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...
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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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More shots fired: State Street cuts fees on 41 ETFs
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 03, 11:35AM CST
EDIV: 34.75 (+0.63), IST: 26.46 (+0.04), GWX: 28.22 (+0.19), TLO: 73.76 (-0.77), JSC: 49.69 (+0.64), SCPB: 30.64 (-0.02), GUR: 29.67 (+0.73), SLYV: 105.63 (+0.51), ITE: 60.17 (-0.06), VLU: 81.38 (unch), JPP: 44.14 (unch), AGG: 110.76 (-0.13), GMF: 87.70 (+0.63), LWC: 41.85 (-0.35), GML: 50.91 (+0.29), SLYG: 183.87 (+0.83), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23), MMTM: 88.54 (+0.08), IBND: 32.80 (-0.01), IRV: 21.25 (unch), SPYG: 99.50 (+0.50), STT: 76.93 (-0.46), IPD: 39.17 (+0.18), SLY: 106.23 (+0.36), IPU: 17.53 (-0.07), ITR: 34.25 (-0.08), IPE: 56.23 (-0.11), IPF: 21.09 (+0.28), IPK: 32.15 (+0.50), IPN: 29.87 (+0.12), GAF: 71.20 (+0.49), SMLV: 77.37 (unch), MTK: 103.74 (+1.00), IPW: 20.92 (+0.32), BIK: 22.88 (+0.20), BND: 82.80 (-0.19), LAG: 58.58 (-0.10), IRY: 49.63 (+0.34), SST: 30.16 (-0.01)
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...
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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)
SPDR Russell 1000 Low Vol ETF announces quarterly distribution of $4.183
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 1:03PM CST
LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23)
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)
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
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), QQXT: 41.19 (+0.33), SQQQ: 26.30 (-0.71), 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), TAPR: 31.63 (+0.44), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), ONEK: 98.76 (+0.37), FWDD: 43.17 (unch), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), EQL: 57.76 (+0.20), VV: 96.51 (+0.44), UDOW: 145.75 (+1.23), EWRI: 52.23 (+0.25), JKD: 123.43 (+0.31), PLW: 33.20 (-0.21), GOVT: 25.33 (-0.06)
S&P 500: Rallying On Good Jobs And GDP Data
The Panoramic View - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Oct 31, 8:17AM 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)
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)
Equity Shock Absorbers Pass October Test
AllianceBernstein - Seeking Alpha - Thu Oct 23, 4:46PM CDT
By Kent Hargis and Chris Marx After nearly nine months of calm, equity market volatility has returned and is threatening investors with the prospect of losing money. We believe the recent episode in US and global stocks reinforces the case for...
XSLV: 33.63 (-0.01), JPMV: 52.66 (unch), HDLV: 28.00 (-0.27), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), EFAV: 65.24 (+0.07), XMLV: 33.65 (-0.15), CIZ: 35.30 (+0.13), CSF: 38.08 (+0.10), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), AXJV: 52.33 (+0.33), IDLV: 31.62 (+0.07), HILO: 14.82 (+0.18), SMLV: 77.37 (unch), EEMV: 59.10 (+0.55), ACWV: 71.30 (+0.13), CDC: 36.93 (-0.08), EUMV: 23.86 (unch), EELV: 26.26 (+0.14), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23)
The Fascinating Relationship Between Low Volatility And Value
Alpha Architect - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Oct 14, 6:53PM CDT
By Wesley R. Gray, Ph.D. A week ago, we posted an article that presented simulation performances of low-volatility strategies. The results illustrated that low-volatility portfolios do have higher returns and lower risks than high-volatility...
XSLV: 33.63 (-0.01), CSF: 38.08 (+0.10), CFO: 37.30 (+0.13), HDLV: 28.00 (-0.27), SPLV: 38.18 (-0.27), CFA: 37.27 (+0.14), SMLV: 77.37 (unch), XMLV: 33.65 (-0.15), CDC: 36.93 (-0.08), USMV: 41.48 (+0.03), LGLV: 74.96 (-0.23)