S&P 500 Index Equal Weight Guggenheim (RSP) 78.46 $RSP
Stocks set to start week with gains
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 12, 6:42AM CST
SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), TQQQ: 92.40 (-2.93), SDOW: 21.04 (+0.36), DOG: 23.49 (+0.13), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), DXD: 22.11 (+0.23), QQXT: 39.09 (-0.23), SQQQ: 31.15 (+0.95), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01), QID: 40.63 (+0.82), SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), QQEW: 42.00 (-0.37), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), QQQE: 62.46 (-0.60), DDM: 131.99 (-1.39), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 132.25 (-2.78), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), PSQ: 60.37 (+0.61), UDOW: 136.69 (-2.41)
If I Could Invest In Only One Fund . . .
Orion Portfolios - Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 11:10PM CST
If I could invest in only a single fund . . . . . . and I had to invest all of my equity investment dollars in this fund . . . and I could only own this single fund for the rest of my life . . . which fund would I pick? Given that there are...
IJS: 113.49 (-0.75), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), IWN: 98.93 (-0.39)
S&P 500 Weekly Earnings Update: 'Ex-Energy' Q4 '14's Expected S&P 500 Earnings Growth Rate Around 7%
Brian Gilmartin, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 8:10AM CST
Per Thomson Reuters' This Week in Earnings, Q4 '14 S&P 500 earnings, which started getting reported this Monday, January 12th, 2015 with Alcoa's (NYSE: AA ) report after the bell, are expecting 4% year-over-year (y/y) growth as it stands right...
SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01)
Dividend Payers Underperformed Non-Payers In 2014 And Equal Weighted Risk
David I. Templeton, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 5:26AM CST
The chase for yield in 2014 did not lead to the dividend payers in the S&P 500 Index to outperform the non-payers. As the below table shows, the average return of the payers, 14.99%, fell just short of the average return of the non-payers that...
RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), SDY: 78.05 (-0.32)
The Stimulus Monkeys Are Screeching And The Central Banks Are Pushing On A String
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 11:51AM CST
Have you been at the zoo when the monkeys start rattling their cages and screeching in unison? That about sums up the last 24 hours since the euro zone’s December CPI printed at negative 0.2% versus prior year. Within minutes of the release,...
EWI: 12.87 (+0.01), EFNL: 31.37 (-0.20), DFE: 50.79 (-0.33), EWG: 26.91 (+0.16), FKU: 38.24 (-0.23), FEZ: 35.44 (+0.18), VGK: 50.99 (-0.01), DBEU: 26.00 (-0.01), EWD: 30.63 (-0.10), EUDG: 21.89 (unch), EWQ: 23.99 (+0.14), FIEU: 101.62 (-1.62), EWP: 32.26 (-0.07), FEP: 28.76 (-0.11), SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), EWO: 14.84 (-0.09), PLND: 17.92 (-0.15), EWN: 23.20 (+0.15), IEUR: 42.50 (-0.05), FSZ: 37.66 (-0.10), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), EWL: 31.50 (-0.09), UPV: 40.71 (+0.13), FEU: 33.27 (+0.03), EWK: 16.00 (+0.02), IEUS: 40.71 (-0.14), DXPS: 24.92 (-0.09), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), HEDJ: 55.45 (+0.40), EIRL: 33.45 (-0.35), DAX: 25.45 (-0.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), DBEZ: 24.87 (unch), GXF: 21.53 (-0.07), DBUK: 24.16 (+0.50), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01), QGBR: 52.23 (unch), NORW: 11.51 (-0.21), ADRU: 21.68 (-0.04), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), RSXJ: 19.60 (+0.08), EZU: 35.21 (+0.10), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), HEWG: 23.53 (+0.09), IEV: 41.36 (unch), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), EWU: 17.52 (-0.07), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), EWGS: 37.26 (-0.02), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), EDEN: 46.83 (+0.15), FDD: 12.64 (-0.02), ENOR: 22.51 (-0.30), SMEZ: 47.95 (-0.02), QESP: 47.23 (-0.37), GREK: 12.96 (+0.37), DBGR: 23.72 (+0.16), FEUZ: 29.85 (-0.09), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), EWUS: 36.23 (-0.16), EPV: 66.65 (+0.03), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), FGM: 35.40 (+0.02), ESTX: 43.10 (+0.32), EUMV: 22.89 (+0.06), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37), HEZU: 24.29 (+0.07), SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), FEEU: 97.78 (-0.12), EURL: 26.76 (+0.05), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), DXGE: 26.12 (+0.11), QDEU: 52.31 (+0.71), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), PGAL: 10.00 (-0.08), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), EPOL: 23.89 (-0.19)
Futures slip ahead of jobs number
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 6:05AM CST
SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), TQQQ: 92.40 (-2.93), SDOW: 21.04 (+0.36), DOG: 23.49 (+0.13), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), DXD: 22.11 (+0.23), QQXT: 39.09 (-0.23), SQQQ: 31.15 (+0.95), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01), QID: 40.63 (+0.82), SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), QQEW: 42.00 (-0.37), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), QQQE: 62.46 (-0.60), DDM: 131.99 (-1.39), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 132.25 (-2.78), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), PSQ: 60.37 (+0.61), UDOW: 136.69 (-2.41)
