and the 'Fast Money Halftime' panel is looking at falling oil prices.
USO: 18.05 (-0.74), SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), PFPT: 47.14 (-0.68), JCP: 6.56 (+0.12), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), WMT: 86.31 (+0.66), TIF: 102.17 (-1.58), IWM: 115.31 (-2.03), TLT: 131.65 (+2.33), XLE: 75.12 (-1.12)
Checking In With Mr. Market
Joseph Calhoun - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 1:06PM CST
By Joseph Calhoun Mr. Market is the fictional business partner Benjamin Graham invented in his classic value investing book, The Intelligent Investor. As Mr. Graham describes him, Mr. Market is the business partner of the investor, offering on a...
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45)
ISM Services A Big Downer
Bespoke Investment Group - Seeking Alpha - 16 mins ago
Today's release of the ISM Non Manufacturing report for the month of December disappointed the street with a larger decline than expected. While the consensus forecast called for the headline index to drop to 58.0 from last month's level of 59.3, the...
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45)
January 2015 Perspective
Manning & Napier - Seeking Alpha - 31 mins ago
The U.S. Economy The U.S. economy expanded faster than originally thought during the third quarter 2014 according to the most recent GDP growth estimate from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Domestic output adjusted for inflation rose at a 5%...
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45)
Risk Premia Forecasts: 6 January 2015
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - 1 hr 59 mins ago
The expected risk premium for the Global Market Index (GMI) continued to trend lower through December. GMI — an unmanaged, market-value weighted mix of the major asset classes — is now projected to earn an annualized 3.6% over the...
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45)
Crude Prices Continue to Drag Down Stocks as Volatility Heats Up
at The Street - Tue Jan 06, 1:56PM CST
The CNBC 'Fast Money Halftime' show takes a look at when it may be time to buy stocks as oil prices continue to weigh on equities.
NCR: 27.67 (-0.48), LLY: 69.72 (+0.35), TLT: 131.65 (+2.33), CI: 101.46 (+0.40), YHOO: 49.21 (+0.08), AER: 38.24 (-0.03), GT: 27.78 (+0.07), SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), ESV: 27.99 (-0.19), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), RHT: 67.50 (-0.59), STI: 39.08 (-1.16), AIG: 54.22 (-0.78), XLF: 23.84 (-0.37), TWTR: 38.76 (+2.38), AAPL: 106.26 (+0.01), XLE: 75.12 (-1.12)
How To Design A Market Neutral Portfolio
Fred Piard - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 1:44PM CST
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), IWM: 115.31 (-2.03), FXH: 59.43 (-0.45), IWV: 118.83 (-1.28)
Averages attempt to stage a comeback
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 1:43PM CST
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45)
Flying High In The Sky, Looking For Opportunities In 2015
Frank Holmes - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 1:15PM CST
It's the start of a new year, meaning it's also time to give your portfolio a tune up and ensure that its engine is running optimally and ready for takeoff. Soaring at 500 miles per hour and looking down from 40,000 feet at your portfolio, you can...
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45)
ADP Employment Report: December 2014 Preview
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 1:08PM CST
Private non-farm payrolls in the US are projected to increase by 213,000 (seasonally adjusted) in tomorrow’s December update of the ADP Employment Report, based on The Capital Spectator’s median point forecast for several econometric...
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), IWM: 115.31 (-2.03)
Buy And Hold Complacency Has Peaked, The Saudis Still Aren't Kidding And Europe Is A Disaster Zone
Mercenary Trader - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 12:15PM CST
As we noted in this week's Macro View, the deep structure of markets is mean reverting and cyclical. Given the passage of time, the pendulum always swings . This matters because, for the past few years, "macro" considerations went into...
FEZ: 34.86 (-0.40), SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), GREK: 12.33 (-0.44), OIL: 10.98 (-0.49), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), RSX: 14.16 (-0.17), FXE: 117.16 (-0.38), TLT: 131.65 (+2.33), XLE: 75.12 (-1.12)
John Hussman: Pills For Cognitive Dissonance In A Speculative Bubble
John Hussman - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 10:29AM CST
Excerpt from the Hussman Funds' Weekly Market Comment (01/05/15): In the 1950’s, Stanford psychologist Leon Festinger developed the theory of cognitive dissonance, describing the psychological conflict that results from holding...
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), IWM: 115.31 (-2.03)
Reflections On 2014 And 2015 Outlook
Mark Liew - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 9:00AM CST
Happy New Year to all. It's time to reflect on 2014 - the good as well as bad investments. After a ~30% return in 2013, I was actually under-invested for most of 2014 (>90% cash), and only re-entered the market (still >70% cash) in September,...
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), PGJ: 28.01 (-0.19), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), FXI: 41.02 (-0.51)
Today's Market: M&A Picks Up, Company Hit With Fraud
Matthew Smith - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 8:05AM CST
YHOO: 49.21 (+0.08), COH: 36.30 (-0.43), AOL: 46.25 (+1.51), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), VZ: 47.04 (+0.47), VOD: 32.62 (-0.21), XOOM: 16.82 (-0.07)
Daily State Of The Markets: Greece Again? Say It Ain't So!
