SPDR DOW 30 ETF (DIA) 180.78 $DIA
It's Not A Stock Bubble But A Bigger Corporate Bubble
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - 1 hr 47 mins ago
By Jeffrey P. Snider With liquidity running somewhat perilously noncommittal since June, you would think the riskiest parts of the credit market would be most affected. That is incorrect and once again stands out as to the bubbly nature of the...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09)
European Farce Endures And Fed's Not Confident?
Carlos X. Alexandre - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 04, 1:55PM CST
It has become increasingly more difficult to find something exciting to write about, and, in many cases, we resort to information recycling with different twists. We examine, we think, we forecast and it's all about… central banks, debt...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), FXY: 81.22 (+0.01), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), FXE: 108.98 (-0.96)
What To Do With Quiet Markets?
Adam Grimes - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 04, 1:47PM CST
Just a high level perspective on what we have going on in a few major markets this week. In general, most markets are in some kind of volatility compression . Volatility compression is a term that basically means current volatility conditions are...
TVIX: 2.01 (-0.02), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), VXX: 27.22 (-0.06), IVOP: 38.01 (+0.13), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), UVXY: 17.32 (-0.04), VIIX: 36.82 (-0.06), XXV: 38.28 (+0.01), VIXY: 18.08 (-0.05), SVXY: 65.14 (+0.16), XIV: 33.17 (+0.08)
Financial Stocks Higher Ahead of Stress Test Results, Oil Prices Fall
at The Street - Wed Mar 04, 1:27PM CST
The CNBC 'Fast Money Halftime' trading panel looks at financial stocks, interest rates, European equities and energy stocks.
DVN: 61.86 (+0.61), EWG: 29.42 (-0.07), EXXI: 4.48 (-0.29), HES: 74.84 (+0.35), OIH: 34.97 (+0.06), XOP: 50.86 (+0.27), C: 53.67 (-0.06), EWQ: 26.16 (-0.11), XOM: 87.18 (-0.44), DB: 32.17 (-0.10), BAC: 15.84 (-0.20), TLT: 126.45 (+0.04), JNJ: 101.65 (-0.69), ESRX: 84.83 (+0.48), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), JPM: 62.13 (+0.16), EWU: 18.86 (-0.09), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), EOG: 90.49 (+0.12), IWM: 122.36 (-0.38), XLF: 24.31 (-0.15), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11), APC: 83.35 (+0.57)
ADP Jobs a Tad Below Expectations - Ahead of Wall Street
Mark Vickery - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Mar 04, 8:45AM CST
212K non-government jobs were gained in February, slightly below the 215K expected by a consensus of analysts.
ADP: 86.57 (-2.13), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09)
Nasdaq 5,000 Is Different This Time... But Not In A Good Way!
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 04, 8:33AM CST
The robo-traders and Wall Street punters were busy painting the tape yesterday, and did bump the Nasdaq composite across the magic 5,000 threshold for the first time since March 2000. But even as Wall Street urged home-gamers to “return with us...
