Short S&P 500 Proshares (SH) 21.46 $SH
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)
Why The Mania Is Getting Scary- Central Bankers Are Running A Doomsday Machine
David Stockman - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 30, 4:36PM CDT
I f you need evidence that we are in the midst of a lunatic financial mania, just consider this summary from a Marketwatch commentator as to why markets are ripping higher this morning: “The dovish comments from both Fed Chairwoman Janet...
FEX: 46.58 (-0.33), SPLV: 37.93 (-0.28), SPUU: 141.61 (-2.57), SPHQ: 23.46 (-0.17), SDOW: 19.71 (+0.59), SPLX: 31.76 (+0.67), EQAL: 25.66 (-0.19), DOG: 23.05 (+0.23), SPXU: 35.99 (+0.92), CFO: 37.20 (-0.19), SPXS: 19.43 (+0.51), PRF: 91.31 (-0.68), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), EEH: 15.31 (-0.08), ERW: 54.77 (+0.55), DXD: 21.26 (+0.43), SQQQ: 26.76 (+0.84), QQXT: 41.44 (-0.37), SPXL: 88.44 (-2.36), LGLV: 74.00 (-0.41), RWL: 41.45 (-0.26), RSP: 81.05 (-0.56), SCHX: 49.57 (-0.38), SYE: 58.00 (-0.66), QQEW: 43.80 (-0.43), IVV: 207.83 (-1.79), VONE: 95.75 (-0.81), DDM: 134.00 (-2.96), QQQE: 65.30 (-0.53), IWB: 115.85 (-1.01), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), MGC: 70.36 (-0.61), SPHB: 34.30 (-0.27), IWL: 46.75 (-0.41), PSQ: 57.55 (+0.59), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 25.98 (+0.42), TQQQ: 102.99 (-3.29), SBUS: 25.48 (+0.39), UPRO: 133.46 (-3.56), FMK: 27.00 (-0.14), EPS: 71.58 (-0.52), OEF: 90.26 (-0.88), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), XLG: 140.33 (-1.16), QID: 36.86 (+0.78), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 37.30 (-0.10), SH: 21.46 (+0.19), SSO: 129.30 (-2.34), QLD: 142.55 (-3.35), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), PXLC: 40.30 (-0.23), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), ONEK: 98.15 (+1.00), FWDD: 43.78 (-0.12), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 95.20 (-0.75), EQL: 56.81 (-0.40), UDOW: 139.66 (-4.56), EWRI: 52.09 (-0.34), JKD: 121.34 (-0.97)
Stocks set to start week in the green
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 30, 6:29AM 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)
Weighing The Week Ahead: Time For An Economic Spring Thaw?
Jeff Miller - Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 29, 12:57AM CDT
In the absence of real data it is easy and tempting to speculate. Unlike last week, the week ahead features an avalanche of data - more in both quantity and importance than we have seen in a month. With some recent significant reports showing...
IBB: 343.43 (-7.89), 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), QLD: 142.55 (-3.35), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), PSQ: 57.55 (+0.59), UDOW: 139.66 (-4.56)
S&P 500 Weekly Earnings Update: Industrial Sector Revisions Positive In Q1 2015
Brian Gilmartin, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Mar 28, 12:47PM CDT
By the numbers: Forward 4-quarter S&P 500 earnings estimate: $119.96 versus $119.38 from last week, the first sequential increase in the S&P 500's forward estimate since early January '15 PE ratio: 17(x) PEG ratio: 28(x) S&P...
SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.45 (-0.26), RSP: 81.05 (-0.56), SH: 21.46 (+0.19), SSO: 129.30 (-2.34), SPUU: 141.61 (-2.57), IVV: 207.83 (-1.79), SPLX: 31.76 (+0.67), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), SPXU: 35.99 (+0.92), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), UPRO: 133.46 (-3.56), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), EPS: 71.58 (-0.52), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), SPXL: 88.44 (-2.36)
Corporate Profits Are Still Very Impressive
Calafia Beach Pundit - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Mar 28, 5:38AM CDT
With today's release of the latest Q4/14 GDP estimate, we learn that corporate profits - despite the damage suffered by energy-related companies from the plunge in oil prices in the second half of last year - were still quite impressive: $1.84...
