U.S. Stocks Have Potential, but International Equities Are More Attractive
at The Street - 1 hr 33 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)
Stocks Slump at Close to Erase Dow, S&P 500 First-Quarter Gains
at The Street - Tue Mar 31, 3:21PM CDT
Stock markets slump into the close on Tuesday, wiping out slight gains for the first quarter for both the Dow and S&P 500.
XLB: 48.78 (-0.49), CHTR: 193.11 (+9.72), FCX: 18.95 (-0.43), PCLN: 1,164.15 (+14.32), IBM: 160.50 (-2.17), TCK: 13.73 (-1.54), BHP: 46.47 (-0.71), JCP: 8.41 (+0.58), RIO: 41.40 (-0.97), DOW: 47.98 (-0.70), X: 24.40 (-1.04), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46)
GE, Continental Resources, Spectra Energy Are Top Stocks to Buy
at The Street - Mon Mar 30, 3:51PM CDT
Kyle Brownlee, CEO of Wymer Brownlee, says investors should consider long positions in General Electric, Continental Resources and Spectra Energy.
USO: 16.84 (-0.39), GE: 24.81 (-0.31), CLR: 43.67 (-0.39), SE: 36.17 (-0.49), OIH: 33.71 (-0.19), XOP: 51.66 (+2.15), BNO: 20.50 (-0.43), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46)
Stock Markets Soar on Trifecta of Good News
at The Street - Mon Mar 30, 3:08PM CDT
Stocks recapture positive territory for the year on a spate of pharma deals, as well as positive news from the Fed and China.
KMI: 42.06 (-0.01), CTRX: 59.54 (-0.29), UNH: 118.29 (-2.71), ALTR: 42.91 (+0.09), XOM: 85.00 (-0.63), DIS: 104.89 (-1.23), ASPX: 100.27 (-0.09), INTC: 31.27 (-0.19), SLB: 83.44 (-1.04), HPTX: 45.90 (-0.08), NFLX: 416.69 (-5.88), ADI: 63.00 (-1.81), HZNP: 25.97 (+0.19), TEVA: 62.30 (-0.22), CVX: 104.98 (-1.92), MSFT: 40.65 (-0.31), AAPL: 124.43 (-1.94), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46)
Energy Sector Leads Stock Markets Higher as Rally Rolls On
at The Street - Mon Mar 30, 2:31PM CDT
Stocks recapture positive territory for the year.
KMI: 42.06 (-0.01), CTRX: 59.54 (-0.29), UNH: 118.29 (-2.71), ALTR: 42.91 (+0.09), XOM: 85.00 (-0.63), DIS: 104.89 (-1.23), ASPX: 100.27 (-0.09), INTC: 31.27 (-0.19), SLB: 83.44 (-1.04), HPTX: 45.90 (-0.08), NFLX: 416.69 (-5.88), ADI: 63.00 (-1.81), HZNP: 25.97 (+0.19), TEVA: 62.30 (-0.22), CVX: 104.98 (-1.92), MSFT: 40.65 (-0.31), AAPL: 124.43 (-1.94), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46)
Worst Revenue And Earnings Declines Since Crisis Year 2009
Wolf Richter - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 30, 8:16AM CDT
Stocks have soared. But despite maxed-out financial engineering and ceaseless Wall-Street hype, the first half is shaping up to be tough. Week after week, corporations and analysts have been whittling down their estimates. By now, revenues of the...
XLB: 48.78 (-0.49), XLP: 48.74 (-0.46), XLY: 75.35 (-0.33), XLK: 41.44 (-0.43), XLI: 55.77 (-0.56), XLU: 44.43 (+0.01), XLF: 24.11 (-0.17), XLV: 72.50 (-1.28), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46)
Who Wins March Madness In ETFs?
Zacks Funds - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 29, 11:07AM CDT
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, which kicked in last week, will see the champion crowned on April 6 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. True to what it is popularly hailed as,...