HACK: 28.79 (-0.37), ROM: 163.03 (-1.49), SPLV: 37.85 (-0.31), TLL: 53.85 (-0.59), SPUU: 145.93 (-1.18), QTEC: 44.47 (-0.09), SDOW: 19.00 (+0.32), SPLX: 31.94 (-0.75), CFO: 37.38 (-0.18), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), TECL: 153.71 (-2.18), EEH: 15.52 (+0.01), SQQQ: 25.13 (+0.27), LGLV: 74.74 (-0.35), SOXS: 10.94 (-0.05), XTL: 59.92 (-0.42), RWL: 41.66 (-0.18), SYE: 58.19 (-0.03), SOXL: 153.06 (-0.25), REW: 50.62 (+0.21), QQEW: 44.48 (-0.22), SOXX: 97.55 (-0.13), IVV: 211.71 (-0.89), TECS: 9.80 (+0.12), PSCT: 52.20 (-0.07), IWB: 117.65 (-0.53), MGC: 71.76 (-0.32), IWL: 47.73 (-0.19), PXQ: 36.51 (-0.28), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 26.34 (+0.06), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), XSW: 98.48 (-0.66), TQQQ: 111.41 (-1.25), UPRO: 140.03 (-1.87), FMK: 27.12 (-0.10), OEF: 92.86 (-0.35), XLK: 42.97 (-0.17), XLG: 145.00 (-0.56), XSD: 89.07 (+0.19), SFLA: 180.57 (unch), CFA: 37.35 (-0.20), IGM: 106.14 (-0.42), SSO: 133.54 (-1.08), RYT: 93.93 (-0.36), SSG: 44.99 (+0.99), QLD: 150.17 (-1.09), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), IGV: 96.36 (-1.10), PXLC: 40.83 (-0.13), USD: 97.11 (-1.30), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), FWDD: 44.01 (-0.35), MTK: 104.49 (-0.52), VV: 96.71 (-0.44), IGN: 38.41 (-0.36), UDOW: 147.28 (-3.21), FEX: 46.86 (-0.20), SPHQ: 23.65 (-0.15), EQAL: 25.74 (-0.13), DOG: 22.75 (+0.14), PBS: 26.74 (-0.11), SPXU: 34.90 (+0.46), SPXS: 18.86 (+0.23), FXL: 36.41 (-0.16), PRF: 92.39 (-0.40), ERW: 54.35 (-0.79), DXD: 20.71 (+0.23), QQXT: 41.86 (-0.27), SPXL: 92.78 (-1.16), SCHX: 50.33 (-0.20), RSP: 81.86 (-0.39), FDN: 66.01 (-0.30), SMH: 57.42 (-0.09), FCOM: 27.61 (-0.27), VONE: 97.11 (-0.41), DDM: 139.39 (-1.58), FTEC: 33.02 (-0.13), QQQE: 66.20 (-0.33), PSJ: 41.18 (-0.47), PSI: 27.42 (unch), SDS: 20.86 (+0.17), SPHB: 34.93 (-0.18), PSQ: 56.32 (+0.18), SBUS: 25.32 (-0.14), PTF: 40.94 (-0.07), IYZ: 30.73 (-0.16), EPS: 72.96 (-0.24), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), TDIV: 28.04 (-0.16), QID: 35.31 (+0.24), IYW: 108.49 (-0.41), SH: 21.22 (+0.10), LTL: 98.13 (unch), VOO: 192.83 (-0.81), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), ONEK: 99.10 (-0.01), VOX: 88.03 (-0.67), EQL: 57.70 (-0.21), VGT: 109.02 (-0.37), JKD: 123.87 (-0.53), EWRI: 52.34 (-0.21)
Stocks set to add to yesterday's losses at open
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 04, 6:08AM CST
SPUU: 145.93 (-1.18), SPLX: 31.94 (-0.75), TQQQ: 111.41 (-1.25), SDOW: 19.00 (+0.32), DOG: 22.75 (+0.14), SPXU: 34.90 (+0.46), UPRO: 140.03 (-1.87), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), EPS: 72.96 (-0.24), DXD: 20.71 (+0.23), QQXT: 41.86 (-0.27), SQQQ: 25.13 (+0.27), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), SPXL: 92.78 (-1.16), QID: 35.31 (+0.24), SFLA: 180.57 (unch), RWL: 41.66 (-0.18), RSP: 81.86 (-0.39), SH: 21.22 (+0.10), SSO: 133.54 (-1.08), QQEW: 44.48 (-0.22), IVV: 211.71 (-0.89), QQQE: 66.20 (-0.33), DDM: 139.39 (-1.58), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 150.17 (-1.09), VOO: 192.83 (-0.81), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), SDS: 20.86 (+0.17), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), PSQ: 56.32 (+0.18), UDOW: 147.28 (-3.21)
February AAII Asset Allocation Survey: Equity Allocations At Second-Highest Level Since 2007
AAII - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 04, 12:50AM CST
Last month, equity allocations within individual investors' portfolios rebounded back to their second-highest level since the financial crisis. The February AAII Asset Allocation Survey showed a rise in stock and stock fund holdings, a decline in...
VTI: 108.80 (-0.44), VOO: 192.83 (-0.81), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), IVV: 211.71 (-0.89)
Do Bigger Financial Sectors Mean Slower Economic Growth?
