Industrial Select Sector SPDR (XLI) 54.15 $XLI
Twitter Earnings on Deck as Investors Digest an Energy Bounce
at The Street - Tue Jul 28, 3:09PM CDT
The CNBC ‘Fast Money’ traders are split on whether energy stocks look attractive or are just prospering from a temporary bounce.
SOCL: 19.33 (-0.29), USO: 16.39 (+0.54), UCO: 30.48 (+1.92), FB: 96.07 (+0.78), GOOG: 624.24 (-3.76), TLT: 120.75 (-0.40), SPY: 210.22 (+0.89), LNKD: 227.15 (-1.35), QQQ: 111.30 (+0.17), DIA: 177.01 (+0.90), GOOGL: 654.10 (-5.56), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), IWM: 121.84 (+0.24), TWTR: 31.57 (-4.97), IYT: 150.25 (+1.87), XLE: 71.24 (+0.77), FXI: 41.29 (+0.50)
Weak Industrial Earnings Drag Industrial ETFs Lower - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Jul 28, 12:00PM CDT
Uninspiring earnings results from some of the top industrial players are weighing on these ETFs.
IYJ: 105.03 (+1.07), MMM: 151.11 (unch), GE: 26.17 (+0.07), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), CAT: 77.10 (-0.68), VIS: 104.32 (+1.05), UNP: 97.27 (+0.65)
Uncertainty Escalates After Greek Referendum
David Fry - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jul 06, 11:14PM CDT
At this point words fail me once again. What will happen to Greece and their EU partners, no one knows. For now it's a cancer growing on both Greece and many world stock indexes. China is more alarming after the PBOC intervened in markets to no...
XLB: 45.70 (+0.19), GREK: 9.61 (-0.05), IBB: 375.98 (-6.86), EWO: 16.30 (-0.07), TLT: 120.75 (-0.40), EEM: 37.11 (+0.38), XLP: 50.34 (+0.13), SPY: 210.22 (+0.89), ITB: 27.83 (+0.33), IYR: 74.12 (-0.13), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), SLV: 14.14 (+0.12), FXE: 108.31 (-0.25), XLF: 25.21 (+0.17), GDX: 13.83 (+0.14), JJC: 28.35 (+0.02), XLE: 71.24 (+0.77), FXI: 41.29 (+0.50), USO: 16.39 (+0.54), DBC: 16.07 (+0.11), DBA: 21.62 (+0.04), XLY: 79.38 (+0.51), FXY: 78.42 (-0.16), EZU: 38.56 (+0.04), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), HAO: 27.27 (+0.61), UUP: 25.31 (+0.04), XRT: 97.37 (+0.71), XLV: 76.14 (+0.01), IEV: 44.55 (+0.13), GLD: 104.94 (-0.08), EPI: 21.76 (+0.19), RSX: 17.32 (+0.53), EFA: 64.39 (+0.17), EWZ: 29.10 (+0.57)
Weak Wages And Weaker Manufacturing, But How 'Bout Those Rate Hike Expectations!
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jul 02, 1:58PM CDT
I started working at the age of 13. I wanted to be productive. I wanted to make money. Gardener, golf caddy, food deliverer, waiter, bartender, entrepreneur, researcher, analyst, writer, planner, adviser, money manager - I probably spent as much time...
OEF: 93.50 (+0.46), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), IYT: 150.25 (+1.87), UUP: 25.31 (+0.04)
Sector ETFs' Technical Charts Suggest Drag on S&P 500
at The Street - Wed Jul 01, 11:19AM CDT
All 10 sector exchange-traded funds are showing technical reasons why it might be time to start selling.
XLB: 45.70 (+0.19), XLP: 50.34 (+0.13), XLY: 79.38 (+0.51), XLK: 42.53 (+0.17), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), XLF: 25.21 (+0.17), IYT: 150.25 (+1.87), XLV: 76.14 (+0.01), XLE: 71.24 (+0.77)
2015 Second Half Outlook: Quadrophobia
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 4:55PM CDT
XLB: 45.70 (+0.19), EWH: 22.28 (+0.19), HYG: 87.67 (+0.32), IEF: 105.64 (-0.21), UUP: 25.31 (+0.04), TLT: 120.75 (-0.40), XLP: 50.34 (+0.13), IYZ: 28.09 (+0.23), SPY: 210.22 (+0.89), GLD: 104.94 (-0.08), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), BIL: 45.70 (unch), BKLN: 23.68 (-0.01), FXE: 108.31 (-0.25), XLE: 71.24 (+0.77), FXI: 41.29 (+0.50), GXC: 80.52 (+1.10)
S&P 500 Sector P/E Ratio Charts
Bespoke Investment Group - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jun 28, 3:42AM CDT
Below is an updated look at our sector valuation charts, using trailing 12-month P/E ratios. The S&P 500′s P/E ratio has gone sideways around the 18.5 level for the past few months as the market has gone nowhere. The last time we...
