S&P 500 Low Volatility Powershares (SPLV) 38.46 $SPLV
Patience Is A Virtue
Carbide Capital Inc. - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 19, 3:19PM CDT
In a high tech world where we demand everything instantaneously, sometimes it's good to just sit back and be patient. The topic of whether the FED would remove the word "patient" and set the stage for an interest rate hike in June or September has...
FEX: 47.29 (+0.43), SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), SPUU: 147.23 (+2.56), SPHQ: 23.76 (+0.14), SDOW: 18.67 (-0.54), SPLX: 32.11 (+0.17), EQAL: 25.91 (+0.17), DOG: 22.65 (-0.21), SPXU: 34.08 (-0.91), CFO: 37.64 (+0.32), SPXS: 18.42 (-0.48), PRF: 92.59 (+0.53), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), EEH: 15.64 (+0.18), ERW: 54.77 (+0.55), DXD: 20.49 (-0.39), SQQQ: 24.71 (-0.55), QQXT: 42.42 (+0.36), SPXL: 93.79 (+2.44), LGLV: 74.32 (-0.41), RWL: 41.97 (+0.39), RSP: 82.15 (+0.47), SCHX: 50.69 (+0.43), SYE: 58.56 (unch), QQEW: 45.05 (+0.40), IVV: 212.85 (+1.86), VONE: 97.85 (+0.82), DDM: 139.89 (+2.56), QQQE: 67.12 (+0.63), IWB: 118.57 (+1.11), SDS: 20.56 (-0.37), MGC: 72.06 (+0.58), SPHB: 35.01 (+0.36), IWL: 47.90 (+0.38), PSQ: 56.05 (-0.41), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 26.35 (+0.11), TQQQ: 112.21 (+2.28), SBUS: 25.46 (+0.21), UPRO: 141.67 (+3.65), FMK: 27.49 (+0.33), EPS: 73.15 (+0.64), OEF: 92.78 (+0.84), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), XLG: 143.07 (-0.13), QID: 34.94 (-0.49), SFLA: 159.00 (-21.57), CFA: 37.52 (+0.54), SH: 21.08 (-0.19), SSO: 134.65 (+2.34), QLD: 150.97 (+2.05), VOO: 193.85 (+1.74), PXLC: 40.77 (+0.15), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), ONEK: 99.56 (+0.39), FWDD: 44.49 (+0.48), VV: 97.40 (+0.88), EQL: 57.89 (+0.55), UDOW: 148.21 (+3.86), EWRI: 52.55 (+0.27), JKD: 124.23 (+1.12)
Duck This Dip- There's More Crazy Stuff Coming
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 17, 1:00PM CDT
(Originally posted March 15) That didn’t take long! Yesterday’s rip was supposed to have turned the market back up. Its close at well above the “crucial” 2060 chart point on the S&P 500 cash index meant...
FEX: 47.29 (+0.43), SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), SPUU: 147.23 (+2.56), SPHQ: 23.76 (+0.14), SDOW: 18.67 (-0.54), SPLX: 32.11 (+0.17), EQAL: 25.91 (+0.17), DOG: 22.65 (-0.21), SPXU: 34.08 (-0.91), CFO: 37.64 (+0.32), SPXS: 18.42 (-0.48), PRF: 92.59 (+0.53), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), EEH: 15.64 (+0.18), ERW: 54.77 (+0.55), DXD: 20.49 (-0.39), SQQQ: 24.71 (-0.55), QQXT: 42.42 (+0.36), SPXL: 93.79 (+2.44), LGLV: 74.32 (-0.41), RWL: 41.97 (+0.39), RSP: 82.15 (+0.47), SCHX: 50.69 (+0.43), SYE: 58.56 (unch), QQEW: 45.05 (+0.40), IVV: 212.85 (+1.86), VONE: 97.85 (+0.82), DDM: 139.89 (+2.56), QQQE: 67.12 (+0.63), IWB: 118.57 (+1.11), SDS: 20.56 (-0.37), MGC: 72.06 (+0.58), SPHB: 35.01 (+0.36), IWL: 47.90 (+0.38), PSQ: 56.05 (-0.41), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 26.35 (+0.11), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 112.21 (+2.28), SBUS: 25.46 (+0.21), UPRO: 141.67 (+3.65), FMK: 27.49 (+0.33), EPS: 73.15 (+0.64), OEF: 92.78 (+0.84), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), XLG: 143.07 (-0.13), QID: 34.94 (-0.49), SFLA: 159.00 (-21.57), CFA: 37.52 (+0.54), SH: 21.08 (-0.19), SSO: 134.65 (+2.34), QLD: 150.97 (+2.05), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 193.85 (+1.74), PXLC: 40.77 (+0.15), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), ONEK: 99.56 (+0.39), FWDD: 44.49 (+0.48), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 97.40 (+0.88), EQL: 57.89 (+0.55), UDOW: 148.21 (+3.86), EWRI: 52.55 (+0.27), JKD: 124.23 (+1.12)
Hello Volatility
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 16, 6:32PM CDT
By Joseph Y. Calhoun The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down a bit over 100 points last week, but that hardly does justice to a week with multiple triple digit swings. Three of the last six trading days have seen a move of at least 1%, a level of...
CFO: 37.64 (+0.32), SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), CFA: 37.52 (+0.54), LGLV: 74.32 (-0.41)
The Great Immoderation: How The Fed Is Sowing The Next Recession
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 12, 2:51PM CDT
In February 2004 Ben Bernanke famously declared the business cycle had been tamed and took a bow in behalf of enlightened monetary management, claiming it was the principal source of this beneficent development. Exactly 55 months later, of course, he...
