Powershares DB Agriculture Fund (DBA) 21.46 $DBA
PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund Shares Down 14.4% Since SmarTrend's Sell Call (DBA)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Jul 27, 9:45AM CDT
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (NYSE
BA) on December 11th, 2014 at $25.17. In approximately 8 months, PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund has returned 14.37% as of today's recent price of $21.55.
DBA: 21.46 (-0.14)
BUYINS.NET: PZA, HPY, SWI, PWZ, DBA, SMB Are Seasonally Ripe To Go Up In the Next Five Weeks
M2 - Thu Jul 23, 7:18AM CDT
BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the Seasonality of PowerShares Insured National Municipal Bond Portfolio (NYSE
ZA), HEARTLAND PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC. (NYSE:HPY), SolarWinds Inc (NYSE:SWI), Powershares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II (NYSEWZ), PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (NYSEBA), Simba Energy Inc (NYSE:SMB) and each have a high seasonal probability to go Up in the next weeks. By identifying stocks that are poised to go up or down based on seasonal tendencies, traders can increase their odds of making money. SqueezeTrigger.com is able to analyze over 20 years of data in less than 1 second for any stock in the market and determine if the stock has a long or short seasonal bias, how many trading days the move is expected to last, the probability of that move and the percentage move the stock is expected to make based on the seasonal bias. The technology used to generate these predictions is available for a low monthly fee at:
SWI: 39.89 (-0.11), HPY: 62.30 (+5.04), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), PWZ: 25.33 (+0.04), PZA: 25.07 (unch), SMB: 17.56 (+0.03), EQAL: 25.36 (+0.13)
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: 45.95 (-0.12), GREK: 9.77 (+0.25), IBB: 382.53 (+3.73), EWO: 16.37 (+0.20), TLT: 122.53 (+0.90), EEM: 37.12 (+0.40), XLP: 50.31 (+0.10), SPY: 210.50 (-0.32), ITB: 28.43 (+0.21), IYR: 74.83 (+0.48), XLI: 54.22 (-0.05), SLV: 14.08 (-0.01), FXE: 107.79 (+0.50), XLF: 25.21 (-0.08), GDX: 13.75 (+0.29), JJC: 27.69 (-0.35), XLE: 69.38 (-1.55), FXI: 40.48 (-0.16), USO: 15.59 (-0.51), DBC: 15.73 (-0.22), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), XLY: 80.22 (+0.25), FXY: 78.32 (+0.11), EZU: 38.69 (+0.34), XLU: 43.99 (+0.44), HAO: 26.90 (-0.19), UUP: 25.43 (-0.08), XRT: 98.35 (+0.45), XLV: 76.59 (+0.44), IEV: 44.79 (+0.28), GLD: 104.93 (+0.66), EPI: 22.12 (+0.25), RSX: 16.97 (-0.14), EFA: 64.78 (+0.38), EWZ: 28.69 (+0.18)
Soft Commodities: Second Quarter Review And The Outlook For Q3
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jul 06, 6:30AM CDT
NIB: 41.75 (-0.31), SGG: 26.85 (-0.39), TAGS: 26.99 (-0.31), CANE: 8.67 (-0.03), BAL: 42.72 (+0.30), JO: 21.04 (+0.17), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), SGAR: 19.23 (-0.17), CHOC: 47.50 (+0.27), CTNN: 27.69 (unch), CAFE: 14.46 (+0.14), JJC: 27.69 (-0.35)
Grains: Second Quarter Review And The Outlook For Q3
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jul 06, 6:00AM CDT
WEAT: 9.97 (-0.02), SOYB: 18.81 (-0.22), BG: 79.85 (-1.40), TAGS: 26.99 (-0.31), ADM: 47.42 (-0.40), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), JJG: 33.55 (-0.24), CORN: 23.14 (-0.17), WEET: 36.27 (-1.77), GRU: 4.57 (-0.07)
Animal Protein: Meats - Second Quarter Review And Outlook For Q3
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jul 06, 4:45AM CDT
AGA: 29.11 (unch), DAG: 3.54 (-0.14), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), MOO: 53.66 (+0.33), RGRA: 18.65 (+1.01), COW: 26.04 (-0.18), ADZ: 32.95 (unch), FUD: 19.06 (-0.04), DIRT: 36.65 (unch), TAGS: 26.99 (-0.31), LSTK: 46.67 (-0.61), AGF: 11.37 (unch), UBC: 20.40 (+0.13), JJA: 36.18 (-0.12)
Weekly ETF Gainers / Losers
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jul 02, 3:11PM CDT
VNM: 18.37 (-0.12), USO: 15.59 (-0.51), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), VXX: 16.02 (-0.03), UNG: 13.04 (-0.29), URA: 8.16 (+0.06), FCG: 6.85 (-0.21), OIL: 9.17 (-0.35), GAZ: 1.17 (-0.01), TAN: 35.32 (-0.73)
Whipsaw Wednesday: Greece Up, China Down
Philip Davis - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jul 01, 8:54AM CDT
Wheeeeeeee - what a ride! It's 7:39:11 am and Greece is "fixed" at the moment and we have to time-stamp it to the second or it may change again. European markets are LOVING IT with 1.5-2.5% gains across the board but, on the whole, the...