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)
Retail Investors Find Opportunity Amidst An Overall Bearish Sentiment
Nicole Sherrod - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 27, 11:36AM CDT
FEX: 46.58 (-0.33), SPLV: 37.93 (-0.28), SPUU: 141.61 (-2.57), SPHQ: 23.46 (-0.17), SPLX: 31.76 (+0.67), SDOW: 19.71 (+0.59), EQAL: 25.66 (-0.19), DOG: 23.05 (+0.23), SPXU: 35.99 (+0.92), CFO: 37.20 (-0.19), SPXS: 19.43 (+0.51), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), PRF: 91.31 (-0.68), EEH: 15.31 (-0.08), ERW: 54.77 (+0.55), DXD: 21.26 (+0.43), QQXT: 41.44 (-0.37), SQQQ: 26.76 (+0.84), SPXL: 88.44 (-2.36), LGLV: 74.00 (-0.41), RWL: 41.45 (-0.26), RSP: 81.05 (-0.56), SCHX: 49.57 (-0.38), SYE: 58.00 (-0.66), FB: 82.21 (-0.98), HAL: 43.88 (+0.06), QQEW: 43.80 (-0.43), IVV: 207.83 (-1.79), VONE: 95.75 (-0.81), DDM: 134.00 (-2.96), QQQE: 65.30 (-0.53), IWB: 115.85 (-1.01), AA: 12.92 (-0.04), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), MGC: 70.36 (-0.61), PAAS: 8.77 (-0.16), SPHB: 34.30 (-0.27), IWL: 46.75 (-0.41), PSQ: 57.55 (+0.59), SHW: 284.50 (+0.26), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 25.98 (+0.42), TQQQ: 102.99 (-3.29), SBUS: 25.48 (+0.39), SBUX: 94.70 (-1.28), UPRO: 133.46 (-3.56), FMK: 27.00 (-0.14), EPS: 71.58 (-0.52), OEF: 90.26 (-0.88), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), AAPL: 124.43 (-1.94), XLG: 140.33 (-1.16), QID: 36.86 (+0.78), TRW: 104.85 (-0.05), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 37.30 (-0.10), SH: 21.46 (+0.19), SSO: 129.30 (-2.34), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 142.55 (-3.35), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), PXLC: 40.30 (-0.23), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), ONEK: 98.15 (+1.00), FWDD: 43.78 (-0.12), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), EQL: 56.81 (-0.40), VV: 95.20 (-0.75), UDOW: 139.66 (-4.56), EWRI: 52.09 (-0.34), JKD: 121.34 (-0.97)
Fed Statistical Elephant Tracks?
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 27, 7:36AM CDT
HYG: 90.61 (-0.11), RWL: 41.45 (-0.26), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), SH: 21.46 (+0.19), IEF: 108.39 (+0.28), UUPT: 29.72 (-0.06), SPUU: 141.61 (-2.57), IVV: 207.83 (-1.79), UUP: 25.90 (+0.04), SPLX: 31.76 (+0.67), SPXU: 35.99 (+0.92), JNK: 39.22 (-0.01), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), UPRO: 133.46 (-3.56), EPS: 71.58 (-0.52), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), LQD: 121.71 (+0.22), CORP: 104.17 (-0.12), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), SPXL: 88.44 (-2.36), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
Futures edge lower
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 27, 6:13AM 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)
How Do Q1'15 S&P 500 Pre-Announcements Compare To 2014, In Particular Q1'14
Brian Gilmartin, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 27, 4:15AM CDT
After reading a tweet from someone on my Twitter feed, who thought the market was due for a nasty correction based on the number of excessive pre-announcements from S&P 500 components, I decided to pull out some of my historical This Week in...
SPUU: 141.61 (-2.57), VOOG: 102.12 (-0.98), SPLX: 31.76 (+0.67), SPXU: 35.99 (+0.92), UPRO: 133.46 (-3.56), FTA: 43.75 (-0.23), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), EPS: 71.58 (-0.52), IVE: 92.56 (-0.66), SPXL: 88.44 (-2.36), RWL: 41.45 (-0.26), SPYG: 98.59 (-0.94), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RSP: 81.05 (-0.56), SH: 21.46 (+0.19), SSO: 129.30 (-2.34), IVV: 207.83 (-1.79), RPV: 53.99 (-0.24), IVW: 113.95 (-1.10), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), SPYV: 100.42 (-0.78), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VOOV: 89.14 (-0.59), RPG: 83.08 (-0.71)
The Bottom's Not In----Why This Market Is Dumber Than A Mule
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 26, 5:34PM CDT
They were trying to put in a bottom—–again! The sell-off earlier this week amounted to the sixth sizeable “dip” since November 20—-so the market’s ingrained reflex was back at work all afternoon, trying to scoop up...