David Moenning - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 7:32AM CST
So far at least, the New Year has been anything but happy for stock market investors. In short, traders have ignored the traditional seasonal pattern and have instead focused on the negative. So, the worries are back. Greece is back. And after...
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), GREK: 12.33 (-0.44), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), EZU: 34.65 (-0.36), IWM: 115.31 (-2.03)
The morning after: Europe bounces, as do U.S. futures
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 6:07AM CST
EWI: 12.80 (-0.14), FEZ: 34.86 (-0.40), SPUU: 132.62 (-2.39), SPLX: 29.43 (-0.44), SDOW: 22.17 (+0.53), TQQQ: 88.64 (-3.66), DOG: 23.88 (+0.20), SPXU: 41.26 (+1.10), UPRO: 121.74 (-3.39), SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), EPS: 69.92 (-0.51), DXD: 22.88 (+0.34), QQXT: 38.64 (-0.39), SQQQ: 32.67 (+1.16), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), SPXL: 80.65 (-2.29), QID: 41.93 (+1.11), SFLA: 173.00 (unch), RWL: 39.48 (-0.40), RSP: 77.59 (-0.85), SH: 22.41 (+0.24), SSO: 121.25 (-2.22), QQEW: 41.42 (-0.65), IVV: 201.27 (-1.83), QQQE: 61.65 (-0.96), DDM: 127.84 (-2.14), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 128.54 (-3.48), VOO: 183.27 (-1.82), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), SDS: 23.27 (+0.42), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), EWU: 17.21 (-0.20), PSQ: 61.33 (+0.81), UDOW: 130.49 (-3.49)
Welcome To 2015: Trust No One But Yourself
Anthony Brunson - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 3:45AM CST
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), VXX: 33.95 (+0.74), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), IWM: 115.31 (-2.03)
Peak What? Christmastime In Hell? Part 5
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 3:06AM CST
HK: 1.57 (-0.12), EXXI: 2.65 (-0.46), SLB: 81.72 (-1.63), SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), LNCO: 11.31 (+0.09), SCTY: 49.50 (-0.56), FXE: 117.16 (-0.38), BKLN: 23.86 (-0.07), BKF: 34.40 (-0.15), PSX: 66.02 (-1.90), EXC: 36.22 (-0.28), IEF: 107.90 (+0.72), EOX: 1.03 (-0.03), TPLM: 4.22 (-0.27), HNR: 0.90 (-0.07), CLB: 114.25 (+1.11), CPE: 5.02 (unch), IWM: 115.31 (-2.03), PDCE: 38.78 (-1.07), OAS: 14.76 (-0.67),
76.16 (-0.39), KMI: 40.83 (-0.82), F: 14.62 (-0.14), BPZ: 0.25 (-0.02), UNG: 14.93 (+0.06), FCX: 22.53 (+0.38), JNK: 38.23 (-0.18), MXWL: 8.62 (-0.36), UNT: 30.62 (-1.70), ECA: 12.90 (-0.22), QEP: 18.67 (-0.20), TRP: 45.87 (-1.62), CHK: 17.99 (-0.50), REN: 1.03 (-0.06), FCG: 10.23 (-0.26), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), APA: 59.26 (-0.65), EMB: 108.28 (-0.34), CRZO: 39.37 (-0.81), LINE: 11.22 (+0.07), SYRG: 12.02 (-0.36), PEIX: 8.72 (-1.38), UDNT: 11.50 (-0.09), BHI: 54.99 (-0.17), HYG: 88.43 (-0.34), FXY: 82.11 (+0.80), SN: 8.39 (+0.05), PVA: 5.99 (-0.32), MHR: 2.85 (-0.24), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), LQD: 120.81 (+0.49), CORP: 104.11 (+0.44), UDN: 23.43 (-0.06), SLCA: 24.26 (-0.59) Tips For Navigating The Market In 2015
Russ Koesterich, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 3:31PM CST
The beginning of a year is a good time to evaluate your investment portfolio and think about how to position it going forward. That's the purpose of The BlackRock List , which we have just updated for 2015. First, a quick look back before we make...
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45)
Economic Risk Factor Update: January 2015
Brad McMillan - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 3:24PM CST
This article originally appeared on the Independent Observer Blog. Once again, it’s time for our monthly update on risk factors that have proven to be good indicators of economic trouble ahead. As expected, the data hasn’t...
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45)
Crude Prices Break Below $50, Weighing on Broader Market
at The Street - Mon Jan 05, 1:22PM CST
The stock market is off to a rough start in 2015 and the 'Fast Money Halftime' panel is looking at falling oil prices.
USO: 18.05 (-0.74), SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), PFPT: 47.14 (-0.68), JCP: 6.56 (+0.12), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45), WMT: 86.31 (+0.66), TIF: 102.17 (-1.58), IWM: 115.31 (-2.03), TLT: 131.65 (+2.33), XLE: 75.12 (-1.12)
Checking In With Mr. Market
Joseph Calhoun - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 1:06PM CST
By Joseph Calhoun Mr. Market is the fictional business partner Benjamin Graham invented in his classic value investing book, The Intelligent Investor. As Mr. Graham describes him, Mr. Market is the business partner of the investor, offering on a...
SPY: 199.82 (-1.90), QQQ: 100.07 (-1.36), DIA: 173.39 (-1.45)