Futures surge higher as globe rallies
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 6:23AM CST
SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), TQQQ: 92.40 (-2.93), SDOW: 21.04 (+0.36), DOG: 23.49 (+0.13), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), DXD: 22.11 (+0.23), QQXT: 39.09 (-0.23), SQQQ: 31.15 (+0.95), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01), QID: 40.63 (+0.82), SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), QQEW: 42.00 (-0.37), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), QQQE: 62.46 (-0.60), DDM: 131.99 (-1.39), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 132.25 (-2.78), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), PSQ: 60.37 (+0.61), UDOW: 136.69 (-2.41)
Less-than-$50 oil will change the world, economists say
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 07, 8:48AM CST
VT: 59.14 (-0.31), ACWI: 57.57 (-0.33), SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), FIGY: 115.41 (-1.01), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), DGT: 67.52 (-0.34), ONEF: 35.19 (-0.28), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01)
Stocks set for opening bounce
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 07, 6:27AM CST
SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), TQQQ: 92.40 (-2.93), SDOW: 21.04 (+0.36), DOG: 23.49 (+0.13), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), DXD: 22.11 (+0.23), QQXT: 39.09 (-0.23), SQQQ: 31.15 (+0.95), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01), QID: 40.63 (+0.82), SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), QQEW: 42.00 (-0.37), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), QQQE: 62.46 (-0.60), DDM: 131.99 (-1.39), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 132.25 (-2.78), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), PSQ: 60.37 (+0.61), UDOW: 136.69 (-2.41)
My Investment Worries: The Dollar, Large Caps, And More
Mike Lipper, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 6:31AM CST
Originally published on Dec. 28, 2014 Introduction Essentially investment risk is not a number. The price of risk failure is the foregoing of important funding plans. In that light your risk is not the same as my risk. Not only because we have...
SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), UUPT: 28.11 (+0.05), SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), USDU: 27.27 (+0.02), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), UUP: 24.38 (unch), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), T: 33.49 (+0.09), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01), UDN: 23.33 (-0.01), FORX: 45.47 (-0.06), UDNT: 11.22 (-0.17)
The morning after: Europe bounces, as do U.S. futures
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 6:07AM CST
EWI: 12.87 (+0.01), FEZ: 35.44 (+0.18), SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), SDOW: 21.04 (+0.36), TQQQ: 92.40 (-2.93), DOG: 23.49 (+0.13), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), DXD: 22.11 (+0.23), QQXT: 39.09 (-0.23), SQQQ: 31.15 (+0.95), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01), QID: 40.63 (+0.82), SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), QQEW: 42.00 (-0.37), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), QQQE: 62.46 (-0.60), DDM: 131.99 (-1.39), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 132.25 (-2.78), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), EWU: 17.52 (-0.07), PSQ: 60.37 (+0.61), UDOW: 136.69 (-2.41)
What To Find Before Seeking Alpha: Domestic Equity Allocation
Mark James Thompson - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 12:51PM CST
MMTM: 87.38 (unch), VDE: 104.89 (-3.02), VFH: 48.40 (-0.34), VDC: 125.83 (-0.51), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), EWRS: 43.96 (-0.35), DLN: 73.40 (-0.46), VIS: 103.48 (-0.79), VTI: 104.52 (-0.75), VCR: 114.40 (-0.41), IWD: 102.79 (-0.72), DON: 82.85 (-0.23), DES: 69.09 (-0.22), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), IJH: 142.84 (-0.88), VOX: 84.74 (+0.57), SPHB: 32.84 (-0.48), VPU: 102.46 (-0.27), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), EWRM: 49.57 (-0.53), VNQ: 85.78 (+0.65), VGT: 102.74 (-1.32), USMV: 40.71 (-0.18), VHT: 128.92 (-0.06), VAW: 106.03 (-0.36)
Stocks set to open with modest losses
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 6:19AM CST
SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), TQQQ: 92.40 (-2.93), SDOW: 21.04 (+0.36), DOG: 23.49 (+0.13), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), DXD: 22.11 (+0.23), QQXT: 39.09 (-0.23), SQQQ: 31.15 (+0.95), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01), QID: 40.63 (+0.82), SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), QQEW: 42.00 (-0.37), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), QQQE: 62.46 (-0.60), DDM: 131.99 (-1.39), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 132.25 (-2.78), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), PSQ: 60.37 (+0.61), UDOW: 136.69 (-2.41)
How The Dogs Barked
Shiv Kapoor - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 3:19AM CST
These were the Dogs at the start of 2014, together with passive DIA , SPY , RSP and IWM noted towards the bottom of the chart. This is how $100k might have been allocated over the 2014 Dogs. I demonstrated 3 ways to allocate the $100k...