FEX: 46.58 (-0.33), SPLV: 37.93 (-0.28), SPUU: 141.61 (-2.57), SPHQ: 23.46 (-0.17), SDOW: 19.71 (+0.59), SPLX: 31.76 (+0.67), EQAL: 25.66 (-0.19), DOG: 23.05 (+0.23), SPXU: 35.99 (+0.92), CFO: 37.20 (-0.19), SPXS: 19.43 (+0.51), PRF: 91.31 (-0.68), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), EEH: 15.31 (-0.08), ERW: 54.77 (+0.55), DXD: 21.26 (+0.43), SQQQ: 26.76 (+0.84), QQXT: 41.44 (-0.37), SPXL: 88.44 (-2.36), LGLV: 74.00 (-0.41), RWL: 41.45 (-0.26), RSP: 81.05 (-0.56), SCHX: 49.57 (-0.38), SYE: 58.00 (-0.66), QQEW: 43.80 (-0.43), IVV: 207.83 (-1.79), VONE: 95.75 (-0.81), DDM: 134.00 (-2.96), QQQE: 65.30 (-0.53), IWB: 115.85 (-1.01), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), MGC: 70.36 (-0.61), SPHB: 34.30 (-0.27), IWL: 46.75 (-0.41), PSQ: 57.55 (+0.59), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 25.98 (+0.42), TQQQ: 102.99 (-3.29), SBUS: 25.48 (+0.39), UPRO: 133.46 (-3.56), FMK: 27.00 (-0.14), EPS: 71.58 (-0.52), OEF: 90.26 (-0.88), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), XLG: 140.33 (-1.16), QID: 36.86 (+0.78), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 37.30 (-0.10), SH: 21.46 (+0.19), SSO: 129.30 (-2.34), QLD: 142.55 (-3.35), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), PXLC: 40.30 (-0.23), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), ONEK: 98.15 (+1.00), FWDD: 43.78 (-0.12), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 95.20 (-0.75), EQL: 56.81 (-0.40), UDOW: 139.66 (-4.56), EWRI: 52.09 (-0.34), JKD: 121.34 (-0.97)
Stocks set for more losses at the open
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 26, 6:27AM 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)
S&P 500 Earnings Preview For Q1 2015 - Beware Of The Imminent Decline
Stephen Aniston - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 26, 1:45AM CDT
SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.45 (-0.26), RSP: 81.05 (-0.56), SH: 21.46 (+0.19), SSO: 129.30 (-2.34), SPUU: 141.61 (-2.57), IVV: 207.83 (-1.79), SPLX: 31.76 (+0.67), SPXU: 35.99 (+0.92), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), UPRO: 133.46 (-3.56), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), EPS: 71.58 (-0.52), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), SPXL: 88.44 (-2.36)
Some Folks At The Fed Are Lost - No Juice To The Macros, Part 1
David Stockman - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 25, 10:14AM CDT
Yesterday we demonstrated that stock market valuations are not merely “on the high side” as Janet Yellen averred last week. Instead, they are positively in the nose-bleed section of history. You don’t get the Russell 2000 trading...
FEX: 46.58 (-0.33), SPLV: 37.93 (-0.28), SPUU: 141.61 (-2.57), SPHQ: 23.46 (-0.17), SDOW: 19.71 (+0.59), SPLX: 31.76 (+0.67), EQAL: 25.66 (-0.19), DOG: 23.05 (+0.23), SPXU: 35.99 (+0.92), CFO: 37.20 (-0.19), SPXS: 19.43 (+0.51), PRF: 91.31 (-0.68), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), EEH: 15.31 (-0.08), ERW: 54.77 (+0.55), DXD: 21.26 (+0.43), SQQQ: 26.76 (+0.84), QQXT: 41.44 (-0.37), SPXL: 88.44 (-2.36), LGLV: 74.00 (-0.41), RWL: 41.45 (-0.26), RSP: 81.05 (-0.56), SCHX: 49.57 (-0.38), SYE: 58.00 (-0.66), QQEW: 43.80 (-0.43), IVV: 207.83 (-1.79), VONE: 95.75 (-0.81), DDM: 134.00 (-2.96), QQQE: 65.30 (-0.53), IWB: 115.85 (-1.01), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), MGC: 70.36 (-0.61), SPHB: 34.30 (-0.27), IWL: 46.75 (-0.41), PSQ: 57.55 (+0.59), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 25.98 (+0.42), TQQQ: 102.99 (-3.29), SBUS: 25.48 (+0.39), UPRO: 133.46 (-3.56), FMK: 27.00 (-0.14), EPS: 71.58 (-0.52), OEF: 90.26 (-0.88), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), XLG: 140.33 (-1.16), QID: 36.86 (+0.78), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 37.30 (-0.10), SH: 21.46 (+0.19), SSO: 129.30 (-2.34), QLD: 142.55 (-3.35), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), PXLC: 40.30 (-0.23), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), ONEK: 98.15 (+1.00), FWDD: 43.78 (-0.12), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 95.20 (-0.75), EQL: 56.81 (-0.40), UDOW: 139.66 (-4.56), EWRI: 52.09 (-0.34), JKD: 121.34 (-0.97)
Futures hug the flatline
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 25, 6:14AM 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)
Futures edge higher
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 24, 6:33AM 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)
Why Yellen & The Feds Are Bubble Blind----They Apparently Believe Wall Street's EPS Scam
David Stockman - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 23, 5:06PM CDT
Surveying the Fed’s handiwork during last week’s press conference, Janet Yellen noted that all was fantastic except that stocks were now slightly “on the high side” of their historical range. You can say that again! ...
