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Jack Barnes: Someone dropped a bomb on the bond market Thursday – a $1 billion Armageddon trade betting the United States will lose its AAA credit rating. Read more…
This past week was another wild one for markets as a number of earnings reports combined with debt crises to create a very choppy couple of days. While worries over a debt deal in the U.S. and concerns over a European debt contagion may have weighed on markets, most equities managed to Read more…
Stocks ended the session mixed on Friday as trade declined. Although four of the five major indices finished higher, only the Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) showed an appreciable gain. The technology rich index ended the day up by a solid 0.9%. The small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) tacked on a small Read more…
J.W. Jones: Recently I have had several members of my service requesting my thoughts on the macroeconomic backdrop which is shaping financial markets. I decided I would proffer an article about why I find such practice to be a total waste of time. Don’t get me wrong, acknowledging what is Read more…
George Maniere: If there is an agreement reached by Congress and the debt ceiling is raised Gold and Silver will go up. If there is no agreement reached by Congress and there is a default, Gold and Silver will go up but in a parabolic move. Either way Gold and Silver will continue to rise as the U.S. Read more…
Jeb Handwerger: The market wires are ablaze recently with news that all is well in the relationship between Athens and the elites of the Euro-Zone. The Greek bailout is a fait accompli. The markets are responding with a relief rally that has taken the pressure off of stock and commodity markets Read more…
First Trust, the firm behind the recently-launched Cloud Computing Index Fund (NASDAQ:SKYY) has filed details on an ETF focused on another popular theme: inflation. A recent SEC filing detailed the First Trust Inflation Managed Fund, a product that would maintain a primary investment Read more…
Sean Brodrick: This summer, I drove through New York and Canada, and then spent some time in Maine. And I had the opportunity to observe two great water resources — Niagara Falls and the state of Maine itself. I’ve learned some statistics on both that might startle you. Read more…
Sy Harding: It has been my expectation that slowing global economies, rising inflation, record government debt, austerity measures being undertaken globally, and the end of the Fed’s QE2 stimulus, would result in stock market corrections in this year’s summer season before the global Read more…
Mike Larson: The KBW Bank Index includes 24 of the nation’s largest banks — “Too Big to Fail” institutions such as Citigroup (NYSE:C), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), and JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) … “superregionals” like U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) and PNC Financial Read more…
BNP Paribas has filed paperwork with the SEC for a “BNP Paribas Enhanced Volatility Fund.” The Fund will seek to track changes, whether positive or negative, in the level of the Index, over time. The Shares are designed for investors who want a convenient way to gain a long exposure to forward implied equity market volatility of the S&P 500® Index. They plan to trade this fund on the NYSE under the Read more…
David Fry: Our goal in this profile is to help investors wade through the many competing ETF offerings available. Using our long experience as an ETF publication, and nearly 40 years in the investment business, we can help select those ETFs that matter and may or may not be repetitive. Read more…
It doesn’t look like the economy is going to be stable any time soon. Unrest in Europe, looming U.S. deficit questions and poor unemployment are just some of the factors keeping the markets in a state of flux. As we’ve told you before, watching CNBC and other mass media platforms has its disadvantages. Although the economy isn’t technically in the dumps right now, the news underscores the possibility Read more…
Przemyslaw Radomski: Being technical analysts is one of our professions, so it is quite rarely when we feel any emotions regarding the market regardless if we’re making substantial gains or if we’re on the losing side. But, off the record, we will admit to a slight twinge of a thrill when gold broke the Read more…
In trading on Friday, the iPath DJ-UBS Sugar TR Sub-Idx ETN (NYSE:SGG) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 5.58% on the day. Also up on the day are the 
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