Friday The 13th - I Say Fear Not
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - 1 hr 11 mins ago
VTI: 108.47 (+0.51), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), QQQ: 106.91 (+0.91), DIA: 180.34 (+0.50), IWM: 121.53 (+0.72)
Stock Indexes at New All-Time Highs on Low Volume: Will It Continue?
at The Street - Fri Feb 13, 4:08PM CST
Three of the four stock indexes finished the week at all-time highs. Is this the beginning or the end of the higher move? Time will tell.
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86)
Shelter From The Storm
Julian Spiker - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 12:33PM CST
GEOS: 19.15 (+0.02), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), GLF: 19.25 (+0.51), CLD: 7.98 (+0.55), SB: 3.60 (-0.01)
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)
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)
From Tata To Tesla: Coming Price Prospects For 2 Dozen+ Automobile Stocks
Peter F. Way, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 7:05AM CST
TSLA: 203.77 (+0.89), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), NAV: 28.52 (+0.58)
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)
Surviving Recessions With Consumer Staples Companies?
Adrian Wong - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 4:36AM CST
Recessions are scary events for stock investors. There are many ways investors can blunt a recession's impact on a portfolio, such as hedging with short stocks, buying puts, holding cash, buying treasuries. Today, I'm going to look at how effective...
XLP: 49.50 (-0.23), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86)
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)
S&P 500 Approaching New Highs
Bespoke Investment Group - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 13, 1:52AM CST
After another rally today, the S&P 500 is now just 5 points below its prior all-time highs reached at the end of December. As shown below, the index and six of ten sectors are now in overbought territory, with Consumer Discretionary leading the...
SPUU: 145.43 (+1.18), VOOG: 103.12 (+0.52), SPLX: 32.00 (+0.46), SPXU: 35.12 (-0.46), UPRO: 139.44 (+1.78), FTA: 45.11 (+0.34), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), EPS: 72.96 (+0.21), IVE: 94.70 (+0.34), SPXL: 92.33 (+1.23), RWL: 41.80 (+0.18), SPYG: 99.50 (+0.50), SFLA: 180.57 (+2.20), RSP: 81.91 (+0.32), SH: 21.27 (-0.10), SSO: 132.99 (+1.08), IVV: 211.28 (+0.95), RPV: 55.74 (+0.40), IVW: 115.03 (+0.51), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 192.39 (+0.84), SPYV: 102.58 (+0.40), SDS: 20.96 (-0.18), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VOOV: 91.08 (+0.33), RPG: 82.15 (+0.18)
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)
A Cautionary Tale For Dividend Growth Investors
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 11:22PM CST
KO: 41.99 (-0.18), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), SDY: 79.16 (+0.32)
The Big Lesson From A Bet With Warren Buffett
Cullen Roche - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 11:05PM CST
Seven years ago Ted Seides made a bet with Warren Buffett that a fund of hedge funds could outperform the S&P 500 over a ten-year period. As of today, that bet is looking very bad, with the S&P 500 beating the fund of funds by over 40%...
SPY: 209.78 (+0.86)
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)
Reasons To Remain Bullish On U.S. Equities
Economics Fanatic - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 8:43AM CST
VCR: 120.89 (+0.81), VDC: 127.48 (-0.41), SPY: 209.78 (+0.86), WMT: 85.81 (-0.08), ITA: 121.07 (+0.83), VIS: 107.96 (+0.65), VHT: 130.56 (+0.66)
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)