FEX: 46.58 (-0.33), SPLV: 37.93 (-0.28), TZA: 10.11 (+0.09), SDD: 35.41 (-0.80), SCHA: 57.58 (-0.23), SPUU: 141.61 (-2.57), SMLL: 138.25 (unch), SPHQ: 23.46 (-0.17), SRTY: 26.09 (+0.27), SPLX: 31.76 (+0.67), SDOW: 19.71 (+0.59), EQAL: 25.66 (-0.19), DOG: 23.05 (+0.23), SPXU: 35.99 (+0.92), CSF: 39.20 (-0.18), CFO: 37.20 (-0.19), SPXS: 19.43 (+0.51), PRF: 91.31 (-0.68), VB: 122.56 (-0.01), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), EEH: 15.31 (-0.08), ERW: 54.77 (+0.55), DXD: 21.26 (+0.43), QQXT: 41.44 (-0.37), SQQQ: 26.76 (+0.84), SPXL: 88.44 (-2.36), LGLV: 74.00 (-0.41), RWJ: 58.86 (-0.07), RWL: 41.45 (-0.26), RSP: 81.05 (-0.56), SCHX: 49.57 (-0.38), VIOO: 106.80 (-0.32), SAA: 122.37 (-0.58), SLY: 108.70 (-0.24), SYE: 58.00 (-0.66), QQEW: 43.80 (-0.43), VONE: 95.75 (-0.81), IVV: 207.83 (-1.79), RWM: 14.67 (+0.05), QQQE: 65.30 (-0.53), DDM: 134.00 (-2.96), IWB: 115.85 (-1.01), IWC: 79.08 (-0.27), FDM: 33.91 (-0.19), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), SMLV: 79.05 (-0.34), MGC: 70.36 (-0.61), SPHB: 34.30 (-0.27), IWL: 46.75 (-0.41), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), PSQ: 57.55 (+0.59), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), IJR: 118.03 (-0.46), SBB: 50.68 (unch), ZLRG: 25.98 (+0.42), FYX: 50.56 (-0.19), TNA: 89.80 (-0.76), TQQQ: 102.99 (-3.29), SBUS: 25.48 (+0.39), TWOK: 74.12 (-0.25), RSCO: 87.36 (-0.84), DWAS: 41.60 (-0.33), UPRO: 133.46 (-3.56), TWM: 35.60 (+0.22), FMK: 27.00 (-0.14), EPS: 71.58 (-0.52), OEF: 90.26 (-0.88), WMCR: 28.10 (-0.06), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), XLG: 140.33 (-1.16), QID: 36.86 (+0.78), XSLV: 34.18 (-0.13), URTY: 104.01 (-1.18), PXSC: 36.72 (-0.13), VTWO: 99.63 (-0.26), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 37.30 (-0.10), EWRS: 46.25 (+0.14), SH: 21.46 (+0.19), SSO: 129.30 (-2.34), ZSML: 26.91 (-0.06), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 142.55 (-3.35), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), PXLC: 40.30 (-0.23), UWM: 96.95 (-1.21), PZI: 16.28 (-0.11), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), JKJ: 143.66 (-0.63), ONEK: 98.15 (+1.00), FWDD: 43.78 (-0.12), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), EQL: 56.81 (-0.40), VV: 95.20 (-0.75), UDOW: 139.66 (-4.56), EWRI: 52.09 (-0.34), JKD: 121.34 (-0.97)
More On S&P 500 Earnings: 'Earnings Weight' Vs. 'Market Cap'
Brian Gilmartin, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 23, 2:35PM CDT
Greg Harrison of Thomson Reuters was kind enough to shoot me T/R's table of the breakdown in S&P 500 sectors, as delineated by earnings weight versus a sector's market capitalization. As an Excel spreadsheet, this table is rich with potential...
VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), EPS: 71.58 (-0.52), SH: 21.46 (+0.19), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), SSO: 129.30 (-2.34), IVV: 207.83 (-1.79)
Weighing The Week Ahead: The Quest For New Worries
Jeff Miller - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 23, 1:33AM CDT
In my last WTWA (two weeks ago, since I am allegedly on vacation. I resumed work on Fed day to watch and to meet with readers and potential investors near New Orleans. Next week I'll be back on my normal), I asked whether good news was now bad for...
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), HEDJ: 66.14 (-0.53), 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), QLD: 142.55 (-3.35), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), PSQ: 57.55 (+0.59), UDOW: 139.66 (-4.56), BABA: 83.24 (-0.66)
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)
Why The Mania Is Getting Scary- Central Bankers Are Running A Doomsday Machine
David Stockman - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 30, 4:36PM CDT
I f you need evidence that we are in the midst of a lunatic financial mania, just consider this summary from a Marketwatch commentator as to why markets are ripping higher this morning: “The dovish comments from both Fed Chairwoman Janet...