John M. Mason - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 04, 12:34AM CST
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), IWM: 122.36 (-0.38)
We Have Nothing To Fear But A Lack Of Fear Itself
Chris Puplava - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 10:02PM CST
The S&P 500 had its first monthly close above 2100 in February, the Dow closed over 18,000, and the NASDAQ currently rests a mere 3% below its 2000 bubble peak of 5132.52. Why is the stock market heading higher when incoming economic data is...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09)
More Signs Point To A Slowdown In Q1 U.S. Growth
Hale Stewart - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 1:51PM CST
Beginning in autumn 2013 and continuing through spring 2014, the housing market stalled in response to higher interest rates. Because of that, I anticipated an economic slowdown at about the end of 2014. More signs are emerging that the slowdown has...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), IWM: 122.36 (-0.38)
ADP Employment Report: February 2015 Preview
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 1:40PM CST
Private nonfarm payrolls in the US are projected to increase by 213,000 (seasonally adjusted) in tomorrow’s February update of the ADP Employment Report, based on The Capital Spectator’s median point forecast for several econometric...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), IWM: 122.36 (-0.38)
Protect Your Stock Portfolio Now While Volatility Is Low
at The Street - Tue Mar 03, 1:28PM CST
The CNBC ‘Fast Money Halftime’ trading panel looked at the market's current low volatility and how investors can use it to protect their long positions.
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), OIH: 34.97 (+0.06), XOP: 50.86 (+0.27), C: 53.67 (-0.06), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), AAL: 48.95 (+0.18), BP: 41.53 (-0.21), IWM: 122.36 (-0.38), TLT: 126.45 (+0.04), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11)
10 Charts To Watch
Calafia Beach Pundit - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 1:17PM CST
The news and the economic fundamentals haven't changed much in recent months, but on the margin there has been some modest improvement. The following charts highlight some of the more interesting developments that bear watching. (click to enlarge) ...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09)
Optimism/Pessimism: Stocks At Record Highs, While Savings Rate Jumps
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 8:07AM CST
By Jeffrey P. Snider Stocks had a great day today unshaken by whether the manufacturing part of the economy was growing more quickly or at the slowest rate in 13 months. Confusion isn't part of the asset inflation lexicon . In economic news, the...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09)
Futures edge lower
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 6:21AM CST
SPUU: 145.93 (-1.18), SPLX: 31.94 (-0.75), TQQQ: 111.41 (-1.25), SDOW: 19.00 (+0.32), DOG: 22.75 (+0.14), SPXU: 34.90 (+0.46), UPRO: 140.03 (-1.87), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), EPS: 72.96 (-0.24), DXD: 20.71 (+0.23), QQXT: 41.86 (-0.27), SQQQ: 25.13 (+0.27), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), SPXL: 92.78 (-1.16), QID: 35.31 (+0.24), SFLA: 180.57 (unch), RWL: 41.66 (-0.18), RSP: 81.86 (-0.39), SH: 21.22 (+0.10), SSO: 133.54 (-1.08), QQEW: 44.48 (-0.22), IVV: 211.71 (-0.89), QQQE: 66.20 (-0.33), DDM: 139.39 (-1.58), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 150.17 (-1.09), VOO: 192.83 (-0.81), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), SDS: 20.86 (+0.17), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), PSQ: 56.32 (+0.18), UDOW: 147.28 (-3.21)
Happy 6th Birthday, Bull Market! Can You Hang On A Little Longer?
Louis Navellier - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 5:08AM CST
By Gary Alexander Six years ago, if you can put yourself back into that panicky state of mind, it seemed like the world was about to end. It didn't matter if you were a growth investor or an income investor. Both got hammered. In late February,...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09)
The Conference
Jeffrey Saut - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 5:00AM CST
Greetings from Orlando where the Raymond James 36th Annual Institutional Investors Conference is in full swing. At this year's conference there will be more than 1,000 portfolio managers (PMs) and analysts, as well as more than 300 companies...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09)
How Janet Yellen's Latest Swindle Works
Bonner & Partners - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 3:44AM CST
by Bill Bonner Commentators spent the weekend trying to figure out what Janet Yellen's testimony before the Senate meant for markets. What did she say? What did it mean? Why was she there at all? "It is important to emphasize that a...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09)
It's Not A Stock Bubble But A Bigger Corporate Bubble
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - 1 hr 47 mins ago
By Jeffrey P. Snider With liquidity running somewhat perilously noncommittal since June, you would think the riskiest parts of the credit market would be most affected. That is incorrect and once again stands out as to the bubbly nature of the...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09)
European Farce Endures And Fed's Not Confident?
