Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bear 3X Shares (SPXS) 17.87 $SPXS
Trading The VIX: I Want Volatility With My Volatility ETF
Force Majeure - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jun 24, 1:41PM CDT
VXUP: 17.44 (-0.91), SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), SPY: 209.38 (+2.59), VXX: 16.30 (-1.42), VXDN: 16.38 (+0.95)
4 Ways To Short The S&P 500 With ETFs
Zacks Funds - Seeking Alpha - Thu May 28, 5:45AM CDT
The S&P 500, which hit multiple highs last week, will have a tough ride in the months ahead given that a rate hike is on the cards. Last Friday, the Fed indicated that it is on track to raise the interest rates - the first time since 2006 if the...
SPXU: 33.27 (-1.33), SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), SH: 20.95 (-0.27), SDS: 20.30 (-0.53)
4 Ways to Short the S&P 500 with ETFs - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Wed May 27, 9:00AM CDT
Investors who are bearish on the stocks for the near term could go short on the S&P 500 index with these ETFs.
SPXU: 33.27 (-1.33), SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), SH: 20.95 (-0.27), SDS: 20.30 (-0.53)
Investing In Leveraged ETFs - Theory And Practice
Jonathan Kinlay - at Seeking Alpha - Tue May 05, 10:48AM CDT
SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), ERY: 24.72 (-2.40), ERX: 41.13 (+3.37), TZA: 10.28 (-0.23), TNA: 82.78 (+1.60), DUST: 34.98 (-1.08), SPXL: 91.91 (+3.30), FAS: 33.77 (+0.53), NUGT: 3.42 (+0.09), FAZ: 10.64 (-0.16), GDX: 13.71 (+0.14)
3 S&P 500 Inverse ETFs To Hedge Your Portfolio Against A Looming Correction
Eric Harding - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Apr 06, 3:20PM CDT
SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), SH: 20.95 (-0.27), SDS: 20.30 (-0.53)
It's Not About The Nail
Ben Hunt - Seeking Alpha - Wed Apr 01, 8:13AM CDT
Do, or do not. There is no try.” – Yoda, “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980) I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my...
FEX: 45.62 (+0.58), SPLV: 37.71 (+0.32), SPUU: 36.48 (+0.87), SPHQ: 23.35 (+0.29), SDOW: 19.32 (-0.65), SPLX: 31.75 (-0.18), EQAL: 24.98 (+0.42), DOG: 22.95 (-0.25), SPXU: 33.27 (-1.33), CFO: 37.03 (+0.44), SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), PRF: 90.68 (+1.16), SPY: 209.38 (+2.59), EEH: 15.61 (+0.08), ERW: 52.66 (+0.05), DXD: 21.05 (-0.48), SQQQ: 21.90 (-0.64), QQXT: 42.87 (+0.54), SPXL: 91.91 (+3.30), LGLV: 74.10 (-0.49), RWL: 41.03 (+0.60), RSP: 79.86 (+1.00), SCHX: 50.01 (+0.59), SYE: 59.97 (+0.51), QQEW: 44.21 (+0.49), IVV: 210.64 (+2.65), VONE: 96.64 (+0.99), DDM: 66.23 (+1.41), QQQE: 65.97 (+0.88), IWB: 117.02 (+1.43), SDS: 20.30 (-0.53), MGC: 71.53 (+0.84), SPHB: 31.97 (+0.66), IWL: 47.75 (+0.60), PSQ: 54.09 (-0.48), ROLA: 175.00 (unch), ZLRG: 24.69 (-0.73), TQQQ: 118.23 (+3.30), SBUS: 25.11 (-0.23), UPRO: 69.41 (+2.50), FMK: 27.22 (+0.20), EPS: 71.74 (+0.82), OEF: 93.08 (+1.21), DIA: 176.19 (+1.96), XLG: 145.85 (+1.66), QID: 32.41 (-0.62), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 36.86 (+0.23), SH: 20.95 (-0.27), SSO: 66.56 (+1.64), QLD: 78.66 (+1.49), VOO: 191.98 (+2.39), PXLC: 41.23 (-0.16), QQQ: 111.23 (+1.05), ONEK: 98.80 (+1.49), FWDD: 42.98 (-0.23), VV: 96.30 (+1.23), EQL: 56.52 (+0.77), UDOW: 68.38 (+2.24), EWRI: 50.47 (+0.54), JKD: 122.36 (+1.66)
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: 45.62 (+0.58), SPLV: 37.71 (+0.32), SPUU: 36.48 (+0.87), SPHQ: 23.35 (+0.29), SDOW: 19.32 (-0.65), SPLX: 31.75 (-0.18), EQAL: 24.98 (+0.42), DOG: 22.95 (-0.25), SPXU: 33.27 (-1.33), CFO: 37.03 (+0.44), SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), PRF: 90.68 (+1.16), SPY: 209.38 (+2.59), EEH: 15.61 (+0.08), ERW: 52.66 (+0.05), DXD: 21.05 (-0.48), SQQQ: 21.90 (-0.64), QQXT: 42.87 (+0.54), SPXL: 91.91 (+3.30), LGLV: 74.10 (-0.49), RWL: 41.03 (+0.60), RSP: 79.86 (+1.00), SCHX: 50.01 (+0.59), SYE: 59.97 (+0.51), QQEW: 44.21 (+0.49), IVV: 210.64 (+2.65), VONE: 96.64 (+0.99), DDM: 66.23 (+1.41), QQQE: 65.97 (+0.88), IWB: 117.02 (+1.43), SDS: 20.30 (-0.53), MGC: 71.53 (+0.84), SPHB: 31.97 (+0.66), IWL: 47.75 (+0.60), PSQ: 54.09 (-0.48), ROLA: 175.00 (unch), ZLRG: 24.69 (-0.73), TQQQ: 118.23 (+3.30), SBUS: 25.11 (-0.23), UPRO: 69.41 (+2.50), FMK: 27.22 (+0.20), EPS: 71.74 (+0.82), OEF: 93.08 (+1.21), DIA: 176.19 (+1.96), XLG: 145.85 (+1.66), QID: 32.41 (-0.62), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 36.86 (+0.23), SH: 20.95 (-0.27), SSO: 66.56 (+1.64), QLD: 78.66 (+1.49), VOO: 191.98 (+2.39), PXLC: 41.23 (-0.16), QQQ: 111.23 (+1.05), ONEK: 98.80 (+1.49), FWDD: 42.98 (-0.23), VV: 96.30 (+1.23), EQL: 56.52 (+0.77), UDOW: 68.38 (+2.24), EWRI: 50.47 (+0.54), JKD: 122.36 (+1.66)
