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ZaldyImg/FlickrBiotech stocks are having a massive Thursday.The iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF rallied more than 3% on Thursday to a new all-time high.The ETF, which tracks stocks in the industry, has seen two big plunges this year, including a 10% correction in April.Despite these zigzags, the trend is up, and the industry has rallied with other […]
In early April I wrote a piece arguing that biotech stocks – using the iShares Nasdaq Biotech ETF (IBB) as a proxy – looked to be under distribution. At the time the IBB traded at approximately $340. My argument rested on negative divergences in the Shares Outstanding / Price action of the IBB, Block Money Flow trends, an increase in volatility, […]
Updated 6/10 Biotech ETFs lag overall in 1.4% rally. Materials, financials and technology lead. Large cap biotechs doing well.
Rayno portfolio winners today: ALXN, BIIB, GILD, RHHBY etc
Rapid Fire Re-Balancing of ETFs into More Speculative Names
Is the Tail Wagging the Dog?
We have published a number of reports on Life Science ETFs (2/4/15) in the past and noticed changes lately that reflect a […]
Indexing is the new stock picking.It is, by far, the most efficient way to obtain a low-cost and diversified portfolio. So it makes sense that index funds are gobbling up the financial markets. But that has some people concerned. What will happen when indexing gets so large that it becomes “the market”? Will prices become less efficient? Will the market […]
New Delhi: Ready to begin investing in stock markets with an exchange-traded basket of PSU stocks, Rs 6.5 lakh crore retirement fund manager EPFO has tapped state-run LIC to understand the contours of the equity investments.The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has also held discussions with the capital markets regulator Sebi in connection with the proposed investment of a part […]
Stock Market Downtrend ContinuesBy: Brad Gudgeon | Sat, Jun 6, 2015SharePrintEmailLast weekend, I was looking for a low on Monday, a rally into Wednesday and then down into June 8, followed by a rally into June 10 and then down hard into June 12. The low came on Tuesday, and we did rally into a Wednesday top, but the amplitude […]
Foreign investors already can invest in China. The Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect was launched last November, and it allows such investors to trade Shanghai A shares through the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Mainland investors also gained access to Hong Kong shares, known as H shares.”China’s opening up could be the surprise story of 2015,” said Michelle Gibley, director of international […]
In this challenging market, investors seem to be looking over their shoulders constantly for fear they will either be buying a top or missing the next rotation.But while it’s tempting to think that you need to be making big moves right now, churning your portfolio can result in much more pain than gain. So don’t rack up trading fees chasing […]
The most common debate amongst traders is when the prolonged uptrend across the financial markets will come to an end. After such a long run, it is reasonable to believe that the trend is nearing overbought levels and could be preparing to make a sudden reversal, but based on the weekly chart of the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI), […]
The Stock Market is Topping!By: Brad Gudgeon | Sat, May 16, 2015SharePrintEmailLast time I wrote, I expected to see new highs on the S&P 500. The week before, I submitted a cycle chart where an expected three week cycle top should occur on May 18th. We are within a hair’s breadth of the 2130 target I had for last week […]
