Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) 117.18 $IWM
More Market Pain Ahead as Crude Prices Will Continue Falling
at The Street - 2 hrs 45 mins ago
The CNBC 'Fast Money Halftime' trading panel discussed this newest round of oil-inspired volatility.
C: 50.38 (-0.40), WFC: 52.05 (-0.63), BAC: 16.68 (-0.30), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75), MS: 36.37 (-0.51), CME: 87.61 (-1.18), WBA: 75.70 (+0.03), GS: 185.07 (-2.28), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), JCP: 8.14 (+0.23), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), XLF: 23.92 (-0.20), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20), CBS: 54.85 (+0.29)
Falling Oil Prices Could Delay Fed’s Plan to Raise Interest Rates
at The Street - Mon Jan 12, 1:15PM CST
Falling oil prices will ultimately be a positive for U.S. stocks and economic activity, says Wells Fargo's Brian Rehling, but the decline could also push back the Fed's rate hike.
USO: 17.41 (-0.87), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), WFC: 52.05 (-0.63), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20)
The December Labor Statistics: The Longer-Term View
John M. Mason - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 12, 12:27PM CST
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
3 Worrying Signs For The U.S. Economy
Individual Trader - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 12, 9:13AM CST
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), GLD: 118.56 (+1.30), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), GDX: 21.49 (+0.78)
Can Small Cap Low Volatility ETFs Continue Their Hot Streak? - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Mon Jan 12, 9:02AM CST
Small cap ETFs that target low volatility securities have been strong performers, but can they keep up their winning ways in 2015?
XSLV: 33.18 (-0.06), CSF: 36.82 (-0.11), SMLV: 75.54 (-0.79), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
Market Outlook - Yields Continue To Fall Despite Looming Fed
Price Headley, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 12, 4:04AM CST
Stocks were on pace to close last week out with a gain, thanks to Wednesdays and Thursday's big rebound. But, solid news on the employment front sent stocks lower on Friday, and into the red for the week. Still, the bulls were just strong enough to...
TLH: 138.83 (+0.52), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), VXX: 33.49 (+1.51), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
The Equity Market In 2015 Based On Macro Models
Lance Brofman - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 3:44AM CST
XTN: 103.39 (-0.54), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20)
Is The Fed Buying Stocks?
Lawrence Fuller - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 2:39AM CST
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
The Ingredients For An Imminent Bear Market Are In Place
Jason Russ - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 2:26AM CST
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
A Little Fear About The 'Fear Index'
360 Investment Research - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 1:47AM CST
Back on November 18, 2014, we wrote about our concern over elevated volatility as part of our seven-part series on evidence currently warning of a possible trend change in the overall U.S. Equity market. Almost two months later, none of the issues...
VIXM: 65.87 (+1.32), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), VIXH: 25.51 (-0.20), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), VIXY: 22.29 (+1.01)
Weighing The Week Ahead: Is The Bond Market Sending A Message?
Jeff Miller - Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 12:44AM CST
Last week's wild trading defied any simple explanation. That always sets the table for pundit pontification! We are still a week away from earnings season. Bond, stock and commodity prices are moving in different directions. I expect this...
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
Commodities: Deflation And The Future
John M. Mason - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 12:33AM CST
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
Economic Momentum And The Consumer
Thomas Hughes - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 12:12PM CST
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), UUP: 24.38 (unch), XRT: 95.45 (+0.20)
Major Correction Is Imminent...In My Subjective Opinion
Profit Propositions - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 11:10AM CST
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
2015: The Year Of The Slump?
Alasdair Macleod - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 10:22AM CST
2014 ended with two ominous developments: the strength of the US dollar and a collapse in key commodity prices. It is tempting to view both events as one, but the continuing fall in oil prices through December reveals they are sequential: first...
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), IEV: 41.36 (unch), GLD: 118.56 (+1.30), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), FXY: 82.22 (+0.15), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), SLV: 15.87 (+0.10), FXE: 116.53 (-0.08), UDN: 23.33 (-0.01), UUP: 24.38 (unch), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20)
Daily State Of The Markets: Is QE To Blame For All The V-Bottoms?