Carlos X. Alexandre - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 04, 1:55PM CST
It has become increasingly more difficult to find something exciting to write about, and, in many cases, we resort to information recycling with different twists. We examine, we think, we forecast and it's all about… central banks, debt...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), FXY: 81.22 (+0.01), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), FXE: 108.98 (-0.96)
What To Do With Quiet Markets?
Adam Grimes - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 04, 1:47PM CST
Just a high level perspective on what we have going on in a few major markets this week. In general, most markets are in some kind of volatility compression . Volatility compression is a term that basically means current volatility conditions are...
TVIX: 2.01 (-0.02), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), VXX: 27.22 (-0.06), IVOP: 38.01 (+0.13), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), UVXY: 17.32 (-0.04), VIIX: 36.82 (-0.06), XXV: 38.28 (+0.01), VIXY: 18.08 (-0.05), SVXY: 65.14 (+0.16), XIV: 33.17 (+0.08)
Financial Stocks Higher Ahead of Stress Test Results, Oil Prices Fall
at The Street - Wed Mar 04, 1:27PM CST
The CNBC 'Fast Money Halftime' trading panel looks at financial stocks, interest rates, European equities and energy stocks.
DVN: 61.86 (+0.61), EWG: 29.42 (-0.07), EXXI: 4.48 (-0.29), HES: 74.84 (+0.35), OIH: 34.97 (+0.06), XOP: 50.86 (+0.27), C: 53.67 (-0.06), EWQ: 26.16 (-0.11), XOM: 87.18 (-0.44), DB: 32.17 (-0.10), BAC: 15.84 (-0.20), TLT: 126.45 (+0.04), JNJ: 101.65 (-0.69), ESRX: 84.83 (+0.48), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), JPM: 62.13 (+0.16), EWU: 18.86 (-0.09), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), EOG: 90.49 (+0.12), IWM: 122.36 (-0.38), XLF: 24.31 (-0.15), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11), APC: 83.35 (+0.57)
ADP Jobs a Tad Below Expectations - Ahead of Wall Street
Mark Vickery - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Mar 04, 8:45AM CST
212K non-government jobs were gained in February, slightly below the 215K expected by a consensus of analysts.
ADP: 86.57 (-2.13), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09)
Nasdaq 5,000 Is Different This Time... But Not In A Good Way!
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 04, 8:33AM CST
The robo-traders and Wall Street punters were busy painting the tape yesterday, and did bump the Nasdaq composite across the magic 5,000 threshold for the first time since March 2000. But even as Wall Street urged home-gamers to “return with us...