Retail Investors Find Opportunity Amidst An Overall Bearish Sentiment
Nicole Sherrod - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 27, 11:36AM CDT
FEX: 45.62 (+0.58), SPLV: 37.71 (+0.32), SPUU: 36.48 (+0.87), SPHQ: 23.35 (+0.29), SPLX: 31.75 (-0.18), SDOW: 19.32 (-0.65), EQAL: 24.98 (+0.42), DOG: 22.95 (-0.25), SPXU: 33.27 (-1.33), CFO: 37.03 (+0.44), SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), SPY: 209.38 (+2.59), PRF: 90.68 (+1.16), EEH: 15.61 (+0.08), ERW: 52.66 (+0.05), DXD: 21.05 (-0.48), QQXT: 42.87 (+0.54), SQQQ: 21.90 (-0.64), SPXL: 91.91 (+3.30), LGLV: 74.10 (-0.49), RWL: 41.03 (+0.60), RSP: 79.86 (+1.00), SCHX: 50.01 (+0.59), SYE: 59.97 (+0.51), FB: 95.36 (+1.19), HAL: 41.94 (+0.96), QQEW: 44.21 (+0.49), IVV: 210.64 (+2.65), VONE: 96.64 (+0.99), DDM: 66.23 (+1.41), QQQE: 65.97 (+0.88), IWB: 117.02 (+1.43), AA: 9.90 (+0.28), SDS: 20.30 (-0.53), MGC: 71.53 (+0.84), PAAS: 6.34 (+0.11), SPHB: 31.97 (+0.66), IWL: 47.75 (+0.60), PSQ: 54.09 (-0.48), SHW: 273.59 (+7.55), ROLA: 175.00 (unch), ZLRG: 24.69 (-0.73), TQQQ: 118.23 (+3.30), SBUS: 25.11 (-0.23), SBUX: 57.09 (+0.11), UPRO: 69.41 (+2.50), FMK: 27.22 (+0.20), EPS: 71.74 (+0.82), OEF: 93.08 (+1.21), DIA: 176.19 (+1.96), AAPL: 123.87 (+1.10), XLG: 145.85 (+1.66), QID: 32.41 (-0.62), TRW: 105.46 (unch), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 36.86 (+0.23), SH: 20.95 (-0.27), SSO: 66.56 (+1.64), QLD: 78.66 (+1.49), VOO: 191.98 (+2.39), PXLC: 41.23 (-0.16), QQQ: 111.23 (+1.05), ONEK: 98.80 (+1.49), FWDD: 42.98 (-0.23), EQL: 56.52 (+0.77), VV: 96.30 (+1.23), UDOW: 68.38 (+2.24), EWRI: 50.47 (+0.54), JKD: 122.36 (+1.66)
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: 45.62 (+0.58), SPLV: 37.71 (+0.32), SPUU: 36.48 (+0.87), SPHQ: 23.35 (+0.29), SDOW: 19.32 (-0.65), SPLX: 31.75 (-0.18), EQAL: 24.98 (+0.42), DOG: 22.95 (-0.25), SPXU: 33.27 (-1.33), CFO: 37.03 (+0.44), SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), PRF: 90.68 (+1.16), SPY: 209.38 (+2.59), EEH: 15.61 (+0.08), ERW: 52.66 (+0.05), DXD: 21.05 (-0.48), SQQQ: 21.90 (-0.64), QQXT: 42.87 (+0.54), SPXL: 91.91 (+3.30), LGLV: 74.10 (-0.49), RWL: 41.03 (+0.60), RSP: 79.86 (+1.00), SCHX: 50.01 (+0.59), SYE: 59.97 (+0.51), QQEW: 44.21 (+0.49), IVV: 210.64 (+2.65), VONE: 96.64 (+0.99), DDM: 66.23 (+1.41), QQQE: 65.97 (+0.88), IWB: 117.02 (+1.43), SDS: 20.30 (-0.53), MGC: 71.53 (+0.84), SPHB: 31.97 (+0.66), IWL: 47.75 (+0.60), PSQ: 54.09 (-0.48), ROLA: 175.00 (unch), ZLRG: 24.69 (-0.73), TQQQ: 118.23 (+3.30), SBUS: 25.11 (-0.23), UPRO: 69.41 (+2.50), FMK: 27.22 (+0.20), EPS: 71.74 (+0.82), OEF: 93.08 (+1.21), DIA: 176.19 (+1.96), XLG: 145.85 (+1.66), QID: 32.41 (-0.62), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 36.86 (+0.23), SH: 20.95 (-0.27), SSO: 66.56 (+1.64), QLD: 78.66 (+1.49), VOO: 191.98 (+2.39), PXLC: 41.23 (-0.16), QQQ: 111.23 (+1.05), ONEK: 98.80 (+1.49), FWDD: 42.98 (-0.23), VV: 96.30 (+1.23), EQL: 56.52 (+0.77), UDOW: 68.38 (+2.24), EWRI: 50.47 (+0.54), JKD: 122.36 (+1.66)
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: 45.62 (+0.58), SPLV: 37.71 (+0.32), SPUU: 36.48 (+0.87), SPHQ: 23.35 (+0.29), SDOW: 19.32 (-0.65), SPLX: 31.75 (-0.18), EQAL: 24.98 (+0.42), DOG: 22.95 (-0.25), SPXU: 33.27 (-1.33), CFO: 37.03 (+0.44), SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), PRF: 90.68 (+1.16), SPY: 209.38 (+2.59), EEH: 15.61 (+0.08), ERW: 52.66 (+0.05), DXD: 21.05 (-0.48), SQQQ: 21.90 (-0.64), QQXT: 42.87 (+0.54), SPXL: 91.91 (+3.30), LGLV: 74.10 (-0.49), RWL: 41.03 (+0.60), RSP: 79.86 (+1.00), SCHX: 50.01 (+0.59), SYE: 59.97 (+0.51), QQEW: 44.21 (+0.49), IVV: 210.64 (+2.65), VONE: 96.64 (+0.99), DDM: 66.23 (+1.41), QQQE: 65.97 (+0.88), IWB: 117.02 (+1.43), SDS: 20.30 (-0.53), MGC: 71.53 (+0.84), SPHB: 31.97 (+0.66), IWL: 47.75 (+0.60), PSQ: 54.09 (-0.48), ROLA: 175.00 (unch), ZLRG: 24.69 (-0.73), TQQQ: 118.23 (+3.30), SBUS: 25.11 (-0.23), UPRO: 69.41 (+2.50), FMK: 27.22 (+0.20), EPS: 71.74 (+0.82), OEF: 93.08 (+1.21), DIA: 176.20 (+1.97), XLG: 145.85 (+1.66), QID: 32.41 (-0.62), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 36.86 (+0.23), SH: 20.95 (-0.27), SSO: 66.56 (+1.64), QLD: 78.66 (+1.49), VOO: 191.98 (+2.39), PXLC: 41.23 (-0.16), QQQ: 111.23 (+1.05), ONEK: 98.80 (+1.49), FWDD: 42.98 (-0.23), VV: 96.30 (+1.23), EQL: 56.52 (+0.77), UDOW: 68.38 (+2.24), EWRI: 50.47 (+0.54), JKD: 122.36 (+1.66)
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! ...