SPY: 210.50 (-0.32), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), FXI: 40.48 (-0.16)
Rain Makes Grains (Die?)
Jeff Malec - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jul 01, 2:37AM CDT
Forget what's happening halfway around the world in Greece, we've got a storm brewing here in the heartland of America, in the grain markets. One quick look at the Finviz quote table, and we can see grains are as a green as the commodities they...
AGA: 29.11 (unch), DAG: 3.54 (-0.14), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), RGRA: 18.65 (+1.01), ADZ: 32.95 (unch), USAG: 20.99 (unch), WEET: 36.27 (-1.77), WEAT: 9.97 (-0.02), RJA: 6.57 (-0.04), DIRT: 36.65 (unch), FUD: 19.06 (-0.04), TAGS: 26.99 (-0.31), UAG: 18.81 (+0.06), AGF: 11.37 (unch), JJG: 33.55 (-0.24), CORN: 23.14 (-0.17), JJA: 36.18 (-0.12), GRU: 4.57 (-0.07)
Farm Prices index +3.9% in May (M/M)
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 2:05PM CDT
AGA: 29.11 (unch), DAG: 3.54 (-0.14), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), RGRA: 18.65 (+1.01), ADZ: 32.95 (unch), USAG: 20.99 (unch), RJA: 6.57 (-0.04), FUD: 19.06 (-0.04), DIRT: 36.65 (unch), UAG: 18.81 (+0.06), TAGS: 26.99 (-0.31), AGF: 11.37 (unch), JJA: 36.18 (-0.12)
Grains: Awakenings
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 5:30AM CDT
WEAT: 9.97 (-0.02), SOYB: 18.81 (-0.22), TAGS: 26.99 (-0.31), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), JJG: 33.55 (-0.24), CORN: 23.14 (-0.17), WEET: 36.27 (-1.77), UDN: 21.76 (+0.09), USDU: 28.70 (-0.04), FORX: 41.88 (+0.12), UUP: 25.43 (-0.08), GRU: 4.57 (-0.07)
El Nino Could Turn Agricultural Markets Soon
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 5:15AM CDT
AGA: 29.11 (unch), SGG: 26.85 (-0.39), JO: 21.04 (+0.17), BAL: 42.72 (+0.30), DAG: 3.54 (-0.14), RGRA: 18.65 (+1.01), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), ADZ: 32.95 (unch), USAG: 20.99 (unch), CHOC: 47.50 (+0.27), WEET: 36.27 (-1.77), WEAT: 9.97 (-0.02), RJA: 6.57 (-0.04), SOYB: 18.81 (-0.22), NIB: 41.75 (-0.31), DIRT: 36.65 (unch), FUD: 19.06 (-0.04), TAGS: 26.99 (-0.31), UAG: 18.81 (+0.06), CANE: 8.67 (-0.03), AGF: 11.37 (unch), CORN: 23.14 (-0.17), JJA: 36.18 (-0.12)
Cocoa - A Commodity Defies The Secular Bear Market
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 4:45AM CDT
NIB: 41.75 (-0.31), HSY: 92.89 (+0.03), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), CHOC: 47.50 (+0.27)
