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Historical Returns Of Traditional Asset Classes
Monday, October 13, 2014 10:42 AM EDT
When considering asset allocation, you must also take into account your investment horizon. Are you in your early 20′s and investing for the next 50-70+ or are you much closer to retirement and need to shelter your nest egg?
In this article: GLD
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Is It About To Rain On This Rally?
Friday, July 4, 2014 4:40 AM EDT
Today’s better than expected jobs number helped hoist most of the major averages to new highs…and pushed the volatility index (VIX) to a low not seen since the beginning of 2007.
In this article: VIX
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Is It About To Rain On This Rally?
Thursday, July 3, 2014 6:43 PM EDT
A divergence between VIX and VVIX may be indicate an impending reversal in market direction.
In this article: VIX
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Sugar Sours
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 6:10 AM EDT
Friday, the stock was soundly rejected from its upper channel boundary and today the stock gapped lower continuing the trend.
In this article: SGG
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Bulls & Bears Ducking Out Early
Friday, June 13, 2014 1:31 PM EDT
Weekend Roundup: The bulls and bears both bugged out early and spent the rest of the day playing seesaw on the beach. Volume was tilted to the light side while the teeter-totter was tilted to the bulls' side. Bullish action (what's left of it) is still heavily weighted towards the oil stocks.
In this article: HPQ, INTC
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Bears Come Out Of Hibernation On Oil Disruption Fears
Thursday, June 12, 2014 4:35 PM EDT
Anytime the spectre of political unrest arises in an OPEC country, investors flee risk (aka stocks) and put their funds into safer havens, typically oil, precious metals, and bonds. Three of the more popularly traded oil exchange-traded vehicles--OIL, DBO, US, all broke out today.
In this article: DBO, GDX, GDXJ, OIL, USO, VIX, DTX
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Investors Reacting Positively To The Chemical Makers
Thursday, May 29, 2014 5:15 PM EDT
Finding bargains in this market is becoming more difficult and the few groups that are currently under accumulation are the ones that are relatively undervalued and that also pay a dividend, such as food producers and chemical makers. Also a late day correction::Transports are not showing fatigue.
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Bears Trying To Take Over But Bulls Are Putting Up A Fight
Wednesday, May 14, 2014 10:16 PM EDT
The mighty Dow Transports couldn't continue traveling in fourth gear and downshifted today leading the rest of the market in the downhill direction. But whether today's move is a minor bump in the road remains to be seen. Is today the start of "Sell in May"?
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Warren, Steve, Or Bill: Qui Es Mas Macho?
Wednesday, May 14, 2014 3:43 AM EDT
Warren Buffett, aka the Oracle of Omaha, is considered by many to be one of the greatest, if not the greatest, investor of all time. And if I had been a long time shareholder of the Class A shares in his company, Berkshire-Hathaway (BRK.A), I’d be a very happy camper.
In this article: BRK-A, AAPL, MSFT
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Investors Fleeing High-fliers
Monday, April 7, 2014 1:06 PM EDT
The market sell-off continues as investors continue to exit recent high-fliers
In this article: QQQ, SPX, VIX, DTX, DJI
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Is The Bad News Already Priced In?
Monday, March 3, 2014 2:00 PM EDT
If heightened volatility has you reaching for the Pepto Bismol bottle, waiting it out on the sidelines may be the best place for you right now.
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Will Today Be The Day The S&P Closes Above 1850?
Friday, February 28, 2014 12:00 AM EDT
Yes, today was the day that both the S&P 500 and the Russell 2000 were finally able to clear overhead resistance and move to all-time highs. The Nasdaq, too, moved to its highest value since the dot-com bubble
In this article: DTX.TSX, PNQI, QQQ, VGT, XLB, XLK, SPX, VIX
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Market Notes: Investors Cooling On Chile, Getting Sweet On Cocoa, Souring On Sugar
Monday, January 27, 2014 3:24 PM EDT
Emerging markets in particular have been under intense selling pressure. Argentina has been a favorite punching bag as of late but it got a rest today as investors decided to gang up on its neighbor, Chile.
In this article: BCH, NIB, SGG, SPX, VIX
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Intraday Market Notes & Observations
Monday, December 23, 2013 2:10 PM EDT
Sleigh bells ring, are you listenin'? In the markets, the Dow is glistenin'...and so are the other major averages.
In this article: VOW.F, DB, SAP, ALIZF, BASFY, BAYRY, DDAIY, DTEGY, SMAWF, IBB, QQQ, SOXX, BBH, DIA, EWG, FBT, IAT, KRE, PPA, SEA, SPY, VGT, XHB, XLF, XLK
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Profiting From The “Pre-FOMC Drift”
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 2:00 PM EDT
A recent article noted a statistically significant rise in equities before the FOMC interest rate decision. They dubbed this phenomenon pre-FOMC drift. Their analysis led to two observations:
In this article: IVV, SPY, VOO
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Trade Of The Day: The Ninja Pairs Trade
Sunday, February 5, 2012 2:00 PM EDT
Kris Anderson makes the case for a simple concept: A falling yen boosts the share prices of Japanese multi-nationals. Go long a Japanese multi-national and short the Yen.
In this article: SNE, TM, FXY
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