Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) 124.37 $IWM
Strong Labor Market Could Drive Better Economic Results
at The Street - 17 mins ago
Russell Price, senior economist for Ameriprise Financial, says the weather and strong dollar helped weigh down economic data, but an improving labor market and lower gas prices could help.
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), TBT: 41.87 (-0.20)
U.S. Stocks Have Potential, but International Equities Are More Attractive
at The Street - 1 hr 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)
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)
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 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)
'Fast Money' Recap: A Stock Rally With 'Window Dressing'
at The Street - Tue Mar 31, 4:00AM CDT
The trading panel discussed volatility, GoPro and biotech stocks.
TSLA: 188.77 (-1.80), GPRO: 43.41 (-0.17), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), GILD: 98.13 (-2.56), C: 51.52 (-0.12), IBB: 343.43 (-7.89), AMGN: 159.85 (-4.45), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), IYT: 156.62 (-0.84), INTC: 31.27 (-0.19), CELG: 115.28 (-4.74)
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)
Defensive Sectors Lead Hesitant Market, But Traders Honor Long-Standing Bullish Support
Scott Martindale - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 12:12AM CDT
Last week, the major indexes fell back below round-number thresholds that had taken a lot of effort to eclipse. There has been an ongoing ebb-and-flow of capital between risk-on and risk-off, including high sector correlations, which is far from...
VRX: 198.62 (-2.76), BMRN: 124.62 (-4.51), QABA: 36.60 (-0.15), OZRK: 36.93 (-0.55), MDVN: 129.07 (-4.87), IYZ: 30.22 (-0.41), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), IDU: 111.76 (-0.05), IYW: 104.96 (-0.94), IYK: 105.55 (-0.51), IYJ: 107.87 (-0.77), IYH: 154.32 (-2.24), SWKS: 98.29 (-1.84), WAL: 29.64 (+0.01), FBT: 118.23 (-2.67), IYM: 81.90 (-0.63), IYC: 144.20 (-0.74), NXPI: 100.36 (-2.07), IYF: 89.05 (-0.48), IYE: 43.60 (-0.35), TSO: 91.29 (+0.14), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), FONE: 40.20 (-0.50), FSL: 40.76 (-0.72), AVGO: 126.98 (-3.57), SLCA: 35.61 (+0.45)
Potential Chinese Stimulus Boosting Stocks, Consolidation in Food Industry to Continue
at The Street - Mon Mar 30, 3:25PM CDT
The CNBC 'Fast Money Halftime' traders meet with leaders at the Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Alternatives Conference in New York City to discuss different strategies.
EWI: 14.80 (-0.18), RH: 99.19 (+0.12), EWG: 29.84 (-0.52), NKE: 100.33 (-0.56), GREK: 11.02 (+0.05), DKS: 56.99 (-0.95), EWQ: 25.98 (-0.40), EWP: 34.78 (-0.25), KRFT: 87.11 (-3.50), DXJS: 33.97 (-0.18), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), TBT: 41.87 (-0.20), FINL: 24.52 (-0.22), SJM: 115.73 (-1.40), HEWG: 28.54 (-0.35), DXJ: 55.12 (-0.97), UA: 80.75 (+0.84), 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), FL: 63.00 (-0.61), FXI: 44.40 (-0.34)
John Hussman: Eating Our Seed Corn: The Causes Of U.S. Economic Stagnation, And The Way Forward
John Hussman - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 30, 1:56PM CDT
Excerpt from the Hussman Funds' Weekly Market Comment (3/30/15): What raises both real wages and employment simultaneously is economic policy that focuses on productive investment – both public and private; on education; on...
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
'QE Will Permanently Impair Living Standards For Generations To Come'
Shareholders Unite - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 30, 1:03PM CDT
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
Stocks See Relief Rally As Geopolitically Risky Weekend Passes - What's Next?
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 30, 12:32PM CDT
VTI: 107.25 (-0.98), USO: 16.84 (-0.39), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), VXX: 25.63 (+0.67), GLD: 113.66 (-0.09), OIL: 10.05 (-0.22), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), PHYS: 9.78 (-0.01), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), UUP: 25.90 (+0.04)
Wake Me Up When The Second Half Of 2015 Begins
Bret Jensen - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 30, 10:57AM CDT
TSLA: 188.77 (-1.80), SHAK: 50.05 (+0.43), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), MCD: 97.44 (-0.44), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
Daily State Of The Markets: It's All About, Well...
David Moenning - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 30, 8:34AM CDT
If you've been paying attention, it should come as no surprise to learn that US equities continued to remain under pressure last week. For those keeping score at home, take note that the S&P 500 suffered the second largest weekly pullback of 2015...