XLB: 45.70 (+0.19), XLP: 50.34 (+0.13), SPY: 210.22 (+0.89), XLY: 79.38 (+0.51), XLK: 42.53 (+0.17), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), XLF: 25.21 (+0.17), XLV: 76.14 (+0.01), XLE: 71.24 (+0.77)
Another Greek Weekend Ahead
David Fry - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jun 27, 1:38AM CDT
It's not a leap to suggest investors are nervous about another Greek weekend ahead to break the negotiating stand-off. Each side states they don't want to be blackmailed which is more bluster for the home audience. Will some settlement be achieved?...
XLB: 45.70 (+0.19), EWH: 22.28 (+0.19), KBE: 36.08 (+0.10), PEK: 50.81 (+1.34), CNXT: 45.88 (+2.19), GREK: 9.61 (-0.05), FXA: 73.19 (-0.17), TLT: 120.75 (-0.40), EEM: 37.11 (+0.38), XLP: 50.34 (+0.13), SPY: 210.22 (+0.89), ITB: 27.83 (+0.33), EWA: 20.80 (+0.07), IYR: 74.12 (-0.13), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), SLV: 14.14 (+0.12), FXE: 108.31 (-0.25), XLF: 25.21 (+0.17), IYT: 150.25 (+1.87), GDX: 13.83 (+0.14), XLE: 71.24 (+0.77), FXI: 41.29 (+0.50), TIP: 112.03 (-0.03), USO: 16.39 (+0.54), DBB: 13.84 (-0.05), DBC: 16.07 (+0.11), IEF: 105.64 (-0.21), DBA: 21.62 (+0.04), XLY: 79.38 (+0.51), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), HAO: 27.27 (+0.61), UUP: 25.31 (+0.04), XRT: 97.37 (+0.71), IEV: 44.55 (+0.13), LQD: 115.67 (-0.12), GLD: 104.94 (-0.08), EPI: 21.76 (+0.19), RSX: 17.32 (+0.53), EFA: 64.39 (+0.17), EWZ: 29.10 (+0.57)
Trader's Notebook: Watch Out for the Russell Indices Annual Rebalancing
at The Street - Fri Jun 26, 9:00AM CDT
And keep an eye on Chevron and ConocoPhillips too.
COP: 53.12 (+0.88), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), IWM: 121.84 (+0.24), CVX: 92.99 (+0.59)
Possible 'Greek Save' Means More Drama Ahead
David Fry - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 22, 11:10PM CDT
KBE: 36.08 (+0.10), UNG: 13.66 (+0.18), XLY: 79.38 (+0.51), TLT: 120.75 (-0.40), EWJ: 12.76 (unch), XLV: 76.14 (+0.01), EEM: 37.11 (+0.38), SPY: 210.22 (+0.89), QQQ: 111.30 (+0.17), GLD: 104.94 (-0.08), LQD: 115.67 (-0.12), DIA: 177.01 (+0.90), ITB: 27.83 (+0.33), XLK: 42.53 (+0.17), IYR: 74.12 (-0.13), EFA: 64.39 (+0.17), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), IWM: 121.84 (+0.24), GDX: 13.83 (+0.14), XLF: 25.21 (+0.17), FXI: 41.29 (+0.50), XLE: 71.24 (+0.77)
Market Outlook - No Progress Since February
Price Headley, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 22, 8:14AM CDT
The market certainly got off on the right foot last week, rallying all the way through Thursday when the NASDAQ Composite (COMP) finally cleared its all-time record high set back in March of 2000. With no other major market index completing the same...
SPY: 210.23 (+0.90), QQQ: 111.30 (+0.17), VXX: 16.25 (-0.24), DIA: 177.01 (+0.90), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), IWM: 121.84 (+0.24)
Industrial Select Sector SPDR announces quarterly distribution of $0.278
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jun 19, 1:08PM CDT
XLI: 54.15 (+0.49)
The Fed Is Determined To Raise Interest Rates
David Fry - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jun 18, 1:08AM CDT
The Fed glossed over any economic weakness by just stating the "economy is strong enough to handle interest rate increases". Chalk that up to an understanding that monetary policy normalization is now job one for the Fed. They understand...
