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“All advances are not created equal,” says legendary chart guru Louise Yamada. This is important to remember, even if obvious, during what has been the largely indiscriminate rally of 2012. From Tech, to Energy, to Banks; if a stock has remotely decent fundamentals and Read more…
Jared Cummans: After an up and down week, the coming trading days should be relatively calm. Though there will be key economic data releases in a number of countries, this week ahead will have a Read more…
Steve Mauzy: As someone who considers himself a contrarian, my interest is always piqued by alarmist headlines. Which is why I’m interested in housing. For the past two years, the sector has been a wellspring of head-for-the-hills Cassandraisms. Read more…
Jeff Harding: It would not surprise anyone that home prices are still falling, perhaps less, but they are still declining. The Case Shiller report for November 30, 2011 showed: Read more…
Ron Rowland: I’ve spent my investment career following sector momentum, and it’s worked out pretty well. ETFs make it even better. Right now my indicators show a lot of short-term strength in real estate. Personally, I find it hard to believe the housing market has truly bottomed. My colleague Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Stocks are on a roll. Equity indexes climbed higher for a third day this week as bullish momentum kept the winning streak alive on Wall Street. Investors were cheerful to see Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) swing a fourth-quarter profit, although Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) on the other Read more…
Andrew Snyder: The nation’s housing market is in shambles. But as Washington passes the buck to Wall Street, it’s about to get even worse. After nearly 10 years of government manipulation, the fate of the nation’s housing market (NYSEARCA:IYR) once again lies in the hands of capitalism. We’ve gone Read more…
Jonathan Yates: In a recent Gallup poll, the great majority of Americans were reported as being displeased with the direction of the country. While this is certainly not good news for incumbents in The White House, both houses of Congress and across the country at the state and local level, it is bullish for Read more…
Mike Larson: What was one of the best performing sectors in late 2011 … and the first several days of 2012? Would you believe HOUSING?? The Philadelphia Housing Sector Index, or HGX plunged to 73.65 in October. But then it started rising, ultimately tagging 109.65 this week. That’s a gain of Read more…
Sara Nunnally: The nation’s real estate market is anything but stable. Just when we think prices are starting to climb, Washington throws a curveball. When I’m not traveling, I spend most of my time writing and researching the markets from my farm here in Wisconsin, but yesterday, I drove into the Read more…
Jonathan Yates: Bill Gross recently confirmed a bleak outlook for real estate as he predicted that low interest rates would be maintained by the Federal Reserve for “three, four or five years.” He also stated that the European Central Bank and the Bank of England will continue to keep interest rates low, Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Selling pressures tipped the market south right from the opening bell as ongoing Euro zone woes made way for the bears on Wall Street. Investors’ sentiment declined as worries overseas intensified after ECB President Mario Draghi put a damper on hopes that the central bank would Read more…
On an uneventful day in the markets, stocks ended the session mixed on light trade. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSEARCA:DIA) showed the most resiliency as it posted a 0.4% gain. The S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:SPY) tacked on 0.1%, as the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSEARCA:IWM) closed at the breakeven Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Selling pressures hit Wall Street as investor confidence in the Euro zone further deteriorated following Fitch Ratings’ statement that continuing European debt woes would pose a risk to American banks. On the home front, investors digested yet another better-than-expected economic releases 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 Read more…
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