Extra Time to Take Stock of Indexes
at The Street - Thu Mar 24, 1:47PM CDT
Short-term view is more compelling on these 5.
USO: 10.06 (-0.05), SPY: 203.12 (-0.09), GLD: 116.33 (-0.28), IWM: 107.20 (+0.32), TLT: 129.54 (+0.05)
Filling March Madness in ETF Brackets
Sweta Killa - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Mar 24, 9:10AM CDT
Like the real championship, we have filled in the March Madness brackets into four factors, namely monetary policies, outperforming sectors, investment strategies, and fundamentals and the 16 related ETFs.
HYG: 81.35 (-0.36), VGK: 47.55 (-0.33), VIG: 80.20 (-0.11), XLU: 48.91 (+0.13), TLT: 129.54 (+0.05), UUP: 24.93 (+0.01), PWC: 70.68 (-0.21), IWD: 97.84 (-0.11), SPY: 203.12 (-0.09), QQQ: 107.26 (+0.03), GLD: 116.33 (-0.28), IWM: 107.20 (+0.32), XLE: 61.84 (+0.30)
iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund Falls 1.36% on Heavy Volume: Watch For Potential Rebound
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Mar 23, 11:47AM CDT
iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund (AMEX:IWM) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $107.28 to a high of $108.59. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.4%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $108.47 on volume of 18.9 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
IWM: 107.20 (+0.32)
The Markets Power Through Today's Sad Reminder of Evil in the World
at The Street - Tue Mar 22, 4:56PM CDT
The markets rallied on bad international news. This means that the market's current run isn't over.
IWM: 107.20 (+0.32)
The Trader Daily: Fed News Doesn't Do Much for the Dollar
at The Street - Thu Mar 17, 6:00AM CDT
But it was a different story for oil and gold.
SPY: 203.12 (-0.09), GS: 153.00 (-1.08), DIA: 174.94 (+0.13), IWM: 107.20 (+0.32), UUP: 24.93 (+0.01)
Bear Hunt FOMO Melt-Up
Kevin Cook - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Mar 11, 2:40PM CST
As S&P 2040 looms, the relief rally has turned into the sum of all fears for bears and under-exposed fund managers
USO: 10.06 (-0.05), SPY: 203.12 (-0.09), VXX: 19.30 (-0.11), UVXY: 23.33 (-0.25), IWM: 107.20 (+0.32)
Inflation Is Now Our Friend
Shareholders Unite - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 10, 10:35AM CST
SPY: 203.12 (-0.09), QQQ: 107.26 (+0.03), DIA: 174.94 (+0.13), IWM: 107.20 (+0.32)
The Decline In Business Demand Will Show Itself In Equities In Due Time
Kevin Flynn, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 10, 3:51AM CST
SPY: 203.12 (-0.09), QQQ: 107.26 (+0.03), DIA: 174.94 (+0.13), IWM: 107.20 (+0.32)
Markets Hold On After Slippery Start
Michael Loewengart - Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 10, 3:43AM CST
A Closer Look While February was volatile, most major equity markets finished the month close to where they started. In the U.S., both large- and small-cap stocks posted flat to fractionally negative returns, while emerging markets dipped just...
SPY: 203.12 (-0.09), QQQ: 107.26 (+0.03), DIA: 174.94 (+0.13), IWM: 107.20 (+0.32)
Beware Of The Dollar Deception
Macro Ops - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Mar 10, 1:10AM CST
USO: 10.06 (-0.05), SPY: 203.12 (-0.09), QQQ: 107.26 (+0.03), GLD: 116.33 (-0.28), DIA: 174.94 (+0.13), IWM: 107.20 (+0.32), TLT: 129.54 (+0.05)
Profits Temporarily Don't Matter
Scout Finance - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 09, 12:16PM CST
There is a great deal of evidence to lead us to believe this has been a short-covering rally. The most shorted stocks have had their best three- week performance ever. Stocks like Chesapeake (NYSE: CHK ) and U.S. Steel (NYSE: X ) are up over 100% in...