FEX: 47.29 (+0.43), SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), SPUU: 147.23 (+2.56), SPHQ: 23.76 (+0.14), SDOW: 18.67 (-0.54), SPLX: 32.11 (+0.17), EQAL: 25.91 (+0.17), DOG: 22.65 (-0.21), SPXU: 34.08 (-0.91), CFO: 37.64 (+0.32), SPXS: 18.42 (-0.48), PRF: 92.59 (+0.53), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), EEH: 15.64 (+0.18), ERW: 54.77 (+0.55), DXD: 20.49 (-0.39), SQQQ: 24.71 (-0.55), QQXT: 42.42 (+0.36), SPXL: 93.79 (+2.44), LGLV: 74.32 (-0.41), RWL: 41.97 (+0.39), RSP: 82.15 (+0.47), SCHX: 50.69 (+0.43), SYE: 58.56 (unch), QQEW: 45.05 (+0.40), IVV: 212.85 (+1.86), VONE: 97.85 (+0.82), DDM: 139.89 (+2.56), QQQE: 67.12 (+0.63), IWB: 118.57 (+1.11), SDS: 20.56 (-0.37), MGC: 72.06 (+0.58), SPHB: 35.01 (+0.36), IWL: 47.90 (+0.38), PSQ: 56.05 (-0.41), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 26.35 (+0.11), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 112.21 (+2.28), SBUS: 25.46 (+0.21), UPRO: 141.67 (+3.65), FMK: 27.49 (+0.33), EPS: 73.15 (+0.64), OEF: 92.78 (+0.84), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), XLG: 143.07 (-0.13), QID: 34.94 (-0.49), SFLA: 159.00 (-21.57), CFA: 37.52 (+0.54), SH: 21.08 (-0.19), SSO: 134.65 (+2.34), QLD: 150.97 (+2.05), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 193.85 (+1.74), PXLC: 40.77 (+0.15), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), ONEK: 99.56 (+0.39), FWDD: 44.49 (+0.48), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 97.40 (+0.88), EQL: 57.89 (+0.55), UDOW: 148.21 (+3.86), EWRI: 52.55 (+0.27), JKD: 124.23 (+1.12)
Merger Monday In The Casino: Why SPG's Paying 56X For Macerich's Going Nowhere Malls
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 11, 8:03AM CDT
Now comes a prime example of central bank financial repression at work. It’s downright ugly and crystalizes how the Fed and other central banks are generating massive mis-allocations of capital and staggering windfall gains to Wall Street...
FEX: 47.29 (+0.43), SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), SPUU: 147.23 (+2.56), SPHQ: 23.76 (+0.14), SDOW: 18.67 (-0.54), SPLX: 32.11 (+0.17), EQAL: 25.91 (+0.17), DOG: 22.65 (-0.21), SPXU: 34.08 (-0.91), CFO: 37.64 (+0.32), SPXS: 18.42 (-0.48), PRF: 92.59 (+0.53), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), EEH: 15.64 (+0.18), ERW: 54.77 (+0.55), DXD: 20.49 (-0.39), SQQQ: 24.71 (-0.55), QQXT: 42.42 (+0.36), SPXL: 93.79 (+2.44), LGLV: 74.32 (-0.41), RWL: 41.97 (+0.39), RSP: 82.15 (+0.47), SCHX: 50.69 (+0.43), SYE: 58.56 (unch), QQEW: 45.05 (+0.40), IVV: 212.85 (+1.86), VONE: 97.85 (+0.82), DDM: 139.89 (+2.56), QQQE: 67.12 (+0.63), IWB: 118.57 (+1.11), SDS: 20.56 (-0.37), MGC: 72.06 (+0.58), SPHB: 35.01 (+0.36), IWL: 47.90 (+0.38), PSQ: 56.05 (-0.41), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 26.35 (+0.11), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 112.21 (+2.28), SBUS: 25.46 (+0.21), UPRO: 141.67 (+3.65), FMK: 27.49 (+0.33), EPS: 73.15 (+0.64), OEF: 92.78 (+0.84), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), XLG: 143.07 (-0.13), QID: 34.94 (-0.49), SFLA: 159.00 (-21.57), CFA: 37.52 (+0.54), SH: 21.08 (-0.19), SSO: 134.65 (+2.34), QLD: 150.97 (+2.05), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 193.85 (+1.74), PXLC: 40.77 (+0.15), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), ONEK: 99.56 (+0.39), FWDD: 44.49 (+0.48), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 97.40 (+0.88), EQL: 57.89 (+0.55), UDOW: 148.21 (+3.86), EWRI: 52.55 (+0.27), JKD: 124.23 (+1.12)
Six Years Of Bull Market Bull
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 10, 7:25AM CDT
Never has there been a more artificial—-indeed, phony—–gain in the stock market than the 215% eruption orchestrated by the Fed since the post-crisis bottom six years ago today. And the operative word is “orchestrated”...