GE: 23.98 (-0.05), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), PFE: 32.77 (+0.12), INTC: 36.60 (-0.16), T: 33.49 (+0.09), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), MRK: 62.30 (-0.26), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), MCD: 93.01 (-0.20), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), MSFT: 46.60 (-0.59), CVX: 105.88 (-2.33), VZ: 47.08 (+0.32), CSCO: 28.05 (+0.26)
2014's Santa Rally Delivers Gains As Expected And Ends With Two Historic Moves
Dr. Duru - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 04, 9:33AM CST
SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), VXX: 33.49 (+1.51), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), SVXY: 56.76 (-2.90), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01)
Weighing The Week Ahead: Time For The 'January Effect?'
Jeff Miller - Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 04, 2:28AM CST
The pros are back from vacation and ready for a new year of punditry! While there is a normal flow of news and a full trading week, I expect the financial media to focus on the New Year. That means an emphasis on slogans and seasonality. Trader...
SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), TQQQ: 92.40 (-2.93), SDOW: 21.04 (+0.36), DOG: 23.49 (+0.13), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), DXD: 22.11 (+0.23), QQXT: 39.09 (-0.23), SQQQ: 31.15 (+0.95), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01), QID: 40.63 (+0.82), SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), QQEW: 42.00 (-0.37), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), QQQE: 62.46 (-0.60), DDM: 131.99 (-1.39), QLD: 132.25 (-2.78), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), PSQ: 60.37 (+0.61), UDOW: 136.69 (-2.41)
Fed Abandons Stock Markets In 2015, Watch Out
Adam Hamilton - Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 03, 6:04AM CST
The seemingly-invincible US stock markets powered higher again last year, still directly fueled by the Fed's epic quantitative-easing money printing. But 2015 is shaping up to be radically different from the past couple years. The Fed effectively...
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SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01)
Stocks poised to open year with gains
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 02, 6:26AM CST
SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), TQQQ: 92.40 (-2.93), SDOW: 21.04 (+0.36), DOG: 23.49 (+0.13), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), DXD: 22.11 (+0.23), QQXT: 39.09 (-0.23), SQQQ: 31.15 (+0.95), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01), QID: 40.63 (+0.82), SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), QQEW: 42.00 (-0.37), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), QQQE: 62.46 (-0.60), DDM: 131.99 (-1.39), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 132.25 (-2.78), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), PSQ: 60.37 (+0.61), UDOW: 136.69 (-2.41)
Why Jeremy Grantham Is Right About Corporate Profit Margins
Baijnath Ramraika, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 02, 5:56AM CST
Originally Published on 12/11/2014 Profit margins are probably the most mean-reverting series in finance, and if profit margins do not mean-revert, then something has gone badly wrong with capitalism. If high profits do not attract competition,...
SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01)
S&P 500 Finishes The Year Down 1%+
Bespoke Investment Group - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 01, 12:45AM CST
The S&P 500 finished Wednesday down 1.03%. In the index's history going back to 1928, it has only ended the year down more than 1% four other times. Below is a list of the prior occurrences along with the index's return over the next day, week...
SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01)
Stocks set to start week with gains
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 12, 6:42AM CST
SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), TQQQ: 92.40 (-2.93), SDOW: 21.04 (+0.36), DOG: 23.49 (+0.13), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), DXD: 22.11 (+0.23), QQXT: 39.09 (-0.23), SQQQ: 31.15 (+0.95), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01), QID: 40.63 (+0.82), SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), QQEW: 42.00 (-0.37), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), QQQE: 62.46 (-0.60), DDM: 131.99 (-1.39), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 132.25 (-2.78), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), PSQ: 60.37 (+0.61), UDOW: 136.69 (-2.41)
If I Could Invest In Only One Fund . . .
Orion Portfolios - Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 11:10PM CST
If I could invest in only a single fund . . . . . . and I had to invest all of my equity investment dollars in this fund . . . and I could only own this single fund for the rest of my life . . . which fund would I pick? Given that there are...
IJS: 113.49 (-0.75), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), IWN: 98.93 (-0.39)
S&P 500 Weekly Earnings Update: 'Ex-Energy' Q4 '14's Expected S&P 500 Earnings Growth Rate Around 7%
Brian Gilmartin, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 8:10AM CST
Per Thomson Reuters' This Week in Earnings, Q4 '14 S&P 500 earnings, which started getting reported this Monday, January 12th, 2015 with Alcoa's (NYSE: AA ) report after the bell, are expecting 4% year-over-year (y/y) growth as it stands right...
SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01)
Dividend Payers Underperformed Non-Payers In 2014 And Equal Weighted Risk
David I. Templeton, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 11, 5:26AM CST
The chase for yield in 2014 did not lead to the dividend payers in the S&P 500 Index to outperform the non-payers. As the below table shows, the average return of the payers, 14.99%, fell just short of the average return of the non-payers that...
RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), SDY: 78.05 (-0.32)
The Stimulus Monkeys Are Screeching And The Central Banks Are Pushing On A String
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 11:51AM CST
Have you been at the zoo when the monkeys start rattling their cages and screeching in unison? That about sums up the last 24 hours since the euro zone’s December CPI printed at negative 0.2% versus prior year. Within minutes of the release,...
EWI: 12.87 (+0.01), EFNL: 31.37 (-0.20), DFE: 50.79 (-0.33), EWG: 26.91 (+0.16), FKU: 38.24 (-0.23), FEZ: 35.44 (+0.18), VGK: 50.99 (-0.01), DBEU: 26.00 (-0.01), EWD: 30.63 (-0.10), EUDG: 21.89 (unch), EWQ: 23.99 (+0.14), FIEU: 101.62 (-1.62), EWP: 32.26 (-0.07), FEP: 28.76 (-0.11), SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), EWO: 14.84 (-0.09), PLND: 17.92 (-0.15), EWN: 23.20 (+0.15), IEUR: 42.50 (-0.05), FSZ: 37.66 (-0.10), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), EWL: 31.50 (-0.09), UPV: 40.71 (+0.13), FEU: 33.27 (+0.03), EWK: 16.00 (+0.02), IEUS: 40.71 (-0.14), DXPS: 24.92 (-0.09), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), HEDJ: 55.45 (+0.40), EIRL: 33.45 (-0.35), DAX: 25.45 (-0.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), DBEZ: 24.87 (unch), GXF: 21.53 (-0.07), DBUK: 24.16 (+0.50), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01), QGBR: 52.23 (unch), NORW: 11.51 (-0.21), ADRU: 21.68 (-0.04), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), RSXJ: 19.60 (+0.08), EZU: 35.21 (+0.10), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), HEWG: 23.53 (+0.09), IEV: 41.36 (unch), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), EWU: 17.52 (-0.07), RBL: 14.53 (-0.48), EWGS: 37.26 (-0.02), RSX: 14.77 (-0.44), EDEN: 46.83 (+0.15), FDD: 12.64 (-0.02), ENOR: 22.51 (-0.30), SMEZ: 47.95 (-0.02), QESP: 47.23 (-0.37), GREK: 12.96 (+0.37), DBGR: 23.72 (+0.16), FEUZ: 29.85 (-0.09), RUSS: 25.68 (+2.28), EWUS: 36.23 (-0.16), EPV: 66.65 (+0.03), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), FGM: 35.40 (+0.02), ESTX: 43.10 (+0.32), EUMV: 22.89 (+0.06), ERUS: 11.40 (-0.37), HEZU: 24.29 (+0.07), SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), FEEU: 97.78 (-0.12), EURL: 26.76 (+0.05), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), DXGE: 26.12 (+0.11), QDEU: 52.31 (+0.71), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), PGAL: 10.00 (-0.08), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), RUSL: 16.60 (-1.63), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), EPOL: 23.89 (-0.19)
Futures slip ahead of jobs number
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 6:05AM CST
SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), TQQQ: 92.40 (-2.93), SDOW: 21.04 (+0.36), DOG: 23.49 (+0.13), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), DXD: 22.11 (+0.23), QQXT: 39.09 (-0.23), SQQQ: 31.15 (+0.95), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01), QID: 40.63 (+0.82), SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), QQEW: 42.00 (-0.37), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), QQQE: 62.46 (-0.60), DDM: 131.99 (-1.39), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 132.25 (-2.78), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), PSQ: 60.37 (+0.61), UDOW: 136.69 (-2.41)