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Patience Is A Virtue
Carbide Capital Inc. - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 19, 3:19PM CDT
In a high tech world where we demand everything instantaneously, sometimes it's good to just sit back and be patient. The topic of whether the FED would remove the word "patient" and set the stage for an interest rate hike in June or September has...
FEX: 45.62 (+0.58), SPLV: 37.71 (+0.32), SPUU: 36.48 (+0.87), SPHQ: 23.35 (+0.29), SDOW: 19.32 (-0.65), SPLX: 31.75 (-0.18), EQAL: 24.98 (+0.42), DOG: 22.95 (-0.25), SPXU: 33.27 (-1.33), CFO: 37.03 (+0.44), SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), PRF: 90.68 (+1.16), SPY: 209.38 (+2.59), EEH: 15.61 (+0.08), ERW: 52.66 (+0.05), DXD: 21.05 (-0.48), SQQQ: 21.90 (-0.64), QQXT: 42.87 (+0.54), SPXL: 91.91 (+3.30), LGLV: 74.10 (-0.49), RWL: 41.03 (+0.60), RSP: 79.86 (+1.00), SCHX: 50.01 (+0.59), SYE: 59.97 (+0.51), QQEW: 44.21 (+0.49), IVV: 210.64 (+2.65), VONE: 96.64 (+0.99), DDM: 66.23 (+1.41), QQQE: 65.97 (+0.88), IWB: 117.02 (+1.43), SDS: 20.30 (-0.53), MGC: 71.53 (+0.84), SPHB: 31.97 (+0.66), IWL: 47.75 (+0.60), PSQ: 54.09 (-0.48), ROLA: 175.00 (unch), ZLRG: 24.69 (-0.73), TQQQ: 118.23 (+3.30), SBUS: 25.11 (-0.23), UPRO: 69.41 (+2.50), FMK: 27.22 (+0.20), EPS: 71.74 (+0.82), OEF: 93.08 (+1.21), DIA: 176.20 (+1.97), XLG: 145.95 (+1.76), QID: 32.41 (-0.62), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 36.86 (+0.23), SH: 20.95 (-0.27), SSO: 66.56 (+1.64), QLD: 78.66 (+1.49), VOO: 191.98 (+2.39), PXLC: 41.23 (-0.16), QQQ: 111.23 (+1.05), ONEK: 98.80 (+1.49), FWDD: 42.98 (-0.23), VV: 96.30 (+1.23), EQL: 56.52 (+0.77), UDOW: 68.38 (+2.24), EWRI: 50.47 (+0.54), JKD: 122.36 (+1.66)
Duck This Dip- There's More Crazy Stuff Coming
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 17, 1:00PM CDT
(Originally posted March 15) That didn’t take long! Yesterday’s rip was supposed to have turned the market back up. Its close at well above the “crucial” 2060 chart point on the S&P 500 cash index meant...
FEX: 45.62 (+0.58), SPLV: 37.71 (+0.32), SPUU: 36.48 (+0.87), SPHQ: 23.35 (+0.29), SDOW: 19.32 (-0.65), SPLX: 31.75 (-0.18), EQAL: 24.98 (+0.42), DOG: 22.95 (-0.25), SPXU: 33.27 (-1.33), CFO: 37.03 (+0.44), SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), PRF: 90.68 (+1.16), SPY: 209.38 (+2.59), EEH: 15.61 (+0.08), ERW: 52.66 (+0.05), DXD: 21.05 (-0.48), SQQQ: 21.90 (-0.64), QQXT: 42.87 (+0.54), SPXL: 91.91 (+3.30), LGLV: 74.10 (-0.49), RWL: 41.03 (+0.60), RSP: 79.86 (+1.00), SCHX: 50.01 (+0.59), SYE: 59.97 (+0.51), QQEW: 44.21 (+0.49), IVV: 210.64 (+2.65), VONE: 96.64 (+0.99), DDM: 66.23 (+1.41), QQQE: 65.97 (+0.88), IWB: 117.02 (+1.43), SDS: 20.30 (-0.53), MGC: 71.53 (+0.84), SPHB: 31.97 (+0.66), IWL: 47.75 (+0.60), PSQ: 54.09 (-0.48), ROLA: 175.00 (unch), ZLRG: 24.69 (-0.73), TQQQ: 118.23 (+3.30), SBUS: 25.11 (-0.23), UPRO: 69.41 (+2.50), FMK: 27.22 (+0.20), EPS: 71.74 (+0.82), OEF: 93.08 (+1.21), DIA: 176.20 (+1.97), XLG: 145.95 (+1.76), QID: 32.41 (-0.62), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 36.86 (+0.23), SH: 20.95 (-0.27), SSO: 66.56 (+1.64), QLD: 78.66 (+1.49), VOO: 191.98 (+2.39), PXLC: 41.23 (-0.16), QQQ: 111.23 (+1.05), ONEK: 98.80 (+1.49), FWDD: 42.98 (-0.23), VV: 96.30 (+1.23), EQL: 56.52 (+0.77), UDOW: 68.38 (+2.24), EWRI: 50.47 (+0.54), JKD: 122.36 (+1.66)
The Great Immoderation: How The Fed Is Sowing The Next Recession
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 12, 2:51PM CDT
In February 2004 Ben Bernanke famously declared the business cycle had been tamed and took a bow in behalf of enlightened monetary management, claiming it was the principal source of this beneficent development. Exactly 55 months later, of course, he...
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Merger Monday In The Casino: Why SPG's Paying 56X For Macerich's Going Nowhere Malls
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 11, 8:03AM CDT
Now comes a prime example of central bank financial repression at work. It’s downright ugly and crystalizes how the Fed and other central banks are generating massive mis-allocations of capital and staggering windfall gains to Wall Street...
