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Morning Call: Market Anticipating Quick Greece Deal

Greg Cullen — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:03:04 +0000

US stock futures continued their climb overnight and are set for a slightly higher open. Investors are still expecting an imminent deal in the Greek debt saga that will pave the way for a new bailout package. Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos is expected to meet with(...)
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Morning Call: Stocks Edge Higher Ahead of Earnings Season

Greg Cullen — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:45:07 +0000

US stock futures point to a slightly higher open on Wall St Monday as another earnings season gets set to kick off. Aluminum giant Alcoa (NYSEArca:AA), whose announcement generally marks the beginning of earnings season, will report after the bell(...)
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Morning Call: Futures Surge as Economy Adds 200,000 Jobs

Greg Cullen — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:16:33 +0000

S&P futures are up 6 handles Friday morning following a better-than-expected jobs report. The US economy added 200,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 8.5%, while analysts expected gains of 150,000 jobs and unemployment of 8.7%. Futures(...)
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Morning Call: Stock Futures Rise on German Data, Fed Anticipation

Greg Cullen — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:40:48 +0000

US stock futures point to a higher open on Wall Street Tuesday following Monday’s decline. Better than expected economic sentiment numbers out of Germany is being credited for the increased risk appetite, and investors will also be anticipating the US Federal Reserve’s announcement on(...)
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Lee Munson: Most ETF’s Are Scams

Greg Cullen — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:12:42 +0000

Dismissing exchange traded funds as a product that’s been “bastardized” beyond repair by the industry, Munson says there 20 or 30(...)
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Morning Call: Europe Optimism Pushes Futures Up Almost 3%

Greg Cullen — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:53:24 +0000

S&P futures are up more than 30 handles this morning in sharp contrast to the heavy selling we have seen for the last two weeks. The catalyst for the big up open is optimism based on new proposals to contain the Europe’s debt crisis and a strong start to the US Christmas shopping season. Stocks reached extremely(...)
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The Thanksgiving Week Trade (SPY, QQQ, DIA)

Greg Cullen — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:57:03 +0000

Feeling thankful for the +0.03% gain in your portfolio this year? Good, you should. With the S&P 500 falling back in the red this week, now down 3.3% in 2011 (as of Thursday’s close), any profit, even pennies is a positive. And with the cost of Thanksgiving dinner rising(...)
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Morning Call: Italian Bond Yields Surge, Futures Fight to Reclaim Pre-Market Losses

Greg Cullen — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:10:52 +0000

US stock futures pointed to a sharply lower open on Wall Street a few hours ago, but have pared those losses and are now only marginally lower this morning. While Greece seems to have sorted out its mess for now, the focus has shifted to Italy, where bond yields are surging. Adding to the turmoil is(...)
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Seven (7) Ways to Play Stocks Right Now

Greg Cullen — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:40:24 +0000

“Please, God, get me back to even and I’ll never buy stocks again.” To give some insight on both the market’s direction and stock picks that will work right here and now, Breakout welcomed the fearless Jay Pestrichelli, co-author of the book “Buy and Hedge: The 5 Iron Rules for Investing Over the Long Term.” Pestrichelli starts with a message sure to(...)
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Morning Call: Bulls Maintain Faith in Europe, Shrug Off Netflix (NFLX)

Greg Cullen — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:41:57 +0000

US stock futures are unchanged this morning as investors remain cautiously optimistic about Europe and continue to digest corporate earnings. Tomorrow, European leaders will once again convene to try to put together a plan to address the region’s sovereign debt crisis. While to this point there has been much talk and little action, investors seem to(...)
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Morning Call: Markets Cautiously Optimistic About European Aid Deal

Greg Cullen — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:55:24 +0000

US stock futures are flat on Monday morning as investors continue to wait on an aid resolution from European leaders. At Sunday’s summit in Brussels European leaders expressed optimism that they could find common ground, but acknowledged that there are differing opinions and still work to do. As they departed the summit, leaders pledged to draft a far-reaching plan in time for(...)
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Are the Bears Going Back into Hibernation?

Greg Cullen — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:48:55 +0000

To say that the past few months were rough on the markets is an understatement… After smooth sailing in the first half of 2011, the markets became dreadful, choppy waters for most investors. Fear was the main driver as financial catastrophe in Europe and America are thought to be triggering a global recession(...)
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JP Morgan’s Tom Lee: Expect a 20% Year End Market Rally (SPY)

Greg Cullen — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:41:09 +0000

Now that NASA has gotten out of the rocket launching business, there must be an unemployed countdown expert out there somewhere, who could give the proper finesse and delivery to that famed phrase(...)
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Debunking Three ETF Myths

Greg Cullen — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:25:05 +0000

WisdomTree’s David Abner discusses misconceptions about ETF product proliferation, liquidity, and the flash crash. David, who is interviewed by Robert Goldsborough of Morningstar, is bullish on the(...)
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Focus On Risk, Not Return, In A Choppy Market: Strategist (SPY, VXX, QQQ, DIA, CVOL)

Greg Cullen — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:53:58 +0000

Since the beginning of August, if the whipsawing of stocks didn’t shake you out of the market and you just hung in there, you’d be down about 12% right now. However, had you owned the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) during that same period of time, you’d be(...)
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This Contrarian Indicator is Ringing Like a Fire Alarm (SPY)

Greg Cullen — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:27:40 +0000

In his new book, The Great Crash Ahead, self-styled “economic futurist” Harry Dent warns equity investors to cup their groins. Stocks, he declares, will “crash to between 3,300 and 5,600 on the Dow by the end of 2013, or 2014 at the latest… Hold onto your life jacket and climb into the lifeboat. The next few years(...)
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Morning Call: European Promise, Earnings Season Lead to Resurgent Optimism

Greg Cullen — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:34:31 +0000

A promise from France and Germany to recapitalize Europe’s banks continues to drive the bullish action, as futures are 12-15 handles higher this morning. Over the weekend leaders of the Europe’s (...)
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Morning Call: Steve Jobs Dies at 56, Market Trying to Hold Onto Overnight Gains

Greg Cullen — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:37:38 +0000

US stock futures are starting to pull back from overnight highs and now point to flat open on Wall St. Stocks were buoyed by hopes that European policy makers will coordinate a program to back-stop European banks. The Bank of England announced it would be launching another round of quantitative easing to stimulate the economy, and most think the US Fed won’t be far behind. The ECB held interest rates steady in its(...)
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Jack Bogle on Index Funds, ETFs, and Credit Default Swaps

Greg Cullen — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:56:58 +0000

“The game is rigged,” says Jack Bogle, the octogenarian founder of The Vanguard Group. “It is too convoluted. It is too complex. You shouldn’t be playing the game. You don’t need to(...)
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Morning Call: Markets Remain in Bounce Mode

Greg Cullen — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:35:09 +0000

There isn’t too much new to say today as futures point to another higher open. Markets are still in bounce/relief mode as the move off the lower end of the range continues. Most stocks pulled off the (...)
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