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: 45.95 (-0.12), EWH: 22.23 (+0.12), KBE: 36.13 (-0.15), PEK: 49.03 (-0.41), CNXT: 43.62 (-0.03), GREK: 9.77 (+0.25), FXA: 73.19 (+0.16), TLT: 122.53 (+0.90), EEM: 37.12 (+0.40), XLP: 50.31 (+0.10), SPY: 210.50 (-0.32), ITB: 28.43 (+0.21), EWA: 20.92 (+0.07), IYR: 74.83 (+0.48), XLI: 54.22 (-0.05), SLV: 14.08 (-0.01), FXE: 107.79 (+0.50), XLF: 25.21 (-0.08), IYT: 150.54 (-0.36), GDX: 13.75 (+0.29), XLE: 69.38 (-1.55), FXI: 40.48 (-0.16), TIP: 112.65 (+0.44), USO: 15.59 (-0.51), DBB: 13.47 (-0.21), DBC: 15.73 (-0.22), IEF: 106.44 (+0.62), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), XLY: 80.22 (+0.25), XLU: 43.99 (+0.44), HAO: 26.90 (-0.19), UUP: 25.43 (-0.08), XRT: 98.35 (+0.45), IEV: 44.79 (+0.28), LQD: 116.35 (+0.60), GLD: 104.93 (+0.66), EPI: 22.12 (+0.25), RSX: 16.97 (-0.14), EFA: 64.78 (+0.38), EWZ: 28.69 (+0.18)
Backtesting - A Cautionary Example
Scott's Investments - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jun 25, 1:56PM CDT
My previous article detailed backtest results for the ETFReplay.com portfolio. Aggregate, risk-adjusted results since 2004 were impressive when compared to a 60/40 Vanguard mutual fund. However, results over the past 2-3 years lagged the benchmark....
SPY: 210.50 (-0.32), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14)
12.6% Return Seen to Date on SmarTrend PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund Call (DBA)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Jun 18, 9:36AM CDT
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (NYSEBA) on December 11th, 2014 at $25.17. In approximately 6 months, PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund has returned 12.62% as of today's recent price of $21.99.
DBA: 21.46 (-0.14)
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: 45.95 (-0.12), EWG: 28.33 (+0.27), EWC: 25.55 (+0.02), IBB: 382.53 (+3.73), TLT: 122.53 (+0.90), EWJ: 12.93 (+0.10), EEM: 37.12 (+0.40), XLP: 50.31 (+0.10), SPY: 210.50 (-0.32), ITB: 28.43 (+0.21), EWA: 20.92 (+0.07), IYR: 74.83 (+0.48), XLI: 54.22 (-0.05), FXE: 107.79 (+0.50), SLV: 14.08 (-0.01), XLF: 25.21 (-0.08), IYT: 150.54 (-0.36), GDX: 13.75 (+0.29), XLE: 69.38 (-1.55), USO: 15.59 (-0.51), DBB: 13.47 (-0.21), DBC: 15.73 (-0.22), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), XLY: 80.22 (+0.25), FXY: 78.32 (+0.11), XLU: 43.99 (+0.44), UUP: 25.43 (-0.08), XRT: 98.35 (+0.45), XLV: 76.59 (+0.44), EWY: 51.18 (+0.33), IEV: 44.79 (+0.28), EWU: 18.54 (+0.05), GLD: 104.93 (+0.66), RSX: 16.97 (-0.14), EFA: 64.78 (+0.38), EWZ: 28.69 (+0.18), CVY: 20.96 (unch)
Crop Development Hampered By Rain
T. Marc Schober - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 15, 4:17PM CDT
Persistent rainfall across major crop growing areas of the U.S. has caused some farmers to raise concern about the development of their crop. Corn and soybean conditions declined from last week, while their emergence estimates increased. Winter wheat...