FEX: 46.58 (-0.33), SPLV: 37.93 (-0.28), SPUU: 141.61 (-2.57), SPHQ: 23.46 (-0.17), SDOW: 19.71 (+0.59), SPLX: 31.76 (+0.67), EQAL: 25.66 (-0.19), DOG: 23.05 (+0.23), SPXU: 35.99 (+0.92), CFO: 37.20 (-0.19), SPXS: 19.43 (+0.51), PRF: 91.31 (-0.68), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), EEH: 15.31 (-0.08), ERW: 54.77 (+0.55), DXD: 21.26 (+0.43), SQQQ: 26.76 (+0.84), QQXT: 41.44 (-0.37), SPXL: 88.44 (-2.36), LGLV: 74.00 (-0.41), RWL: 41.45 (-0.26), RSP: 81.05 (-0.56), SCHX: 49.57 (-0.38), SYE: 58.00 (-0.66), QQEW: 43.80 (-0.43), IVV: 207.83 (-1.79), VONE: 95.75 (-0.81), DDM: 134.00 (-2.96), QQQE: 65.30 (-0.53), IWB: 115.85 (-1.01), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), MGC: 70.36 (-0.61), SPHB: 34.30 (-0.27), IWL: 46.75 (-0.41), PSQ: 57.55 (+0.59), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 25.98 (+0.42), TQQQ: 102.99 (-3.29), SBUS: 25.48 (+0.39), UPRO: 133.46 (-3.56), FMK: 27.00 (-0.14), EPS: 71.58 (-0.52), OEF: 90.26 (-0.88), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), XLG: 140.33 (-1.16), QID: 36.86 (+0.78), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 37.30 (-0.10), SH: 21.46 (+0.19), SSO: 129.30 (-2.34), QLD: 142.55 (-3.35), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), PXLC: 40.30 (-0.23), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), ONEK: 98.15 (+1.00), FWDD: 43.78 (-0.12), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 95.20 (-0.75), EQL: 56.81 (-0.40), UDOW: 139.66 (-4.56), EWRI: 52.09 (-0.34), JKD: 121.34 (-0.97)
Stocks set to start week in the green
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 30, 6:29AM 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)
Weighing The Week Ahead: Time For An Economic Spring Thaw?
Jeff Miller - Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 29, 12:57AM CDT
In the absence of real data it is easy and tempting to speculate. Unlike last week, the week ahead features an avalanche of data - more in both quantity and importance than we have seen in a month. With some recent significant reports showing...
IBB: 343.43 (-7.89), 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), QLD: 142.55 (-3.35), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), PSQ: 57.55 (+0.59), UDOW: 139.66 (-4.56)
S&P 500 Weekly Earnings Update: Industrial Sector Revisions Positive In Q1 2015
Brian Gilmartin, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Mar 28, 12:47PM CDT
By the numbers: Forward 4-quarter S&P 500 earnings estimate: $119.96 versus $119.38 from last week, the first sequential increase in the S&P 500's forward estimate since early January '15 PE ratio: 17(x) PEG ratio: 28(x) S&P...
SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.45 (-0.26), RSP: 81.05 (-0.56), SH: 21.46 (+0.19), SSO: 129.30 (-2.34), SPUU: 141.61 (-2.57), IVV: 207.83 (-1.79), SPLX: 31.76 (+0.67), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), SPXU: 35.99 (+0.92), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), UPRO: 133.46 (-3.56), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), EPS: 71.58 (-0.52), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), SPXL: 88.44 (-2.36)
Corporate Profits Are Still Very Impressive
Calafia Beach Pundit - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Mar 28, 5:38AM CDT
With today's release of the latest Q4/14 GDP estimate, we learn that corporate profits - despite the damage suffered by energy-related companies from the plunge in oil prices in the second half of last year - were still quite impressive: $1.84...