FEX: 45.62 (+0.58), SPLV: 37.71 (+0.32), SPUU: 36.48 (+0.87), SPHQ: 23.35 (+0.29), SDOW: 19.32 (-0.65), SPLX: 31.75 (-0.18), EQAL: 24.98 (+0.42), DOG: 22.95 (-0.25), SPXU: 33.27 (-1.33), CFO: 37.03 (+0.44), SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), PRF: 90.68 (+1.16), SPY: 209.38 (+2.59), EEH: 15.61 (+0.08), ERW: 52.66 (+0.05), DXD: 21.05 (-0.48), SQQQ: 21.90 (-0.64), QQXT: 42.87 (+0.54), SPXL: 91.91 (+3.30), LGLV: 74.10 (-0.49), RWL: 41.03 (+0.60), RSP: 79.86 (+1.00), SCHX: 50.01 (+0.59), SYE: 59.97 (+0.51), QQEW: 44.21 (+0.49), IVV: 210.64 (+2.65), VONE: 96.64 (+0.99), DDM: 66.23 (+1.41), QQQE: 65.97 (+0.88), IWB: 117.02 (+1.43), SDS: 20.30 (-0.53), MGC: 71.53 (+0.84), SPHB: 31.97 (+0.66), IWL: 47.75 (+0.60), PSQ: 54.09 (-0.48), ROLA: 175.00 (unch), ZLRG: 24.69 (-0.73), TQQQ: 118.23 (+3.30), SBUS: 25.11 (-0.23), UPRO: 69.41 (+2.50), FMK: 27.22 (+0.20), EPS: 71.74 (+0.82), OEF: 93.08 (+1.21), DIA: 176.20 (+1.97), XLG: 145.95 (+1.76), QID: 32.41 (-0.62), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 36.86 (+0.23), SH: 20.95 (-0.27), SSO: 66.56 (+1.64), QLD: 78.66 (+1.49), VOO: 191.98 (+2.39), PXLC: 41.23 (-0.16), QQQ: 111.23 (+1.05), ONEK: 98.80 (+1.49), FWDD: 42.98 (-0.23), VV: 96.30 (+1.23), EQL: 56.52 (+0.77), UDOW: 68.38 (+2.24), EWRI: 50.47 (+0.54), JKD: 122.36 (+1.66)
Six Years Of Bull Market Bull
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 10, 7:25AM CDT
Never has there been a more artificial—-indeed, phony—–gain in the stock market than the 215% eruption orchestrated by the Fed since the post-crisis bottom six years ago today. And the operative word is “orchestrated”...
FEX: 45.62 (+0.58), SPLV: 37.71 (+0.32), SPUU: 36.48 (+0.87), SPHQ: 23.35 (+0.29), SDOW: 19.32 (-0.65), SPLX: 31.75 (-0.18), EQAL: 24.98 (+0.42), DOG: 22.95 (-0.25), SPXU: 33.27 (-1.33), CFO: 37.03 (+0.44), SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), PRF: 90.68 (+1.16), SPY: 209.38 (+2.59), EEH: 15.61 (+0.08), ERW: 52.66 (+0.05), DXD: 21.05 (-0.48), SQQQ: 21.90 (-0.64), QQXT: 42.87 (+0.54), SPXL: 91.91 (+3.30), LGLV: 74.10 (-0.49), RWL: 41.03 (+0.60), RSP: 79.86 (+1.00), SCHX: 50.01 (+0.59), SYE: 59.97 (+0.51), QQEW: 44.21 (+0.49), IVV: 210.64 (+2.65), VONE: 96.64 (+0.99), DDM: 66.23 (+1.41), QQQE: 65.97 (+0.88), IWB: 117.02 (+1.43), SDS: 20.30 (-0.53), MGC: 71.53 (+0.84), SPHB: 31.97 (+0.66), IWL: 47.75 (+0.60), PSQ: 54.09 (-0.48), ROLA: 175.00 (unch), ZLRG: 24.69 (-0.73), TQQQ: 118.23 (+3.30), SBUS: 25.11 (-0.23), UPRO: 69.41 (+2.50), FMK: 27.22 (+0.20), EPS: 71.74 (+0.82), OEF: 93.08 (+1.21), DIA: 176.20 (+1.97), XLG: 145.95 (+1.76), QID: 32.41 (-0.62), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 36.86 (+0.23), SH: 20.95 (-0.27), SSO: 66.56 (+1.64), QLD: 78.66 (+1.49), VOO: 191.98 (+2.39), PXLC: 41.23 (-0.16), QQQ: 111.23 (+1.05), ONEK: 98.80 (+1.49), FWDD: 42.98 (-0.23), VV: 96.30 (+1.23), EQL: 56.52 (+0.77), UDOW: 68.38 (+2.24), EWRI: 50.47 (+0.54), JKD: 122.36 (+1.66)
Nasdaq 5,000 Is Different This Time... But Not In A Good Way!
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 04, 8:33AM CST
The robo-traders and Wall Street punters were busy painting the tape yesterday, and did bump the Nasdaq composite across the magic 5,000 threshold for the first time since March 2000. But even as Wall Street urged home-gamers to “return with us...