WEAT: 9.97 (-0.02), SOYB: 18.81 (-0.22), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), CORN: 23.14 (-0.17)
PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund Shares Down 14.4% Since SmarTrend's Sell Call (DBA)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Jul 27, 9:45AM CDT
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (NYSE
BA) on December 11th, 2014 at $25.17. In approximately 8 months, PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund has returned 14.37% as of today's recent price of $21.55. DBA: 21.46 (-0.14)
BUYINS.NET: PZA, HPY, SWI, PWZ, DBA, SMB Are Seasonally Ripe To Go Up In the Next Five Weeks
M2 - Thu Jul 23, 7:18AM CDT
BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the Seasonality of PowerShares Insured National Municipal Bond Portfolio (NYSE
ZA), HEARTLAND PAYMENT SYSTEMS, INC. (NYSE:HPY), SolarWinds Inc (NYSE:SWI), Powershares Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II (NYSEWZ), PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (NYSEBA), Simba Energy Inc (NYSE:SMB) and each have a high seasonal probability to go Up in the next weeks. By identifying stocks that are poised to go up or down based on seasonal tendencies, traders can increase their odds of making money. SqueezeTrigger.com is able to analyze over 20 years of data in less than 1 second for any stock in the market and determine if the stock has a long or short seasonal bias, how many trading days the move is expected to last, the probability of that move and the percentage move the stock is expected to make based on the seasonal bias. The technology used to generate these predictions is available for a low monthly fee at: SWI: 39.89 (-0.11), HPY: 62.30 (+5.04), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), PWZ: 25.33 (+0.04), PZA: 25.07 (unch), SMB: 17.56 (+0.03), EQAL: 25.36 (+0.13)
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: 45.95 (-0.12), GREK: 9.77 (+0.25), IBB: 382.53 (+3.73), EWO: 16.37 (+0.20), TLT: 122.53 (+0.90), EEM: 37.12 (+0.40), XLP: 50.31 (+0.10), SPY: 210.50 (-0.32), ITB: 28.43 (+0.21), IYR: 74.83 (+0.48), XLI: 54.22 (-0.05), SLV: 14.08 (-0.01), FXE: 107.79 (+0.50), XLF: 25.21 (-0.08), GDX: 13.75 (+0.29), JJC: 27.69 (-0.35), XLE: 69.38 (-1.55), FXI: 40.48 (-0.16), USO: 15.59 (-0.51), DBC: 15.73 (-0.22), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), XLY: 80.22 (+0.25), FXY: 78.32 (+0.11), EZU: 38.69 (+0.34), XLU: 43.99 (+0.44), HAO: 26.90 (-0.19), UUP: 25.43 (-0.08), XRT: 98.35 (+0.45), XLV: 76.59 (+0.44), IEV: 44.79 (+0.28), GLD: 104.93 (+0.66), EPI: 22.12 (+0.25), RSX: 16.97 (-0.14), EFA: 64.78 (+0.38), EWZ: 28.69 (+0.18)
Soft Commodities: Second Quarter Review And The Outlook For Q3
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jul 06, 6:30AM CDT
NIB: 41.75 (-0.31), SGG: 26.85 (-0.39), TAGS: 26.99 (-0.31), CANE: 8.67 (-0.03), BAL: 42.72 (+0.30), JO: 21.04 (+0.17), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), SGAR: 19.23 (-0.17), CHOC: 47.50 (+0.27), CTNN: 27.69 (unch), CAFE: 14.46 (+0.14), JJC: 27.69 (-0.35)
Grains: Second Quarter Review And The Outlook For Q3
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jul 06, 6:00AM CDT
WEAT: 9.97 (-0.02), SOYB: 18.81 (-0.22), BG: 79.85 (-1.40), TAGS: 26.99 (-0.31), ADM: 47.42 (-0.40), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), JJG: 33.55 (-0.24), CORN: 23.14 (-0.17), WEET: 36.27 (-1.77), GRU: 4.57 (-0.07)
Animal Protein: Meats - Second Quarter Review And Outlook For Q3
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jul 06, 4:45AM CDT
AGA: 29.11 (unch), DAG: 3.54 (-0.14), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), MOO: 53.66 (+0.33), RGRA: 18.65 (+1.01), COW: 26.04 (-0.18), ADZ: 32.95 (unch), FUD: 19.06 (-0.04), DIRT: 36.65 (unch), TAGS: 26.99 (-0.31), LSTK: 46.67 (-0.61), AGF: 11.37 (unch), UBC: 20.40 (+0.13), JJA: 36.18 (-0.12)
Weekly ETF Gainers / Losers
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jul 02, 3:11PM CDT
VNM: 18.37 (-0.12), USO: 15.59 (-0.51), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), VXX: 16.02 (-0.03), UNG: 13.04 (-0.29), URA: 8.16 (+0.06), FCG: 6.85 (-0.21), OIL: 9.17 (-0.35), GAZ: 1.17 (-0.01), TAN: 35.32 (-0.73)
Whipsaw Wednesday: Greece Up, China Down
Philip Davis - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jul 01, 8:54AM CDT
Wheeeeeeee - what a ride! It's 7:39:11 am and Greece is "fixed" at the moment and we have to time-stamp it to the second or it may change again. European markets are LOVING IT with 1.5-2.5% gains across the board but, on the whole, the...
