SPDR DOW 30 ETF (DIA) 177.58 $DIA
U.S. Stocks Have Potential, but International Equities Are More Attractive
at The Street - 39 mins ago
David Joy, chief market strategist at Ameriprise Financial, says U.S. stocks could climb in the second half of the year, but he likes European and Japanese equities.
EWI: 14.80 (-0.18), EWG: 29.84 (-0.52), EWQ: 25.98 (-0.40), EWP: 34.78 (-0.25), DXJS: 33.97 (-0.18), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), TBT: 41.87 (-0.20), HEWG: 28.54 (-0.35), DXJ: 55.12 (-0.97), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), EWU: 18.01 (-0.31), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), EWGS: 39.41 (-0.62), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), XLF: 24.11 (-0.17), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46)
Health Care, Technology Stocks in Focus Going Into Quarter
at The Street - Tue Mar 31, 1:30PM CDT
The CNBC ‘Fast Money Halftime’ trading panel sizes up the market going into the next quarter.
EWI: 14.80 (-0.18), EWG: 29.84 (-0.52), FB: 82.21 (-0.98), EWQ: 25.98 (-0.40), EWP: 34.78 (-0.25), INTC: 31.27 (-0.19), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), TBT: 41.87 (-0.20), PCLN: 1,164.15 (+14.32), HEWG: 28.54 (-0.35), XLP: 48.74 (-0.46), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), IBM: 160.50 (-2.17), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), XLK: 41.44 (-0.43), EWGS: 39.41 (-0.62), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), TWTR: 50.08 (+0.19), SNDK: 63.62 (-1.36), CSCO: 27.52 (-0.13)
How Much Of A Correction Do We Really Need?
Elite Wealth Management - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 1:14PM CDT
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
The Global Deflation Trap
Zoltan Ban - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 10:14AM CDT
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), UDN: 21.49 (-0.08), UUP: 25.90 (+0.04)
Q1 Ends, Data Begins - Ahead of Wall Street
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Mar 31, 9:04AM CDT
The near-continuous lowering of global oil prices, along with a strengthening of the U.S. dollar shall have manifested themselves into lower earnings per share as earnings reports flow through starting over the new few weeks.
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81)
Good Economic News And Bad Economic Models
Nadex - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 9:04AM CDT
By Vikram Rangala After what may be the last big snow of this winter, downtown Chicago is sunny and the streets around the Sears Tower and Nadex's building, 311 South Wacker, are glossy with melting slush. It seems to reflect the economic news out...
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IYR: 79.32 (-0.58), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
Daily State Of The Markets: Wait... Did He Really Say QE?
David Moenning - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 7:44AM CDT
To be sure, the current stock market seems to have little memory from one day to the next. This is evidenced by the fact that Monday's gain marked the first time since February 17 that the S&P 500 managed to put in back-to-back gains over even a...
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
Durable Goods Orders Decline 1.4% In February
Louis Navellier - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 7:36AM CDT
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that cash is fleeing the euro-zone in the wake of the euro falling 22% relative to the U.S. dollar (i.e., from $1.39 to $1.08) in less than a year. The divergence of monetary policy between the European...
USO: 16.84 (-0.39), VGK: 54.22 (-0.90), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), OIL: 10.05 (-0.22), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), EU: 20.54 (-0.08)
Strong Dollar Hurts Profit Forecasts In Long Term
Orit Nathan Mahalal - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 7:00AM CDT
BIIB: 422.24 (-9.38), ABX: 10.96 (-0.18), FB: 82.21 (-0.98), IBB: 343.43 (-7.89), GOOG: 548.00 (-4.03), UUP: 25.90 (+0.04), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), KGC: 2.24 (-0.05), GLD: 113.66 (-0.09), ALXN: 173.30 (-6.96), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), XLK: 41.44 (-0.43), GOOGL: 554.70 (-6.44), FXE: 105.71 (-0.61), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), MSFT: 40.65 (-0.31), AAPL: 124.43 (-1.94), REGN: 451.48 (-8.30), GG: 18.12 (-0.07)
Stock futures down 0.5% ahead of the open
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 6:08AM CDT
SPUU: 141.61 (-2.57), SPLX: 31.76 (+0.67), TQQQ: 102.99 (-3.29), SDOW: 19.71 (+0.59), DOG: 23.05 (+0.23), SPXU: 35.99 (+0.92), UPRO: 133.46 (-3.56), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), EPS: 71.58 (-0.52), DXD: 21.26 (+0.43), QQXT: 41.44 (-0.37), SQQQ: 26.76 (+0.84), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), SPXL: 88.44 (-2.36), QID: 36.86 (+0.78), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.45 (-0.26), RSP: 81.05 (-0.56), SH: 21.46 (+0.19), SSO: 129.30 (-2.34), QQEW: 43.80 (-0.43), IVV: 207.83 (-1.79), QQQE: 65.30 (-0.53), DDM: 134.00 (-2.96), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 142.55 (-3.35), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), PSQ: 57.55 (+0.59), UDOW: 139.66 (-4.56)
U.S. Market Review: Q12015
David Kotok - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 5:58AM CDT
By David R. Kotok, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer During the first quarter of 2015, US stock markets were buffeted by two substantial shocks. The buffeting continues into the second quarter. The first shock involved the Energy sector and...
