Russell Top 50 Guggenheim (XLG) 144.77 $XLG
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)
Here We Go Again: The Robo Machines Are Raging
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 11:41AM CST
Here we go again. The robo machines have been raging for the past two days, and by mid-afternoon we were hovering around 2045 on the S&P 500. Since that’s only 2.3% below the all-time high reached at the end of December,...
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), EQAL: 25.74 (+0.17), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 25.94 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), SBUS: 24.86 (unch), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
January's Market Volatility: Blip Or Omen?
Mohamed El-Erian - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 11:16AM CST
This story originally appeared on Bloomberg View. January was an unusual and exciting month for financial markets. Volatility returned to the equity markets . To use a rather unsophisticated measure, almost three-quarters of the trading days...
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), EQAL: 25.74 (+0.17), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 25.94 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), SBUS: 24.86 (unch), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
Today's 'Dip' Is A Warning---Get Out Of The Casino!
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 1:28PM CST
Shortly after today’s open, the S&P 500 was down nearly 2% and off its recent all-time high by 3.5%. But soon the robo-machines and day traders were buying the “dip” having apparently once again gotten the...
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), EQAL: 25.74 (+0.17), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
It's Earnings Season---So Here Come The Crooks, Led By Alcoa
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 14, 9:00AM CST
Once upon a time Alcoa (NYSE: AA ) was a great industrial powerhouse and innovator. Now it is a stumbling, pitiful giant that is a veritable wealth destroyer. And its dismal plight, which is thoroughly obfuscated by a Wall Street pleasing earnings...
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), EQAL: 25.74 (+0.17), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), AA: 15.81 (+0.16), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
5 Must-Have ETFs for 2015 - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - ZACKS - Mon Jan 05, 12:00PM CST
Look at the five ETFs that could return huge profits in 2015.
VFH: 49.54 (-0.04), VO: 127.37 (+0.66), VIG: 82.39 (+0.48), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28)
XLG Doesn't Belong On The Efficient Frontier, I Can Name 3 Superior ETFs
ColoradoWealthManagementFund - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 11:37PM CST
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), SCHD: 40.69 (+0.15), SCHV: 44.39 (+0.19)
NYSE Margin Debt Climbs In November: Risk Rank At No. 22
J.J. McGrath - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 12:24PM CST
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
I'm Not Buying It-- Not The Wall Street Rip, Nor The Keynesian Rap
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 18, 2:53PM CST
First comes production. Then comes income. Spending and savings follow. All the rest is debt… unless you believe in a magic Keynesian ether called “aggregate demand” and a blatant stab-in-the-dark called “potential...
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
Dividend Payers Return Trailing Non-Payers Through November
David I. Templeton, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 07, 11:58AM CST
One aspect of the investing climate in 2014, due to the Fed's low interest rate policy, has been investor interest in dividend-yielding equities. Finding dividend payers from companies that comprise the S&P 500 Index has become less difficult...
DIVC: 26.74 (+0.15), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), NOBL: 50.78 (+0.30), DGRW: 31.79 (+0.21), RDVY: 22.49 (+0.17), VIG: 82.39 (+0.48), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), DGRO: 26.73 (+0.10), PFM: 21.87 (+0.07), SDY: 79.16 (+0.32)
The Messages From Equity Prices
Evariste Lefeuvre - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 18, 12:27PM CST
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
Take Cover Now- They Don't Ring A Bell At The Top
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Fri Nov 14, 10:32AM CST
This is getting downright stupid. After the minor 8% correction in October, the dip buyers came roaring back and the shorts got sent to the showers still another time. Earlier this morning the S&P 500 was pushing 2050——or up 12% in...
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
The Stock Market And The US Economy: Where Are They Going? Up!
John M. Mason - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Oct 31, 1:11PM CDT
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
Explaining Regime Switches In The Correlation Between Stocks And Bonds
Evariste Lefeuvre - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Oct 31, 12:32PM CDT
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S&P 500: Rallying On Good Jobs And GDP Data
The Panoramic View - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Oct 31, 8:17AM CDT
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The End Of QE
The Panoramic View - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Oct 30, 10:48AM CDT
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
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)
Here We Go Again: The Robo Machines Are Raging
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 11:41AM CST
Here we go again. The robo machines have been raging for the past two days, and by mid-afternoon we were hovering around 2045 on the S&P 500. Since that’s only 2.3% below the all-time high reached at the end of December,...