HACK: 30.95 (+0.07), ROM: 78.78 (+1.53), SPLV: 37.71 (+0.32), TLL: 62.06 (-0.66), SPUU: 36.48 (+0.87), QTEC: 42.07 (+0.50), SDOW: 19.32 (-0.65), SPLX: 31.75 (-0.18), CFO: 37.03 (+0.44), SPY: 209.38 (+2.59), TECL: 36.73 (+1.08), EEH: 15.61 (+0.08), SQQQ: 21.90 (-0.64), LGLV: 74.10 (-0.49), SOXS: 52.03 (-4.12), XTL: 56.02 (+0.49), RWL: 41.03 (+0.60), SYE: 59.97 (+0.51), SOXL: 27.42 (+1.88), REW: 49.92 (-1.03), QQEW: 44.21 (+0.49), SOXX: 88.46 (+2.15), IVV: 210.64 (+2.65), TECS: 37.53 (-1.09), PSCT: 50.32 (+0.49), IWB: 117.02 (+1.43), MGC: 71.53 (+0.84), IWL: 47.75 (+0.60), PXQ: 36.74 (+0.22), ROLA: 175.00 (unch), ZLRG: 24.69 (-0.73), XSW: 101.27 (+0.64), TQQQ: 118.23 (+3.30), UPRO: 69.41 (+2.50), FMK: 27.22 (+0.20), OEF: 93.08 (+1.21), XLK: 42.42 (+0.44), XLG: 145.95 (+1.76), XSD: 79.72 (+1.71), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 36.86 (+0.23), IGM: 106.96 (+1.03), SSO: 66.56 (+1.64), RYT: 90.53 (+1.37), SSG: 54.03 (-1.09), QLD: 78.66 (+1.49), IGV: 101.09 (+0.95), PXLC: 41.23 (-0.16), USD: 77.17 (+3.87), FWDD: 42.98 (-0.23), MTK: 105.35 (+1.27), VV: 96.30 (+1.23), IGN: 38.84 (+0.34), UDOW: 68.38 (+2.24), FEX: 45.62 (+0.58), SPHQ: 23.35 (+0.29), EQAL: 24.98 (+0.42), DOG: 22.95 (-0.25), PBS: 27.10 (+0.25), SPXU: 33.27 (-1.33), SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), FXL: 34.93 (+0.57), PRF: 90.68 (+1.16), ERW: 52.66 (+0.05), DXD: 21.05 (-0.48), QQXT: 42.87 (+0.54), SPXL: 91.91 (+3.30), SCHX: 50.01 (+0.59), RSP: 79.86 (+1.00), FDN: 72.05 (+0.68), SMH: 52.32 (+1.31), FCOM: 26.16 (+0.08), VONE: 96.64 (+0.99), DDM: 66.23 (+1.41), FTEC: 32.63 (+0.33), QQQE: 65.97 (+0.88), PSJ: 43.86 (+0.35), PSI: 25.21 (+0.49), SDS: 20.30 (-0.53), SPHB: 31.97 (+0.66), PSQ: 54.09 (-0.48), SBUS: 25.11 (-0.23), PTF: 42.49 (+0.51), IYZ: 27.99 (+0.23), EPS: 71.74 (+0.82), DIA: 176.20 (+1.97), TDIV: 25.82 (+0.27), QID: 32.41 (-0.62), IYW: 106.85 (+1.12), SH: 20.95 (-0.27), LTL: 80.51 (+0.51), VOO: 191.98 (+2.39), QQQ: 111.23 (+1.05), ONEK: 98.80 (+1.49), VOX: 84.16 (+0.43), EQL: 56.52 (+0.77), VGT: 108.41 (+1.20), JKD: 122.36 (+1.66), EWRI: 50.47 (+0.54)
Betting With Buffett: 7 Lean Years Later
CFA Institute Contributors - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 7:45AM CST
By Ted Seides, CFA Just as stock picks sometimes head in the wrong direction upon purchase and call into question whether a thesis is early or wrong, so too has hedge fund underperformance over the last seven years raised the question of whether...
SPLV: 37.71 (+0.32), VSPY: 59.13 (+0.38), RALS: 39.03 (-0.02), SPUU: 36.48 (+0.87), SDOW: 19.32 (-0.65), SPLX: 31.75 (-0.18), TRSK: 27.95 (+0.09), CFO: 37.03 (+0.44), SPY: 209.38 (+2.59), EEH: 15.61 (+0.08), SQQQ: 21.90 (-0.64), LGLV: 74.10 (-0.49), RWL: 41.03 (+0.60), CSLS: 26.72 (-0.11), SYE: 59.97 (+0.51), LALT: 22.73 (unch), QQEW: 44.21 (+0.49), IVV: 210.64 (+2.65), IWB: 117.02 (+1.43), MGC: 71.53 (+0.84), IBLN: 26.07 (+0.60), IWL: 47.75 (+0.60), ROLA: 175.00 (unch), ZLRG: 24.69 (-0.73), ALTS: 39.81 (+0.09), QMN: 25.34 (+0.11), TQQQ: 118.23 (+3.30), UPRO: 69.41 (+2.50), FMK: 27.22 (+0.20), VQTS: 24.85 (+0.24), OEF: 93.08 (+1.21), MULT: 24.40 (+0.13), MCRO: 24.98 (-0.02), BARL: 19.19 (unch), QEH: 28.47 (unch), SIZ: 23.06 (-0.26), XLG: 145.95 (+1.76), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 36.86 (+0.23), SSO: 66.56 (+1.64), VIXH: 24.74 (-0.07), GURU: 26.27 (+0.31), GURX: 12.63 (-0.57), QLD: 78.66 (+1.49), PXLC: 41.23 (-0.16), FWDD: 42.98 (-0.23), VV: 96.30 (+1.23), UDOW: 68.38 (+2.24), GURI: 13.88 (-0.62), FEX: 45.62 (+0.58), DIVA: 23.40 (-0.50), SPXH: 30.36 (+0.36), SPHQ: 23.35 (+0.29), EQAL: 24.98 (+0.42), DOG: 22.95 (-0.25), SPXU: 33.27 (-1.33), SPGH: 50.00 (-0.10), SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), PRF: 90.68 (+1.16), ERW: 52.66 (+0.05), DXD: 21.05 (-0.48), ALFA: 45.62 (+0.52), QQXT: 42.87 (+0.54), AGLS: 19.34 (+0.03), CSM: 50.59 (+0.72), HDG: 42.92 (+0.16), SPXL: 91.93 (+3.32), CHEP: 25.00 (unch), PHDG: 25.50 (+0.07), TNDQ: 39.76 (+0.07), SCHX: 50.01 (+0.59), RSP: 79.86 (+1.00), FTLS: 32.17 (+0.27), VALX: 25.69 (+0.04), VONE: 96.64 (+0.99), BTAL: 20.08 (unch), QQQE: 65.97 (+0.88), DDM: 66.23 (+1.41), SDS: 20.30 (-0.53), SPHB: 31.97 (+0.66), VQT: 141.52 (+0.46), PSQ: 54.09 (-0.48), TCHI: 28.30 (-0.15), SBUS: 25.11 (-0.23), EPS: 71.74 (+0.82), QAI: 29.53 (+0.07), DIA: 176.20 (+1.97), QID: 32.41 (-0.62), SH: 20.95 (-0.27), VOO: 191.98 (+2.39), TRND: 39.86 (+0.06), QQQ: 111.23 (+1.05), ONEK: 98.80 (+1.49), TRNM: 35.77 (+0.02), EQL: 56.52 (+0.77), CSMN: 18.66 (unch), JKD: 122.36 (+1.66), EWRI: 50.47 (+0.54)
Here We Go Again: The Robo Machines Are Raging
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 11:41AM CST
Here we go again. The robo machines have been raging for the past two days, and by mid-afternoon we were hovering around 2045 on the S&P 500. Since that’s only 2.3% below the all-time high reached at the end of December,...
