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David Banister: The IWM ETF represents the Russell 2000 small cap growth index. This ETF peaked at 84.66 this spring and has fallen in the the 74′s before the recent two day bounce. What we are looking at is a possible 5 wave rally from October into March Read more…
Frank Holmes, CEO and chief investment officer of U.S. Global Investors and a keynote speaker at the New York Hard Assets Conference May 14–15, explains why he believes the old expression “sell in May and go away” is not the advice to follow this year. Read more…
Michael Snyder: There is nothing wrong with being optimistic, but there is something wrong with having blind faith that things are going to get better when all of the evidence is screaming at you that Read more…
Michael Snyder: The recent elections in France and in Greece have thrown the global financial system into an uproar. Fear and worry are everywhere and nobody is quite sure what is going to happen next. All of the financial deals that Read more…
Michael Snyder: The human capacity for self-delusion truly is remarkable. Most people out there end up believing exactly what they want to believe even when the truth is staring them right in the face. Read more…
Michael Snyder: For those waiting for our economic problems to be solved, you can quit holding your breath. There is simply not going to be a solution to our economic problems on the national level. So why is that the case? Well, it is because the economic policies of both major political parties are very, very similar Read more…
Toby Connor: As convincing as this rally has been I am confident this is an ending phase and not the start a new secular bull market. Actually the bear market began last year in May but was temporarily aborted by massive Central Bank printing. Let me explain. Read more…
Jeff Nielson: In the topsy-turvy world of U.S. “newsertainment”, it is common knowledge that comedian Jon Stewart of The Daily Show is one of Americans’ “most admired journalists”. Regrettably, the U.S. mainstream media has chosen to compete with Stewart…by producing comedy. Read more…
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Speaking with Financial Sense Newshour’s Jim Puplava on Thursday, Robert Prechter of Elliot Wave Theory fame said he doesn’t think central banks can Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: While the NASDAQ recently crested above both its 2011 and 2007 (before the recession) high, the Russell 2000 – an index mainly of small-cap stocks – struggles to overcome its key long-term resistance level. Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: The market’s recent 45-day rocket ride was the longest uninterrupted climb without a triple digit decline since 2006 – until Tuesday when the Dow lost 203 points. The sell-off begs the question: Should you buy the stock market dip? Read more…
Don Miller: A recent surge in small cap stocks – companies with a market capitalization of under $1 billion – means individual investors should be placing at least a few of their chips in the small-cap arena. Read more…
ETF Base: Leveraged ETFs are under fire for creating volatility in the stock markets, especially in the last hours of trading. The story goes that traders move through large positions in leveraged exchange-traded funds which then permeate through prices for individual securities. Read more…
Bill Luby: As action in the VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX ST ETN (NYSEArca:TVIX) heats up again today (up 15% on 21 million shares traded), I gave some thought to who might be trading what I called in this space over a year ago “day trading rocket fuel.” Read more…
Stocks closed modestly higher on Thursday on mixed trade. All five major indices ended up on the day. The S&P MidCap 400 led the way, as it rose by 0.8%. The Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) tacked on 0.7%, while the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:SPY) finished up by 0.5%. Both the DJIA (NYSEARCA:DIA) Read more…
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