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TraderFeed: Where is Weakness Coming From in the Stock Market?

TraderFeed: Where is Weakness Coming From in the Stock Market?

Where is Weakness Coming From in the Stock Market?It’s interesting to note that, according to the excellent screening tools at FinViz, the three U.S. stock market sectors that have been down over the prior two quarters have been Conglomerates, Basic Materials, and Utilities (top chart). Those are also the highest yielding […]

Sector Detector: Holiday fever takes hold of stock investors, but a pullback is needed

With warmer weather arriving to melt the early snowfall across much of the country, investors seem to be catching a severe case of holiday fever and positioning themselves for the seasonally bullish time of the year. And to give an added boost, both Europe and Asia provided more fuel for the bull’s fire last week with stimulus announcements, particularly China’s […]