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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...
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...
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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”...
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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...
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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: 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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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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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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5 Must-Have ETFs for 2015 - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - ZACKS - Mon Jan 05, 12:00PM CST
Look at the five ETFs that could return huge profits in 2015.
VFH: 50.46 (+0.70), VO: 130.27 (+1.11), VIG: 82.22 (+0.61), XLG: 143.07 (-0.13), XLV: 74.90 (+0.33)
XLG Doesn't Belong On The Efficient Frontier, I Can Name 3 Superior ETFs
ColoradoWealthManagementFund - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 11:37PM CST
SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), XLG: 143.07 (-0.13), SCHD: 40.17 (+0.40), SCHV: 44.24 (+0.43)
NYSE Margin Debt Climbs In November: Risk Rank At No. 22
J.J. McGrath - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 12:24PM CST
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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...
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Dividend Payers Return Trailing Non-Payers Through November
David I. Templeton, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 07, 11:58AM CST
One aspect of the investing climate in 2014, due to the Fed's low interest rate policy, has been investor interest in dividend-yielding equities. Finding dividend payers from companies that comprise the S&P 500 Index has become less difficult...
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The Messages From Equity Prices
Evariste Lefeuvre - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 18, 12:27PM CST
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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...
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The Stock Market And The US Economy: Where Are They Going? Up!
John M. Mason - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Oct 31, 1:11PM CDT
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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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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...
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”...
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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)
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)
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,...
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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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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)
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...
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), AA: 12.97 (+0.01), 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)
5 Must-Have ETFs for 2015 - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - ZACKS - Mon Jan 05, 12:00PM CST
Look at the five ETFs that could return huge profits in 2015.
VFH: 50.46 (+0.70), VO: 130.27 (+1.11), VIG: 82.22 (+0.61), XLG: 143.07 (-0.13), XLV: 74.90 (+0.33)
XLG Doesn't Belong On The Efficient Frontier, I Can Name 3 Superior ETFs
ColoradoWealthManagementFund - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 30, 11:37PM CST
SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), SPLV: 38.46 (+0.44), XLG: 143.07 (-0.13), SCHD: 40.17 (+0.40), SCHV: 44.24 (+0.43)
NYSE Margin Debt Climbs In November: Risk Rank At No. 22
J.J. McGrath - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 22, 12:24PM CST
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), 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)
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: 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), 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)
Dividend Payers Return Trailing Non-Payers Through November
David I. Templeton, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Sun Dec 07, 11:58AM CST
One aspect of the investing climate in 2014, due to the Fed's low interest rate policy, has been investor interest in dividend-yielding equities. Finding dividend payers from companies that comprise the S&P 500 Index has become less difficult...
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The Messages From Equity Prices
Evariste Lefeuvre - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Nov 18, 12:27PM CST
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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: 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), 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)
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: 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), 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)
