Weekly ETF Gainers / Losers
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 3:14PM CST
QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), VXX: 30.97 (-0.38), IDU: 113.30 (-1.71), UNG: 14.22 (+0.34), URA: 10.78 (+0.04), BNO: 23.05 (+0.78), TAN: 38.79 (+0.25), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), REMX: 26.00 (+0.51), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33)
Should We Fear The Impending Rise In Interest Rates?
Mitchell Li - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 11:08AM CST
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50)
QE Never Left Us: The U.S. Economy And Stocks Will Grow Faster And Higher
James A. Kostohryz - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 6:45AM CST
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), LQD: 120.83 (-0.48), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33)
Stocks poised for upbeat trading day
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 6:10AM CST
SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23)
Wall Street Breakfast: GDP Figures Lead Europe Higher
Wall Street Breakfast - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 5:31AM CST
VRX: 167.00 (-0.50), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), SHPG: 239.82 (+6.11), SLXP: 152.35 (+3.17), GM: 37.62 (-0.40), AIG: 53.96 (+1.51), ZNGA: 2.24 (-0.42), GRPN: 7.97 (+0.51), FSL: 37.53 (+2.83), MT: 11.20 (+0.74)
2 More Harbingers Of Financial Doom That Mirror The Crisis Of 2008
Michael T. Snyder - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 4:11AM CST
The stock market continues to flirt with new record highs, but the signs that we could be on the precipice of the next major financial crisis continue to mount. A couple of days ago , I discussed the fact that the U.S. dollar is experiencing a...
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50)
Federal Reserve Exit Strategy: Number 10
John M. Mason - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 12:24AM CST
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01)
Downside For Stocks, But Also For Fed Expectations
The Inflation Trader - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 11:52PM CST
Retail sales figures today were weak. Retail Sales ex-Auto and Gas (I usually just look ex-auto, but then they look really, really bad because of how far gasoline has moved) just recorded the two worst numbers (0.0% and 0.2%) in a year. Retail sales...
SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23)
Weekly Unemployment Claims: Initial And Continued February 12, 2015
Sold At The Top - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 2:32PM CST
Today's jobless claims report showed a notable increase to initial unemployment claims and a decrease to insured unemployment claims, as seasonally adjusted initial claims jumped above the 300K level. Seasonally adjusted "initial"...
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72)
How to Pick the Best ETFs For Taxes For Your Portfolio in 2015
at The Street - Thu Feb 12, 1:44PM CST
ETFs come in many different flavors. Some ETFs are better for taxes others, for instance. There are over 30 different tax treatment options. Here's how to pick the best one.
VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), SLV: 16.54 (+0.39), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95)
Betting With Buffett: 7 Lean Years Later
CFA Institute Contributors - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 7:45AM CST
By Ted Seides, CFA Just as stock picks sometimes head in the wrong direction upon purchase and call into question whether a thesis is early or wrong, so too has hedge fund underperformance over the last seven years raised the question of whether...
SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), VSPY: 59.66 (+0.09), RALS: 41.27 (+0.06), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), TRSK: 28.60 (-0.02), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), CSLS: 25.87 (+0.02), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), LALT: 23.33 (-0.01), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), IBLN: 26.25 (+0.22), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 25.94 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), ALTS: 40.78 (+0.21), QMN: 25.49 (unch), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), VQTS: 24.20 (+0.06), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), MULT: 23.53 (-0.02), MCRO: 25.53 (+0.04), BARL: 19.19 (unch), QEH: 28.59 (+0.18), SIZ: 24.55 (-0.08), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), VIXH: 26.30 (+0.10), GURU: 26.42 (+0.26), GURX: 13.44 (unch), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), GURI: 14.89 (+0.10), FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), DIVA: 25.32 (+0.16), SPXH: 30.21 (+0.09), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), EQAL: 25.74 (+0.17), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), SPGH: 56.73 (+0.50), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), ALFA: 43.71 (+0.19), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), AGLS: 20.00 (unch), CSM: 102.86 (+0.55), HDG: 42.90 (+0.17), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), CHEP: 26.08 (-0.47), PHDG: 28.17 (+0.08), TNDQ: 39.47 (+0.14), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), FTLS: 32.08 (+0.33), VALX: 25.83 (+0.27), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), BTAL: 20.50 (unch), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), VQT: 155.32 (+0.40), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), TCHI: 27.40 (+0.17), SBUS: 24.86 (unch), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), QAI: 29.89 (+0.12), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), TRND: 40.30 (+0.12), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), TRNM: 35.67 (+0.03), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), CSMN: 18.57 (-0.12), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25)
Markets Oddly Calm On Greece: Russia, China, Even USA And Saudis Still In Play
Mercenary Trader - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 7:09AM CST
"What we want is a deal. But if there is no deal… and if we see that Germany is rigid and wants to blow apart Europe, then we have the obligation to go to Plan B… Plan B is to get another funding source. It could be the United...
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), GREK: 13.65 (+0.66), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15)
Futures on the rise after Ukraine cease-fire plan
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 6:20AM CST
FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23)
Wall Street Breakfast: Tesla Punished As Q4 Results Fall Short
Wall Street Breakfast - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 5:32AM CST
TSLA: 203.77 (+0.89), GE: 25.15 (+0.26), STT: 76.93 (-0.46), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), TRP: 45.94 (-0.81), TOT: 54.14 (-0.36), QCOM: 70.88 (+0.49), CS: 23.65 (+0.23), SYY: 39.54 (-0.12), HMC: 32.87 (+0.14), AAPL: 127.08 (+0.62), CSCO: 29.43 (-0.03)
Macro-Markets Risk Index Continues To Predict U.S. Growth
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 6:12PM CST
The US economy remains on a growth track, according to a markets-based estimate of the macro trend. The Macro-Markets Risk Index (MMRI) closed at +7.9% yesterday (Feb. 10). The benchmark's readings in the roughly 5% to 9% range so far in 2015 implies...
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SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50)
Futures spike as Greece/EU reportedly come to terms
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 3:45PM CST
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50)
U.K. Aims for Faster Job Growth in Technology Sector through New Initiative
at The Street - Wed Feb 11, 3:15PM CST
The U.K. government wants to increase the number of technology jobs because it sees this sector as a driving force in its economy.
QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), XLK: 42.65 (+0.27)
The Catch-22 Now Being Faced By World Financial Leaders
John M. Mason - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 2:48PM CST
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72)
Perfect Storm for Stocks - Video Blog
Kevin Cook - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Feb 11, 2:19PM CST
How a vicious feedback loop with earnings, interest rates, and the dollar could spark a bigger correction.
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33)
What to Make of Apple Now That Its Market Cap Exceeds $700 Billion
at The Street - Wed Feb 11, 1:59PM CST
The CNBC ‘Fast Money Halftime’ trading panel took a closer look at shares of Apple, now that the tech giant has seen its market cap balloon above $700 billion.
USO: 19.62 (+0.44), TSLA: 203.77 (+0.89), WBA: 78.73 (-1.23), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), WMB: 49.41 (+1.44), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72), TWTR: 48.50 (+0.55), OA: 63.42 (+1.08), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), AAPL: 127.08 (+0.62), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70)