XLB: 45.70 (+0.19), EWG: 28.24 (unch), EWC: 25.44 (+0.31), IBB: 375.98 (-6.86), TLT: 120.75 (-0.40), EWJ: 12.76 (unch), EEM: 37.11 (+0.38), XLP: 50.35 (+0.14), SPY: 210.23 (+0.90), ITB: 27.83 (+0.33), EWA: 20.80 (+0.07), IYR: 74.12 (-0.13), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), FXE: 108.31 (-0.25), SLV: 14.14 (+0.12), XLF: 25.21 (+0.17), IYT: 150.25 (+1.87), GDX: 13.83 (+0.14), XLE: 71.24 (+0.77), USO: 16.39 (+0.54), DBB: 13.84 (-0.05), DBC: 16.07 (+0.11), DBA: 21.62 (+0.04), XLY: 79.38 (+0.51), FXY: 78.42 (-0.16), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), UUP: 25.31 (+0.04), XRT: 97.37 (+0.71), XLV: 76.14 (+0.01), EWY: 52.03 (+0.36), IEV: 44.55 (+0.13), EWU: 18.36 (+0.12), GLD: 104.94 (-0.08), RSX: 17.32 (+0.53), EFA: 64.39 (+0.17), EWZ: 29.10 (+0.57), CVY: 20.89 (+0.15)
The Shallow Industrial Recession Continues - But No Signal For General Growth
Hale Stewart - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jun 17, 1:49PM CDT
By New Deal democrat Several days ago May industrial production showed another decline. The consensus in the commentary was that this was due to continued weakness in the Oil patch and strength in the dollar. I agree. James Picerno also had a...
IYJ: 105.03 (+1.07), RGI: 86.64 (+1.09), UXI: 112.74 (+3.98), AIRR: 17.29 (+0.25), SIJ: 41.50 (-1.28), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), FIDU: 27.94 (+0.31), VIS: 104.32 (+1.05), FXR: 29.47 (+0.46)
U.S. Industrial Output Continued To Weaken In May
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jun 16, 10:33AM CDT
Is the US on the cusp of a new recession? The latest numbers on industrial production suggest that business-cycle risk is rising. Why, then, don't we see confirming signals from other key indicators? Notably, payrolls are still rising at a solid pace...
IYJ: 105.03 (+1.07), RGI: 86.64 (+1.09), UXI: 112.74 (+3.98), SIJ: 41.50 (-1.28), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), FIDU: 27.94 (+0.31), VIS: 104.32 (+1.05), FXR: 29.47 (+0.46)
U.S. IP And The Road To Reverse Hysteresis
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jun 16, 8:55AM CDT
By Jeffrey P. Snider Another contraction in US Industrial Production has extended the slump to half a year. That includes, perhaps more importantly, serious and continued erosion in capacity utilization. There were some minor upward revisions in...
IYJ: 105.03 (+1.07), RGI: 86.64 (+1.09), UXI: 112.74 (+3.98), AIRR: 17.29 (+0.25), SIJ: 41.50 (-1.28), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), FIDU: 27.94 (+0.31), VIS: 104.32 (+1.05), FXR: 29.47 (+0.46)
Econ Wrap-Up: Empire State, Industrial Production, NAHB Housing Market Index
Wall Street Strategies - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jun 16, 12:14AM CDT
By Jennifer Coombs According to the Empire State manufacturing survey, there was no bounce from last month's weakness; the headline reading sank to -1.98, which was well below the low-end forecast for a reading of +4.00. This is the second negative...
IYJ: 105.03 (+1.07), RGI: 86.64 (+1.09), PKB: 23.97 (+0.22), XHB: 36.89 (+0.29), UXI: 112.74 (+3.98), AIRR: 17.29 (+0.25), ITB: 27.83 (+0.33), SIJ: 41.50 (-1.28), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), FIDU: 27.94 (+0.31), VIS: 104.32 (+1.05), FXR: 29.47 (+0.46)
Market Outlook - Where We Stand Now
Price Headley, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 15, 7:27AM CDT
Despite Wednesday's heroically bullish day, Monday's and Friday's tumbles were enough to translate into about a breakeven for last week... against a (mostly) bearish backdrop. That is, although the S&P 500 (SPX) (NYSEARCA: SPY ) made a very...
