Dual Momentum Portfolio Update
Scott's Investments - Seeking Alpha - 50 mins ago
Scott's Investments provides a free "Dual ETF Momentum" spreadsheet which was originally created in February 2013. The strategy was inspired by a paper written by Gary Antonacci and available on Optimal Momentum . Antonacci has a new...
VTI: 104.52 (-0.75), HYG: 89.99 (-0.11), GLD: 118.56 (+1.30), REM: 11.77 (-0.01), SHY: 84.73 (+0.05), VNQ: 85.78 (+0.65), VEU: 45.93 (-0.19), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75), CIU: 110.18 (+0.19)
Hot-handed forecaster sees yields continuing to fall
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - 1 hr 57 mins ago
TLH: 138.83 (+0.52), DLBL: 76.60 (-0.56), TLO: 75.82 (+0.38), TENZ: 87.44 (+0.33), EDV: 132.38 (+1.38), UBT: 88.28 (+1.38), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75), TBT: 42.26 (-0.52), TMV: 27.47 (-0.50), DLBS: 19.13 (-0.40), LBND: 63.16 (+2.15), ZROZ: 128.61 (+1.61), SBND: 4.38 (-0.14), TBF: 24.06 (-0.12), TTT: 36.51 (-0.63), VGLT: 80.96 (+0.43), TYBS: 21.98 (-0.35), TMF: 98.30 (+1.61)
Measuring The Term Premium In The U.S. Treasury Curve
Donald van Deventer - at Seeking Alpha - 2 hrs 12 mins ago
IEF: 108.35 (+0.38), SHY: 84.73 (+0.05), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75), TBT: 42.26 (-0.52)
More Market Pain Ahead as Crude Prices Will Continue Falling
at The Street - Mon Jan 12, 1:39PM CST
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)
Why Is Anyone Buying Long-Term Treasuries?
Ted Barac - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 12, 12:40PM CST
Over the course of 2014, the Treasury yield curve flattened considerably as 5-year Treasury yields declined by only 10bps (to 1.65%) whereas 10-year Treasury yields declined by 86bps (to 2.17%) and 30-year Treasury yields by 121bps (to 2.75%)....
HYG: 89.99 (-0.11), TBF: 24.06 (-0.12), LQD: 121.13 (+0.23), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75)
It's Game Time For Gold
Ben Lockhart - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 12, 12:25PM CST
GDXJ: 28.94 (+1.46), GLD: 118.56 (+1.30), SLV: 15.87 (+0.10), GDX: 21.49 (+0.78), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75)
ETF Flows Set A Fresh Record In 2014
Morningstar - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 12, 2:00AM CST
By Michael Rawson The $241 billion of inflows into U.S. exchange-traded funds in 2014 were the strongest ever and topped the $190 billion inflow in 2012. Strong flows and market appreciation helped push assets to $2 trillion, and that milestone...
EEM: 38.95 (-0.32), VOO: 185.84 (-1.39), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), LQD: 121.13 (+0.23), AGG: 111.12 (+0.09), BND: 83.30 (+0.11), THRK: 151.08 (-1.51), IEMG: 46.89 (-0.35), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75)
U.S. Stocks Living On Borrowed Time As 2015 Begins
Daniel R Moore - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jan 10, 2:22AM CST
USO: 17.41 (-0.87), HYG: 89.99 (-0.11), UCO: 7.56 (-0.80), IEF: 108.35 (+0.38), DTUS: 34.59 (-0.38), SJNK: 29.05 (+0.02), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75), JNK: 38.87 (-0.04), SGOL: 120.84 (+1.30), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), TAPR: 30.87 (-1.24), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DBO: 13.27 (-0.73), GLD: 118.56 (+1.30), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), OIL: 10.47 (-0.65), SHY: 84.73 (+0.05), IAU: 11.94 (+0.12), BKLN: 23.91 (-0.01)
In 2015, The Last Shall Be First And The First Shall Be Last
Steven Jon Kaplan - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 4:25PM CST
Be a contrarian. Buy when others are smiling at you. Keep purchasing as they snicker at you. As they start laughing at you, become fully invested. It might not be apparent to the financial markets now, but in all probability, gold is in the initial...
SILJ: 9.02 (+0.25), GLDX: 11.80 (+0.39), SIL: 10.41 (+0.32), GDX: 21.49 (+0.78), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75)
How to Trade Volatile U.S. Capital Markets After a Good Jobs Report
at The Street - Fri Jan 09, 11:47AM CST
The first week of 2015 has been a wild ride for yields, gold, crude oil and the major U.S. equity averages.
