Michael Johnston: Today is the day: Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) finally becomes a public company, trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol FB. The highly anticipated ETF is expected to bring massive trading volumes, and interest should remain elevated for the next several sessions. Read more…
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Eric Dutram: Thanks to its most recent earnings beat, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is once again an investor darling. The tech giant sees its price around the $600/share mark yet again, representing a nearly 100% increase from the stock’s 52 Read more…
IGV, NASDAQ:PSCT, NYSE:AXIT, VGT, XLK
There’s an ongoing debate within meteorological circles as to what determines the difference between a mostly sunny day and a partly cloudy one. It could be something as simple as mood or attitude that determines how a mixture of sun and Read more…
MOO, XLE, XLF, XLK, XLU
Bill Luby: While there was a lot going on in the sector space during the rally from October to April and the pullback earlier in the month, I have yet to see any sort of detailed explanation of what happened during these two periods. Read more…
XLB, XLE, XLF, XLI, XLK, XLY
David Fry: Let me be one of a few thousand commenting on Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) earnings as they affect primary technology ETFs where the weighting in the company is extraordinarily high. Depending on any given day where price action may dictate weightings the company’s weighting on the SPDR Read more…
QQQ, XLK
Joseph L. Shaefer: Are you an investor/speculator who likes to jump aboard a moving train because you believe it will pick up even more speed (and aren’t particularly concerned about when or whether it will crash?) Or are you, perhaps, more inclined to do what value investors do: peruse the railroad cars still Read more…
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William Patalon III: The recent sell-off we’ve seen in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares came as a real stunner to Wall Street. But Strike Force Editor Keith Fitz-Gerald saw the sell-off coming. In fact, he predicted it. Read more…
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Jared Cummans: After another choppy trading week, investors will be looking forward to earnings from a number of blue chip firms that have yet to throw their hat in the ring. This past week was another frustrating one, as investors dealt with a mix of data and earnings that pushed and pulled at the market. Read more…
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Don Miller: Despite the recent selloff, shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) have skyrocketed 48% in the first quarter, dwarfing the 12% gain posted by the S&P 500. Read more…
IYW, VGT, XLK
The U.S. market followed Europe’s lead, taking another tumble on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell roughly 1%, down 124 points to Read more…
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Corey Rosenbloom: As a follow-up to yesterday’s “Bullish Sector Rotation Model” post, let’s take a moment to clarify how investors and traders can use top-level Sector Rotation themes to their advantage. Read more…
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Benjamin Shepherd: As the broader markets turn in a stellar performance, technology has been far and away one of the hottest sectors. That’s driven a huge 17.5 percent gain in the Technology Select Read more…
XLK
Corey Rosenbloom: What is the broader Sector Rotation Model saying about the current rally and state of the market? Good things actually. Read more…
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Ron Rowland: Today’s stock market is starting to remind me of 1999. Back then, you may recall, the technology sector led the whole market higher. The same thing is happening so far in 2012. Read more…
IGM, IYW, NYSE:FXL, VGT, XLK
Tony Sagami: In a new Virgin Mobile commercial, a young Richard Branson tells his friends, “In the future, we’ll be able to talk to each other with our thumbs.” Read more…
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