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David Gillie: The Technology Sector tends to perform best in the 2nd half of the year—largely due to back-to-school sales, holiday purchasing and corporate end-of-year expenditures. This is certainly not to say that tech can’t perform well in the 1st half of the year, but most likely it will not do much Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Although uncertainty continues to linger across financial markets, investors’ confidence in the global economic recovery has without a doubt improved considerably going Read more…
The Select Sector SPDR Trust, which offers a family of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that divide the S&P 500 into nine individual sector funds, saw its average monthly assets climb 32 percent, or $10.5 billion, in 2011, further entrenching its position as the largest sector ETF family. Launched in 1998, Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: The fact that the S&P 500 “did nothing” in 2011 fails to take into account the performance of the individual sectors of the stock market, some of which returned as much as 15% in 2011. Read more…
Despite a rough last couple of months, the darlings of the tech sector eked out a respectable year. Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is up more than 6% and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), despite coming well off their highs, saw market gains of over 20% year-to-date. So how can the world’s favorite tech stocks rebound from Read more…
If past is prologue, and it generally is in markets as in life, the Financial sector could be poised for a decent rally in the next 12 months. At least that’s the assertion of Paul Hickey, the co-founder of Bespoke Investment Group. Hickey’s theory doesn’t rely on a Read more…
For the moment, stocks have found some footing and look set to snap a 3-day slump, thanks to better than expected unemployment claims, manufacturing data, and earnings from FedEx (FDX). Even so, that has not changed the fact that the S&P 500 is still Read more…
Stocks snapped a three day losing streak, as they closed modestly higher on Thursday. However, trade was light. The major indices all closed in the black. The small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSEARCA:IWM) showed the most strength on the session, as it tacked on 1.1%. The S&P MidCap 400 added 0.8%, while Read more…
If you’re frustrated with today’s jittery financial markets, you’re certainly not alone. Unfortunately there are no quick fixes to resolve the issues fueling the market’s ups and downs –namely the European debt crisis, a shaky global economy, and U.S. political gridlock. But before you throw in the Read more…
Equities rebounded solidly on Wednesday but the impact of the rally was lessened by light trade. All of the major indices closed higher led by a 2.7% gain in the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM). The S&P MidCap 400 closed higher by 2.2% while the S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) added 1.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Read more…
Ron Rowland: Now is a rough time for stock market bulls … and being a bear isn’t much easier. Record daily volatility makes it tough to go either way.
I’ve found 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, we can help select those ETFs that matter and may not be repetitive. The result is a more manageable list of issues from which to view and Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: What is the broader Sector Rotation Model saying about the current state of the stock market? Let’s take a look from two perspectives: January to October (year to date) and then from the May 2011 peak to present. Read more…
US stock futures point to a higher open Thursday after Germany’s lower house of parliament voted to approve enhanced powers for the European Financial Stability- the Euro Zone’s Bailout fund. Read more…
Scott Pluschau: There is a classic technical analysis pattern looking at the Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSE:XLK). Since the beginning of year 2011 XLK has formed a “Bearish Triple Top” formation marked with blue ovals on the chart below. However, when the breakdown of the neckline Read more…
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