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), EQAL: 25.74 (+0.17), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 25.94 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), SBUS: 24.86 (unch), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
January's Market Volatility: Blip Or Omen?
Mohamed El-Erian - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 11:16AM CST
This story originally appeared on Bloomberg View. January was an unusual and exciting month for financial markets. Volatility returned to the equity markets . To use a rather unsophisticated measure, almost three-quarters of the trading days...
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Today's 'Dip' Is A Warning---Get Out Of The Casino!
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 1:28PM CST
Shortly after today’s open, the S&P 500 was down nearly 2% and off its recent all-time high by 3.5%. But soon the robo-machines and day traders were buying the “dip” having apparently once again gotten the...
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It's Earnings Season---So Here Come The Crooks, Led By Alcoa
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 14, 9:00AM CST
Once upon a time Alcoa (NYSE: AA ) was a great industrial powerhouse and innovator. Now it is a stumbling, pitiful giant that is a veritable wealth destroyer. And its dismal plight, which is thoroughly obfuscated by a Wall Street pleasing earnings...
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), EQAL: 25.74 (+0.17), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), AA: 15.81 (+0.16), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
5 Must-Have ETFs for 2015 - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - ZACKS - Mon Jan 05, 12:00PM CST
Look at the five ETFs that could return huge profits in 2015.
VFH: 49.54 (-0.04), VO: 127.37 (+0.66), VIG: 82.39 (+0.48), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28)
XLG Doesn't Belong On The Efficient Frontier, I Can Name 3 Superior ETFs
ColoradoWealthManagementFund - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 11:37PM CST
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), SCHD: 40.69 (+0.15), SCHV: 44.39 (+0.19)
NYSE Margin Debt Climbs In November: Risk Rank At No. 22
J.J. McGrath - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 12:24PM CST
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
I'm Not Buying It-- Not The Wall Street Rip, Nor The Keynesian Rap
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 18, 2:53PM CST
First comes production. Then comes income. Spending and savings follow. All the rest is debt… unless you believe in a magic Keynesian ether called “aggregate demand” and a blatant stab-in-the-dark called “potential...
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
Dividend Payers Return Trailing Non-Payers Through November
David I. Templeton, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 07, 11:58AM CST
One aspect of the investing climate in 2014, due to the Fed's low interest rate policy, has been investor interest in dividend-yielding equities. Finding dividend payers from companies that comprise the S&P 500 Index has become less difficult...
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The Messages From Equity Prices
Evariste Lefeuvre - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 18, 12:27PM CST
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
Take Cover Now- They Don't Ring A Bell At The Top
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Fri Nov 14, 10:32AM CST
This is getting downright stupid. After the minor 8% correction in October, the dip buyers came roaring back and the shorts got sent to the showers still another time. Earlier this morning the S&P 500 was pushing 2050——or up 12% in...
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
The Stock Market And The US Economy: Where Are They Going? Up!
John M. Mason - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Oct 31, 1:11PM CDT
FEX: 46.98 (+0.22), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), SPHQ: 23.60 (+0.13), SDOW: 19.35 (-0.16), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), DOG: 22.89 (-0.06), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), SPXS: 19.00 (-0.28), PRF: 92.84 (+0.37), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EEH: 15.49 (+0.25), ERW: 52.50 (+0.63), DXD: 20.97 (-0.11), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SCHX: 50.21 (+0.25), SYE: 57.90 (+0.10), QQEW: 44.03 (+0.43), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), VONE: 96.82 (+0.41), DDM: 137.98 (+0.75), QQQE: 65.50 (+0.61), IWB: 117.32 (+0.53), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), MGC: 71.68 (+0.34), SPHB: 34.82 (+0.30), IWL: 47.61 (+0.22), PSQ: 57.18 (-0.50), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 106.86 (+2.63), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FMK: 27.21 (+0.19), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), OEF: 92.66 (+0.37), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), XLG: 144.77 (+0.65), QID: 36.38 (-0.66), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), QLD: 145.98 (+2.45), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), PXLC: 40.65 (+0.03), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31)
Explaining Regime Switches In The Correlation Between Stocks And Bonds
Evariste Lefeuvre - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Oct 31, 12:32PM CDT
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S&P 500: Rallying On Good Jobs And GDP Data
The Panoramic View - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Oct 31, 8:17AM CDT
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The End Of QE
The Panoramic View - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Oct 30, 10:48AM CDT
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