FEX: 47.29 (+0.43), SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), SPUU: 147.23 (+2.56), SPHQ: 23.76 (+0.14), SDOW: 18.67 (-0.54), SPLX: 32.11 (+0.17), EQAL: 25.91 (+0.17), DOG: 22.65 (-0.21), SPXU: 34.08 (-0.91), CFO: 37.64 (+0.32), SPXS: 18.42 (-0.48), PRF: 92.59 (+0.53), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), EEH: 15.64 (+0.18), ERW: 54.77 (+0.55), DXD: 20.49 (-0.39), SQQQ: 24.71 (-0.55), QQXT: 42.42 (+0.36), SPXL: 93.79 (+2.44), LGLV: 74.32 (-0.41), RWL: 41.97 (+0.39), RSP: 82.15 (+0.47), SCHX: 50.69 (+0.43), SYE: 58.56 (unch), QQEW: 45.05 (+0.40), IVV: 212.85 (+1.86), VONE: 97.85 (+0.82), DDM: 139.89 (+2.56), QQQE: 67.12 (+0.63), IWB: 118.57 (+1.11), SDS: 20.56 (-0.37), MGC: 72.06 (+0.58), SPHB: 35.01 (+0.36), IWL: 47.90 (+0.38), PSQ: 56.05 (-0.41), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 26.35 (+0.11), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 112.21 (+2.28), SBUS: 25.46 (+0.21), UPRO: 141.67 (+3.65), FMK: 27.49 (+0.33), EPS: 73.15 (+0.64), OEF: 92.78 (+0.84), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), XLG: 143.07 (-0.13), QID: 34.94 (-0.49), SFLA: 159.00 (-21.57), CFA: 37.52 (+0.54), SH: 21.08 (-0.19), SSO: 134.65 (+2.34), QLD: 150.97 (+2.05), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 193.85 (+1.74), PXLC: 40.77 (+0.15), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), ONEK: 99.56 (+0.39), FWDD: 44.49 (+0.48), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 97.40 (+0.88), EQL: 57.89 (+0.55), UDOW: 148.21 (+3.86), EWRI: 52.55 (+0.27), JKD: 124.23 (+1.12)
Using Low Volatility ETFs To Reduce Portfolio Risk
John Dowdee - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 1:05PM CST
IDLV: 31.66 (+0.55), SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), EFAV: 66.90 (+1.03), EEMV: 58.22 (+0.55), ACWV: 72.16 (+0.60), EELV: 25.77 (+0.29), USMV: 41.93 (+0.33)
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: 28.55 (-0.13), ROM: 161.96 (+2.30), SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), TLL: 51.87 (-1.67), SPUU: 147.23 (+2.56), QTEC: 44.99 (+0.46), SDOW: 18.67 (-0.54), SPLX: 32.11 (+0.17), CFO: 37.64 (+0.32), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), TECL: 150.33 (+2.54), EEH: 15.64 (+0.18), SQQQ: 24.71 (-0.55), LGLV: 74.32 (-0.41), SOXS: 10.42 (-0.49), XTL: 60.42 (+0.24), RWL: 41.97 (+0.39), SYE: 58.56 (unch), SOXL: 159.62 (+6.71), REW: 50.64 (-0.80), QQEW: 45.05 (+0.40), SOXX: 99.00 (+1.38), IVV: 212.85 (+1.86), TECS: 9.91 (-0.16), PSCT: 53.77 (+0.41), IWB: 118.57 (+1.11), MGC: 72.06 (+0.58), IWL: 47.90 (+0.38), PXQ: 37.19 (unch), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 26.35 (+0.11), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), XSW: 100.50 (+0.73), TQQQ: 112.21 (+2.28), UPRO: 141.67 (+3.65), FMK: 27.49 (+0.33), OEF: 92.78 (+0.84), XLK: 42.54 (+0.10), XLG: 143.07 (-0.13), XSD: 91.12 (+1.02), SFLA: 159.00 (-21.57), CFA: 37.52 (+0.54), IGM: 106.03 (+0.92), SSO: 134.65 (+2.34), RYT: 94.16 (+0.66), SSG: 45.32 (-2.15), QLD: 150.97 (+2.05), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), IGV: 98.14 (+0.44), PXLC: 40.77 (+0.15), USD: 95.68 (+3.31), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), FWDD: 44.49 (+0.48), MTK: 103.47 (+0.66), VV: 97.40 (+0.88), IGN: 38.56 (+0.23), UDOW: 148.21 (+3.86), FEX: 47.29 (+0.43), SPHQ: 23.76 (+0.14), EQAL: 25.91 (+0.17), DOG: 22.65 (-0.21), PBS: 27.23 (+0.14), SPXU: 34.08 (-0.91), SPXS: 18.42 (-0.48), FXL: 36.80 (+0.33), PRF: 92.59 (+0.53), ERW: 54.77 (+0.55), DXD: 20.49 (-0.39), QQXT: 42.42 (+0.36), SPXL: 93.79 (+2.44), SCHX: 50.69 (+0.43), RSP: 82.15 (+0.47), FDN: 66.14 (+0.14), SMH: 57.74 (+0.90), FCOM: 27.53 (+0.07), VONE: 97.85 (+0.82), DDM: 139.89 (+2.56), FTEC: 32.82 (+0.06), QQQE: 67.12 (+0.63), PSJ: 42.13 (+0.21), PSI: 28.21 (+0.45), SDS: 20.56 (-0.37), SPHB: 35.01 (+0.36), PSQ: 56.05 (-0.41), SBUS: 25.46 (+0.21), PTF: 42.31 (+0.35), IYZ: 31.26 (+0.37), EPS: 73.15 (+0.64), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), TDIV: 27.73 (+0.27), QID: 34.94 (-0.49), IYW: 107.91 (+0.62), SH: 21.08 (-0.19), LTL: 99.02 (+2.02), VOO: 193.85 (+1.74), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), ONEK: 99.56 (+0.39), VOX: 88.43 (+0.65), EQL: 57.89 (+0.55), VGT: 108.77 (+0.62), JKD: 124.23 (+1.12), EWRI: 52.55 (+0.27)
Valuations And Aging Bull Market Point To Volatility Management
Invesco US - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 11:34AM CST
Why investors may want to consider a low-volatility approach to U.S. stocks By John Feyerer US stocks have delivered solid double-digit returns in five of the last six years 1 - a run that ranks solidly within the five longest and strongest...
SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), SPHB: 35.01 (+0.36)
The Dividend Aristocrats And Maximum Drawdowns
Ploutos - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 8:28AM CST
SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), NOBL: 50.95 (+0.44)
Low Volatility Stocks And Maximum Drawdowns
Ploutos - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Feb 21, 8:25AM CST
SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44)
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: 38.46 (+0.44), VSPY: 60.22 (+0.55), RALS: 40.63 (+0.17), SPUU: 147.23 (+2.56), SDOW: 18.67 (-0.54), SPLX: 32.11 (+0.17), TRSK: 28.69 (+0.23), CFO: 37.64 (+0.32), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), EEH: 15.64 (+0.18), SQQQ: 24.71 (-0.55), LGLV: 74.32 (-0.41), RWL: 41.97 (+0.39), CSLS: 26.33 (-0.44), SYE: 58.56 (unch), LALT: 23.16 (-0.05), QQEW: 45.05 (+0.40), IVV: 212.85 (+1.86), IWB: 118.57 (+1.11), MGC: 72.06 (+0.58), IBLN: 26.31 (+0.23), IWL: 47.90 (+0.38), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 26.35 (+0.11), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), ALTS: 40.74 (+0.41), QMN: 25.69 (+0.12), TQQQ: 112.21 (+2.28), UPRO: 141.67 (+3.65), FMK: 27.49 (+0.33), VQTS: 24.80 (+0.23), OEF: 92.78 (+0.84), MULT: 23.30 (-0.23), MCRO: 25.56 (+0.10), BARL: 19.19 (unch), QEH: 28.33 (+0.11), SIZ: 24.64 (unch), XLG: 143.07 (-0.13), SFLA: 159.00 (-21.57), CFA: 37.52 (+0.54), SSO: 134.65 (+2.34), VIXH: 26.14 (+0.41), GURU: 26.73 (+0.25), GURX: 13.78 (+0.04), QLD: 150.97 (+2.05), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), PXLC: 40.77 (+0.15), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), FWDD: 44.49 (+0.48), VV: 97.40 (+0.88), UDOW: 148.21 (+3.86), GURI: 14.58 (-0.13), FEX: 47.29 (+0.43), DIVA: 24.96 (+0.16), SPXH: 30.53 (+0.32), SPHQ: 23.76 (+0.14), EQAL: 25.91 (+0.17), DOG: 22.65 (-0.21), SPXU: 34.08 (-0.91), SPGH: 55.14 (+1.19), SPXS: 18.42 (-0.48), PRF: 92.59 (+0.53), ERW: 54.77 (+0.55), DXD: 20.49 (-0.39), ALFA: 45.91 (+0.33), QQXT: 42.42 (+0.36), AGLS: 20.33 (-0.19), CSM: 102.67 (+0.97), HDG: 43.35 (+0.07), SPXL: 93.79 (+2.44), CHEP: 25.24 (unch), PHDG: 27.32 (+0.10), TNDQ: 40.39 (+0.33), SCHX: 50.69 (+0.43), RSP: 82.15 (+0.47), FTLS: 32.89 (+0.29), VALX: 26.66 (+0.31), VONE: 97.85 (+0.82), BTAL: 20.25 (unch), QQQE: 67.12 (+0.63), DDM: 139.89 (+2.56), SDS: 20.56 (-0.37), SPHB: 35.01 (+0.36), VQT: 151.20 (+1.04), PSQ: 56.05 (-0.41), TCHI: 26.54 (unch), SBUS: 25.46 (+0.21), EPS: 73.15 (+0.64), QAI: 30.15 (+0.15), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), QID: 34.94 (-0.49), SH: 21.08 (-0.19), VOO: 193.85 (+1.74), TRND: 40.58 (+0.28), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), ONEK: 99.56 (+0.39), TRNM: 36.52 (+0.25), EQL: 57.89 (+0.55), CSMN: 18.91 (+0.14), JKD: 124.23 (+1.12), EWRI: 52.55 (+0.27)
Protect Your Nest Egg: Use Low Volatility Strategies In Your Retirement Portfolio
Portfolio Management 101 - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 10:53AM CST
SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91)
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: 47.29 (+0.43), SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), SPUU: 147.23 (+2.56), SPHQ: 23.76 (+0.14), SDOW: 18.67 (-0.54), SPLX: 32.11 (+0.17), EQAL: 25.91 (+0.17), DOG: 22.65 (-0.21), SPXU: 34.08 (-0.91), CFO: 37.64 (+0.32), SPXS: 18.42 (-0.48), PRF: 92.59 (+0.53), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), EEH: 15.64 (+0.18), ERW: 54.77 (+0.55), DXD: 20.49 (-0.39), SQQQ: 24.71 (-0.55), QQXT: 42.42 (+0.36), SPXL: 93.79 (+2.44), LGLV: 74.32 (-0.41), RWL: 41.97 (+0.39), RSP: 82.15 (+0.47), SCHX: 50.69 (+0.43), SYE: 58.56 (unch), QQEW: 45.05 (+0.40), IVV: 212.85 (+1.86), VONE: 97.85 (+0.82), DDM: 139.89 (+2.56), QQQE: 67.12 (+0.63), IWB: 118.57 (+1.11), SDS: 20.56 (-0.37), MGC: 72.06 (+0.58), SPHB: 35.01 (+0.36), IWL: 47.90 (+0.38), PSQ: 56.05 (-0.41), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 26.35 (+0.11), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 112.21 (+2.28), SBUS: 25.46 (+0.21), UPRO: 141.67 (+3.65), FMK: 27.49 (+0.33), EPS: 73.15 (+0.64), OEF: 92.78 (+0.84), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), XLG: 143.07 (-0.13), QID: 34.94 (-0.49), SFLA: 159.00 (-21.57), CFA: 37.52 (+0.54), SH: 21.08 (-0.19), SSO: 134.65 (+2.34), QLD: 150.97 (+2.05), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 193.85 (+1.74), PXLC: 40.77 (+0.15), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), ONEK: 99.56 (+0.39), FWDD: 44.49 (+0.48), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 97.40 (+0.88), EQL: 57.89 (+0.55), UDOW: 148.21 (+3.86), EWRI: 52.55 (+0.27), JKD: 124.23 (+1.12)
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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The ETF Retirement Portfolio Revisited
Joseph P. Porter - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 3:34PM CST
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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...
