SummaryThe market had a great run since March 2009.
GDP growth is a likely indicator for how the market will perform going forward.
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Investors have reaped the benefits of a market recovery since March 2009. The SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF (NYSEARCA:SPY) is now trading significantly higher than the market peaks from […]
The stock markets across the globe are enjoying a boom this year, and China is no way behind. Chinese stocks have been on the tear over the past six months and the country’s Shanghai Composite Index hit the major threshold of 3,000 for the first time in three years on Monday trading session.With this, the benchmark has surged nearly 20% […]
TraderFeed: Some Dark Clouds on the Stock Market Horizon
Some Dark Clouds on the Stock Market HorizonIt’s been a great run in stocks from the mid-October lows, fueled by significant buying pressure coming out of those lows. By mid-November, my measures were showing diminished upside momentum, but not the kind of weakness that would normally lead to meaningful intermediate-term corrections. By […]
It was an impressive turnaround on Tuesday for the stock market as, after Monday’s drop, the short-term momentum appeared to be turning negative. Of course, to keep the positive “Mo” going, we need to see further gains Wednesday. A drop back below Monday’s lows will turn the focus back on the downside.The S&P futures are flat in early trading and […]
The Best Trades of 2014Posted by Ivanhoff
on November 25th, 2014
Share on StockTwitsLet’s take a look at the most notable moves in 2014.Apple is up almost 50% in 2014 after massively underperforming the market in 2013. Google was on the other side of the performance spectrum. After going up more than 50% in 2013, it is about flat in 2014, so […]
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 […]
A bit of a change in pattern today as indexes opened up quite strongly but some selling hit the market later in the day. The S&P 500 ended up with a gain of 0.05% and the NASDAQ 0.11%. The big story of the day was another implosion in the price of oil. Retail stocks were also in the news.Indexes continue […]
Biotech stocks and the related ETFs have been the star performers this year despite some temporary glitches and rough trading in between. Encouraging industry trends, increasing merger and acquisition activities, expansion into emerging markets and ever-increasing health care spending led the sector to easily outperform the broader U.S. equity markets.Though lofty valuations and regulatory concerns did bring in some pain […]
SummaryWe take a closer look into the policy to unveil what is really going on.
We argue the Fed has not increased money supply that much even though the monetary base has expanded.
One must monitor how banking excess reserves change to forecast how Fed policy impacts future stock market prices.
The Federal Reserve’s QE3 is targeted to end in October. Many wonder […]
Stock Market New Highs Less CertainStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Aug 18, 2014 – 04:56 PM GMTBy: Andre_GratianCurrent Position of the MarketSPX: Very Long-term trend – The very-long-term cycles are in their down phases, and if they make their lows when expected, there will be another steep decline into late 2014. However, the Fed policy of keeping interest rates low has […]