FEX: 45.62 (+0.58), SPLV: 37.71 (+0.32), SPUU: 36.48 (+0.87), SPHQ: 23.35 (+0.29), SDOW: 19.32 (-0.65), SPLX: 31.75 (-0.18), EQAL: 24.98 (+0.42), DOG: 22.95 (-0.25), SPXU: 33.27 (-1.33), CFO: 37.03 (+0.44), SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), PRF: 90.68 (+1.16), SPY: 209.38 (+2.59), EEH: 15.61 (+0.08), ERW: 52.66 (+0.05), DXD: 21.05 (-0.48), SQQQ: 21.90 (-0.64), QQXT: 42.87 (+0.54), SPXL: 91.93 (+3.32), LGLV: 74.10 (-0.49), RWL: 41.03 (+0.60), RSP: 79.86 (+1.00), SCHX: 50.01 (+0.59), SYE: 59.97 (+0.51), QQEW: 44.21 (+0.49), IVV: 210.64 (+2.65), VONE: 96.64 (+0.99), DDM: 66.23 (+1.41), QQQE: 65.97 (+0.88), IWB: 117.02 (+1.43), SDS: 20.30 (-0.53), MGC: 71.53 (+0.84), SPHB: 31.97 (+0.66), IWL: 47.75 (+0.60), PSQ: 54.09 (-0.48), ROLA: 175.00 (unch), ZLRG: 24.69 (-0.73), TQQQ: 118.23 (+3.30), SBUS: 25.11 (-0.23), UPRO: 69.41 (+2.50), FMK: 27.22 (+0.20), EPS: 71.74 (+0.82), OEF: 93.08 (+1.21), DIA: 176.20 (+1.97), XLG: 145.95 (+1.76), QID: 32.41 (-0.62), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 36.86 (+0.23), SH: 20.95 (-0.27), SSO: 66.56 (+1.64), QLD: 78.66 (+1.49), VOO: 191.98 (+2.39), PXLC: 41.23 (-0.16), QQQ: 111.23 (+1.05), ONEK: 98.80 (+1.49), FWDD: 42.98 (-0.23), VV: 96.30 (+1.23), EQL: 56.52 (+0.77), UDOW: 68.38 (+2.24), EWRI: 50.47 (+0.54), JKD: 122.36 (+1.66)
Trading The VIX: I Want Volatility With My Volatility ETF
Force Majeure - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jun 24, 1:41PM CDT
VXUP: 17.44 (-0.91), SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), SPY: 209.38 (+2.59), VXX: 16.30 (-1.42), VXDN: 16.38 (+0.95)
4 Ways To Short The S&P 500 With ETFs
Zacks Funds - Seeking Alpha - Thu May 28, 5:45AM CDT
The S&P 500, which hit multiple highs last week, will have a tough ride in the months ahead given that a rate hike is on the cards. Last Friday, the Fed indicated that it is on track to raise the interest rates - the first time since 2006 if the...
SPXU: 33.27 (-1.33), SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), SH: 20.95 (-0.27), SDS: 20.30 (-0.53)
4 Ways to Short the S&P 500 with ETFs - ETF News And Commentary
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Wed May 27, 9:00AM CDT
Investors who are bearish on the stocks for the near term could go short on the S&P 500 index with these ETFs.
SPXU: 33.27 (-1.33), SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), SH: 20.95 (-0.27), SDS: 20.30 (-0.53)
Investing In Leveraged ETFs - Theory And Practice
Jonathan Kinlay - at Seeking Alpha - Tue May 05, 10:48AM CDT
SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), ERY: 24.72 (-2.40), ERX: 41.13 (+3.37), TZA: 10.28 (-0.23), TNA: 82.78 (+1.60), DUST: 34.98 (-1.08), SPXL: 91.91 (+3.30), FAS: 33.77 (+0.53), NUGT: 3.42 (+0.09), FAZ: 10.64 (-0.16), GDX: 13.71 (+0.14)
3 S&P 500 Inverse ETFs To Hedge Your Portfolio Against A Looming Correction
Eric Harding - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Apr 06, 3:20PM CDT
SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), SH: 20.95 (-0.27), SDS: 20.30 (-0.53)
It's Not About The Nail
Ben Hunt - Seeking Alpha - Wed Apr 01, 8:13AM CDT
Do, or do not. There is no try.” – Yoda, “Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back” (1980) I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations - one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my...
FEX: 45.62 (+0.58), SPLV: 37.71 (+0.32), SPUU: 36.48 (+0.87), SPHQ: 23.35 (+0.29), SDOW: 19.32 (-0.65), SPLX: 31.75 (-0.18), EQAL: 24.98 (+0.42), DOG: 22.95 (-0.25), SPXU: 33.27 (-1.33), CFO: 37.03 (+0.44), SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), PRF: 90.68 (+1.16), SPY: 209.38 (+2.59), EEH: 15.61 (+0.08), ERW: 52.66 (+0.05), DXD: 21.05 (-0.48), SQQQ: 21.90 (-0.64), QQXT: 42.87 (+0.54), SPXL: 91.91 (+3.30), LGLV: 74.10 (-0.49), RWL: 41.03 (+0.60), RSP: 79.86 (+1.00), SCHX: 50.01 (+0.59), SYE: 59.97 (+0.51), QQEW: 44.21 (+0.49), IVV: 210.64 (+2.65), VONE: 96.64 (+0.99), DDM: 66.23 (+1.41), QQQE: 65.97 (+0.88), IWB: 117.02 (+1.43), SDS: 20.30 (-0.53), MGC: 71.53 (+0.84), SPHB: 31.97 (+0.66), IWL: 47.75 (+0.60), PSQ: 54.09 (-0.48), ROLA: 175.00 (unch), ZLRG: 24.69 (-0.73), TQQQ: 118.23 (+3.30), SBUS: 25.11 (-0.23), UPRO: 69.41 (+2.50), FMK: 27.22 (+0.20), EPS: 71.74 (+0.82), OEF: 93.08 (+1.21), DIA: 176.19 (+1.96), XLG: 145.85 (+1.66), QID: 32.41 (-0.62), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 36.86 (+0.23), SH: 20.95 (-0.27), SSO: 66.56 (+1.64), QLD: 78.66 (+1.49), VOO: 191.98 (+2.39), PXLC: 41.23 (-0.16), QQQ: 111.23 (+1.05), ONEK: 98.80 (+1.49), FWDD: 42.98 (-0.23), VV: 96.30 (+1.23), EQL: 56.52 (+0.77), UDOW: 68.38 (+2.24), EWRI: 50.47 (+0.54), JKD: 122.36 (+1.66)