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)
Retail Investors Find Opportunity Amidst An Overall Bearish Sentiment
Nicole Sherrod - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 27, 11:36AM CDT
FEX: 46.58 (-0.33), SPLV: 37.93 (-0.28), SPUU: 141.61 (-2.57), SPHQ: 23.46 (-0.17), SPLX: 31.76 (+0.67), SDOW: 19.71 (+0.59), EQAL: 25.66 (-0.19), DOG: 23.05 (+0.23), SPXU: 35.99 (+0.92), CFO: 37.20 (-0.19), SPXS: 19.43 (+0.51), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), PRF: 91.31 (-0.68), EEH: 15.31 (-0.08), ERW: 54.77 (+0.55), DXD: 21.26 (+0.43), QQXT: 41.44 (-0.37), SQQQ: 26.76 (+0.84), SPXL: 88.44 (-2.36), LGLV: 74.00 (-0.41), RWL: 41.45 (-0.26), RSP: 81.05 (-0.56), SCHX: 49.57 (-0.38), SYE: 58.00 (-0.66), FB: 82.21 (-0.98), HAL: 43.88 (+0.06), QQEW: 43.80 (-0.43), IVV: 207.83 (-1.79), VONE: 95.75 (-0.81), DDM: 134.00 (-2.96), QQQE: 65.30 (-0.53), IWB: 115.85 (-1.01), AA: 12.92 (-0.04), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), MGC: 70.36 (-0.61), PAAS: 8.77 (-0.16), SPHB: 34.30 (-0.27), IWL: 46.75 (-0.41), PSQ: 57.55 (+0.59), SHW: 284.50 (+0.26), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 25.98 (+0.42), TQQQ: 102.99 (-3.29), SBUS: 25.48 (+0.39), SBUX: 94.70 (-1.28), UPRO: 133.46 (-3.56), FMK: 27.00 (-0.14), EPS: 71.58 (-0.52), OEF: 90.26 (-0.88), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), AAPL: 124.43 (-1.94), XLG: 140.33 (-1.16), QID: 36.86 (+0.78), TRW: 104.85 (-0.05), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 37.30 (-0.10), SH: 21.46 (+0.19), SSO: 129.30 (-2.34), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 142.55 (-3.35), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), PXLC: 40.30 (-0.23), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), ONEK: 98.15 (+1.00), FWDD: 43.78 (-0.12), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), EQL: 56.81 (-0.40), VV: 95.20 (-0.75), UDOW: 139.66 (-4.56), EWRI: 52.09 (-0.34), JKD: 121.34 (-0.97)
Fed Statistical Elephant Tracks?
The Nattering Naybob - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 27, 7:36AM CDT
HYG: 90.61 (-0.11), RWL: 41.45 (-0.26), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), SH: 21.46 (+0.19), IEF: 108.39 (+0.28), UUPT: 29.72 (-0.06), SPUU: 141.61 (-2.57), IVV: 207.83 (-1.79), UUP: 25.90 (+0.04), SPLX: 31.76 (+0.67), SPXU: 35.99 (+0.92), JNK: 39.22 (-0.01), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), UPRO: 133.46 (-3.56), EPS: 71.58 (-0.52), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), LQD: 121.71 (+0.22), CORP: 104.17 (-0.12), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), SPXL: 88.44 (-2.36), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40)
Futures edge lower
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 27, 6:13AM 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)
How Do Q1'15 S&P 500 Pre-Announcements Compare To 2014, In Particular Q1'14
Brian Gilmartin, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 27, 4:15AM CDT
After reading a tweet from someone on my Twitter feed, who thought the market was due for a nasty correction based on the number of excessive pre-announcements from S&P 500 components, I decided to pull out some of my historical This Week in...
SPUU: 141.61 (-2.57), VOOG: 102.12 (-0.98), SPLX: 31.76 (+0.67), SPXU: 35.99 (+0.92), UPRO: 133.46 (-3.56), FTA: 43.75 (-0.23), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), EPS: 71.58 (-0.52), IVE: 92.56 (-0.66), SPXL: 88.44 (-2.36), RWL: 41.45 (-0.26), SPYG: 98.59 (-0.94), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RSP: 81.05 (-0.56), SH: 21.46 (+0.19), SSO: 129.30 (-2.34), IVV: 207.83 (-1.79), RPV: 53.99 (-0.24), IVW: 113.95 (-1.10), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), SPYV: 100.42 (-0.78), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VOOV: 89.14 (-0.59), RPG: 83.08 (-0.71)
The Bottom's Not In----Why This Market Is Dumber Than A Mule
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 26, 5:34PM CDT
They were trying to put in a bottom—–again! The sell-off earlier this week amounted to the sixth sizeable “dip” since November 20—-so the market’s ingrained reflex was back at work all afternoon, trying to scoop up...
