On The Cusp Of Raising Rates?
Leo Kolivakis - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 06, 12:59PM CST
Lucia Mutikani of Reuters reports, Strong U.S. job, wage gains open door to mid-year rate hike : U.S. job growth rose solidly in January and wages rebounded strongly, a show of underlying strength in the economy that puts a mid-year interest rate...
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Research Charts: ECB And Commodities
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 01, 6:24AM CST
By Douglas R. Terry From strategic research partner MRB… with Alhambra's added commentary. QE is primarily a signaling device to demonstrate policymakers' commitment to fostering the recovery and sustaining a cohesive monetary union. The...
DJP: 29.74 (+0.44), FEZ: 38.50 (+0.17), VGK: 54.96 (+0.18), DBEU: 28.01 (+0.11), DEE: 58.48 (unch), CMDT: 42.09 (+0.57), DYY: 3.95 (+0.15), FIEU: 115.69 (+1.37), FEP: 31.22 (+0.12), FEUZ: 32.37 (+0.11), COMT: 41.61 (+0.43), CSCB: 13.91 (unch), IEUR: 45.70 (+0.01), UPV: 47.14 (+0.37), FEU: 35.83 (+0.27), CMD: 86.14 (-4.53), EPV: 56.50 (-0.44), HEDJ: 61.99 (+0.12), FTGC: 25.57 (+0.26), GSP: 20.69 (+0.45), UCI: 16.19 (+0.19), DBEZ: 27.78 (+0.08), ESTX: 46.67 (+1.43), PDBC: 20.92 (+0.30), UCD: 12.96 (+0.57), HEZU: 27.28 (+0.10), CSCR: 15.31 (unch), DPU: 11.22 (unch), ADRU: 23.27 (+0.13), DBC: 18.30 (+0.20), GSC: 30.23 (+0.46), USCI: 47.48 (+0.44), FEEU: 111.93 (+1.22), EURL: 33.01 (+0.29), RGRC: 18.39 (+0.01), RJI: 6.26 (+0.09), EZU: 38.29 (+0.09), GSG: 21.18 (+0.43), SBEU: 25.60 (+0.47), DJCI: 19.22 (+0.28), DDP: 41.94 (-2.87), SBV: 27.97 (+0.56), IEV: 44.50 (+0.15), LSC: 6.02 (+0.03), GCC: 22.46 (+0.23), BCM: 32.35 (+0.42)
After Hour Gainers / Losers
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 30, 4:35PM CST
TCK: 15.37 (+0.38), STV: 3.60 (+0.03), GNR: 46.15 (+0.69), KEYS: 36.49 (+0.27), EDU: 18.79 (+0.01), N: 101.72 (+3.38), MBT: 10.36 (+0.62), IDXX: 159.08 (+1.72), ROVI: 24.21 (+0.55), GSG: 21.18 (+0.43)
Good News And Bad News On The Commodity Downturn
Cam Hui, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 29, 6:50AM CST
I've been thinking a lot about the latest on oil as it continues to crater. Are falling prices reflective of oversupply or weak demand? What are the implications for the global growth outlook? On one hand, its weakness could be attributable to...
DJP: 29.74 (+0.44), DEE: 58.48 (unch), CMDT: 42.09 (+0.57), DYY: 3.95 (+0.15), COMT: 41.61 (+0.43), CSCB: 13.91 (unch), CMD: 86.14 (-4.53), FTGC: 25.57 (+0.26), GSP: 20.69 (+0.45), UCI: 16.19 (+0.19), PDBC: 20.92 (+0.30), UCD: 12.96 (+0.57), CSCR: 15.31 (unch), DPU: 11.22 (unch), GSC: 30.23 (+0.46), DBC: 18.30 (+0.20), USCI: 47.48 (+0.44), RGRC: 18.39 (+0.01), RJI: 6.26 (+0.09), GSG: 21.18 (+0.43), DJCI: 19.22 (+0.28), DDP: 41.94 (-2.87), SBV: 27.97 (+0.56), LSC: 6.02 (+0.03), GCC: 22.46 (+0.23), BCM: 32.35 (+0.42)
Goldman not seeing short-term improvement for commodities
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 1:57PM CST
CMD: 86.14 (-4.53), JJN: 19.36 (+0.08), DJCI: 19.22 (+0.28), DJP: 29.74 (+0.44), PALL: 76.79 (+1.55), GSP: 20.69 (+0.45), GSC: 30.23 (+0.46), NINI: 25.79 (+0.13), RJI: 6.26 (+0.09), UCD: 12.96 (+0.57), JJC: 31.11 (+0.06), GSG: 21.18 (+0.43)
iShares S&P GSCI Commodity Indexed Trust Shares Down 40.9% Since SmarTrend's Sell Call (GSG)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Jan 28, 10:58AM CST
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for iShares S&P GSCI Commodity Indexed Trust (NYSE:GSG) on July 11th, 2014 at $32.61. In approximately 7 months, iShares S&P GSCI Commodity Indexed Trust has returned 40.91% as of today's recent price of $19.27.