SPY: 210.23 (+0.90), QQQ: 111.30 (+0.17), VXX: 16.24 (-0.25), DIA: 177.01 (+0.90), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), IWM: 121.84 (+0.24)
Markets Reverse Course
David Fry - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jun 13, 2:57AM CDT
It seems the situation in Greece creates more uncertainty especially over the weekend. Since things remain stressed there, selling is the order of the day. Economic data from the U.S. included higher inflation from the PPI which rose to 0.5% vs....
XLB: 45.70 (+0.19), EWG: 28.24 (unch), PEK: 50.81 (+1.34), EWC: 25.44 (+0.31), IBB: 375.98 (-6.86), TLT: 120.75 (-0.40), DXJ: 56.52 (+0.03), EEM: 37.10 (+0.37), XLP: 50.35 (+0.14), SPY: 210.23 (+0.90), ITB: 27.83 (+0.33), EWA: 20.80 (+0.07), IYR: 74.12 (-0.13), SLV: 14.14 (+0.12), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), FXE: 108.31 (-0.25), GDX: 13.83 (+0.14), XLF: 25.21 (+0.17), IYT: 150.25 (+1.87), XLE: 71.24 (+0.77), FXI: 41.29 (+0.50), USO: 16.39 (+0.54), HYG: 87.67 (+0.32), DBB: 13.84 (-0.05), DVY: 75.92 (+0.29), DBC: 16.07 (+0.11), DBA: 21.62 (+0.04), XLY: 79.38 (+0.51), FXY: 78.42 (-0.16), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), UUP: 25.31 (+0.04), XRT: 97.37 (+0.71), XLV: 76.14 (+0.01), EWY: 52.03 (+0.36), IEV: 44.55 (+0.13), EWS: 12.36 (+0.04), EWU: 18.36 (+0.12), LQD: 115.67 (-0.12), GLD: 104.94 (-0.08), EPI: 21.76 (+0.19), RSX: 17.32 (+0.53), EFA: 64.39 (+0.17), EWZ: 29.10 (+0.57)
Twitter Earnings on Deck as Investors Digest an Energy Bounce
at The Street - Tue Jul 28, 3:09PM CDT
The CNBC ‘Fast Money’ traders are split on whether energy stocks look attractive or are just prospering from a temporary bounce.
SOCL: 19.33 (-0.29), USO: 16.39 (+0.54), UCO: 30.48 (+1.92), FB: 96.07 (+0.78), GOOG: 624.24 (-3.76), TLT: 120.75 (-0.40), SPY: 210.22 (+0.89), LNKD: 227.15 (-1.35), QQQ: 111.30 (+0.17), DIA: 177.01 (+0.90), GOOGL: 654.10 (-5.56), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), IWM: 121.84 (+0.24), TWTR: 31.57 (-4.97), IYT: 150.25 (+1.87), XLE: 71.24 (+0.77), FXI: 41.29 (+0.50)
Weak Industrial Earnings Drag Industrial ETFs Lower - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue Jul 28, 12:00PM CDT
Uninspiring earnings results from some of the top industrial players are weighing on these ETFs.
IYJ: 105.03 (+1.07), MMM: 151.11 (unch), GE: 26.17 (+0.07), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), CAT: 77.10 (-0.68), VIS: 104.32 (+1.05), UNP: 97.27 (+0.65)
Uncertainty Escalates After Greek Referendum
David Fry - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jul 06, 11:14PM CDT
At this point words fail me once again. What will happen to Greece and their EU partners, no one knows. For now it's a cancer growing on both Greece and many world stock indexes. China is more alarming after the PBOC intervened in markets to no...
