Income investors are frequently looking for high yield investments in the energy sector, and the master limited partnership (MLP) is one of my favorite structures to help investors meet that Read more…
IEO
“As emerging markets continue to underperform, a big spread is looking to profit from more of the same. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (NYSE:EEM) is down 2.2 percent to $45.28. Read more…
NYSE:EEM
We spend a lot of time talking up the demand from emerging markets for core commodities like food, but make no mistake about oil: for the foreseeable future, it is all about the G3. Read more…
NYSE:BNO, USO
U.S. stock market has been persistently in a steady up trend: last week, U.S. total stock market index [Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSE:VTI), SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY)] finally Read more…
JNK, NYSE:AGG, NYSE:BND, NYSE:GLD, PCY, SHV, SPY, UUP, VTI, VWO
Investors have become familiar with the term “contagion” in recent years, but most are accustomed to hearing the phenomenon discussed in relation to sovereign debt defaults in Europe Read more…
MES, NASDAQ:GULF, NYSE:EGPT, NYSE:EIS, NYSE:EZA, NYSE:GAF
The health care sector has been in the middle of major political and economic debates since the Obama administration began pushing its aggressive health care law last year. Since that time, many Read more…
IHF, IHI, XLV
Direxion, a pioneer in providing alternative investment strategies to sophisticated investors, will execute a 1-for-5 reverse split of the shares of the Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3x Shares Read more…
MWN, NYSE:BGZ, NYSE:DPK, NYSE:FAZ, SOXS, TZA
A late session surge carried stocks modestly higher on Friday. Friday marked the end of a third consecutive week that stocks have finished higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average Read more…
NYSE:DIA, QQQQ, SPY
Thomas Carreno: The stock market indices including the Nasdaq Composite, sp500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average may all be at ideal junctures for the initiation of an approximate five to ten Read more…
NYSE:DXD, NYSE:FAS, NYSE:FAZ, SDS, SKF, SPY, TNA, TZA, VXX, XLF
Amid steady up trend of U.S. stock markets, silver (NYSE:SLV) finally broke out last week, ending the week with 8.8% gain. SLV is now above the previous high $30.18 per share, achieved on Read more…
NYSE:DBA, NYSE:DBB, NYSE:DBC, NYSE:DBE, NYSE:DBP, NYSE:GLD, SLV, UNG, USO
We are initiating weekly tracking of the nine different styles or subclasses in the US Equity asset class. We use ETFs to represent each sub-class. We track returns over 1, 4, 13, 26, and 52 weeks and Read more…
IWB, IWD, IWF, IWM, IWN, IWO, IWP, IWR, IWS
On Wednesday, Feb. 16 Israel said Iran is sending two warships into the Suez Canal on way to Syria, and that the action is considered a “provocation.” Due to the long history of bad blood between Read more…
NYSE:BNO, NYSE:DBE, NYSE:DBO, NYSE:DNO, NYSE:DTO, OIH, OIL, OLO, SCO, SZO, UCO, UHN, USL, USO
Last week was a quiet but generally positive one for the markets as shares rose in a variety of sectors thanks to stronger commodity prices and quality earnings reports. The biggest gainers Read more…
NASDAQ:GULF, NYSE:RTH, XOP
I’ll get to my latest outlook on gold, silver, the dollar and the Dow Industrials in a few minutes. First, I want to review what’s happening in China. Read more…
NYSE:FXI
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