GSG: 21.18 (+0.43)
iShares S&P GSCI Commodity Indexed Trust Down 40.3% Since SmarTrend Downtrend Call (GSG)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Jan 21, 9:33AM CST
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for iShares S&P GSCI Commodity Indexed Trust (NYSE:GSG) on July 11th, 2014 at $32.61. In approximately 6 months, iShares S&P GSCI Commodity Indexed Trust has returned 40.33% as of today's recent price of $19.46.
GSG: 21.18 (+0.43)
A Year Of Living Dangerously: Currencies And Commodities In 2015
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 21, 5:10AM CST
DJP: 29.74 (+0.44), DEE: 58.48 (unch), CMDT: 42.09 (+0.57), DYY: 3.95 (+0.15), COMT: 41.61 (+0.43), CSCB: 13.91 (unch), CMD: 86.14 (-4.53), CCX: 16.93 (+0.10), FTGC: 25.57 (+0.26), GSP: 20.69 (+0.45), UCI: 16.19 (+0.19), PDBC: 20.92 (+0.30), UCD: 12.96 (+0.57), CSCR: 15.31 (unch), DPU: 11.22 (unch), GSC: 30.23 (+0.46), DBC: 18.30 (+0.20), USCI: 47.48 (+0.44), RGRC: 18.39 (+0.01), RJI: 6.26 (+0.09), GSG: 21.18 (+0.43), DJCI: 19.22 (+0.28), DDP: 41.94 (-2.87), SBV: 27.97 (+0.56), LSC: 6.02 (+0.03), GCC: 22.46 (+0.23), BCM: 32.35 (+0.42)
40.8% Return Seen to Date on SmarTrend iShares S&P GSCI Commodity Indexed Trust Call (GSG)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Jan 14, 9:09AM CST
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for iShares S&P GSCI Commodity Indexed Trust (NYSE:GSG) on July 11th, 2014 at $32.61. In approximately 6 months, iShares S&P GSCI Commodity Indexed Trust has returned 40.85% as of today's recent price of $19.29.
GSG: 21.18 (+0.43)
2014 - Best/Worst Performing Asset Classes
Jeff Malec - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 13, 12:31PM CST
What "sport" has 1000's of teams, no rules, gets played night and day across the world with a scoreboard updated minute by minute, day by day, year by year, and decade by decade? It's none other than the "game" of investing, where...
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), IYR: 80.31 (-0.44), ACWX: 44.67 (+0.34), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), GSG: 21.18 (+0.43)
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: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), GSG: 21.18 (+0.43)
Whither Chinese Commodity Demand? Your Guess Is As Good As Mine
Craig Pirrong - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 07, 1:35AM CST
Commodities are down broadly: Oil gets the headlines, but most major commodities - especially industrial commodities - are down, with iron ore leading the pack. The main driver is Chinese demand: perhaps it's more accurate to say that the main brake...
DJP: 29.74 (+0.44), DEE: 58.48 (unch), CMDT: 42.09 (+0.57), DYY: 3.95 (+0.15), COMT: 41.61 (+0.43), CSCB: 13.91 (unch), CMD: 86.14 (-4.53), FTGC: 25.57 (+0.26), GSP: 20.69 (+0.45), UCI: 16.19 (+0.19), PDBC: 20.92 (+0.30), UCD: 12.96 (+0.57), CSCR: 15.31 (unch), DPU: 11.22 (unch), GSC: 30.23 (+0.46), DBC: 18.30 (+0.20), USCI: 47.48 (+0.44), RGRC: 18.39 (+0.01), RJI: 6.26 (+0.09), GSG: 21.18 (+0.43), DJCI: 19.22 (+0.28), DDP: 41.94 (-2.87), SBV: 27.97 (+0.56), LSC: 6.02 (+0.03), GCC: 22.46 (+0.23), BCM: 32.35 (+0.42)
iShares S&P GSCI Commodity Indexed Trust Shares Down 37.8% Since SmarTrend's Sell Call (GSG)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Jan 06, 4:46PM CST
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for iShares S&P GSCI Commodity Indexed Trust (NYSE:GSG) on July 11th, 2014 at $32.61. In approximately 6 months, iShares S&P GSCI Commodity Indexed Trust has returned 37.81% as of today's recent price of $20.28.
GSG: 21.18 (+0.43)
The Commodities Crash Playbook: A Long Overdue Rewrite And Revision
Dr. Duru - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 06, 12:31PM CST
JOY: 44.14 (+0.35), SGG: 37.95 (+0.11), CCJ: 15.67 (+0.25), BAL: 43.12 (+0.32), JO: 29.81 (-0.02), DBA: 23.57 (+0.21), FXA: 77.69 (+0.23), STX: 61.83 (+0.67), RJI: 6.26 (+0.09), REMX: 26.00 (+0.51), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01), GSG: 21.18 (+0.43), RJA: 7.09 (+0.08), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), NIB: 38.10 (+0.25), ERY: 17.74 (-1.21), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), DE: 90.04 (+0.67), CORN: 26.02 (+0.33), CAT: 85.13 (+1.60), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70)
Ivy Portfolio Year End Update
Scott's Investments - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 02, 1:48PM CST
Scott's Investments provides a daily Ivy Portfolio spreadsheet to track the 10-month moving average signals for two portfolios listed in Mebane Faber's book The Ivy Portfolio : How to Invest Like the Top Endowments and Avoid Bear Markets. Faber...