Futures surge higher as globe rallies
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 6:23AM CST
SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), TQQQ: 92.40 (-2.93), SDOW: 21.04 (+0.36), DOG: 23.49 (+0.13), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), DXD: 22.11 (+0.23), QQXT: 39.09 (-0.23), SQQQ: 31.15 (+0.95), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01), QID: 40.63 (+0.82), SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), QQEW: 42.00 (-0.37), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), QQQE: 62.46 (-0.60), DDM: 131.99 (-1.39), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 132.25 (-2.78), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), PSQ: 60.37 (+0.61), UDOW: 136.69 (-2.41)
Less-than-$50 oil will change the world, economists say
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 07, 8:48AM CST
VT: 59.14 (-0.31), ACWI: 57.57 (-0.33), SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), FIGY: 115.41 (-1.01), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), DGT: 67.52 (-0.34), ONEF: 35.19 (-0.28), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01)
Stocks set for opening bounce
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 07, 6:27AM CST
SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), TQQQ: 92.40 (-2.93), SDOW: 21.04 (+0.36), DOG: 23.49 (+0.13), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), DXD: 22.11 (+0.23), QQXT: 39.09 (-0.23), SQQQ: 31.15 (+0.95), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01), QID: 40.63 (+0.82), SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), QQEW: 42.00 (-0.37), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), QQQE: 62.46 (-0.60), DDM: 131.99 (-1.39), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 132.25 (-2.78), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), PSQ: 60.37 (+0.61), UDOW: 136.69 (-2.41)
My Investment Worries: The Dollar, Large Caps, And More
Mike Lipper, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 6:31AM CST
Originally published on Dec. 28, 2014 Introduction Essentially investment risk is not a number. The price of risk failure is the foregoing of important funding plans. In that light your risk is not the same as my risk. Not only because we have...
SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), UUPT: 28.11 (+0.05), SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), USDU: 27.27 (+0.02), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), UUP: 24.38 (unch), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), T: 33.49 (+0.09), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01), UDN: 23.33 (-0.01), FORX: 45.47 (-0.06), UDNT: 11.22 (-0.17)
The morning after: Europe bounces, as do U.S. futures
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 6:07AM CST
EWI: 12.87 (+0.01), FEZ: 35.44 (+0.18), SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), SDOW: 21.04 (+0.36), TQQQ: 92.40 (-2.93), DOG: 23.49 (+0.13), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), DXD: 22.11 (+0.23), QQXT: 39.09 (-0.23), SQQQ: 31.15 (+0.95), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01), QID: 40.63 (+0.82), SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), QQEW: 42.00 (-0.37), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), QQQE: 62.46 (-0.60), DDM: 131.99 (-1.39), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 132.25 (-2.78), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), EWU: 17.52 (-0.07), PSQ: 60.37 (+0.61), UDOW: 136.69 (-2.41)
What To Find Before Seeking Alpha: Domestic Equity Allocation
Mark James Thompson - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 12:51PM CST
MMTM: 87.38 (unch), VDE: 104.89 (-3.02), VFH: 48.40 (-0.34), VDC: 125.83 (-0.51), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), EWRS: 43.96 (-0.35), DLN: 73.40 (-0.46), VIS: 103.48 (-0.79), VTI: 104.52 (-0.75), VCR: 114.40 (-0.41), IWD: 102.79 (-0.72), DON: 82.85 (-0.23), DES: 69.09 (-0.22), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), IJH: 142.84 (-0.88), VOX: 84.74 (+0.57), SPHB: 32.84 (-0.48), VPU: 102.46 (-0.27), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), EWRM: 49.57 (-0.53), VNQ: 85.78 (+0.65), VGT: 102.74 (-1.32), USMV: 40.71 (-0.18), VHT: 128.92 (-0.06), VAW: 106.03 (-0.36)
Stocks set to open with modest losses
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 6:19AM CST
SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), TQQQ: 92.40 (-2.93), SDOW: 21.04 (+0.36), DOG: 23.49 (+0.13), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), DXD: 22.11 (+0.23), QQXT: 39.09 (-0.23), SQQQ: 31.15 (+0.95), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01), QID: 40.63 (+0.82), SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), QQEW: 42.00 (-0.37), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), QQQE: 62.46 (-0.60), DDM: 131.99 (-1.39), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 132.25 (-2.78), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), PSQ: 60.37 (+0.61), UDOW: 136.69 (-2.41)
How The Dogs Barked
Shiv Kapoor - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 05, 3:19AM CST
These were the Dogs at the start of 2014, together with passive DIA , SPY , RSP and IWM noted towards the bottom of the chart. This is how $100k might have been allocated over the 2014 Dogs. I demonstrated 3 ways to allocate the $100k...
