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)
Sizing Up The Next Moves In The Market
Market Anthropology - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 10:28AM CST
Like any major move, the crash in crude oil was propelled by more than just one condition. Speculative positioning, production, demand - they all played a supporting role. And although the circumstances that led to its precipitous decline can be...
USO: 19.62 (+0.44), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), OIL: 12.01 (+0.34), SHY: 84.64 (unch), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), UDN: 22.76 (+0.03), SST: 30.16 (-0.01), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01)
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)
Weak retail sales print takes steam out of Treasury yields
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 9:01AM CST
TLH: 136.86 (-0.66), DLBL: 78.14 (+0.78), TLO: 73.76 (-0.77), TENZ: 86.50 (-0.21), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), UBT: 83.49 (-1.42), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), TBT: 44.22 (+0.88), TMV: 29.17 (+0.87), DLBS: 20.57 (+0.51), LBND: 56.35 (-2.05), ZROZ: 123.35 (-1.57), SBND: 4.44 (+0.08), TBF: 24.63 (+0.25), TTT: 38.96 (+1.14), VGLT: 78.92 (-0.70), TYBS: 22.40 (+0.20), TMF: 90.04 (-2.88)
Why Gold Prices Are Pulling Back
Andrew Sachais - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 3:25AM CST
SGOL: 120.32 (+0.59), OUNZ: 12.26 (+0.06), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), IAU: 11.89 (+0.06), AGOL: 121.01 (-0.19), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33)
Dual Momentum Portfolio Update
Scott's Investments - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 4:02PM CST
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 book...
VTI: 108.47 (+0.51), HYG: 91.12 (+0.13), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), REM: 11.74 (+0.04), SHY: 84.64 (unch), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57), VEU: 48.81 (+0.34), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), CIU: 110.04 (-0.16)
ETF Allocation When Stocks Are Stuck In A Moment
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 2:23PM CST
The cyclically-adjusted price-to-earnings ratio (a.k.a CAPE, P/E10, Shiller's P/E) evaluates the average inflation-adjusted earnings for the S&P 500 over the previous 10 years. The long-term CAPE average is 16.5. Today's CAPE is north of 27. And...
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), MUA: 13.72 (-0.09), MUB: 109.95 (-0.13), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), VYM: 70.01 (+0.21), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03), HEWG: 26.41 (+0.01), XLV: 70.72 (+0.28)
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)
Dividend Aristocrats: 12 Highest Yielding Stocks For Retirement
Lowell Herr - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 11, 2:16PM CST
VTI: 108.47 (+0.51), TGT: 76.12 (-0.75), SHY: 84.64 (unch), 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)
Ready to Return to Energy Stocks? Now May Be Time to Buy
at The Street - Tue Feb 10, 1:24PM CST
The CNBC ‘Fast Money Halftime’ trading panel and Credit Suisse’s Lori Calvasina detail why energy stocks may be headed higher in 2015.
KO: 41.99 (-0.18), USO: 19.62 (+0.44), UCO: 9.19 (+0.39), OIH: 36.16 (+0.87), XOP: 53.32 (+1.37), FB: 75.74 (-0.49), UNH: 109.44 (-0.40), KKR: 24.42 (+0.06), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), XRT: 98.02 (+0.58), SBUX: 91.58 (-0.24), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), MPEL: 27.54 (+0.78), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72), XLF: 24.43 (-0.02), TWTR: 48.50 (+0.55), XLE: 82.04 (+1.70)
A Very Pernicious Partnership: Keynesian Money Printers And Wall Street Gamblers
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 1:53PM CST
No sooner was the January jobs report released than the Wall Street Journal posted a succinct headline: "Hiring, Wages Pick Up as Job Market Nears Full Health". Whether the job market is actually as red hot as the BLS' headline numbers...