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Buffett's Alpha Revisited
Ploutos - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 7:29AM CST
SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), BRK.A: 218,300.00 (+300.00)
Fire Your Investment Manager: Ideas For An Ultra-Low Volatility Index Part V
Harry Long - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 26, 11:21AM CST
SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), TMF: 96.98 (+1.44)
Best ETFs 2015: Dividend, Low Volatility ETFs Rise
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Jan 20, 5:38PM CST
A choppy start to the stock market in January may hold a taste of what lies ahead for ETF investors in 2015. In a word, volatility. Analysts debated the causes: Was it tumbling oil prices? Or the poor outlook in Russia and Greece? Or the expectations...
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Patience Is A Virtue
Carbide Capital Inc. - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 19, 3:19PM CDT
In a high tech world where we demand everything instantaneously, sometimes it's good to just sit back and be patient. The topic of whether the FED would remove the word "patient" and set the stage for an interest rate hike in June or September has...
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Duck This Dip- There's More Crazy Stuff Coming
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 17, 1:00PM CDT
(Originally posted March 15) That didn’t take long! Yesterday’s rip was supposed to have turned the market back up. Its close at well above the “crucial” 2060 chart point on the S&P 500 cash index meant...
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Hello Volatility
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 16, 6:32PM CDT
By Joseph Y. Calhoun The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down a bit over 100 points last week, but that hardly does justice to a week with multiple triple digit swings. Three of the last six trading days have seen a move of at least 1%, a level of...
CFO: 37.64 (+0.32), SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), CFA: 37.52 (+0.54), LGLV: 74.32 (-0.41)
The Great Immoderation: How The Fed Is Sowing The Next Recession
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 12, 2:51PM CDT
In February 2004 Ben Bernanke famously declared the business cycle had been tamed and took a bow in behalf of enlightened monetary management, claiming it was the principal source of this beneficent development. Exactly 55 months later, of course, he...
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Merger Monday In The Casino: Why SPG's Paying 56X For Macerich's Going Nowhere Malls
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 11, 8:03AM CDT
Now comes a prime example of central bank financial repression at work. It’s downright ugly and crystalizes how the Fed and other central banks are generating massive mis-allocations of capital and staggering windfall gains to Wall Street...
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Six Years Of Bull Market Bull
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 10, 7:25AM CDT
Never has there been a more artificial—-indeed, phony—–gain in the stock market than the 215% eruption orchestrated by the Fed since the post-crisis bottom six years ago today. And the operative word is “orchestrated”...
FEX: 47.29 (+0.43), SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), SPUU: 147.23 (+2.56), SPHQ: 23.76 (+0.14), SDOW: 18.67 (-0.54), SPLX: 32.11 (+0.17), EQAL: 25.91 (+0.17), DOG: 22.65 (-0.21), SPXU: 34.08 (-0.91), CFO: 37.64 (+0.32), SPXS: 18.42 (-0.48), PRF: 92.59 (+0.53), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), EEH: 15.64 (+0.18), ERW: 54.77 (+0.55), DXD: 20.49 (-0.39), SQQQ: 24.71 (-0.55), QQXT: 42.42 (+0.36), SPXL: 93.79 (+2.44), LGLV: 74.32 (-0.41), RWL: 41.97 (+0.39), RSP: 82.15 (+0.47), SCHX: 50.69 (+0.43), SYE: 58.56 (unch), QQEW: 45.05 (+0.40), IVV: 212.85 (+1.86), VONE: 97.85 (+0.82), DDM: 139.89 (+2.56), QQQE: 