FEX: 46.58 (-0.33), SPLV: 37.93 (-0.28), SPUU: 141.61 (-2.57), SPHQ: 23.46 (-0.17), SDOW: 19.71 (+0.59), SPLX: 31.76 (+0.67), EQAL: 25.66 (-0.19), DOG: 23.05 (+0.23), SPXU: 35.99 (+0.92), CFO: 37.20 (-0.19), SPXS: 19.43 (+0.51), PRF: 91.31 (-0.68), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), EEH: 15.31 (-0.08), ERW: 54.77 (+0.55), DXD: 21.26 (+0.43), SQQQ: 26.76 (+0.84), QQXT: 41.44 (-0.37), SPXL: 88.44 (-2.36), LGLV: 74.00 (-0.41), RWL: 41.45 (-0.26), RSP: 81.05 (-0.56), SCHX: 49.57 (-0.38), SYE: 58.00 (-0.66), QQEW: 43.80 (-0.43), IVV: 207.83 (-1.79), VONE: 95.75 (-0.81), DDM: 134.00 (-2.96), QQQE: 65.30 (-0.53), IWB: 115.85 (-1.01), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), MGC: 70.36 (-0.61), SPHB: 34.30 (-0.27), IWL: 46.75 (-0.41), PSQ: 57.55 (+0.59), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 25.98 (+0.42), TQQQ: 102.99 (-3.29), SBUS: 25.48 (+0.39), UPRO: 133.46 (-3.56), FMK: 27.00 (-0.14), EPS: 71.58 (-0.52), OEF: 90.26 (-0.88), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), XLG: 140.33 (-1.16), QID: 36.86 (+0.78), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 37.30 (-0.10), SH: 21.46 (+0.19), SSO: 129.30 (-2.34), QLD: 142.55 (-3.35), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), PXLC: 40.30 (-0.23), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), ONEK: 98.15 (+1.00), FWDD: 43.78 (-0.12), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 95.20 (-0.75), EQL: 56.81 (-0.40), UDOW: 139.66 (-4.56), EWRI: 52.09 (-0.34), JKD: 121.34 (-0.97)
Stocks set for more losses at the open
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 26, 6:27AM 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)
S&P 500 Earnings Preview For Q1 2015 - Beware Of The Imminent Decline
Stephen Aniston - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 26, 1:45AM CDT
SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.45 (-0.26), RSP: 81.05 (-0.56), SH: 21.46 (+0.19), SSO: 129.30 (-2.34), SPUU: 141.61 (-2.57), IVV: 207.83 (-1.79), SPLX: 31.76 (+0.67), SPXU: 35.99 (+0.92), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), UPRO: 133.46 (-3.56), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), EPS: 71.58 (-0.52), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), SPXL: 88.44 (-2.36)
Some Folks At The Fed Are Lost - No Juice To The Macros, Part 1
David Stockman - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 25, 10:14AM CDT
Yesterday we demonstrated that stock market valuations are not merely “on the high side” as Janet Yellen averred last week. Instead, they are positively in the nose-bleed section of history. You don’t get the Russell 2000 trading...
FEX: 46.58 (-0.33), SPLV: 37.93 (-0.28), SPUU: 141.61 (-2.57), SPHQ: 23.46 (-0.17), SDOW: 19.71 (+0.59), SPLX: 31.76 (+0.67), EQAL: 25.66 (-0.19), DOG: 23.05 (+0.23), SPXU: 35.99 (+0.92), CFO: 37.20 (-0.19), SPXS: 19.43 (+0.51), PRF: 91.31 (-0.68), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), EEH: 15.31 (-0.08), ERW: 54.77 (+0.55), DXD: 21.26 (+0.43), SQQQ: 26.76 (+0.84), QQXT: 41.44 (-0.37), SPXL: 88.44 (-2.36), LGLV: 74.00 (-0.41), RWL: 41.45 (-0.26), RSP: 81.05 (-0.56), SCHX: 49.57 (-0.38), SYE: 58.00 (-0.66), QQEW: 43.80 (-0.43), IVV: 207.83 (-1.79), VONE: 95.75 (-0.81), DDM: 134.00 (-2.96), QQQE: 65.30 (-0.53), IWB: 115.85 (-1.01), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), MGC: 70.36 (-0.61), SPHB: 34.30 (-0.27), IWL: 46.75 (-0.41), PSQ: 57.55 (+0.59), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), ZLRG: 25.98 (+0.42), TQQQ: 102.99 (-3.29), SBUS: 25.48 (+0.39), UPRO: 133.46 (-3.56), FMK: 27.00 (-0.14), EPS: 71.58 (-0.52), OEF: 90.26 (-0.88), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), XLG: 140.33 (-1.16), QID: 36.86 (+0.78), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 37.30 (-0.10), SH: 21.46 (+0.19), SSO: 129.30 (-2.34), QLD: 142.55 (-3.35), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), PXLC: 40.30 (-0.23), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), ONEK: 98.15 (+1.00), FWDD: 43.78 (-0.12), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), VV: 95.20 (-0.75), EQL: 56.81 (-0.40), UDOW: 139.66 (-4.56), EWRI: 52.09 (-0.34), JKD: 121.34 (-0.97)
Futures hug the flatline
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 25, 6:14AM 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)
Futures edge higher
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 24, 6:33AM 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)
Why Yellen & The Feds Are Bubble Blind----They Apparently Believe Wall Street's EPS Scam
David Stockman - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 23, 5:06PM CDT
Surveying the Fed’s handiwork during last week’s press conference, Janet Yellen noted that all was fantastic except that stocks were now slightly “on the high side” of their historical range. You can say that again! ...
