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Stoyan Bojinov: Equity indexes climbed into bright green territory yesterday as investors on Wall Street rejoiced over several encouraging economic data releases. Buying euphoria quickly spread after the latest jobless claims report came in better-than-expected; a total of 348,000 people filed for Read more…
Michael Johnston: Assets in bond exchange-traded products have been climbing steadily for the past several years, reflecting an increased degree of comfort among investors with the idea of achieving fixed income exposure through the exchange-traded wrapper. The bond ETF universe has expanded Read more…
Mike Larson: In Europe, despite news of what seems like the hundredth Greek deal, default is all but inevitable down the road. In the Middle East, tensions are ratcheting up in Syria and Iran, with the odds of an Israeli military strike steadily climbing. And here in the United States, many economic Read more…
US stock futures have surged to positive territory Thursday amid reports of a Greek debt deal. Small snags had been holding up the final approval of a deal between the Greek government and European finance ministers, and it appears those have finally been worked Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS, OIH, SPY, TLT, VXX
Jason Cimpl: The yield on U.S. bonds is abysmal. While I realize that I don’t need to tell retirees something they already know, such a low interest rate is a crisis that faces many American citizens. Read more…
Jeff Harding: I am very critical of Bill Gross of PIMCO and have named him of one our Crony Capitalists of the Month because of his insistence that the Fed bail out his industry. Mr. Gross, as we all know, has been very successful in his run at PIMCO and I respect him for that. But I will say that I don’t Read more…
Scott Pluschau: I recently wrote a few articles explaining the Legacy Commitments of Traders report and the Open Interest of Futures. Here’s last week’s article on the Euro and its COT report. In this week’s report (January 18-24th) there were some major moves made by the commercial traders in the 10 Read more…
Matt Tucker: A picture is worth a thousand words: Read more…
Jeff Harding: The Fed didn’t change any policies yesterday, but they have really bought into the “jaw, jaw, jaw” theory of monetary policy by extending the low interest rate (ZIRP) policy out to late 2014 from their former mid-2013 target. That is, they believe if the markets rely on the Fed’s word to keep Read more…
Scott Pluschau: The 20 year+ U.S. Treasury Bond exchange traded fund (NYSEArca:TLT) is skating on thin ice. A “head and shoulders” pricing pattern developed on the Daily chart recently. A head and shoulders pattern shows a gradual overcoming of supply vs. demand and it can have serious Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: Following up with my prior inter-market post this week “Something’s Gotta Give,” let’s take a look at the sharp down-move that developed since then as seen in the iShares Read more…
David Gillie: Don’t panic—just be prepared. Pullbacks are a healthy function of the market. They allow new investors to come into a rising market and signal profit-taking for smart money. Read more…
Larry D. Spears: The U.S. dollar (NYSEARCA:UUP) will start 2012 on an upswing – but don’t let it fool you. What we’re seeing is only a short-term rally inspired by Europe’s travails. In the long-term, the U.S. Federal Reserve‘s loose monetary policy and the United States’ own debt burden will drive the Read more…
Chris Ciovacco: We noted extreme levels of optimism earlier today. What could possibly trigger a correction in stocks and commodities? If the Fed fails to signal and/or announce another round of quantitative easing (QE), it would undoubtedly leave the markets disappointed. Read more…
Much has been made about the perfect market timing that can be derived by the doing the opposite of what the herd, or small investor, is doing. While this 
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