SPY: 210.50 (-0.32), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), FXI: 40.48 (-0.16)
Rain Makes Grains (Die?)
Jeff Malec - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jul 01, 2:37AM CDT
Forget what's happening halfway around the world in Greece, we've got a storm brewing here in the heartland of America, in the grain markets. One quick look at the Finviz quote table, and we can see grains are as a green as the commodities they...
AGA: 29.11 (unch), DAG: 3.54 (-0.14), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), RGRA: 18.65 (+1.01), ADZ: 32.95 (unch), USAG: 20.99 (unch), WEET: 36.27 (-1.77), WEAT: 9.97 (-0.02), RJA: 6.57 (-0.04), DIRT: 36.65 (unch), FUD: 19.06 (-0.04), TAGS: 26.99 (-0.31), UAG: 18.81 (+0.06), AGF: 11.37 (unch), JJG: 33.55 (-0.24), CORN: 23.14 (-0.17), JJA: 36.18 (-0.12), GRU: 4.57 (-0.07)
Farm Prices index +3.9% in May (M/M)
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 2:05PM CDT
AGA: 29.11 (unch), DAG: 3.54 (-0.14), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), RGRA: 18.65 (+1.01), ADZ: 32.95 (unch), USAG: 20.99 (unch), RJA: 6.57 (-0.04), FUD: 19.06 (-0.04), DIRT: 36.65 (unch), UAG: 18.81 (+0.06), TAGS: 26.99 (-0.31), AGF: 11.37 (unch), JJA: 36.18 (-0.12)
Grains: Awakenings
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 5:30AM CDT
WEAT: 9.97 (-0.02), SOYB: 18.81 (-0.22), TAGS: 26.99 (-0.31), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), JJG: 33.55 (-0.24), CORN: 23.14 (-0.17), WEET: 36.27 (-1.77), UDN: 21.76 (+0.09), USDU: 28.70 (-0.04), FORX: 41.88 (+0.12), UUP: 25.43 (-0.08), GRU: 4.57 (-0.07)
El Nino Could Turn Agricultural Markets Soon
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 5:15AM CDT
AGA: 29.11 (unch), SGG: 26.85 (-0.39), JO: 21.04 (+0.17), BAL: 42.72 (+0.30), DAG: 3.54 (-0.14), RGRA: 18.65 (+1.01), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), ADZ: 32.95 (unch), USAG: 20.99 (unch), CHOC: 47.50 (+0.27), WEET: 36.27 (-1.77), WEAT: 9.97 (-0.02), RJA: 6.57 (-0.04), SOYB: 18.81 (-0.22), NIB: 41.75 (-0.31), DIRT: 36.65 (unch), FUD: 19.06 (-0.04), TAGS: 26.99 (-0.31), UAG: 18.81 (+0.06), CANE: 8.67 (-0.03), AGF: 11.37 (unch), CORN: 23.14 (-0.17), JJA: 36.18 (-0.12)
Cocoa - A Commodity Defies The Secular Bear Market
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 29, 4:45AM CDT
NIB: 41.75 (-0.31), HSY: 92.89 (+0.03), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), CHOC: 47.50 (+0.27)