HACK: 28.79 (-0.37), ROM: 163.03 (-1.49), SPLV: 37.85 (-0.31), TLL: 53.85 (-0.59), SPUU: 145.93 (-1.18), QTEC: 44.47 (-0.09), SDOW: 19.00 (+0.32), SPLX: 31.94 (-0.75), CFO: 37.38 (-0.18), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), TECL: 153.71 (-2.18), EEH: 15.52 (+0.01), SQQQ: 25.13 (+0.27), LGLV: 74.74 (-0.35), SOXS: 10.94 (-0.05), XTL: 59.92 (-0.42), RWL: 41.66 (-0.18), SYE: 58.19 (-0.03), SOXL: 153.06 (-0.25), REW: 50.62 (+0.21), QQEW: 44.48 (-0.22), SOXX: 97.55 (-0.13), IVV: 211.71 (-0.89), TECS: 9.80 (+0.12), PSCT: 52.20 (-0.07), IWB: 117.65 (-0.53), MGC: 71.76 (-0.32), IWL: 47.73 (-0.19), PXQ: 36.51 (-0.28), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 26.34 (+0.06), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), XSW: 98.48 (-0.66), TQQQ: 111.41 (-1.25), UPRO: 140.03 (-1.87), FMK: 27.12 (-0.10), OEF: 92.86 (-0.35), XLK: 42.97 (-0.17), XLG: 145.00 (-0.56), XSD: 89.07 (+0.19), SFLA: 180.57 (unch), CFA: 37.35 (-0.20), IGM: 106.14 (-0.42), SSO: 133.54 (-1.08), RYT: 93.93 (-0.36), SSG: 44.99 (+0.99), QLD: 150.17 (-1.09), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), IGV: 96.36 (-1.10), PXLC: 40.83 (-0.13), USD: 97.11 (-1.30), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), FWDD: 44.01 (-0.35), MTK: 104.49 (-0.52), VV: 96.71 (-0.44), IGN: 38.41 (-0.36), UDOW: 147.28 (-3.21), FEX: 46.86 (-0.20), SPHQ: 23.65 (-0.15), EQAL: 25.74 (-0.13), DOG: 22.75 (+0.14), PBS: 26.74 (-0.11), SPXU: 34.90 (+0.46), SPXS: 18.86 (+0.23), FXL: 36.41 (-0.16), PRF: 92.39 (-0.40), ERW: 54.35 (-0.79), DXD: 20.71 (+0.23), QQXT: 41.86 (-0.27), SPXL: 92.78 (-1.16), SCHX: 50.33 (-0.20), RSP: 81.86 (-0.39), FDN: 66.01 (-0.30), SMH: 57.42 (-0.09), FCOM: 27.61 (-0.27), VONE: 97.11 (-0.41), DDM: 139.39 (-1.58), FTEC: 33.02 (-0.13), QQQE: 66.20 (-0.33), PSJ: 41.18 (-0.47), PSI: 27.42 (unch), SDS: 20.86 (+0.17), SPHB: 34.93 (-0.18), PSQ: 56.32 (+0.18), SBUS: 25.32 (-0.14), PTF: 40.94 (-0.07), IYZ: 30.73 (-0.16), EPS: 72.96 (-0.24), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), TDIV: 28.04 (-0.16), QID: 35.31 (+0.24), IYW: 108.49 (-0.41), SH: 21.22 (+0.10), LTL: 98.13 (unch), VOO: 192.83 (-0.81), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), ONEK: 99.10 (-0.01), VOX: 88.03 (-0.67), EQL: 57.70 (-0.21), VGT: 109.02 (-0.37), JKD: 123.87 (-0.53), EWRI: 52.34 (-0.21)
Stocks set to add to yesterday's losses at open
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 04, 6:08AM CST
SPUU: 145.93 (-1.18), SPLX: 31.94 (-0.75), TQQQ: 111.41 (-1.25), SDOW: 19.00 (+0.32), DOG: 22.75 (+0.14), SPXU: 34.90 (+0.46), UPRO: 140.03 (-1.87), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), EPS: 72.96 (-0.24), DXD: 20.71 (+0.23), QQXT: 41.86 (-0.27), SQQQ: 25.13 (+0.27), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), SPXL: 92.78 (-1.16), QID: 35.31 (+0.24), SFLA: 180.57 (unch), RWL: 41.66 (-0.18), RSP: 81.86 (-0.39), SH: 21.22 (+0.10), SSO: 133.54 (-1.08), QQEW: 44.48 (-0.22), IVV: 211.71 (-0.89), QQQE: 66.20 (-0.33), DDM: 139.39 (-1.58), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 150.17 (-1.09), VOO: 192.83 (-0.81), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), SDS: 20.86 (+0.17), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), PSQ: 56.32 (+0.18), UDOW: 147.28 (-3.21)
February AAII Asset Allocation Survey: Equity Allocations At Second-Highest Level Since 2007
AAII - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 04, 12:50AM CST
Last month, equity allocations within individual investors' portfolios rebounded back to their second-highest level since the financial crisis. The February AAII Asset Allocation Survey showed a rise in stock and stock fund holdings, a decline in...
VTI: 108.80 (-0.44), VOO: 192.83 (-0.81), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), IVV: 211.71 (-0.89)
Do Bigger Financial Sectors Mean Slower Economic Growth?