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81)
Why Passive Investors Always Get The 'Right' Price
Betterment - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 5:05AM CDT
Market expectations are typically already factored into market prices, so passive investors don't have to try to make predictions in an unpredictable environment. If you're even a casual observer of the markets, you've probably noticed scenarios...
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81)
Stock Market May Be Overpriced Due To Consumer Weakness
Power Hedge - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 4:57AM CDT
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
Tomorrow Begins The Best Market Month Of The Year
Louis Navellier - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 2:36AM CDT
By Gary Alexander "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb." - Thomas Fuller in Gnomologia , 1732 March came in like a lion - with a record-high Dow and S&P 500 set on March 2. NASDAQ peaked on March 20 (at 5026.42),...
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81)
Up The Down Staircase: 5 Indicators To Measure How QE Affected The External Finance Premium
The Motley Monetarist - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 2:35AM CDT
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
Federal Arbitrage: GSEs Undermine Yellen's Ability To Control Fed Funds Rate
Celan Bryant - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 2:20AM CDT
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
Yellen's Becoming More Aggressive On Fed Funds Rate Hike
Celan Bryant - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 2:04AM CDT
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
Secular Bull Market
Jeffrey Saut - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 1:08AM CDT
Everything investors have learned since the last secular bull market. (This page intentionally left blank) I was on a speaking tour last week in Alabama. On Monday I was in Montgomery for a dinner event. Tuesday was a lunch at Birmingham's Bottega,...
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81)
Econ Wrap-Up: Personal Income, Pending Home Sales, Dallas Fed
Wall Street Strategies - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 30, 9:47PM CDT
By Jennifer Coombs U.S. personal income for February was noted as being mostly in line with consensus, posting a gain of 0.4%, above expectations of 0.3%. Consumer spending also increased by 0.1% while the savings rate jumped to 5.8% versus the...
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), XHB: 36.86 (+0.01), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81)
U.S. Stocks Have Potential, but International Equities Are More Attractive
at The Street - 39 mins ago
David Joy, chief market strategist at Ameriprise Financial, says U.S. stocks could climb in the second half of the year, but he likes European and Japanese equities.
EWI: 14.80 (-0.18), EWG: 29.84 (-0.52), EWQ: 25.98 (-0.40), EWP: 34.78 (-0.25), DXJS: 33.97 (-0.18), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), TBT: 41.87 (-0.20), HEWG: 28.54 (-0.35), DXJ: 55.12 (-0.97), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), EWU: 18.01 (-0.31), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), EWGS: 39.41 (-0.62), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), XLF: 24.11 (-0.17), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46)
Health Care, Technology Stocks in Focus Going Into Quarter
at The Street - Tue Mar 31, 1:30PM CDT
The CNBC ‘Fast Money Halftime’ trading panel sizes up the market going into the next quarter.
EWI: 14.80 (-0.18), EWG: 29.84 (-0.52), FB: 82.21 (-0.98), EWQ: 25.98 (-0.40), EWP: 34.78 (-0.25), INTC: 31.27 (-0.19), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), TBT: 41.87 (-0.20), PCLN: 1,164.15 (+14.32), HEWG: 28.54 (-0.35), XLP: 48.74 (-0.46), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), IBM: 160.50 (-2.17), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), XLK: 41.44 (-0.43), EWGS: 39.41 (-0.62), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), TWTR: 50.08 (+0.19), SNDK: 63.62 (-1.36), CSCO: 27.52 (-0.13)
How Much Of A Correction Do We Really Need?
Elite Wealth Management - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 1:14PM CDT
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
The Global Deflation Trap
Zoltan Ban - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 10:14AM CDT
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), UDN: 21.49 (-0.08), UUP: 25.90 (+0.04)
Q1 Ends, Data Begins - Ahead of Wall Street
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Mar 31, 9:04AM CDT
The near-continuous lowering of global oil prices, along with a strengthening of the U.S. dollar shall have manifested themselves into lower earnings per share as earnings reports flow through starting over the new few weeks.
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81)
Good Economic News And Bad Economic Models
Nadex - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 9:04AM CDT
By Vikram Rangala After what may be the last big snow of this winter, downtown Chicago is sunny and the streets around the Sears Tower and Nadex's building, 311 South Wacker, are glossy with melting slush. It seems to reflect the economic news out...
