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Eric Dutram: ProShares, the Maryland –based ETF issuer best known for its wide array of leveraged and inverse ETFs, has expanded its lineup in this space once again with two more funds. Read more…
NYSE:FAS, NYSE:FAZ, NYSE:FINU, NYSE:FINZ, NYSE:SEF, NYSE:SKF
Joseph L. Shaefer: Let me clearly state that I do not and, through 40 years of up and down cycles, never have subscribed to the above quote. That in fact is the gist of this article. But I am hearing those words, or words like them Read more…
Joseph L. Shaefer: It was Friday Night Smackdown last Friday when retail sales reached their highest level in 4 months, one factor propelling the markets higher that day. At almost the same time it was announced that consumer confidence has plunged to its lowest level since 1980. Read more…
NYSE:AGQ, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:RWM, NYSE:SBB, NYSE:SEF, NYSE:SH, NYSE:TLT, NYSE:UUP
Joseph L. Shaefer: One has to wonder. I haven’t railed against Wall Street’s program trading, dark pools, and high-frequency black box trading (without human intervention) in a while, though they certainly deserve it — and suffer from exposure to the light. I haven’t even reminded myself and my Read more…
Joseph L. Shaefer: To answer that question, let’s take a look at what’s bad and what’s good. (Yes. There is some good and it will get better. I am no Pollyanna — I wrote “The Myth of the Summer Rally” back on June 28th when everyone was wildly enthusiastic, all the news was good, and never Read more…
Martin D. Weiss: Beware! Within the next few days, Washington and Wall Street may mount a new, sweeping PR campaign designed to deceive investors about the crisis. Read more…
DOWN 5% in the first 86 days of the second quarter! UP 4.6% in the final four days! And most recently: Rising convincingly 4 days in July, then plunging just as convincingly the next 3 days, then roaring ahead yesterday based on some words spoken by the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Read more…
Joseph L. Shaefer: I see this market unfolding according to script, “script” being what it does more years than not. There are no absolutes in the market, no guarantees. But many years unfold exactly as this one has, with a good rally continuing from the end of the previous year into the spring, Read more…
Stocks closed lower on Wednesday on mixed volume. Stocks were slightly higher to flat for most of the session before succumbing to late session selling. All five major indices closed in the red with the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) sustaining the most damage. The Russell shed 1.2% on the day. Read more…
Shah Gilani: U.S. banks are seeing positive trends in several measures of their health. That’s the good news. Read more…
Best Online Trades: The Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSE:XLF) has been showing a good amount of strength recently but has still so far been lagging behind the S&P 500 in terms of Read more…
Steve Reitmeister: Weekends provide a valuable time for investors to pause and reflect. That’s because during the week there is such information overload that it’s often hard to bring the full Read more…
NYSE:FAZ, NYSE:SBND, NYSE:SEF, NYSE:SKF, NYSE:TBF, NYSE:TBT, NYSE:TMV, NYSE:UYG
It seems like just yesterday that markets were waiting for Ben & the Bernankettes to save the world from the dual horrors of a recession and nearly 10% unemployment yet, here we are, all cued up for another awkwardly worded statement to be 
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