HYG: 90.61 (-0.11), ACWI: 60.02 (-0.62), VGK: 54.22 (-0.90), VEA: 39.83 (-0.57), HEFA: 27.88 (-0.39), VIG: 80.47 (-0.77), UUP: 25.90 (+0.04), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), EEM: 40.13 (-0.09), PWC: 76.20 (-0.46), IWD: 103.08 (-0.79), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), GLD: 113.66 (-0.09), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46)
Why Oil And Airlines Mix
Thurman Dunn - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 29, 6:38AM CDT
DAL: 44.96 (-0.60), COP: 62.26 (-1.74), XOM: 85.00 (-0.63), JBLU: 19.25 (-0.11), ALK: 66.18 (-0.02), LUV: 44.30 (-0.28), UAL: 67.25 (-0.94), SAVE: 77.36 (-0.94), TOT: 49.66 (-1.08), AAL: 52.78 (-0.86), CVX: 104.98 (-1.92), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46)
The Incredible Shrinking Earnings Forecast
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 29, 1:18AM CDT
XLB: 48.78 (-0.49), XLP: 48.74 (-0.46), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), XOM: 85.00 (-0.63), XLI: 55.77 (-0.56), XLF: 24.11 (-0.17), CVX: 104.98 (-1.92), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46)
Flows Into European Equities Reach Feverish Pitch, Consolidation Likely Ahead
Chris Puplava - Seeking Alpha - Sat Mar 28, 8:24AM CDT
So far the bullish themes for this year are foreign equities and U.S. bonds with the continued surge in the USD. These themes are borne out when looking at flows into exchange traded funds (ETFs) by asset class and geographic region. This can be seen...
USO: 16.84 (-0.39), HYG: 90.61 (-0.11), VGK: 54.22 (-0.90), FEZ: 38.82 (-0.56), FXY: 81.02 (+0.10), HEFA: 27.88 (-0.39), IEFA: 58.49 (-0.89), UUP: 25.90 (+0.04), FEU: 35.13 (-0.62), HEDJ: 66.14 (-0.53), VTI: 107.25 (-0.98), DXJ: 55.12 (-0.97), VOO: 189.20 (-1.68), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), IEV: 44.27 (-0.73), DBEF: 29.96 (-0.44), LQD: 121.71 (+0.22), DIA: 177.58 (-1.81), FXE: 105.71 (-0.61), ERO: 40.85 (-0.32), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46)
Which Is Better: Cap-Weighting Or Equal-Weighting?
John Dowdee - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 27, 3:56PM CDT
RYH: 155.22 (-2.05), RTM: 85.63 (-0.82), XLB: 48.78 (-0.49), RSP: 81.05 (-0.56), XLY: 75.35 (-0.33), XLU: 44.43 (+0.01), RYT: 91.90 (-0.69), XLV: 72.50 (-1.28), RYU: 74.25 (-0.30), XLP: 48.74 (-0.46), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), RGI: 89.89 (-0.50), XLK: 41.44 (-0.43), RCD: 91.64 (-0.03), XLI: 55.77 (-0.56), RHS: 107.94 (-0.87), XLF: 24.11 (-0.17), RYE: 65.93 (-0.28), RYF: 44.56 (-0.18), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46)
Market Trend Analysis By Comparing Equal Weight To Market Weight Indexes
Richard Shaw - Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 27, 10:20AM CDT
As a generality, a healthy stock market up trend has broad participation in the trend by a large or increasing portion of its constituents; and conversely an unhealthy market has a low or declining portion of it constituents participating in an up...