XLB: 45.70 (+0.19), GREK: 9.61 (-0.05), IBB: 375.98 (-6.86), EWO: 16.30 (-0.07), TLT: 120.75 (-0.40), EEM: 37.11 (+0.38), XLP: 50.34 (+0.13), SPY: 210.22 (+0.89), ITB: 27.83 (+0.33), IYR: 74.12 (-0.13), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), SLV: 14.14 (+0.12), FXE: 108.31 (-0.25), XLF: 25.21 (+0.17), GDX: 13.83 (+0.14), JJC: 28.35 (+0.02), XLE: 71.24 (+0.77), FXI: 41.29 (+0.50), USO: 16.39 (+0.54), DBC: 16.07 (+0.11), DBA: 21.62 (+0.04), XLY: 79.38 (+0.51), FXY: 78.42 (-0.16), EZU: 38.56 (+0.04), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), HAO: 27.27 (+0.61), UUP: 25.31 (+0.04), XRT: 97.37 (+0.71), XLV: 76.14 (+0.01), IEV: 44.55 (+0.13), GLD: 104.94 (-0.08), EPI: 21.76 (+0.19), RSX: 17.32 (+0.53), EFA: 64.39 (+0.17), EWZ: 29.10 (+0.57)
Weak Wages And Weaker Manufacturing, But How 'Bout Those Rate Hike Expectations!
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jul 02, 1:58PM CDT
I started working at the age of 13. I wanted to be productive. I wanted to make money. Gardener, golf caddy, food deliverer, waiter, bartender, entrepreneur, researcher, analyst, writer, planner, adviser, money manager - I probably spent as much time...
OEF: 93.50 (+0.46), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), IYT: 150.25 (+1.87), UUP: 25.31 (+0.04)
Sector ETFs' Technical Charts Suggest Drag on S&P 500
at The Street - Wed Jul 01, 11:19AM CDT
All 10 sector exchange-traded funds are showing technical reasons why it might be time to start selling.
XLB: 45.70 (+0.19), XLP: 50.34 (+0.13), XLY: 79.38 (+0.51), XLK: 42.53 (+0.17), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), XLF: 25.21 (+0.17), IYT: 150.25 (+1.87), XLV: 76.14 (+0.01), XLE: 71.24 (+0.77)
2015 Second Half Outlook: Quadrophobia
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 4:55PM CDT
XLB: 45.70 (+0.19), EWH: 22.28 (+0.19), HYG: 87.67 (+0.32), IEF: 105.64 (-0.21), UUP: 25.31 (+0.04), TLT: 120.75 (-0.40), XLP: 50.34 (+0.13), IYZ: 28.09 (+0.23), SPY: 210.22 (+0.89), GLD: 104.94 (-0.08), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), BIL: 45.70 (unch), BKLN: 23.68 (-0.01), FXE: 108.31 (-0.25), XLE: 71.24 (+0.77), FXI: 41.29 (+0.50), GXC: 80.52 (+1.10)
S&P 500 Sector P/E Ratio Charts
Bespoke Investment Group - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Jun 28, 3:42AM CDT
Below is an updated look at our sector valuation charts, using trailing 12-month P/E ratios. The S&P 500′s P/E ratio has gone sideways around the 18.5 level for the past few months as the market has gone nowhere. The last time we...
XLB: 45.70 (+0.19), XLP: 50.34 (+0.13), SPY: 210.22 (+0.89), XLY: 79.38 (+0.51), XLK: 42.53 (+0.17), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), XLF: 25.21 (+0.17), XLV: 76.14 (+0.01), XLE: 71.24 (+0.77)
Another Greek Weekend Ahead
David Fry - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jun 27, 1:38AM CDT
It's not a leap to suggest investors are nervous about another Greek weekend ahead to break the negotiating stand-off. Each side states they don't want to be blackmailed which is more bluster for the home audience. Will some settlement be achieved?...
XLB: 45.70 (+0.19), EWH: 22.28 (+0.19), KBE: 36.08 (+0.10), PEK: 50.81 (+1.34), CNXT: 45.88 (+2.19), GREK: 9.61 (-0.05), FXA: 73.19 (-0.17), TLT: 120.75 (-0.40), EEM: 37.11 (+0.38), XLP: 50.34 (+0.13), SPY: 210.22 (+0.89), ITB: 27.83 (+0.33), EWA: 20.80 (+0.07), IYR: 74.12 (-0.13), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), SLV: 14.14 (+0.12), FXE: 108.31 (-0.25), XLF: 25.21 (+0.17), IYT: 150.25 (+1.87), GDX: 13.83 (+0.14), XLE: 71.24 (+0.77), FXI: 41.29 (+0.50), TIP: 112.03 (-0.03), USO: 16.39 (+0.54), DBB: 13.84 (-0.05), DBC: 16.07 (+0.11), IEF: 105.64 (-0.21), DBA: 21.62 (+0.04), XLY: 79.38 (+0.51), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), HAO: 27.27 (+0.61), UUP: 25.31 (+0.04), XRT: 97.37 (+0.71), IEV: 44.55 (+0.13), LQD: 115.67 (-0.12), GLD: 104.94 (-0.08), EPI: 21.76 (+0.19), RSX: 17.32 (+0.53), EFA: 64.39 (+0.17), EWZ: 29.10 (+0.57)
Trader's Notebook: Watch Out for the Russell Indices Annual Rebalancing
at The Street - Fri Jun 26, 9:00AM CDT
And keep an eye on Chevron and ConocoPhillips too.