VTI: 108.47 (+0.51), TIP: 112.66 (-0.23), VB: 119.86 (+0.63), DBC: 18.30 (+0.20), RWX: 44.34 (+0.30), VWO: 41.78 (+0.42), VEU: 48.81 (+0.34), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), GSG: 21.18 (+0.43)
Short commodity trade getting crowded?
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 02, 8:27AM CST
DJP: 29.74 (+0.44), DEE: 58.48 (unch), CMDT: 42.09 (+0.57), DYY: 3.95 (+0.15), COMT: 41.61 (+0.43), CSCB: 13.91 (unch), CMD: 86.14 (-4.53), FTGC: 25.57 (+0.26), GSP: 20.69 (+0.45), UCI: 16.19 (+0.19), PDBC: 20.92 (+0.30), UCD: 12.96 (+0.57), CSCR: 15.31 (unch), DPU: 11.22 (unch), GSC: 30.23 (+0.46), DBC: 18.30 (+0.20), USCI: 47.48 (+0.44), RGRC: 18.39 (+0.01), RJI: 6.26 (+0.09), GSG: 21.18 (+0.43), DJCI: 19.22 (+0.28), DDP: 41.94 (-2.87), SBV: 27.97 (+0.56), LSC: 6.02 (+0.03), GCC: 22.46 (+0.23), BCM: 32.35 (+0.42)
Commodities closing out year with thud
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 1:17PM CST
DJP: 29.74 (+0.44), DEE: 58.48 (unch), CMDT: 42.09 (+0.57), DYY: 3.95 (+0.15), COMT: 41.61 (+0.43), CSCB: 13.91 (unch), CMD: 86.14 (-4.53), FTGC: 25.57 (+0.26), GSP: 20.69 (+0.45), UCI: 16.19 (+0.19), PDBC: 20.92 (+0.30), UCD: 12.96 (+0.57), CSCR: 15.31 (unch), DPU: 11.22 (unch), GSC: 30.23 (+0.46), DBC: 18.30 (+0.20), USCI: 47.48 (+0.44), RGRC: 18.39 (+0.01), RJI: 6.26 (+0.09), GSG: 21.18 (+0.43), DJCI: 19.22 (+0.28), DDP: 41.94 (-2.87), SBV: 27.97 (+0.56), LSC: 6.02 (+0.03), GCC: 22.46 (+0.23), BCM: 32.35 (+0.42)
Shares of GSG Down 33.8% Since Downtrend Call on Shares
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Dec 30, 11:13AM CST
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for iShares S&P GSCI Commodity Indexed Trust (NYSE:GSG) on July 11th, 2014 at $32.61. In approximately 6 months, iShares S&P GSCI Commodity Indexed Trust has returned 33.83% as of today's recent price of $21.58.
GSG: 21.18 (+0.43)
iShares S&P GSCI Commodity Indexed Trust Has Returned 31.8% Since SmarTrend Recommendation (GSG)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Dec 23, 9:42AM CST
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for iShares S&P GSCI Commodity Indexed Trust (NYSE:GSG) on July 11th, 2014 at $32.61. In approximately 6 months, iShares S&P GSCI Commodity Indexed Trust has returned 31.83% as of today's recent price of $22.23.
GSG: 21.18 (+0.43)
Chart Of The Day: Commodities Make A 20 Year Roundtrip
Cullen Roche - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 23, 6:27AM CST
How bad has the bear market in commodities been? After a 16% decline year to date and a 35%+ decline since the 2011 high, the CRB Commodity Index is now at a multi-decade low. It's actually a surprisingly poor return given that commodities tend to...
DJP: 29.74 (+0.44), DEE: 58.48 (unch), CMDT: 42.09 (+0.57), DYY: 3.95 (+0.15), COMT: 41.61 (+0.43), CSCB: 13.91 (unch), CMD: 86.14 (-4.53), FTGC: 25.57 (+0.26), GSP: 20.69 (+0.45), UCI: 16.19 (+0.19), PDBC: 20.92 (+0.30), UCD: 12.96 (+0.57), CSCR: 15.31 (unch), DPU: 11.22 (unch), GSC: 30.23 (+0.46), DBC: 18.30 (+0.20), USCI: 47.48 (+0.44), RGRC: 18.39 (+0.01), RJI: 6.26 (+0.09), GSG: 21.18 (+0.43), DJCI: 19.22 (+0.28), DDP: 41.94 (-2.87), SBV: 27.97 (+0.56), LSC: 6.02 (+0.03), GCC: 22.46 (+0.23), BCM: 32.35 (+0.42)