John M. Mason - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 04, 12:34AM CST
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), IWM: 122.36 (-0.38)
We Have Nothing To Fear But A Lack Of Fear Itself
Chris Puplava - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 10:02PM CST
The S&P 500 had its first monthly close above 2100 in February, the Dow closed over 18,000, and the NASDAQ currently rests a mere 3% below its 2000 bubble peak of 5132.52. Why is the stock market heading higher when incoming economic data is...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09)
More Signs Point To A Slowdown In Q1 U.S. Growth
Hale Stewart - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 1:51PM CST
Beginning in autumn 2013 and continuing through spring 2014, the housing market stalled in response to higher interest rates. Because of that, I anticipated an economic slowdown at about the end of 2014. More signs are emerging that the slowdown has...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), IWM: 122.36 (-0.38)
ADP Employment Report: February 2015 Preview
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 1:40PM CST
Private nonfarm payrolls in the US are projected to increase by 213,000 (seasonally adjusted) in tomorrow’s February update of the ADP Employment Report, based on The Capital Spectator’s median point forecast for several econometric...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), IWM: 122.36 (-0.38)
Protect Your Stock Portfolio Now While Volatility Is Low
at The Street - Tue Mar 03, 1:28PM CST
The CNBC ‘Fast Money Halftime’ trading panel looked at the market's current low volatility and how investors can use it to protect their long positions.
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), OIH: 34.97 (+0.06), XOP: 50.86 (+0.27), C: 53.67 (-0.06), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), AAL: 48.95 (+0.18), BP: 41.53 (-0.21), IWM: 122.36 (-0.38), TLT: 126.45 (+0.04), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11)
10 Charts To Watch
Calafia Beach Pundit - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 1:17PM CST
The news and the economic fundamentals haven't changed much in recent months, but on the margin there has been some modest improvement. The following charts highlight some of the more interesting developments that bear watching. (click to enlarge) ...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09)
Optimism/Pessimism: Stocks At Record Highs, While Savings Rate Jumps
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 8:07AM CST
By Jeffrey P. Snider Stocks had a great day today unshaken by whether the manufacturing part of the economy was growing more quickly or at the slowest rate in 13 months. Confusion isn't part of the asset inflation lexicon . In economic news, the...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09)
Futures edge lower
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 6:21AM CST
SPUU: 145.93 (-1.18), SPLX: 31.94 (-0.75), TQQQ: 111.41 (-1.25), SDOW: 19.00 (+0.32), DOG: 22.75 (+0.14), SPXU: 34.90 (+0.46), UPRO: 140.03 (-1.87), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), EPS: 72.96 (-0.24), DXD: 20.71 (+0.23), QQXT: 41.86 (-0.27), SQQQ: 25.13 (+0.27), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), SPXL: 92.78 (-1.16), QID: 35.31 (+0.24), SFLA: 180.57 (unch), RWL: 41.66 (-0.18), RSP: 81.86 (-0.39), SH: 21.22 (+0.10), SSO: 133.54 (-1.08), QQEW: 44.48 (-0.22), IVV: 211.71 (-0.89), QQQE: 66.20 (-0.33), DDM: 139.39 (-1.58), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 150.17 (-1.09), VOO: 192.83 (-0.81), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), SDS: 20.86 (+0.17), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), PSQ: 56.32 (+0.18), UDOW: 147.28 (-3.21)
Happy 6th Birthday, Bull Market! Can You Hang On A Little Longer?
Louis Navellier - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 5:08AM CST
By Gary Alexander Six years ago, if you can put yourself back into that panicky state of mind, it seemed like the world was about to end. It didn't matter if you were a growth investor or an income investor. Both got hammered. In late February,...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09)
The Conference
Jeffrey Saut - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 5:00AM CST
Greetings from Orlando where the Raymond James 36th Annual Institutional Investors Conference is in full swing. At this year's conference there will be more than 1,000 portfolio managers (PMs) and analysts, as well as more than 300 companies...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09)
How Janet Yellen's Latest Swindle Works
Bonner & Partners - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 3:44AM CST
by Bill Bonner Commentators spent the weekend trying to figure out what Janet Yellen's testimony before the Senate meant for markets. What did she say? What did it mean? Why was she there at all? "It is important to emphasize that a...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09)