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), GLD: 118.56 (+1.30), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75), GSG: 19.52 (-0.55)
Stocks tumble as bid for oil disappears
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 10:56AM CST
USO: 17.41 (-0.87), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), UDN: 23.33 (-0.01), UUP: 24.38 (unch), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75), TBT: 42.26 (-0.52)
Think Different?
Douglas Tengdin - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 7:27AM CST
Is it different this time? Sir John Templeton once said that the four most dangerous words in investing are, "This time it's different." There's a lot of truth in this. When people assert that things have changed, often they are just...
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75)
'Fast Money' Recap: DJIA Cleans the Slate, Erases 2015 Losses
at The Street - Fri Jan 09, 4:00AM CST
The trading panel makes its eight-anniversary stock picks and asks Carl Icahn his thoughts on Apple and falling oil.
AXP: 89.50 (-0.92), FB: 76.72 (-1.02), BBY: 39.09 (+1.03), IBB: 315.06 (+1.74), WSM: 76.67 (-0.11), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75), ARO: 2.85 (+0.20), DXJ: 47.97 (-0.11), GS: 185.07 (-2.28), RIG: 15.51 (-0.59), SUNE: 19.92 (+0.50), AEO: 14.14 (+0.29), GOOGL: 497.06 (-3.66), TWTR: 39.37 (-0.80), EWZ: 35.32 (-0.85), AAPL: 109.25 (-2.76)
Implied Forward T-Bill Rates Plunge 0.36% In 2019, Forward 10-Year Treasury Yields Drop 0.25%
Donald van Deventer - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 4:38PM CST
BOND: 108.79 (+0.24), NUV: 9.91 (+0.04), IEF: 108.35 (+0.38), REM: 11.77 (-0.01), SHY: 84.73 (+0.05), BND: 83.30 (+0.11), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75), TBT: 42.26 (-0.52), TMV: 27.47 (-0.50), TMF: 98.30 (+1.61)
Are You Making the Right Financial Adjustments for 2015?
at The Street - Thu Jan 08, 4:29PM CST
Investors should make it a priority to rebalance their portfolios following last year's strong stock market performance, said Jonathan Clements, author of 'Money Guide 2015.'
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75)
How Fear And Greed Kill Investors Dreams
Individual Trader - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 2:00PM CST
KO: 42.64 (-0.39), BDX: 143.56 (-1.07), ETF: 12.97 (-0.23), KOL: 14.01 (-0.27), NUGT: 17.30 (+1.76), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75), TBT: 42.26 (-0.52), TMV: 27.47 (-0.50), K: 65.48 (-0.95), VTI: 104.52 (-0.75), IBM: 156.44 (-2.67), CVX: 105.88 (-2.33), GDX: 21.49 (+0.78)
Don't Fight the Volatility as U.S. Stocks Soar Once Again
at The Street - Thu Jan 08, 1:32PM CST
The CNBC 'Fast Money Halftime' trading panel discusses whether shares of Google are a buy near current levels.
SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), QQQ: 101.55 (-1.07), CF: 297.62 (+0.44), DIA: 176.24 (-0.98), DD: 74.41 (+0.91), GOOGL: 497.06 (-3.66), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), FIVE: 34.43 (-0.75), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75)
2014 At A Glance: Made In America
Matt Erickson - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 9:58AM CST
Citius, Altius, Fortius… Faster, higher, stronger. It has been the Olympic creed for more than 2500 years and has further proven to be an appropriate theme for the U.S. markets post 2008. As stock markets around the world stumbled in 2014, U.S....
MDY: 260.48 (-1.40), IWM: 117.18 (-0.39), IVV: 204.09 (-1.56), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75)
Heads up on NFP: Low prints tend to follow high ones
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 8:33AM CST
TLH: 138.83 (+0.52), DLBL: 76.60 (-0.56), TLO: 75.82 (+0.38), TENZ: 87.44 (+0.33), EDV: 132.38 (+1.38), UBT: 88.28 (+1.38), TLT: 131.82 (+0.75), TBT: 42.26 (-0.52), TMV: 27.47 (-0.50), DLBS: 19.13 (-0.40), LBND: 63.16 (+2.15), ZROZ: 128.61 (+1.61), SBND: 4.38 (-0.14), TBF: 24.06 (-0.12), TTT: 36.51 (-0.63), VGLT: 80.96 (+0.43), TYBS: 21.98 (-0.35), TMF: 98.30 (+1.61)