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: 45.95 (-0.12), EWH: 22.23 (+0.12), KBE: 36.13 (-0.15), PEK: 49.03 (-0.41), CNXT: 43.62 (-0.03), GREK: 9.77 (+0.25), FXA: 73.19 (+0.16), TLT: 122.53 (+0.90), EEM: 37.12 (+0.40), XLP: 50.31 (+0.10), SPY: 210.50 (-0.32), ITB: 28.43 (+0.21), EWA: 20.92 (+0.07), IYR: 74.83 (+0.48), XLI: 54.22 (-0.05), SLV: 14.08 (-0.01), FXE: 107.79 (+0.50), XLF: 25.21 (-0.08), IYT: 150.54 (-0.36), GDX: 13.75 (+0.29), XLE: 69.38 (-1.55), FXI: 40.48 (-0.16), TIP: 112.65 (+0.44), USO: 15.59 (-0.51), DBB: 13.47 (-0.21), DBC: 15.73 (-0.22), IEF: 106.44 (+0.62), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), XLY: 80.22 (+0.25), XLU: 43.99 (+0.44), HAO: 26.90 (-0.19), UUP: 25.43 (-0.08), XRT: 98.35 (+0.45), IEV: 44.79 (+0.28), LQD: 116.35 (+0.60), GLD: 104.93 (+0.66), EPI: 22.12 (+0.25), RSX: 16.97 (-0.14), EFA: 64.78 (+0.38), EWZ: 28.69 (+0.18)
Backtesting - A Cautionary Example
Scott's Investments - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jun 25, 1:56PM CDT
My previous article detailed backtest results for the ETFReplay.com portfolio. Aggregate, risk-adjusted results since 2004 were impressive when compared to a 60/40 Vanguard mutual fund. However, results over the past 2-3 years lagged the benchmark....
SPY: 210.50 (-0.32), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14)
12.6% Return Seen to Date on SmarTrend PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund Call (DBA)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Jun 18, 9:36AM CDT
SmarTrend identified a Downtrend for PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (NYSE
BA) on December 11th, 2014 at $25.17. In approximately 6 months, PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund has returned 12.62% as of today's recent price of $21.99. DBA: 21.46 (-0.14)
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: 45.95 (-0.12), EWG: 28.33 (+0.27), EWC: 25.55 (+0.02), IBB: 382.53 (+3.73), TLT: 122.53 (+0.90), EWJ: 12.93 (+0.10), EEM: 37.12 (+0.40), XLP: 50.31 (+0.10), SPY: 210.50 (-0.32), ITB: 28.43 (+0.21), EWA: 20.92 (+0.07), IYR: 74.83 (+0.48), XLI: 54.22 (-0.05), FXE: 107.79 (+0.50), SLV: 14.08 (-0.01), XLF: 25.21 (-0.08), IYT: 150.54 (-0.36), GDX: 13.75 (+0.29), XLE: 69.38 (-1.55), USO: 15.59 (-0.51), DBB: 13.47 (-0.21), DBC: 15.73 (-0.22), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), XLY: 80.22 (+0.25), FXY: 78.32 (+0.11), XLU: 43.99 (+0.44), UUP: 25.43 (-0.08), XRT: 98.35 (+0.45), XLV: 76.59 (+0.44), EWY: 51.18 (+0.33), IEV: 44.79 (+0.28), EWU: 18.54 (+0.05), GLD: 104.93 (+0.66), RSX: 16.97 (-0.14), EFA: 64.78 (+0.38), EWZ: 28.69 (+0.18), CVY: 20.96 (unch)
Crop Development Hampered By Rain
T. Marc Schober - Seeking Alpha - Mon Jun 15, 4:17PM CDT
Persistent rainfall across major crop growing areas of the U.S. has caused some farmers to raise concern about the development of their crop. Corn and soybean conditions declined from last week, while their emergence estimates increased. Winter wheat...
WEAT: 9.97 (-0.02), SOYB: 18.81 (-0.22), DBA: 21.46 (-0.14), CORN: 23.14 (-0.17)