67.12 (+0.63), IWB: 118.57 (+1.11), SDS: 20.56 (-0.37), MGC: 72.06 (+0.58), SPHB: 35.01 (+0.36), IWL: 47.90 (+0.38), PSQ: 56.05 (-0.41), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 26.35 (+0.11), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 112.21 (+2.28), SBUS: 25.46 (+0.21), UPRO: 141.67 (+3.65), FMK: 27.49 (+0.33), EPS: 73.15 (+0.64), OEF: 92.78 (+0.84), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), XLG: 143.07 (-0.13), QID: 34.94 (-0.49), SFLA: 159.00 (-21.57), CFA: 37.52 (+0.54), SH: 21.08 (-0.19), SSO: 134.65 (+2.34), QLD: 150.97 (+2.05), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 193.85 (+1.74), PXLC: 40.77 (+0.15), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), ONEK: 99.56 (+0.39), FWDD: 44.49 (+0.48), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 97.40 (+0.88), EQL: 57.89 (+0.55), UDOW: 148.21 (+3.86), EWRI: 52.55 (+0.27), JKD: 124.23 (+1.12)
Using Low Volatility ETFs To Reduce Portfolio Risk
John Dowdee - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 06, 1:05PM CST
IDLV: 31.66 (+0.55), SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), EFAV: 66.90 (+1.03), EEMV: 58.22 (+0.55), ACWV: 72.16 (+0.60), EELV: 25.77 (+0.29), USMV: 41.93 (+0.33)
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: 28.55 (-0.13), ROM: 161.96 (+2.30), SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), TLL: 51.87 (-1.67), SPUU: 147.23 (+2.56), QTEC: 44.99 (+0.46), SDOW: 18.67 (-0.54), SPLX: 32.11 (+0.17), CFO: 37.64 (+0.32), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), TECL: 150.33 (+2.54), EEH: 15.64 (+0.18), SQQQ: 24.71 (-0.55), LGLV: 74.32 (-0.41), SOXS: 10.42 (-0.49), XTL: 60.42 (+0.24), RWL: 41.97 (+0.39), SYE: 58.56 (unch), SOXL: 159.62 (+6.71), REW: 50.64 (-0.80), QQEW: 45.05 (+0.40), SOXX: 99.00 (+1.38), IVV: 212.85 (+1.86), TECS: 9.91 (-0.16), PSCT: 53.77 (+0.41), IWB: 118.57 (+1.11), MGC: 72.06 (+0.58), IWL: 47.90 (+0.38), PXQ: 37.19 (unch), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 26.35 (+0.11), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), XSW: 100.50 (+0.73), TQQQ: 112.21 (+2.28), UPRO: 141.67 (+3.65), FMK: 27.49 (+0.33), OEF: 92.78 (+0.84), XLK: 42.54 (+0.10), XLG: 143.07 (-0.13), XSD: 91.12 (+1.02), SFLA: 159.00 (-21.57), CFA: 37.52 (+0.54), IGM: 106.03 (+0.92), SSO: 134.65 (+2.34), RYT: 94.16 (+0.66), SSG: 45.32 (-2.15), QLD: 150.97 (+2.05), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), IGV: 98.14 (+0.44), PXLC: 40.77 (+0.15), USD: 95.68 (+3.31), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), FWDD: 44.49 (+0.48), MTK: 103.47 (+0.66), VV: 97.40 (+0.88), IGN: 38.56 (+0.23), UDOW: 148.21 (+3.86), FEX: 47.29 (+0.43), SPHQ: 23.76 (+0.14), EQAL: 25.91 (+0.17), DOG: 22.65 (-0.21), PBS: 27.23 (+0.14), SPXU: 34.08 (-0.91), SPXS: 18.42 (-0.48), FXL: 36.80 (+0.33), PRF: 92.59 (+0.53), ERW: 54.77 (+0.55), DXD: 20.49 (-0.39), QQXT: 42.42 (+0.36), SPXL: 93.79 (+2.44), SCHX: 50.69 (+0.43), RSP: 82.15 (+0.47), FDN: 66.14 (+0.14), SMH: 57.74 (+0.90), FCOM: 27.53 (+0.07), VONE: 97.85 (+0.82), DDM: 139.89 (+2.56), FTEC: 32.82 (+0.06), QQQE: 67.12 (+0.63), PSJ: 42.13 (+0.21), PSI: 28.21 (+0.45), SDS: 20.56 (-0.37), SPHB: 35.01 (+0.36), PSQ: 56.05 (-0.41), SBUS: 25.46 (+0.21), PTF: 42.31 (+0.35), IYZ: 31.26 (+0.37), EPS: 73.15 (+0.64), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), TDIV: 27.73 (+0.27), QID: 34.94 (-0.49), IYW: 107.91 (+0.62), SH: 21.08 (-0.19), LTL: 99.02 (+2.02), VOO: 193.85 (+1.74), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), ONEK: 99.56 (+0.39), VOX: 88.43 (+0.65), EQL: 57.89 (+0.55), VGT: 108.77 (+0.62), JKD: 124.23 (+1.12), EWRI: 52.55 (+0.27)
Valuations And Aging Bull Market Point To Volatility Management
Invesco US - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 11:34AM CST
Why investors may want to consider a low-volatility approach to U.S. stocks By John Feyerer US stocks have delivered solid double-digit returns in five of the last six years 1 - a run that ranks solidly within the five longest and strongest...
SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), SPHB: 35.01 (+0.36)
The Dividend Aristocrats And Maximum Drawdowns
Ploutos - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Feb 24, 8:28AM CST
SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), NOBL: 50.95 (+0.44)
Low Volatility Stocks And Maximum Drawdowns
Ploutos - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Feb 21, 8:25AM CST
SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44)
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: 38.46 (+0.44), VSPY: 60.22 (+0.55), RALS: 40.63 (+0.17), SPUU: 147.23 (+2.56), SDOW: 18.67 (-0.54), SPLX: 32.11 (+0.17), TRSK: 28.69 (+0.23), CFO: 37.64 (+0.32), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), EEH: 15.64 (+0.18), SQQQ: 24.71 (-0.55), LGLV: 74.32 (-0.41), RWL: 41.97 (+0.39), CSLS: 26.33 (-0.44), SYE: 58.56 (unch), LALT: 23.16 (-0.05), QQEW: 45.05 (+0.40), IVV: 212.85 (+1.86), IWB: 118.57 (+1.11), MGC: 72.06 (+0.58), IBLN: 26.31 (+0.23), IWL: 47.90 (+0.38), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 26.35 (+0.11), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), ALTS: 40.74 (+0.41), QMN: 25.69 (+0.12), TQQQ: 112.21 (+2.28), UPRO: 141.67 (+3.65), FMK: 27.49 (+0.33), VQTS: 24.80 (+0.23), OEF: 92.78 (+0.84), MULT: 23.30 (-0.23), MCRO: 25.56 (+0.10), BARL: 19.19 (unch), QEH: 28.33 (+0.11), SIZ: 24.64 (unch), XLG: 143.07 (-0.13), SFLA: 159.00 (-21.57), CFA: 37.52 (+0.54), SSO: 134.65 (+2.34), VIXH: 26.14 (+0.41), GURU: 26.73 (+0.25), GURX: 13.78 (+0.04), QLD: 150.97 (+2.05), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), PXLC: 40.77 (+0.15), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), FWDD: 44.49 (+0.48), VV: 97.40 (+0.88), UDOW: 148.21 (+3.86), GURI: 14.58 (-0.13), FEX: 47.29 (+0.43), DIVA: 24.96 (+0.16), SPXH: 30.53 (+0.32), SPHQ: 23.76 (+0.14), EQAL: 25.91 (+0.17), DOG: 22.65 (-0.21), SPXU: 34.08 (-0.91), SPGH: 55.14 (+1.19), SPXS: 18.42 (-0.48), PRF: 92.59 (+0.53), ERW: 54.77 (+0.55), DXD: 20.49 (-0.39), ALFA: 45.91 (+0.33), QQXT: 42.42 (+0.36), AGLS: 20.33 (-0.19), CSM: 102.67 (+0.97), HDG: 43.35 (+0.07), SPXL: 93.79 (+2.44), CHEP: 25.24 (unch), PHDG: 27.32 (+0.10), TNDQ: 40.39 (+0.33), SCHX: 50.69 (+0.43), RSP: 82.15 (+0.47), FTLS: 32.89 (+0.29), VALX: 26.66 (+0.31), VONE: 97.85 (+0.82), BTAL: 20.25 (unch), QQQE: 67.12 (+0.63), DDM: 139.89 (+2.56), SDS: 20.56 (-0.37), SPHB: 35.01 (+0.36), VQT: 151.20 (+1.04), PSQ: 56.05 (-0.41), TCHI: 26.54 (unch), SBUS: 25.46 (+0.21), EPS: 73.15 (+0.64), QAI: 30.15 (+0.15), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), QID: 34.94 (-0.49), SH: 21.08 (-0.19), VOO: 193.85 (+1.74), TRND: 40.58 (+0.28), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), ONEK: 99.56 (+0.39), TRNM: 36.52 (+0.25), EQL: 57.89 (+0.55), CSMN: 18.91 (+0.14), JKD: 124.23 (+1.12), EWRI: 52.55 (+0.27)
Protect Your Nest Egg: Use Low Volatility Strategies In Your Retirement Portfolio
Portfolio Management 101 - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 10:53AM CST
SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91)
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: 47.29 (+0.43), SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), SPUU: 147.23 (+2.56), SPHQ: 23.76 (+0.14), SDOW: 18.67 (-0.54), SPLX: 32.11 (+0.17), EQAL: 25.91 (+0.17), DOG: 22.65 (-0.21), SPXU: 34.08 (-0.91), CFO: 37.64 (+0.32), SPXS: 18.42 (-0.48), PRF: 92.59 (+0.53), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), EEH: 15.64 (+0.18), ERW: 54.77 (+0.55), DXD: 20.49 (-0.39), SQQQ: 24.71 (-0.55), QQXT: 42.42 (+0.36), SPXL: 93.79 (+2.44), LGLV: 74.32 (-0.41), RWL: 41.97 (+0.39), RSP: 82.15 (+0.47), SCHX: 50.69 (+0.43), SYE: 58.56 (unch), QQEW: 45.05 (+0.40), IVV: 212.85 (+1.86), VONE: 97.85 (+0.82), DDM: 139.89 (+2.56), QQQE: 67.12 (+0.63), IWB: 118.57 (+1.11), SDS: 20.56 (-0.37), MGC: 72.06 (+0.58), SPHB: 35.01 (+0.36), IWL: 47.90 (+0.38), PSQ: 56.05 (-0.41), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 26.35 (+0.11), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 112.21 (+2.28), SBUS: 25.46 (+0.21), UPRO: 141.67 (+3.65), FMK: 27.49 (+0.33), EPS: 73.15 (+0.64), OEF: 92.78 (+0.84), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), XLG: 143.07 (-0.13), QID: 34.94 (-0.49), SFLA: 159.00 (-21.57), CFA: 37.52 (+0.54), SH: 21.08 (-0.19), SSO: 134.65 (+2.34), QLD: 150.97 (+2.05), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 193.85 (+1.74), PXLC: 40.77 (+0.15), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), ONEK: 99.56 (+0.39), FWDD: 44.49 (+0.48), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 97.40 (+0.88), EQL: 57.89 (+0.55), UDOW: 148.21 (+3.86), EWRI: 52.55 (+0.27), JKD: 124.23 (+1.12)
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...