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IYR: 79.32 (-0.58), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
Daily State Of The Markets: Wait... Did He Really Say QE?
David Moenning - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 7:44AM CDT
To be sure, the current stock market seems to have little memory from one day to the next. This is evidenced by the fact that Monday's gain marked the first time since February 17 that the S&P 500 managed to put in back-to-back gains over even a...
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
Durable Goods Orders Decline 1.4% In February
Louis Navellier - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 7:36AM CDT
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that cash is fleeing the euro-zone in the wake of the euro falling 22% relative to the U.S. dollar (i.e., from $1.39 to $1.08) in less than a year. The divergence of monetary policy between the European...
USO: 16.84 (-0.39), VGK: 54.22 (-0.90), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), OIL: 10.05 (-0.22), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), EU: 20.54 (-0.08)
Strong Dollar Hurts Profit Forecasts In Long Term
Orit Nathan Mahalal - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 7:00AM CDT
BIIB: 422.24 (-9.38), ABX: 10.96 (-0.18), FB: 82.21 (-0.98), IBB: 343.43 (-7.89), GOOG: 548.00 (-4.03), UUP: 25.90 (+0.04), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), KGC: 2.24 (-0.05), GLD: 113.66 (-0.09), ALXN: 173.30 (-6.96), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), XLK: 41.44 (-0.43), GOOGL: 554.70 (-6.44), FXE: 105.71 (-0.61), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), MSFT: 40.65 (-0.31), AAPL: 124.43 (-1.94), REGN: 451.48 (-8.30), GG: 18.12 (-0.07)
Stock futures down 0.5% ahead of the open
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 6:08AM CDT
SPUU: 141.61 (-2.57), SPLX: 31.76 (+0.67), TQQQ: 102.99 (-3.29), SDOW: 19.71 (+0.59), DOG: 23.05 (+0.23), SPXU: 35.99 (+0.92), UPRO: 133.46 (-3.56), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), EPS: 71.58 (-0.52), DXD: 21.26 (+0.43), QQXT: 41.44 (-0.37), SQQQ: 26.76 (+0.84), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), SPXL: 88.44 (-2.36), QID: 36.86 (+0.78), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.45 (-0.26), RSP: 81.05 (-0.56), SH: 21.46 (+0.19), SSO: 129.30 (-2.34), QQEW: 43.80 (-0.43), IVV: 207.83 (-1.79), QQQE: 65.30 (-0.53), DDM: 134.00 (-2.96), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 142.55 (-3.35), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), PSQ: 57.55 (+0.59), UDOW: 139.66 (-4.56)
U.S. Market Review: Q12015
David Kotok - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 5:58AM CDT
By David R. Kotok, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer During the first quarter of 2015, US stock markets were buffeted by two substantial shocks. The buffeting continues into the second quarter. The first shock involved the Energy sector and...
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81)
Why Passive Investors Always Get The 'Right' Price
Betterment - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 5:05AM CDT
Market expectations are typically already factored into market prices, so passive investors don't have to try to make predictions in an unpredictable environment. If you're even a casual observer of the markets, you've probably noticed scenarios...
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81)
Stock Market May Be Overpriced Due To Consumer Weakness
Power Hedge - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 4:57AM CDT
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
Tomorrow Begins The Best Market Month Of The Year
Louis Navellier - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 2:36AM CDT
By Gary Alexander "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb." - Thomas Fuller in Gnomologia , 1732 March came in like a lion - with a record-high Dow and S&P 500 set on March 2. NASDAQ peaked on March 20 (at 5026.42),...
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81)
Up The Down Staircase: 5 Indicators To Measure How QE Affected The External Finance Premium
The Motley Monetarist - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 2:35AM CDT
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
Federal Arbitrage: GSEs Undermine Yellen's Ability To Control Fed Funds Rate
Celan Bryant - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 2:20AM CDT
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
Yellen's Becoming More Aggressive On Fed Funds Rate Hike
Celan Bryant - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 2:04AM CDT
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
Secular Bull Market
Jeffrey Saut - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 1:08AM CDT
Everything investors have learned since the last secular bull market. (This page intentionally left blank) I was on a speaking tour last week in Alabama. On Monday I was in Montgomery for a dinner event. Tuesday was a lunch at Birmingham's Bottega,...
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81)
Econ Wrap-Up: Personal Income, Pending Home Sales, Dallas Fed
Wall Street Strategies - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 30, 9:47PM CDT
By Jennifer Coombs U.S. personal income for February was noted as being mostly in line with consensus, posting a gain of 0.4%, above expectations of 0.3%. Consumer spending also increased by 0.1% while the savings rate jumped to 5.8% versus the...
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), XHB: 36.86 (+0.01), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81)