FEX: 46.58 (-0.33), SPLV: 37.93 (-0.28), TZA: 10.11 (+0.09), SDD: 35.41 (-0.80), SCHA: 57.58 (-0.23), SPUU: 141.61 (-2.57), SMLL: 138.25 (unch), SPHQ: 23.46 (-0.17), SRTY: 26.09 (+0.27), SPLX: 31.76 (+0.67), SDOW: 19.71 (+0.59), EQAL: 25.66 (-0.19), DOG: 23.05 (+0.23), SPXU: 35.99 (+0.92), CSF: 39.20 (-0.18), CFO: 37.20 (-0.19), SPXS: 19.43 (+0.51), PRF: 91.31 (-0.68), VB: 122.56 (-0.01), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), EEH: 15.31 (-0.08), ERW: 54.77 (+0.55), DXD: 21.26 (+0.43), QQXT: 41.44 (-0.37), SQQQ: 26.76 (+0.84), SPXL: 88.44 (-2.36), LGLV: 74.00 (-0.41), RWJ: 58.86 (-0.07), RWL: 41.45 (-0.26), RSP: 81.05 (-0.56), SCHX: 49.57 (-0.38), VIOO: 106.80 (-0.32), SAA: 122.37 (-0.58), SLY: 108.70 (-0.24), SYE: 58.00 (-0.66), QQEW: 43.80 (-0.43), VONE: 95.75 (-0.81), IVV: 207.83 (-1.79), RWM: 14.67 (+0.05), QQQE: 65.30 (-0.53), DDM: 134.00 (-2.96), IWB: 115.85 (-1.01), IWC: 79.08 (-0.27), FDM: 33.91 (-0.19), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), SMLV: 79.05 (-0.34), MGC: 70.36 (-0.61), SPHB: 34.30 (-0.27), IWL: 46.75 (-0.41), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), PSQ: 57.55 (+0.59), ROLA: 160.00 (unch), IJR: 118.03 (-0.46), SBB: 50.68 (unch), ZLRG: 25.98 (+0.42), FYX: 50.56 (-0.19), TNA: 89.80 (-0.76), TQQQ: 102.99 (-3.29), SBUS: 25.48 (+0.39), TWOK: 74.12 (-0.25), RSCO: 87.36 (-0.84), DWAS: 41.60 (-0.33), UPRO: 133.46 (-3.56), TWM: 35.60 (+0.22), FMK: 27.00 (-0.14), EPS: 71.58 (-0.52), OEF: 90.26 (-0.88), WMCR: 28.10 (-0.06), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), XLG: 140.33 (-1.16), QID: 36.86 (+0.78), XSLV: 34.18 (-0.13), URTY: 104.01 (-1.18), PXSC: 36.72 (-0.13), VTWO: 99.63 (-0.26), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 37.30 (-0.10), EWRS: 46.25 (+0.14), SH: 21.46 (+0.19), SSO: 129.30 (-2.34), ZSML: 26.91 (-0.06), BXUC: 299.86 (unch), QLD: 142.55 (-3.35), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), PXLC: 40.30 (-0.23), UWM: 96.95 (-1.21), PZI: 16.28 (-0.11), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), JKJ: 143.66 (-0.63), ONEK: 98.15 (+1.00), FWDD: 43.78 (-0.12), BXUB: 201.74 (unch), EQL: 56.81 (-0.40), VV: 95.20 (-0.75), UDOW: 139.66 (-4.56), EWRI: 52.09 (-0.34), JKD: 121.34 (-0.97)
More On S&P 500 Earnings: 'Earnings Weight' Vs. 'Market Cap'
Brian Gilmartin, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 23, 2:35PM CDT
Greg Harrison of Thomson Reuters was kind enough to shoot me T/R's table of the breakdown in S&P 500 sectors, as delineated by earnings weight versus a sector's market capitalization. As an Excel spreadsheet, this table is rich with potential...
VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), EPS: 71.58 (-0.52), SH: 21.46 (+0.19), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), SSO: 129.30 (-2.34), IVV: 207.83 (-1.79)
Weighing The Week Ahead: The Quest For New Worries
Jeff Miller - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 23, 1:33AM CDT
In my last WTWA (two weeks ago, since I am allegedly on vacation. I resumed work on Fed day to watch and to meet with readers and potential investors near New Orleans. Next week I'll be back on my normal), I asked whether good news was now bad for...
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), HEDJ: 66.14 (-0.53), 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), QLD: 142.55 (-3.35), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), SDS: 21.33 (+0.37), PSQ: 57.55 (+0.59), UDOW: 139.66 (-4.56), BABA: 83.24 (-0.66)