FEX: 47.29 (+0.43), SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), SPUU: 147.23 (+2.56), SPHQ: 23.76 (+0.14), SDOW: 18.67 (-0.54), SPLX: 32.11 (+0.17), EQAL: 25.91 (+0.17), DOG: 22.65 (-0.21), SPXU: 34.08 (-0.91), CFO: 37.64 (+0.32), SPXS: 18.42 (-0.48), PRF: 92.59 (+0.53), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), EEH: 15.64 (+0.18), ERW: 54.77 (+0.55), DXD: 20.49 (-0.39), SQQQ: 24.71 (-0.55), QQXT: 42.42 (+0.36), SPXL: 93.79 (+2.44), LGLV: 74.32 (-0.41), RWL: 41.97 (+0.39), RSP: 82.15 (+0.47), SCHX: 50.69 (+0.43), SYE: 58.56 (unch), QQEW: 45.05 (+0.40), IVV: 212.85 (+1.86), VONE: 97.85 (+0.82), DDM: 139.89 (+2.56), QQQE: 67.12 (+0.63), IWB: 118.57 (+1.11), SDS: 20.56 (-0.37), MGC: 72.06 (+0.58), SPHB: 35.01 (+0.36), IWL: 47.90 (+0.38), PSQ: 56.05 (-0.41), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 26.35 (+0.11), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 112.21 (+2.28), SBUS: 25.46 (+0.21), UPRO: 141.67 (+3.65), FMK: 27.49 (+0.33), EPS: 73.15 (+0.64), OEF: 92.78 (+0.84), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), XLG: 143.07 (-0.13), QID: 34.94 (-0.49), SFLA: 159.00 (-21.57), CFA: 37.52 (+0.54), SH: 21.08 (-0.19), SSO: 134.65 (+2.34), QLD: 150.97 (+2.05), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 193.85 (+1.74), PXLC: 40.77 (+0.15), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), ONEK: 99.56 (+0.39), FWDD: 44.49 (+0.48), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 97.40 (+0.88), EQL: 57.89 (+0.55), UDOW: 148.21 (+3.86), EWRI: 52.55 (+0.27), JKD: 124.23 (+1.12)
The ETF Retirement Portfolio Revisited
Joseph P. Porter - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 3:34PM CST
SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), IYLD: 25.97 (+0.20), MDIV: 21.32 (+0.18), AOM: 35.91 (+0.27), REM: 12.05 (+0.10), INKM: 32.97 (+0.34), PCEF: 23.78 (+0.10)
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: 47.29 (+0.43), SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), SPUU: 147.23 (+2.56), SPHQ: 23.76 (+0.14), SDOW: 18.67 (-0.54), SPLX: 32.11 (+0.17), EQAL: 25.91 (+0.17), DOG: 22.65 (-0.21), SPXU: 34.08 (-0.91), CFO: 37.64 (+0.32), SPXS: 18.42 (-0.48), PRF: 92.59 (+0.53), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), EEH: 15.64 (+0.18), ERW: 54.77 (+0.55), DXD: 20.49 (-0.39), SQQQ: 24.71 (-0.55), QQXT: 42.42 (+0.36), SPXL: 93.79 (+2.44), LGLV: 74.32 (-0.41), RWL: 41.97 (+0.39), RSP: 82.15 (+0.47), SCHX: 50.69 (+0.43), SYE: 58.56 (unch), QQEW: 45.05 (+0.40), IVV: 212.85 (+1.86), VONE: 97.85 (+0.82), DDM: 139.89 (+2.56), QQQE: 67.12 (+0.63), IWB: 118.57 (+1.11), SDS: 20.56 (-0.37), MGC: 72.06 (+0.58), SPHB: 35.01 (+0.36), IWL: 47.90 (+0.38), PSQ: 56.05 (-0.41), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), NY: 86.10 (+0.08), TQQQ: 112.21 (+2.28), UPRO: 141.67 (+3.65), FMK: 27.49 (+0.33), EPS: 73.15 (+0.64), OEF: 92.78 (+0.84), DIA: 180.96 (+1.30), XLG: 143.07 (-0.13), QID: 34.94 (-0.49), SFLA: 159.00 (-21.57), CFA: 37.52 (+0.54), SH: 21.08 (-0.19), SSO: 134.65 (+2.34), QLD: 150.97 (+2.05), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 193.85 (+1.74), PXLC: 40.77 (+0.15), QQQ: 108.53 (+0.45), ONEK: 99.56 (+0.39), FWDD: 44.49 (+0.48), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 97.40 (+0.88), EQL: 57.89 (+0.55), UDOW: 148.21 (+3.86), EWRI: 52.55 (+0.27), JKD: 124.23 (+1.12)
Buffett's Alpha Revisited
Ploutos - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jan 27, 7:29AM CST
SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), BRK.A: 218,300.00 (+300.00)
Fire Your Investment Manager: Ideas For An Ultra-Low Volatility Index Part V
Harry Long - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 26, 11:21AM CST
SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), TMF: 96.98 (+1.44)
Best ETFs 2015: Dividend, Low Volatility ETFs Rise
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Jan 20, 5:38PM CST
A choppy start to the stock market in January may hold a taste of what lies ahead for ETF investors in 2015. In a word, volatility. Analysts debated the causes: Was it tumbling oil prices? Or the poor outlook in Russia and Greece? Or the expectations...
SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), EDV: 132.00 (+0.92), WMT: 83.24 (+1.72), RWO: 50.80 (+0.91), HEDJ: 66.87 (+0.74), T: 33.23 (+0.03), FVD: 24.42 (+0.25), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), RWX: 44.05 (+0.69), SPHD: 32.94 (+0.40), DIV: 28.50 (+0.29), MCD: 97.05 (+1.07), PG: 84.74 (+1.36), CVX: 107.03 (+2.28), HEZU: 29.31 (+0.39), USMV: 41.93 (+0.33)