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: 45.62 (+0.58), SPLV: 37.71 (+0.32), SPUU: 36.48 (+0.87), SPHQ: 23.35 (+0.29), SDOW: 19.32 (-0.65), SPLX: 31.75 (-0.18), EQAL: 24.98 (+0.42), DOG: 22.95 (-0.25), SPXU: 33.27 (-1.33), CFO: 37.03 (+0.44), SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), PRF: 90.68 (+1.16), SPY: 209.38 (+2.59), EEH: 15.61 (+0.08), ERW: 52.66 (+0.05), DXD: 21.05 (-0.48), SQQQ: 21.90 (-0.64), QQXT: 42.87 (+0.54), SPXL: 91.91 (+3.30), LGLV: 74.10 (-0.49), RWL: 41.03 (+0.60), RSP: 79.86 (+1.00), SCHX: 50.01 (+0.59), SYE: 59.97 (+0.51), QQEW: 44.21 (+0.49), IVV: 210.64 (+2.65), VONE: 96.64 (+0.99), DDM: 66.23 (+1.41), QQQE: 65.97 (+0.88), IWB: 117.02 (+1.43), SDS: 20.30 (-0.53), MGC: 71.53 (+0.84), SPHB: 31.97 (+0.66), IWL: 47.75 (+0.60), PSQ: 54.09 (-0.48), ROLA: 175.00 (unch), ZLRG: 24.69 (-0.73), TQQQ: 118.23 (+3.30), SBUS: 25.11 (-0.23), UPRO: 69.41 (+2.50), FMK: 27.22 (+0.20), EPS: 71.74 (+0.82), OEF: 93.08 (+1.21), DIA: 176.19 (+1.96), XLG: 145.85 (+1.66), QID: 32.41 (-0.62), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 36.86 (+0.23), SH: 20.95 (-0.27), SSO: 66.56 (+1.64), QLD: 78.66 (+1.49), VOO: 191.98 (+2.39), PXLC: 41.23 (-0.16), QQQ: 111.23 (+1.05), ONEK: 98.80 (+1.49), FWDD: 42.98 (-0.23), VV: 96.30 (+1.23), EQL: 56.52 (+0.77), UDOW: 68.38 (+2.24), EWRI: 50.47 (+0.54), JKD: 122.36 (+1.66)
Retail Investors Find Opportunity Amidst An Overall Bearish Sentiment
Nicole Sherrod - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Mar 27, 11:36AM CDT
FEX: 45.62 (+0.58), SPLV: 37.71 (+0.32), SPUU: 36.48 (+0.87), SPHQ: 23.35 (+0.29), SPLX: 31.75 (-0.18), SDOW: 19.32 (-0.65), EQAL: 24.98 (+0.42), DOG: 22.95 (-0.25), SPXU: 33.27 (-1.33), CFO: 37.03 (+0.44), SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), SPY: 209.38 (+2.59), PRF: 90.68 (+1.16), EEH: 15.61 (+0.08), ERW: 52.66 (+0.05), DXD: 21.05 (-0.48), QQXT: 42.87 (+0.54), SQQQ: 21.90 (-0.64), SPXL: 91.91 (+3.30), LGLV: 74.10 (-0.49), RWL: 41.03 (+0.60), RSP: 79.86 (+1.00), SCHX: 50.01 (+0.59), SYE: 59.97 (+0.51), FB: 95.36 (+1.19), HAL: 41.94 (+0.96), QQEW: 44.21 (+0.49), IVV: 210.64 (+2.65), VONE: 96.64 (+0.99), DDM: 66.23 (+1.41), QQQE: 65.97 (+0.88), IWB: 117.02 (+1.43), AA: 9.90 (+0.28), SDS: 20.30 (-0.53), MGC: 71.53 (+0.84), PAAS: 6.34 (+0.11), SPHB: 31.97 (+0.66), IWL: 47.75 (+0.60), PSQ: 54.09 (-0.48), SHW: 273.59 (+7.55), ROLA: 175.00 (unch), ZLRG: 24.69 (-0.73), TQQQ: 118.23 (+3.30), SBUS: 25.11 (-0.23), SBUX: 57.09 (+0.11), UPRO: 69.41 (+2.50), FMK: 27.22 (+0.20), EPS: 71.74 (+0.82), OEF: 93.08 (+1.21), DIA: 176.19 (+1.96), AAPL: 123.87 (+1.10), XLG: 145.85 (+1.66), QID: 32.41 (-0.62), TRW: 105.46 (unch), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 36.86 (+0.23), SH: 20.95 (-0.27), SSO: 66.56 (+1.64), QLD: 78.66 (+1.49), VOO: 191.98 (+2.39), PXLC: 41.23 (-0.16), QQQ: 111.23 (+1.05), ONEK: 98.80 (+1.49), FWDD: 42.98 (-0.23), EQL: 56.52 (+0.77), VV: 96.30 (+1.23), UDOW: 68.38 (+2.24), EWRI: 50.47 (+0.54), JKD: 122.36 (+1.66)
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...
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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...
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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! ...
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Patience Is A Virtue
Carbide Capital Inc. - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 19, 3:19PM CDT
In a high tech world where we demand everything instantaneously, sometimes it's good to just sit back and be patient. The topic of whether the FED would remove the word "patient" and set the stage for an interest rate hike in June or September has...
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Duck This Dip- There's More Crazy Stuff Coming
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 17, 1:00PM CDT
(Originally posted March 15) That didn’t take long! Yesterday’s rip was supposed to have turned the market back up. Its close at well above the “crucial” 2060 chart point on the S&P 500 cash index meant...
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The Great Immoderation: How The Fed Is Sowing The Next Recession
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 12, 2:51PM CDT
In February 2004 Ben Bernanke famously declared the business cycle had been tamed and took a bow in behalf of enlightened monetary management, claiming it was the principal source of this beneficent development. Exactly 55 months later, of course, he...
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Merger Monday In The Casino: Why SPG's Paying 56X For Macerich's Going Nowhere Malls
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 11, 8:03AM CDT
Now comes a prime example of central bank financial repression at work. It’s downright ugly and crystalizes how the Fed and other central banks are generating massive mis-allocations of capital and staggering windfall gains to Wall Street...
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Six Years Of Bull Market Bull
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 10, 7:25AM CDT
Never has there been a more artificial—-indeed, phony—–gain in the stock market than the 215% eruption orchestrated by the Fed since the post-crisis bottom six years ago today. And the operative word is “orchestrated”...
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Nasdaq 5,000 Is Different This Time... But Not In A Good Way!
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 04, 8:33AM CST
The robo-traders and Wall Street punters were busy painting the tape yesterday, and did bump the Nasdaq composite across the magic 5,000 threshold for the first time since March 2000. But even as Wall Street urged home-gamers to “return with us...