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
Strong Labor Market Could Drive Better Economic Results
at The Street - 17 mins ago
Russell Price, senior economist for Ameriprise Financial, says the weather and strong dollar helped weigh down economic data, but an improving labor market and lower gas prices could help.
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), TBT: 41.87 (-0.20)
U.S. Stocks Have Potential, but International Equities Are More Attractive
at The Street - 1 hr 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)
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)
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 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)
'Fast Money' Recap: A Stock Rally With 'Window Dressing'
at The Street - Tue Mar 31, 4:00AM CDT
The trading panel discussed volatility, GoPro and biotech stocks.
TSLA: 188.77 (-1.80), GPRO: 43.41 (-0.17), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), GILD: 98.13 (-2.56), C: 51.52 (-0.12), IBB: 343.43 (-7.89), AMGN: 159.85 (-4.45), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), IYT: 156.62 (-0.84), INTC: 31.27 (-0.19), CELG: 115.28 (-4.74)
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)
Defensive Sectors Lead Hesitant Market, But Traders Honor Long-Standing Bullish Support
Scott Martindale - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 31, 12:12AM CDT
Last week, the major indexes fell back below round-number thresholds that had taken a lot of effort to eclipse. There has been an ongoing ebb-and-flow of capital between risk-on and risk-off, including high sector correlations, which is far from...
VRX: 198.62 (-2.76), BMRN: 124.62 (-4.51), QABA: 36.60 (-0.15), OZRK: 36.93 (-0.55), MDVN: 129.07 (-4.87), IYZ: 30.22 (-0.41), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), IDU: 111.76 (-0.05), IYW: 104.96 (-0.94), IYK: 105.55 (-0.51), IYJ: 107.87 (-0.77), IYH: 154.32 (-2.24), SWKS: 98.29 (-1.84), WAL: 29.64 (+0.01), FBT: 118.23 (-2.67), IYM: 81.90 (-0.63), IYC: 144.20 (-0.74), NXPI: 100.36 (-2.07), IYF: 89.05 (-0.48), IYE: 43.60 (-0.35), TSO: 91.29 (+0.14), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), FONE: 40.20 (-0.50), FSL: 40.76 (-0.72), AVGO: 126.98 (-3.57), SLCA: 35.61 (+0.45)
Potential Chinese Stimulus Boosting Stocks, Consolidation in Food Industry to Continue
at The Street - Mon Mar 30, 3:25PM CDT
The CNBC 'Fast Money Halftime' traders meet with leaders at the Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Alternatives Conference in New York City to discuss different strategies.
EWI: 14.80 (-0.18), RH: 99.19 (+0.12), EWG: 29.84 (-0.52), NKE: 100.33 (-0.56), GREK: 11.02 (+0.05), DKS: 56.99 (-0.95), EWQ: 25.98 (-0.40), EWP: 34.78 (-0.25), KRFT: 87.11 (-3.50), DXJS: 33.97 (-0.18), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), TBT: 41.87 (-0.20), FINL: 24.52 (-0.22), SJM: 115.73 (-1.40), HEWG: 28.54 (-0.35), DXJ: 55.12 (-0.97), UA: 80.75 (+0.84), 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), FL: 63.00 (-0.61), FXI: 44.40 (-0.34)
John Hussman: Eating Our Seed Corn: The Causes Of U.S. Economic Stagnation, And The Way Forward
John Hussman - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 30, 1:56PM CDT
Excerpt from the Hussman Funds' Weekly Market Comment (3/30/15): What raises both real wages and employment simultaneously is economic policy that focuses on productive investment – both public and private; on education; on...
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
'QE Will Permanently Impair Living Standards For Generations To Come'
Shareholders Unite - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 30, 1:03PM CDT
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
Stocks See Relief Rally As Geopolitically Risky Weekend Passes - What's Next?
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 30, 12:32PM CDT
VTI: 107.25 (-0.98), USO: 16.84 (-0.39), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), VXX: 25.63 (+0.67), GLD: 113.66 (-0.09), OIL: 10.05 (-0.22), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), PHYS: 9.78 (-0.01), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), UUP: 25.90 (+0.04)
Wake Me Up When The Second Half Of 2015 Begins
Bret Jensen - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 30, 10:57AM CDT
TSLA: 188.77 (-1.80), SHAK: 50.05 (+0.43), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), MCD: 97.44 (-0.44), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
Daily State Of The Markets: It's All About, Well...
David Moenning - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 30, 8:34AM CDT
If you've been paying attention, it should come as no surprise to learn that US equities continued to remain under pressure last week. For those keeping score at home, take note that the S&P 500 suffered the second largest weekly pullback of 2015...
SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
