Ultrashort S&P 500 Proshares (SDS) 20.16 $SDS
Markets pull back from worst levels as Greek finance minister resigns
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jul 06, 6:33AM CDT
SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), TQQQ: 121.41 (-1.47), SDOW: 18.98 (+0.28), DOG: 22.84 (+0.15), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), DXD: 20.85 (+0.27), QQXT: 43.32 (-0.20), SQQQ: 21.38 (+0.26), DIA: 177.16 (-1.14), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55), QID: 31.90 (+0.28), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), QQEW: 44.76 (-0.02), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), QQQE: 66.63 (+0.01), DDM: 67.00 (-0.90), QLD: 80.04 (-0.68), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), QQQ: 112.20 (-0.42), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), PSQ: 53.61 (+0.21), UDOW: 69.62 (-1.35)
Fed's Full Normalization Will Be Minefield For Markets
Adam Hamilton - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jul 05, 5:12AM CDT
The US Federal Reserve has been universally lauded for the apparent success of its extreme monetary policy of recent years. With key world stock markets near record highs, traders universally love the Fed's zero-interest-rate and quantitative-easing...
SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), TQQQ: 121.41 (-1.47), SDOW: 18.98 (+0.28), DOG: 22.84 (+0.15), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), DXD: 20.85 (+0.27), QQXT: 43.32 (-0.20), SQQQ: 21.38 (+0.26), DIA: 177.16 (-1.14), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55), QID: 31.90 (+0.28), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), QQEW: 44.76 (-0.02), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), QQQE: 66.63 (+0.01), DDM: 67.00 (-0.90), QLD: 80.04 (-0.68), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), QQQ: 112.20 (-0.42), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), PSQ: 53.61 (+0.21), UDOW: 69.62 (-1.35)
Weekly Earnings Update: Forward Estimate Rose To $125 This Week; Expect Q2 '15 Earnings Growth Of At Least 6%-7%
Brian Gilmartin, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jul 05, 4:26AM CDT
SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55)
Greece: It's The Volatility, Stupid
Orange Peel Investments - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jul 05, 1:26AM CDT
EWI: 15.47 (-0.01), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), VXX: 16.29 (+0.17), GREK: 10.05 (-0.02), DXD: 20.85 (+0.27), UVXY: 27.35 (+0.64), DIA: 177.16 (-1.14), EWP: 34.90 (-0.12)
Futures add to gains after jobs; dollar falls
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jul 02, 7:45AM CDT
SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), USDU: 28.64 (-0.08), UUP: 25.41 (-0.10), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55), UDN: 21.76 (+0.10), FORX: 41.92 (-0.19)
Futures edge high ahead of jobs report
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jul 02, 6:19AM CDT
SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), TQQQ: 121.41 (-1.47), SDOW: 18.98 (+0.28), DOG: 22.84 (+0.15), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), DXD: 20.85 (+0.27), QQXT: 43.32 (-0.20), SQQQ: 21.38 (+0.26), DIA: 177.16 (-1.14), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55), QID: 31.90 (+0.28), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), QQEW: 44.76 (-0.02), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), QQQE: 66.63 (+0.01), DDM: 67.00 (-0.90), QLD: 80.04 (-0.68), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), QQQ: 112.20 (-0.42), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), PSQ: 53.61 (+0.21), UDOW: 69.62 (-1.35)
Closing Out The Second Quarter Of 2015 With The S&P 500
Ironman at Political Calculations - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jul 01, 11:34PM CDT
Reuters has sounded some dire news : Wall St. tumbles as investors flee equities on Greek debt crisis U.S. stocks fell sharply in heavy trading on Monday and the S&P 500 and the Dow had their worst day since October after a collapse in...
SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55)
2015 Economic And Stock Market Outlook
Robert W. Baird & Co. - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jul 01, 11:40AM CDT
Mid-Year Update - Uncertainty Now; Opportunity Later The weight of the evidence has slipped to neutral at mid-year as the bullish influences from Fed Policy and Seasonal Patterns/Trends present at the beginning of 2015 have waned. Sentiment has...
SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), TQQQ: 121.41 (-1.47), SDOW: 18.98 (+0.28), DOG: 22.84 (+0.15), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), DXD: 20.85 (+0.27), QQXT: 43.32 (-0.20), SQQQ: 21.38 (+0.26), DIA: 177.16 (-1.14), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55), QID: 31.90 (+0.28), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), QQEW: 44.76 (-0.02), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), QQQE: 66.63 (+0.01), DDM: 67.00 (-0.90), QLD: 80.04 (-0.68), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), QQQ: 112.20 (-0.42), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), PSQ: 53.61 (+0.21), UDOW: 69.62 (-1.35)
White flag from Greece has stocks on the move higher
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jul 01, 6:22AM CDT
SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), TQQQ: 121.41 (-1.47), SDOW: 18.98 (+0.28), DOG: 22.84 (+0.15), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), DXD: 20.85 (+0.27), QQXT: 43.32 (-0.20), SQQQ: 21.38 (+0.26), DIA: 177.16 (-1.14), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55), QID: 31.90 (+0.28), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), QQEW: 44.76 (-0.02), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), QQQE: 66.63 (+0.01), DDM: 67.00 (-0.90), QLD: 80.04 (-0.68), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), QQQ: 112.20 (-0.42), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), PSQ: 53.61 (+0.21), UDOW: 69.62 (-1.35)
Markets set for small opening bounce
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jun 30, 6:34AM CDT
SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), TQQQ: 121.41 (-1.47), SDOW: 18.98 (+0.28), DOG: 22.84 (+0.15), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), DXD: 20.85 (+0.27), QQXT: 43.32 (-0.20), SQQQ: 21.38 (+0.26), DIA: 177.16 (-1.14), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55), QID: 31.90 (+0.28), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), QQEW: 44.76 (-0.02), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), QQQE: 66.63 (+0.01), DDM: 67.00 (-0.90), QLD: 80.04 (-0.68), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), QQQ: 112.20 (-0.42), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), PSQ: 53.61 (+0.21), UDOW: 69.62 (-1.35)
S&P 500 Most Oversold Since 'Whatever It Takes'
Bespoke Investment Group - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jun 30, 6:14AM CDT
Following a sharp decline of over 2%, the S&P 500 closed more than three standard deviations below its 50-day moving average on Monday. The only other two periods in the last four years where this has occurred were in August 2011 when the US lost...
SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55)
End Of A Streak?
Bespoke Investment Group - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 11:22PM CDT
With Monday's drubbing in US equities, the S&P 500 is coming dangerously close to finishing the second quarter in the red, which would end a streak of nine quarters in a row of gains (not including dividends). Going back to 1928, there have only...
SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55)
Market Meltdown: Greece Is So Bad We're Ignoring China
Philip Davis - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 9:40AM CDT
I love a good distraction! One of the great things about being good at forecasting the futures is that we were not only 100% prepared for Greece to melt down (our short-term portfolio was already up 152% as of Friday's close) but we're already done...
SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), QQQ: 112.20 (-0.42), TZA: 9.78 (+0.31), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), GREK: 10.05 (-0.02), SQQQ: 21.38 (+0.26), IWM: 123.57 (-1.38), EWJ: 12.87 (-0.01), FXI: 42.30 (-0.01)
Futures drop as Greek crisis worsens
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 6:26AM CDT
SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), TQQQ: 121.41 (-1.47), SDOW: 18.98 (+0.28), DOG: 22.84 (+0.15), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), DXD: 20.85 (+0.27), QQXT: 43.32 (-0.20), SQQQ: 21.38 (+0.26), DIA: 177.16 (-1.14), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55), QID: 31.90 (+0.28), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), QQEW: 44.76 (-0.02), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), QQQE: 66.63 (+0.01), DDM: 67.00 (-0.90), QLD: 80.04 (-0.68), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), QQQ: 112.20 (-0.42), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), PSQ: 53.61 (+0.21), UDOW: 69.62 (-1.35)
Weekly Earnings Update: Forward Estimate Should Move Up To $124-$125 With New Quarter Next Week
Brian Gilmartin, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Sat Jun 27, 11:19PM CDT
The quarterly bump next week as the calendar rolls into 3rd quarter, 2015 should take the "forward 4-quarter" earnings estimate into the $124-$125 range. What was unusual about this 2nd quarter was that the quarterly bump that took the...
SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55)
Outlook For The S&P 500
Chad Gassaway - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jun 27, 1:57AM CDT
SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55)
Futures edge higher as China plunges
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jun 26, 6:10AM CDT
SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), TQQQ: 121.41 (-1.47), SDOW: 18.98 (+0.28), DOG: 22.84 (+0.15), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), DXD: 20.85 (+0.27), QQXT: 43.32 (-0.20), SQQQ: 21.38 (+0.26), DIA: 177.16 (-1.14), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55), QID: 31.90 (+0.28), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), QQEW: 44.76 (-0.02), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), QQQE: 66.63 (+0.01), DDM: 67.00 (-0.90), QLD: 80.04 (-0.68), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), QQQ: 112.20 (-0.42), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), PSQ: 53.61 (+0.21), UDOW: 69.62 (-1.35)
Companies Continue To Enhance Earnings Per Share Via Stock Buybacks
David I. Templeton, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jun 26, 1:48AM CDT
S&P Dow Jones Indices released first quarter 2015 buyback detail for the S&P 500 Index. On a year-over-year basis, buybacks declined 9.5%. In conjunction with the YOY decline in buybacks, YOY operating earnings declined 6.3% and as reported...
SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), DIA: 177.16 (-1.14), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55)
The Canary In The Coal Mine Is Dead: 2015 Will Mark The Start Of A Recession And Bear Market
Nigel D'Souza - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jun 25, 3:03PM CDT
SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55)
The Money Printers' M&A Ball - Where The Debt Zombies Go To Mate
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jun 25, 11:47AM CDT
Fed governor Jerome Powell is living proof that we are heading for another calamitous financial meltdown. This clueless monetary apparatchik averred yesterday that the Wall Street casino is in the pink of good health with no evidence of irrational...
SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), SDOW: 18.98 (+0.28), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), DOG: 22.84 (+0.15), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), DXD: 20.85 (+0.27), DIA: 177.16 (-1.14), WMB: 52.94 (-0.60), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), ETE: 59.28 (-0.06), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), DDM: 67.00 (-0.90), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), UDOW: 69.62 (-1.35)
Markets pull back from worst levels as Greek finance minister resigns
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jul 06, 6:33AM CDT
SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), TQQQ: 121.41 (-1.47), SDOW: 18.98 (+0.28), DOG: 22.84 (+0.15), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), DXD: 20.85 (+0.27), QQXT: 43.32 (-0.20), SQQQ: 21.38 (+0.26), DIA: 177.16 (-1.14), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55), QID: 31.90 (+0.28), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), QQEW: 44.76 (-0.02), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), QQQE: 66.63 (+0.01), DDM: 67.00 (-0.90), QLD: 80.04 (-0.68), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), QQQ: 112.20 (-0.42), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), PSQ: 53.61 (+0.21), UDOW: 69.62 (-1.35)
Fed's Full Normalization Will Be Minefield For Markets
Adam Hamilton - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jul 05, 5:12AM CDT
The US Federal Reserve has been universally lauded for the apparent success of its extreme monetary policy of recent years. With key world stock markets near record highs, traders universally love the Fed's zero-interest-rate and quantitative-easing...
SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), TQQQ: 121.41 (-1.47), SDOW: 18.98 (+0.28), DOG: 22.84 (+0.15), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), DXD: 20.85 (+0.27), QQXT: 43.32 (-0.20), SQQQ: 21.38 (+0.26), DIA: 177.16 (-1.14), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55), QID: 31.90 (+0.28), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), QQEW: 44.76 (-0.02), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), QQQE: 66.63 (+0.01), DDM: 67.00 (-0.90), QLD: 80.04 (-0.68), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), QQQ: 112.20 (-0.42), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), PSQ: 53.61 (+0.21), UDOW: 69.62 (-1.35)
Weekly Earnings Update: Forward Estimate Rose To $125 This Week; Expect Q2 '15 Earnings Growth Of At Least 6%-7%
Brian Gilmartin, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jul 05, 4:26AM CDT
SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55)
Greece: It's The Volatility, Stupid
Orange Peel Investments - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jul 05, 1:26AM CDT
EWI: 15.47 (-0.01), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), VXX: 16.29 (+0.17), GREK: 10.05 (-0.02), DXD: 20.85 (+0.27), UVXY: 27.35 (+0.64), DIA: 177.16 (-1.14), EWP: 34.90 (-0.12)
Futures add to gains after jobs; dollar falls
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jul 02, 7:45AM CDT
SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), USDU: 28.64 (-0.08), UUP: 25.41 (-0.10), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55), UDN: 21.76 (+0.10), FORX: 41.92 (-0.19)
Futures edge high ahead of jobs report
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jul 02, 6:19AM CDT
SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), TQQQ: 121.41 (-1.47), SDOW: 18.98 (+0.28), DOG: 22.84 (+0.15), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), DXD: 20.85 (+0.27), QQXT: 43.32 (-0.20), SQQQ: 21.38 (+0.26), DIA: 177.16 (-1.14), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55), QID: 31.90 (+0.28), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), QQEW: 44.76 (-0.02), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), QQQE: 66.63 (+0.01), DDM: 67.00 (-0.90), QLD: 80.04 (-0.68), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), QQQ: 112.20 (-0.42), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), PSQ: 53.61 (+0.21), UDOW: 69.62 (-1.35)
Closing Out The Second Quarter Of 2015 With The S&P 500
Ironman at Political Calculations - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jul 01, 11:34PM CDT
Reuters has sounded some dire news : Wall St. tumbles as investors flee equities on Greek debt crisis U.S. stocks fell sharply in heavy trading on Monday and the S&P 500 and the Dow had their worst day since October after a collapse in...
SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55)
2015 Economic And Stock Market Outlook
Robert W. Baird & Co. - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jul 01, 11:40AM CDT
Mid-Year Update - Uncertainty Now; Opportunity Later The weight of the evidence has slipped to neutral at mid-year as the bullish influences from Fed Policy and Seasonal Patterns/Trends present at the beginning of 2015 have waned. Sentiment has...
SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), TQQQ: 121.41 (-1.47), SDOW: 18.98 (+0.28), DOG: 22.84 (+0.15), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), DXD: 20.85 (+0.27), QQXT: 43.32 (-0.20), SQQQ: 21.38 (+0.26), DIA: 177.16 (-1.14), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55), QID: 31.90 (+0.28), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), QQEW: 44.76 (-0.02), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), QQQE: 66.63 (+0.01), DDM: 67.00 (-0.90), QLD: 80.04 (-0.68), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), QQQ: 112.20 (-0.42), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), PSQ: 53.61 (+0.21), UDOW: 69.62 (-1.35)
White flag from Greece has stocks on the move higher
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jul 01, 6:22AM CDT
SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), TQQQ: 121.41 (-1.47), SDOW: 18.98 (+0.28), DOG: 22.84 (+0.15), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), DXD: 20.85 (+0.27), QQXT: 43.32 (-0.20), SQQQ: 21.38 (+0.26), DIA: 177.16 (-1.14), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55), QID: 31.90 (+0.28), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), QQEW: 44.76 (-0.02), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), QQQE: 66.63 (+0.01), DDM: 67.00 (-0.90), QLD: 80.04 (-0.68), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), QQQ: 112.20 (-0.42), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), PSQ: 53.61 (+0.21), UDOW: 69.62 (-1.35)
Markets set for small opening bounce
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Jun 30, 6:34AM CDT
SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), TQQQ: 121.41 (-1.47), SDOW: 18.98 (+0.28), DOG: 22.84 (+0.15), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), DXD: 20.85 (+0.27), QQXT: 43.32 (-0.20), SQQQ: 21.38 (+0.26), DIA: 177.16 (-1.14), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55), QID: 31.90 (+0.28), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), QQEW: 44.76 (-0.02), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), QQQE: 66.63 (+0.01), DDM: 67.00 (-0.90), QLD: 80.04 (-0.68), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), QQQ: 112.20 (-0.42), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), PSQ: 53.61 (+0.21), UDOW: 69.62 (-1.35)
S&P 500 Most Oversold Since 'Whatever It Takes'
Bespoke Investment Group - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jun 30, 6:14AM CDT
Following a sharp decline of over 2%, the S&P 500 closed more than three standard deviations below its 50-day moving average on Monday. The only other two periods in the last four years where this has occurred were in August 2011 when the US lost...
SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55)
End Of A Streak?
Bespoke Investment Group - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 11:22PM CDT
With Monday's drubbing in US equities, the S&P 500 is coming dangerously close to finishing the second quarter in the red, which would end a streak of nine quarters in a row of gains (not including dividends). Going back to 1928, there have only...
SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55)
Market Meltdown: Greece Is So Bad We're Ignoring China
Philip Davis - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 9:40AM CDT
I love a good distraction! One of the great things about being good at forecasting the futures is that we were not only 100% prepared for Greece to melt down (our short-term portfolio was already up 152% as of Friday's close) but we're already done...
SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), QQQ: 112.20 (-0.42), TZA: 9.78 (+0.31), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), GREK: 10.05 (-0.02), SQQQ: 21.38 (+0.26), IWM: 123.57 (-1.38), EWJ: 12.87 (-0.01), FXI: 42.30 (-0.01)
Futures drop as Greek crisis worsens
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 6:26AM CDT
SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), TQQQ: 121.41 (-1.47), SDOW: 18.98 (+0.28), DOG: 22.84 (+0.15), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), DXD: 20.85 (+0.27), QQXT: 43.32 (-0.20), SQQQ: 21.38 (+0.26), DIA: 177.16 (-1.14), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55), QID: 31.90 (+0.28), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), QQEW: 44.76 (-0.02), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), QQQE: 66.63 (+0.01), DDM: 67.00 (-0.90), QLD: 80.04 (-0.68), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), QQQ: 112.20 (-0.42), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), PSQ: 53.61 (+0.21), UDOW: 69.62 (-1.35)
Weekly Earnings Update: Forward Estimate Should Move Up To $124-$125 With New Quarter Next Week
Brian Gilmartin, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Sat Jun 27, 11:19PM CDT
The quarterly bump next week as the calendar rolls into 3rd quarter, 2015 should take the "forward 4-quarter" earnings estimate into the $124-$125 range. What was unusual about this 2nd quarter was that the quarterly bump that took the...
SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55)
Outlook For The S&P 500
Chad Gassaway - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jun 27, 1:57AM CDT
SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55)
Futures edge higher as China plunges
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jun 26, 6:10AM CDT
SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), TQQQ: 121.41 (-1.47), SDOW: 18.98 (+0.28), DOG: 22.84 (+0.15), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), DXD: 20.85 (+0.27), QQXT: 43.32 (-0.20), SQQQ: 21.38 (+0.26), DIA: 177.16 (-1.14), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55), QID: 31.90 (+0.28), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), QQEW: 44.76 (-0.02), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), QQQE: 66.63 (+0.01), DDM: 67.00 (-0.90), QLD: 80.04 (-0.68), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), QQQ: 112.20 (-0.42), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), PSQ: 53.61 (+0.21), UDOW: 69.62 (-1.35)
Companies Continue To Enhance Earnings Per Share Via Stock Buybacks
David I. Templeton, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jun 26, 1:48AM CDT
S&P Dow Jones Indices released first quarter 2015 buyback detail for the S&P 500 Index. On a year-over-year basis, buybacks declined 9.5%. In conjunction with the YOY decline in buybacks, YOY operating earnings declined 6.3% and as reported...
SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), DIA: 177.16 (-1.14), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55)
The Canary In The Coal Mine Is Dead: 2015 Will Mark The Start Of A Recession And Bear Market
Nigel D'Souza - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jun 25, 3:03PM CDT
SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55)
The Money Printers' M&A Ball - Where The Debt Zombies Go To Mate
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jun 25, 11:47AM CDT
Fed governor Jerome Powell is living proof that we are heading for another calamitous financial meltdown. This clueless monetary apparatchik averred yesterday that the Wall Street casino is in the pink of good health with no evidence of irrational...
SPUU: 36.74 (-0.46), SDOW: 18.98 (+0.28), SPLX: 34.23 (+1.47), DOG: 22.84 (+0.15), SPXU: 32.95 (+0.52), UPRO: 70.26 (-1.18), SPY: 210.18 (-1.19), EPS: 72.45 (-0.17), DXD: 20.85 (+0.27), DIA: 177.16 (-1.14), WMB: 52.94 (-0.60), SPXL: 93.10 (-1.55), RWL: 41.14 (-0.28), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), RSP: 80.23 (-0.38), SH: 20.88 (+0.12), SSO: 67.11 (-0.69), ETE: 59.28 (-0.06), IVV: 211.47 (-1.15), DDM: 67.00 (-0.90), VOO: 192.68 (-1.11), SDS: 20.16 (+0.21), UDOW: 69.62 (-1.35)