TLH: 136.86 (-0.66), TBX: 30.03 (+0.07), DFVS: 33.70 (+0.16), TBZ: 29.08 (unch), DFVL: 65.54 (+1.42), DLBL: 78.14 (+0.78), SINF: 47.80 (unch), MBG: 27.29 (+0.01), TLO: 73.76 (-0.77), UBT: 83.49 (-1.42), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), STIP: 99.28 (-0.02), TBT: 44.22 (+0.88), RINF: 30.25 (+0.05), DLBS: 20.57 (+0.51), ZROZ: 123.35 (-1.57), FINF: 42.47 (-0.64), HOLD: 99.38 (+0.07), ITE: 60.17 (-0.06), TYO: 17.93 (+0.14), TTT: 38.96 (+1.14), SCHO: 50.62 (-0.01), SCHP: 54.49 (-0.11), MBB: 109.88 (+0.03), GMTB: 52.35 (-0.02), GSY: 49.94 (+0.01), SCHR: 53.88 (-0.11), UINF: 27.79 (+0.01), SYTL: 88.67 (-3.56), TPS: 26.90 (-0.02), TYBS: 22.40 (+0.20), TIP: 112.66 (-0.23), IEI: 123.09 (-0.14), DTYL: 76.39 (-1.24), TYD: 46.21 (-0.08), IEF: 107.18 (-0.36), PST: 24.08 (+0.14), DTUS: 34.68 (-0.16), EDV: 126.88 (-1.85), GNMA: 50.34 (-0.26), DTYS: 20.97 (+0.37), TYNS: 30.29 (+0.49), TFLO: 50.07 (-0.06), TMV: 29.17 (+0.87), DTUL: 62.62 (-0.15), LTPZ: 66.86 (-0.42), VTIP: 48.41 (-0.03), SBND: 4.44 (+0.08), TBF: 24.63 (+0.25), TUZ: 50.92 (-0.01), SHY: 84.64 (unch), VGLT: 78.92 (-0.70), RAVI: 75.36 (+0.03), TMF: 90.04 (-2.88), SHV: 110.27 (+0.01), ULST: 40.01 (unch), NEAR: 50.09 (-0.01), SIPE: 19.42 (unch), FLAT: 61.92 (-0.15), FTSM: 60.00 (unch), USFR: 24.89 (unch), TIPX: 19.30 (unch), AGZ: 114.28 (+0.08), ICSH: 50.02 (+0.09), TDTF: 24.73 (-0.03), TIPZ: 57.25 (-0.09), INFL: 39.28 (+0.47), TDTT: 24.39 (unch), FIVZ: 80.60 (unch), DEFL: 58.00 (unch), VGIT: 64.86 (-0.12), IPE: 56.23 (-0.11), UST: 56.86 (-0.32), TENZ: 86.50 (-0.21), LBND: 56.35 (-2.05), STPP: 33.20 (+0.19), TAPR: 31.63 (+0.44), VMBS: 53.15 (-0.09), STPZ: 51.87 (-0.03), BIL: 45.73 (+0.01), SST: 30.16 (-0.01), VGSH: 60.96 (-0.02), FTSD: 99.21 (unch), MINT: 101.06 (-0.01), PLW: 33.20 (-0.21), GOVT: 25.33 (-0.06)
Attention Bond Investors: Danger May Lie Ahead
Joe Tenebruso, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Feb 09, 12:38PM CST
Bonds have enjoyed an epic run over the past three decades. Investors have enjoyed strong returns as interest rates have fallen, inflation has remained in check, and governments have implemented measures to further drag down rates. The good times for...
TLT: 128.19 (-1.33)
LT Bond Yields And Growth To Stay Low Until Deflationary Headwinds Recede - History Says This Might Take A While
James Hickman - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 8:10AM CST
Since early 2013, we have published extensively about rising market risk, with the ironic caveat that macro and micro headline disappointment would serve to sustain zero-bound interest rate policy and central bank buying longer than the prevailing...
TLT: 128.19 (-1.33)
Gold Bears Are In Control
Ben Lockhart - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 08, 4:03AM CST
SGOL: 120.32 (+0.59), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), OUNZ: 12.26 (+0.06), GLD: 117.98 (+0.64), IAU: 11.89 (+0.06), AGOL: 121.01 (-0.19), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33)
Did A Market Alarm Go Off On Friday?
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Feb 08, 12:16AM CST
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), XLU: 45.17 (-0.70), VNQ: 85.06 (-0.57), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33)
Dollar Bulls Reclaim The Whip Hand
Marc Chandler - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Feb 07, 11:44PM CST
The US dollar's consolidative phase appears to have ended with the January employment report. Employment growth accelerated, and average hourly earnings rebounded. There was a 10-11 bp increase in both short- and long-term interest rates. The...
USO: 19.62 (+0.44), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), DIG: 57.30 (+2.23), FXA: 77.69 (+0.23), OIL: 12.01 (+0.34), FXB: 151.21 (+0.01), FXY: 81.87 (+0.09), FXC: 79.78 (+0.19), FXE: 112.16 (-0.15), FXF: 104.56 (-0.56), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), UUP: 24.91 (-0.01)
'Fast Money' Recap: How to Trade in a Gyrating Stock Market
at The Street - Sat Feb 07, 4:00AM CST
The trading panel discussed the strong dollar, oil prices and Tesla's earnings next week.
TSLA: 203.77 (+0.89), EEM: 40.67 (+0.46), EOG: 96.92 (+2.12), EXAS: 25.56 (-0.54), TWTR: 48.50 (+0.55), GDX: 21.26 (+0.11), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33), SCHW: 29.13 (-0.83)
The Party Is Likely Over For U.S. Treasury Bonds
Sy Harding - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 06, 6:59PM CST
U.S. Treasury bonds defied the experts last year. The consensus was that once the Fed began dialing back its massive bond-buying stimulus program last January, bond prices would have to begin plunging. With the stock market so clearly in an ongoing...
TBF: 24.63 (+0.25), TLT: 128.19 (-1.33)