SPY: 203.12 (-0.09), CHK: 4.25 (+0.12), DIA: 174.94 (+0.13), CHN: 14.33 (-0.15), IWM: 107.20 (+0.32), CN: 27.47 (-0.53), X: 15.78 (+0.94)
How To Look At Negative Yields Inside A Portfolio
Ben Emons - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 09, 11:20AM CST
Negative yields on bonds are no longer unicorns. In Switzerland, Germany, Denmark and several other European countries, government bonds are trading at negative nominal yields. Recently, the Bank of Japan announced it is adopting negative interest...
SPY: 203.12 (-0.09), QQQ: 107.26 (+0.03), DIA: 174.94 (+0.13), IWM: 107.20 (+0.32)
S&P 500's Projected Index In 2016 And 2017; Volatility-Bearish (Part 1)
Joe Eqcome - Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 09, 12:33AM CST
Summary : Oil prices will likely go up-and-down before heading modestly-up. The stock market will take this move in its stride by making the index more volatile and likely more bearish with negative interest rates overseas and the US likely to...
SPY: 203.12 (-0.09), QQQ: 107.26 (+0.03), DIA: 174.94 (+0.13), IWM: 107.20 (+0.32)
The Unemployment Rate Has Bottomed At 4.9%
Lawrence Fuller - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 08, 11:02AM CST
SPY: 203.12 (-0.09), QQQ: 107.26 (+0.03), DIA: 174.94 (+0.13), IWM: 107.20 (+0.32)
March: In Like A Lamb, Out Like A Lion?
Neuberger Berman - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 08, 9:13AM CST
Risk appetite is back - but risk has not gone away. In the old days, they said that when March comes in like a lamb it goes out like a lion. The proverb is rooted in the reality that, in the northern hemisphere at least, this month's weather...
SPY: 203.12 (-0.09), QQQ: 107.26 (+0.03), DIA: 174.94 (+0.13), IWM: 107.20 (+0.32), RINF: 27.48 (-0.01)
Trader's Notebook: Is It Time to Short Netflix and Facebook?
at The Street - Tue Mar 08, 8:00AM CST
The former momentum favorites tumbled Monday. Here's what you need to know before shorting.
NFLX: 98.36 (-1.23), FB: 113.05 (+0.51), XBI: 50.05 (+0.18), IWM: 107.20 (+0.32), LABU: 25.08 (+0.32)
The Trader Daily: Opportunities Abound
at The Street - Tue Mar 08, 6:00AM CST
Smaller-cap energy stocks have been doing well, but be careful.
SPY: 203.12 (-0.09), QQQ: 107.26 (+0.03), DIA: 174.94 (+0.13), IWM: 107.20 (+0.32), NE: 10.43 (-0.13)
Asset Class Performance Using ETFs: 3/7/16
Bespoke Investment Group - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 08, 4:14AM CST
Below is a look at the performance of various asset classes today using our key ETF matrix. While the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA: SPY ) was flat, the Nasdaq 100 (NASDAQ: QQQ ) finished down 62 basis points due to weakness in "FANG" stocks ( FB , AMZN , ...
EWI: 12.10 (-0.10), EWH: 19.20 (-0.13), EWG: 25.17 (-0.26), IJR: 109.17 (+0.33), FXY: 85.81 (-0.28), EWQ: 23.69 (-0.28), HFXI: 17.47 (+0.10), EWJ: 11.35 (-0.07), IWV: 119.12 (unch), INP: 61.95 (+0.24), IWB: 112.62 (unch), SPY: 203.12 (-0.09), QQQ: 107.26 (+0.03), IJH: 140.91 (+0.09), FXB: 138.42 (+0.34), DIA: 174.94 (+0.13), FXE: 109.26 (+0.01), IWM: 107.20 (+0.32), EWZ: 25.68 (+0.01)