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Betting With Buffett: 7 Lean Years Later
CFA Institute Contributors - Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 12, 7:45AM CST
By Ted Seides, CFA Just as stock picks sometimes head in the wrong direction upon purchase and call into question whether a thesis is early or wrong, so too has hedge fund underperformance over the last seven years raised the question of whether...
SPLV: 37.71 (+0.32), VSPY: 59.13 (+0.38), RALS: 39.03 (-0.02), SPUU: 36.48 (+0.87), SDOW: 19.32 (-0.65), SPLX: 31.75 (-0.18), TRSK: 27.95 (+0.09), CFO: 37.03 (+0.44), SPY: 209.38 (+2.59), EEH: 15.61 (+0.08), SQQQ: 21.90 (-0.64), LGLV: 74.10 (-0.49), RWL: 41.03 (+0.60), CSLS: 26.72 (-0.11), SYE: 59.97 (+0.51), LALT: 22.73 (unch), QQEW: 44.21 (+0.49), IVV: 210.64 (+2.65), IWB: 117.02 (+1.43), MGC: 71.53 (+0.84), IBLN: 26.07 (+0.60), IWL: 47.75 (+0.60), ROLA: 175.00 (unch), ZLRG: 24.69 (-0.73), ALTS: 39.81 (+0.09), QMN: 25.34 (+0.11), TQQQ: 118.23 (+3.30), UPRO: 69.41 (+2.50), FMK: 27.22 (+0.20), VQTS: 24.85 (+0.24), OEF: 93.08 (+1.21), MULT: 24.40 (+0.13), MCRO: 24.98 (-0.02), BARL: 19.19 (unch), QEH: 28.47 (unch), SIZ: 23.06 (-0.26), XLG: 145.95 (+1.76), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 36.86 (+0.23), SSO: 66.56 (+1.64), VIXH: 24.74 (-0.07), GURU: 26.27 (+0.31), GURX: 12.63 (-0.57), QLD: 78.66 (+1.49), PXLC: 41.23 (-0.16), FWDD: 42.98 (-0.23), VV: 96.30 (+1.23), UDOW: 68.38 (+2.24), GURI: 13.88 (-0.62), FEX: 45.62 (+0.58), DIVA: 23.40 (-0.50), SPXH: 30.36 (+0.36), SPHQ: 23.35 (+0.29), EQAL: 24.98 (+0.42), DOG: 22.95 (-0.25), SPXU: 33.27 (-1.33), SPGH: 50.00 (-0.10), SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), PRF: 90.68 (+1.16), ERW: 52.66 (+0.05), DXD: 21.05 (-0.48), ALFA: 45.62 (+0.52), QQXT: 42.87 (+0.54), AGLS: 19.34 (+0.03), CSM: 50.59 (+0.72), HDG: 42.92 (+0.16), SPXL: 91.93 (+3.32), CHEP: 25.00 (unch), PHDG: 25.50 (+0.07), TNDQ: 39.76 (+0.07), SCHX: 50.01 (+0.59), RSP: 79.86 (+1.00), FTLS: 32.17 (+0.27), VALX: 25.69 (+0.04), VONE: 96.64 (+0.99), BTAL: 20.08 (unch), QQQE: 65.97 (+0.88), DDM: 66.23 (+1.41), SDS: 20.30 (-0.53), SPHB: 31.97 (+0.66), VQT: 141.52 (+0.46), PSQ: 54.09 (-0.48), TCHI: 28.30 (-0.15), SBUS: 25.11 (-0.23), EPS: 71.74 (+0.82), QAI: 29.53 (+0.07), DIA: 176.20 (+1.97), QID: 32.41 (-0.62), SH: 20.95 (-0.27), VOO: 191.98 (+2.39), TRND: 39.86 (+0.06), QQQ: 111.23 (+1.05), ONEK: 98.80 (+1.49), TRNM: 35.77 (+0.02), EQL: 56.52 (+0.77), CSMN: 18.66 (unch), JKD: 122.36 (+1.66), EWRI: 50.47 (+0.54)
Here We Go Again: The Robo Machines Are Raging
David Stockman - Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 11:41AM CST
Here we go again. The robo machines have been raging for the past two days, and by mid-afternoon we were hovering around 2045 on the S&P 500. Since that’s only 2.3% below the all-time high reached at the end of December,...
FEX: 45.62 (+0.58), SPLV: 37.71 (+0.32), SPUU: 36.48 (+0.87), SPHQ: 23.35 (+0.29), SDOW: 19.32 (-0.65), SPLX: 31.75 (-0.18), EQAL: 24.98 (+0.42), DOG: 22.95 (-0.25), SPXU: 33.27 (-1.33), CFO: 37.03 (+0.44), SPXS: 17.87 (-0.72), PRF: 90.68 (+1.16), SPY: 209.38 (+2.59), EEH: 15.61 (+0.08), ERW: 52.66 (+0.05), DXD: 21.05 (-0.48), SQQQ: 21.90 (-0.64), QQXT: 42.87 (+0.54), SPXL: 91.93 (+3.32), LGLV: 74.10 (-0.49), RWL: 41.03 (+0.60), RSP: 79.86 (+1.00), SCHX: 50.01 (+0.59), SYE: 59.97 (+0.51), QQEW: 44.21 (+0.49), IVV: 210.64 (+2.65), VONE: 96.64 (+0.99), DDM: 66.23 (+1.41), QQQE: 65.97 (+0.88), IWB: 117.02 (+1.43), SDS: 20.30 (-0.53), MGC: 71.53 (+0.84), SPHB: 31.97 (+0.66), IWL: 47.75 (+0.60), PSQ: 54.09 (-0.48), ROLA: 175.00 (unch), ZLRG: 24.69 (-0.73), TQQQ: 118.23 (+3.30), SBUS: 25.11 (-0.23), UPRO: 69.41 (+2.50), FMK: 27.22 (+0.20), EPS: 71.74 (+0.82), OEF: 93.08 (+1.21), DIA: 176.20 (+1.97), XLG: 145.95 (+1.76), QID: 32.41 (-0.62), SFLA: 159.00 (unch), CFA: 36.86 (+0.23), SH: 20.95 (-0.27), SSO: 66.56 (+1.64), QLD: 78.66 (+1.49), VOO: 191.98 (+2.39), PXLC: 41.23 (-0.16), QQQ: 111.23 (+1.05), ONEK: 98.80 (+1.49), FWDD: 42.98 (-0.23), VV: 96.30 (+1.23), EQL: 56.52 (+0.77), UDOW: 68.38 (+2.24), EWRI: 50.47 (+0.54), JKD: 122.36 (+1.66)