GE: 23.98 (-0.05), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), PFE: 32.77 (+0.12), INTC: 36.60 (-0.16), T: 33.49 (+0.09), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), MRK: 62.30 (-0.26), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), MCD: 93.01 (-0.20), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), MSFT: 46.60 (-0.59), CVX: 105.88 (-2.33), VZ: 47.08 (+0.32), CSCO: 28.05 (+0.26)
2014's Santa Rally Delivers Gains As Expected And Ends With Two Historic Moves
Dr. Duru - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 04, 9:33AM CST
SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), VXX: 33.49 (+1.51), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), SVXY: 56.76 (-2.90), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01)
Weighing The Week Ahead: Time For The 'January Effect?'
Jeff Miller - Seeking Alpha - Sun Jan 04, 2:28AM CST
The pros are back from vacation and ready for a new year of punditry! While there is a normal flow of news and a full trading week, I expect the financial media to focus on the New Year. That means an emphasis on slogans and seasonality. Trader...
SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), TQQQ: 92.40 (-2.93), SDOW: 21.04 (+0.36), DOG: 23.49 (+0.13), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), DXD: 22.11 (+0.23), QQXT: 39.09 (-0.23), SQQQ: 31.15 (+0.95), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01), QID: 40.63 (+0.82), SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), QQEW: 42.00 (-0.37), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), QQQE: 62.46 (-0.60), DDM: 131.99 (-1.39), QLD: 132.25 (-2.78), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), PSQ: 60.37 (+0.61), UDOW: 136.69 (-2.41)
Fed Abandons Stock Markets In 2015, Watch Out
Adam Hamilton - Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 03, 6:04AM CST
The seemingly-invincible US stock markets powered higher again last year, still directly fueled by the Fed's epic quantitative-easing money printing. But 2015 is shaping up to be radically different from the past couple years. The Fed effectively...
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SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01)
Stocks poised to open year with gains
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 02, 6:26AM CST
SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), TQQQ: 92.40 (-2.93), SDOW: 21.04 (+0.36), DOG: 23.49 (+0.13), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), DXD: 22.11 (+0.23), QQXT: 39.09 (-0.23), SQQQ: 31.15 (+0.95), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01), QID: 40.63 (+0.82), SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), QQEW: 42.00 (-0.37), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), QQQE: 62.46 (-0.60), DDM: 131.99 (-1.39), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 132.25 (-2.78), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), PSQ: 60.37 (+0.61), UDOW: 136.69 (-2.41)
Why Jeremy Grantham Is Right About Corporate Profit Margins
Baijnath Ramraika, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 02, 5:56AM CST
Originally Published on 12/11/2014 Profit margins are probably the most mean-reverting series in finance, and if profit margins do not mean-revert, then something has gone badly wrong with capitalism. If high profits do not attract competition,...
SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01)
S&P 500 Finishes The Year Down 1%+
Bespoke Investment Group - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 01, 12:45AM CST
The S&P 500 finished Wednesday down 1.03%. In the index's history going back to 1928, it has only ended the year down more than 1% four other times. Below is a list of the prior occurrences along with the index's return over the next day, week...
SFLA: 173.00 (-6.00), RWL: 40.07 (-0.42), RSP: 78.46 (-0.79), SH: 22.07 (+0.17), SSO: 124.47 (-1.95), SPUU: 136.13 (-2.19), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), SPLX: 30.04 (-1.00), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), SPXU: 39.43 (+0.85), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), UPRO: 126.50 (-3.13), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), EPS: 70.55 (-0.81), SDS: 22.62 (+0.36), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), SPXL: 83.85 (-2.01)