David Moenning - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 8:06AM CST
There has been a lot of talk about the fact that the S&P 500 has displayed a remarkable tendency to produce a "V bottom" during the majority of the pullbacks seen over the last couple of years. Including yesterday's action, the blue...
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
A Closer Look At Small Caps
Manning & Napier - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 2:54AM CST
When we wrote about small cap stocks in June 2011, we concluded that they faced a number of headwinds and were unlikely to continue their strong outperformance versus large caps that began in 2000. This outlook was strongly supported by relative...
IJR: 111.23 (-0.38), SBB: 54.01 (+0.34), TZA: 12.68 (+0.14), SDD: 40.20 (+0.13), FYX: 47.58 (-0.28), SCHA: 54.10 (-0.27), TNA: 75.83 (-0.83), SMLL: 127.23 (-1.68), SRTY: 32.58 (+0.35), TWOK: 69.71 (-0.46), RSCO: 82.15 (-0.52), DWAS: 38.43 (-0.23), CSF: 36.82 (-0.11), TWM: 41.08 (+0.22), VB: 114.69 (-0.54), WMCR: 26.80 (-0.02), XSLV: 33.18 (-0.06), URTY: 87.85 (-0.94), RWJ: 54.97 (-0.44), PXSC: 34.57 (-0.32), VTWO: 93.63 (-0.35), EWRS: 43.96 (-0.35), SLY: 101.99 (-0.65), SAA: 109.65 (-1.41), VIOO: 100.06 (-0.38), RWM: 15.73 (+0.03), IWC: 75.73 (-0.38), UWM: 86.59 (-0.66), PZI: 15.82 (-0.03), FDM: 32.00 (-0.33), JKJ: 135.60 (-0.84), SMLV: 75.54 (-0.79), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
A Market Manifesto For 2015 And Beyond
John Overstreet - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 2:24AM CST
The earnings yield has always been highly correlated with inflation-adjusted commodity prices. With few exceptions, since the establishment of the Federal Reserve, the earnings yield has been inversely correlated with stock prices rather than being...
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
Federal Reserve Exit Strategy: Number 6
John M. Mason - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 11:08PM CST
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
More Market Pain Ahead as Crude Prices Will Continue Falling
at The Street - 2 hrs 45 mins ago
The CNBC 'Fast Money Halftime' trading panel discussed this newest round of oil-inspired volatility.
C: 50.38 (-0.40), WFC: 52.05 (-0.63), BAC: 16.68 (-0.30), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75), MS: 36.37 (-0.51), CME: 87.61 (-1.18), WBA: 75.70 (+0.03), GS: 185.07 (-2.28), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), JCP: 8.14 (+0.23), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), XLF: 23.92 (-0.20), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20), CBS: 54.85 (+0.29)
Falling Oil Prices Could Delay Fed’s Plan to Raise Interest Rates
at The Street - Mon Jan 12, 1:15PM CST
Falling oil prices will ultimately be a positive for U.S. stocks and economic activity, says Wells Fargo's Brian Rehling, but the decline could also push back the Fed's rate hike.
USO: 17.41 (-0.87), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), WFC: 52.05 (-0.63), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20)
The December Labor Statistics: The Longer-Term View
John M. Mason - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 12, 12:27PM CST
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
3 Worrying Signs For The U.S. Economy
Individual Trader - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 12, 9:13AM CST
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), GLD: 118.56 (+1.30), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), GDX: 21.49 (+0.78)
Can Small Cap Low Volatility ETFs Continue Their Hot Streak? - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - ZACKS - Mon Jan 12, 9:02AM CST
Small cap ETFs that target low volatility securities have been strong performers, but can they keep up their winning ways in 2015?
XSLV: 33.18 (-0.06), CSF: 36.82 (-0.11), SMLV: 75.54 (-0.79), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
Market Outlook - Yields Continue To Fall Despite Looming Fed
Price Headley, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 12, 4:04AM CST
Stocks were on pace to close last week out with a gain, thanks to Wednesdays and Thursday's big rebound. But, solid news on the employment front sent stocks lower on Friday, and into the red for the week. Still, the bulls were just strong enough to...