COP: 53.12 (+0.88), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), IWM: 121.84 (+0.24), CVX: 92.99 (+0.59)
Possible 'Greek Save' Means More Drama Ahead
David Fry - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 22, 11:10PM CDT
KBE: 36.08 (+0.10), UNG: 13.66 (+0.18), XLY: 79.38 (+0.51), TLT: 120.75 (-0.40), EWJ: 12.76 (unch), XLV: 76.14 (+0.01), EEM: 37.11 (+0.38), SPY: 210.22 (+0.89), QQQ: 111.30 (+0.17), GLD: 104.94 (-0.08), LQD: 115.67 (-0.12), DIA: 177.01 (+0.90), ITB: 27.83 (+0.33), XLK: 42.53 (+0.17), IYR: 74.12 (-0.13), EFA: 64.39 (+0.17), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), IWM: 121.84 (+0.24), GDX: 13.83 (+0.14), XLF: 25.21 (+0.17), FXI: 41.29 (+0.50), XLE: 71.24 (+0.77)
Market Outlook - No Progress Since February
Price Headley, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 22, 8:14AM CDT
The market certainly got off on the right foot last week, rallying all the way through Thursday when the NASDAQ Composite (COMP) finally cleared its all-time record high set back in March of 2000. With no other major market index completing the same...
SPY: 210.23 (+0.90), QQQ: 111.30 (+0.17), VXX: 16.25 (-0.24), DIA: 177.01 (+0.90), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), IWM: 121.84 (+0.24)
Industrial Select Sector SPDR announces quarterly distribution of $0.278
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jun 19, 1:08PM CDT
XLI: 54.15 (+0.49)
The Fed Is Determined To Raise Interest Rates
David Fry - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jun 18, 1:08AM CDT
The Fed glossed over any economic weakness by just stating the "economy is strong enough to handle interest rate increases". Chalk that up to an understanding that monetary policy normalization is now job one for the Fed. They understand...
XLB: 45.70 (+0.19), EWG: 28.24 (unch), EWC: 25.44 (+0.31), IBB: 375.98 (-6.86), TLT: 120.75 (-0.40), EWJ: 12.76 (unch), EEM: 37.11 (+0.38), XLP: 50.35 (+0.14), SPY: 210.23 (+0.90), ITB: 27.83 (+0.33), EWA: 20.80 (+0.07), IYR: 74.12 (-0.13), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), FXE: 108.31 (-0.25), SLV: 14.14 (+0.12), XLF: 25.21 (+0.17), IYT: 150.25 (+1.87), GDX: 13.83 (+0.14), XLE: 71.24 (+0.77), USO: 16.39 (+0.54), DBB: 13.84 (-0.05), DBC: 16.07 (+0.11), DBA: 21.62 (+0.04), XLY: 79.38 (+0.51), FXY: 78.42 (-0.16), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), UUP: 25.31 (+0.04), XRT: 97.37 (+0.71), XLV: 76.14 (+0.01), EWY: 52.03 (+0.36), IEV: 44.55 (+0.13), EWU: 18.36 (+0.12), GLD: 104.94 (-0.08), RSX: 17.32 (+0.53), EFA: 64.39 (+0.17), EWZ: 29.10 (+0.57), CVY: 20.89 (+0.15)
The Shallow Industrial Recession Continues - But No Signal For General Growth
Hale Stewart - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jun 17, 1:49PM CDT
By New Deal democrat Several days ago May industrial production showed another decline. The consensus in the commentary was that this was due to continued weakness in the Oil patch and strength in the dollar. I agree. James Picerno also had a...
IYJ: 105.03 (+1.07), RGI: 86.64 (+1.09), UXI: 112.74 (+3.98), AIRR: 17.29 (+0.25), SIJ: 41.50 (-1.28), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), FIDU: 27.94 (+0.31), VIS: 104.32 (+1.05), FXR: 29.47 (+0.46)
U.S. Industrial Output Continued To Weaken In May
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jun 16, 10:33AM CDT
Is the US on the cusp of a new recession? The latest numbers on industrial production suggest that business-cycle risk is rising. Why, then, don't we see confirming signals from other key indicators? Notably, payrolls are still rising at a solid pace...