RYH: 155.22 (-2.05), XLB: 48.78 (-0.49), RTM: 85.63 (-0.82), RSP: 81.05 (-0.56), EWRS: 46.25 (+0.14), XLY: 75.35 (-0.33), QQEW: 43.80 (-0.43), XLU: 44.43 (+0.01), RYT: 91.90 (-0.69), XLV: 72.50 (-1.28), RYU: 74.25 (-0.30), IWB: 115.85 (-1.01), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), RGI: 89.89 (-0.50), XLK: 41.44 (-0.43), RCD: 91.64 (-0.03), XLI: 55.77 (-0.56), RHS: 107.94 (-0.87), XLF: 24.11 (-0.17), RYE: 65.93 (-0.28), RYF: 44.56 (-0.18), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46), EWRI: 52.09 (-0.34)
My 2015 Select Sector SPDR ETFs Algorithmic Forecast And Allocation
I Know First Research - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 26, 11:52AM CDT
XLP: 48.74 (-0.46), SPY: 206.43 (-1.82), IPS: 40.21 (-0.64), XLK: 41.44 (-0.43), IPW: 19.34 (-0.22), XLF: 24.11 (-0.17), IPK: 33.57 (-0.39), IRY: 51.69 (-0.84), XLV: 72.50 (-1.28), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46)
Who Wins March Madness in ETFs? - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Mar 26, 11:18AM CDT
We looked at four factors, namely economic conditions, monetary policies, fundamentals, and investment strategies to pick a winner among ETFs.
HYG: 90.61 (-0.11), PWC: 76.20 (-0.46), EEM: 40.13 (-0.09), IWD: 103.08 (-0.79), VGK: 54.22 (-0.90), QQQ: 105.60 (-1.13), VEA: 39.83 (-0.57), IWM: 124.37 (-0.40), TLT: 130.69 (+0.28), UUP: 25.90 (+0.04), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46)
Big Selloff on Wall Street as Stocks Plummet on Fed Jitters
at The Street - Wed Mar 25, 3:27PM CDT
Wednesday was a kick-you-in-the-guts kind of day.
MU: 27.13 (+0.45), XOM: 85.00 (-0.63), IBB: 343.43 (-7.89), KRFT: 87.11 (-3.50), SOXX: 94.02 (-1.07), KFX: 10.95 (unch), NVDA: 20.92 (-0.55), RDS.A: 59.65 (-1.28), AMD: 2.68 (-0.02), ALXN: 173.30 (-6.96), NLNK: 54.71 (-1.69), BP: 39.11 (-0.73), ARIA: 8.24 (-0.32), CVX: 104.98 (-1.92), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46), LXK: 42.34 (-0.79)
Surge in oil has energy sector higher as averages tumble
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 25, 2:35PM CDT
VDE: 109.28 (-0.90), XES: 25.15 (-0.06), DDG: 26.13 (+0.19), OIH: 33.71 (-0.19), DIG: 50.65 (-0.88), XOP: 51.66 (+2.15), DUG: 53.33 (+0.89), PXJ: 16.17 (-0.10), IYE: 43.60 (-0.35), FENY: 22.19 (-0.17), IEZ: 47.01 (-0.18), PXE: 29.62 (-0.15), ERY: 20.24 (+0.47), FXN: 21.10 (-0.19), ERX: 54.83 (-1.37), RYE: 65.93 (-0.28), IEO: 73.36 (-0.65), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46)
Part I: The Truth About Crude Oil Inventory And Storage Capacity
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 25, 10:01AM CDT
USO: 16.84 (-0.39), XOP: 51.66 (+2.15), OIL: 10.05 (-0.22), XOM: 85.00 (-0.63), CVX: 104.98 (-1.92), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46)
Trade the GSCI Commodity-Index ETF to Capture Oil, Energy Volatility
at The Street - Tue Mar 24, 5:02PM CDT
The iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust exchange-traded fund is heavily-weighed to oil and energy, not to a basket of energy stocks.
XOM: 85.00 (-0.63), CVX: 104.98 (-1.92), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46), GSG: 19.50 (-0.24)
Stocks Slump at Close as Dollar and Data Weigh on Markets
at The Street - Tue Mar 24, 3:08PM CDT
Stocks wipe out gains by session close as a dollar rebound and stronger economic data weigh on markets.
NFLX: 416.69 (-5.88), FB: 82.21 (-0.98), XOM: 85.00 (-0.63), GOOGL: 554.70 (-6.44), CVX: 104.98 (-1.92), XLE: 77.58 (-0.46), MS: 35.69 (-0.62)