TLH: 138.83 (+0.52), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), VXX: 33.49 (+1.51), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
The Equity Market In 2015 Based On Macro Models
Lance Brofman - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 3:44AM CST
XTN: 103.39 (-0.54), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20)
Is The Fed Buying Stocks?
Lawrence Fuller - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 2:39AM CST
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
The Ingredients For An Imminent Bear Market Are In Place
Jason Russ - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 2:26AM CST
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
A Little Fear About The 'Fear Index'
360 Investment Research - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 1:47AM CST
Back on November 18, 2014, we wrote about our concern over elevated volatility as part of our seven-part series on evidence currently warning of a possible trend change in the overall U.S. Equity market. Almost two months later, none of the issues...
VIXM: 65.87 (+1.32), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), VIXH: 25.51 (-0.20), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), VIXY: 22.29 (+1.01)
Weighing The Week Ahead: Is The Bond Market Sending A Message?
Jeff Miller - Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 12:44AM CST
Last week's wild trading defied any simple explanation. That always sets the table for pundit pontification! We are still a week away from earnings season. Bond, stock and commodity prices are moving in different directions. I expect this...
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
Commodities: Deflation And The Future
John M. Mason - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 12:33AM CST
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
Economic Momentum And The Consumer
Thomas Hughes - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 12:12PM CST
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), UUP: 24.38 (unch), XRT: 95.45 (+0.20)
Major Correction Is Imminent...In My Subjective Opinion
Profit Propositions - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 11:10AM CST
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
2015: The Year Of The Slump?
Alasdair Macleod - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 10:22AM CST
2014 ended with two ominous developments: the strength of the US dollar and a collapse in key commodity prices. It is tempting to view both events as one, but the continuing fall in oil prices through December reveals they are sequential: first...
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), IEV: 41.36 (unch), GLD: 118.56 (+1.30), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), FXY: 82.22 (+0.15), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), SLV: 15.87 (+0.10), FXE: 116.53 (-0.08), UDN: 23.33 (-0.01), UUP: 24.38 (unch), XLE: 74.16 (-2.20)
Daily State Of The Markets: Is QE To Blame For All The V-Bottoms?
David Moenning - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 8:06AM CST
There has been a lot of talk about the fact that the S&P 500 has displayed a remarkable tendency to produce a "V bottom" during the majority of the pullbacks seen over the last couple of years. Including yesterday's action, the blue...
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
A Closer Look At Small Caps
Manning & Napier - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 2:54AM CST
When we wrote about small cap stocks in June 2011, we concluded that they faced a number of headwinds and were unlikely to continue their strong outperformance versus large caps that began in 2000. This outlook was strongly supported by relative...
IJR: 111.23 (-0.38), SBB: 54.01 (+0.34), TZA: 12.68 (+0.14), SDD: 40.20 (+0.13), FYX: 47.58 (-0.28), SCHA: 54.10 (-0.27), TNA: 75.83 (-0.83), SMLL: 127.23 (-1.68), SRTY: 32.58 (+0.35), TWOK: 69.71 (-0.46), RSCO: 82.15 (-0.52), DWAS: 38.43 (-0.23), CSF: 36.82 (-0.11), TWM: 41.08 (+0.22), VB: 114.69 (-0.54), WMCR: 26.80 (-0.02), XSLV: 33.18 (-0.06), URTY: 87.85 (-0.94), RWJ: 54.97 (-0.44), PXSC: 34.57 (-0.32), VTWO: 93.63 (-0.35), EWRS: 43.96 (-0.35), SLY: 101.99 (-0.65), SAA: 109.65 (-1.41), VIOO: 100.06 (-0.38), RWM: 15.73 (+0.03), IWC: 75.73 (-0.38), UWM: 86.59 (-0.66), PZI: 15.82 (-0.03), FDM: 32.00 (-0.33), JKJ: 135.60 (-0.84), SMLV: 75.54 (-0.79), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
A Market Manifesto For 2015 And Beyond
John Overstreet - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 2:24AM CST
The earnings yield has always been highly correlated with inflation-adjusted commodity prices. With few exceptions, since the establishment of the Federal Reserve, the earnings yield has been inversely correlated with stock prices rather than being...
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
Federal Reserve Exit Strategy: Number 6
John M. Mason - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 11:08PM CST
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39)