IYJ: 105.03 (+1.07), RGI: 86.64 (+1.09), UXI: 112.74 (+3.98), SIJ: 41.50 (-1.28), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), FIDU: 27.94 (+0.31), VIS: 104.32 (+1.05), FXR: 29.47 (+0.46)
U.S. IP And The Road To Reverse Hysteresis
Joseph Calhoun - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jun 16, 8:55AM CDT
By Jeffrey P. Snider Another contraction in US Industrial Production has extended the slump to half a year. That includes, perhaps more importantly, serious and continued erosion in capacity utilization. There were some minor upward revisions in...
IYJ: 105.03 (+1.07), RGI: 86.64 (+1.09), UXI: 112.74 (+3.98), AIRR: 17.29 (+0.25), SIJ: 41.50 (-1.28), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), FIDU: 27.94 (+0.31), VIS: 104.32 (+1.05), FXR: 29.47 (+0.46)
Econ Wrap-Up: Empire State, Industrial Production, NAHB Housing Market Index
Wall Street Strategies - Seeking Alpha - Tue Jun 16, 12:14AM CDT
By Jennifer Coombs According to the Empire State manufacturing survey, there was no bounce from last month's weakness; the headline reading sank to -1.98, which was well below the low-end forecast for a reading of +4.00. This is the second negative...
IYJ: 105.03 (+1.07), RGI: 86.64 (+1.09), PKB: 23.97 (+0.22), XHB: 36.89 (+0.29), UXI: 112.74 (+3.98), AIRR: 17.29 (+0.25), ITB: 27.83 (+0.33), SIJ: 41.50 (-1.28), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), FIDU: 27.94 (+0.31), VIS: 104.32 (+1.05), FXR: 29.47 (+0.46)
Market Outlook - Where We Stand Now
Price Headley, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 15, 7:27AM CDT
Despite Wednesday's heroically bullish day, Monday's and Friday's tumbles were enough to translate into about a breakeven for last week... against a (mostly) bearish backdrop. That is, although the S&P 500 (SPX) (NYSEARCA: SPY ) made a very...
SPY: 210.23 (+0.90), QQQ: 111.30 (+0.17), VXX: 16.24 (-0.25), DIA: 177.01 (+0.90), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), IWM: 121.84 (+0.24)
Markets Reverse Course
David Fry - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Jun 13, 2:57AM CDT
It seems the situation in Greece creates more uncertainty especially over the weekend. Since things remain stressed there, selling is the order of the day. Economic data from the U.S. included higher inflation from the PPI which rose to 0.5% vs....
XLB: 45.70 (+0.19), EWG: 28.24 (unch), PEK: 50.81 (+1.34), EWC: 25.44 (+0.31), IBB: 375.98 (-6.86), TLT: 120.75 (-0.40), DXJ: 56.52 (+0.03), EEM: 37.10 (+0.37), XLP: 50.35 (+0.14), SPY: 210.23 (+0.90), ITB: 27.83 (+0.33), EWA: 20.80 (+0.07), IYR: 74.12 (-0.13), SLV: 14.14 (+0.12), XLI: 54.15 (+0.49), FXE: 108.31 (-0.25), GDX: 13.83 (+0.14), XLF: 25.21 (+0.17), IYT: 150.25 (+1.87), XLE: 71.24 (+0.77), FXI: 41.29 (+0.50), USO: 16.39 (+0.54), HYG: 87.67 (+0.32), DBB: 13.84 (-0.05), DVY: 75.92 (+0.29), DBC: 16.07 (+0.11), DBA: 21.62 (+0.04), XLY: 79.38 (+0.51), FXY: 78.42 (-0.16), XLU: 42.92 (-0.15), UUP: 25.31 (+0.04), XRT: 97.37 (+0.71), XLV: 76.14 (+0.01), EWY: 52.03 (+0.36), IEV: 44.55 (+0.13), EWS: 12.36 (+0.04), EWU: 18.36 (+0.12), LQD: 115.67 (-0.12), GLD: 104.94 (-0.08), EPI: 21.76 (+0.19), RSX: 17.32 (+0.53), EFA: 64.39 (+0.17), EWZ: 29.10 (+0.57)
