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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…
This type of action can get a lot of traders in trouble. Yesterday the market rallied 10-15 handles off the lows, squeezing uncommitted shorts out of their positions. That reversal also probably sucked in some small longs as it was a Read more…
Equities closed lower on higher volume yesterday, but well off session lows. The major indices all gapped down at the open, “undercut” their April 23rd lows, then reversed to close near their intraday highs. In the May 2 issue of Read more…
In trading on Monday, the iPath Short Extended S&P 500 TR ETN (NYSEARCA:SFSA) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 12.13% on the day. Also up on the day is the Read more…
Chris Vermeulen: Over the weekend I had an interesting conversation with a local trader. We typically meet a few times a year to share our market outlooks, new trading tools and techniques, and usually finish our session off in a debate about Read more…
Chris Ciovacco: As summed up by Reuters below, the situation in Greece remains Read more…
Warren Buffett is reiterated his stance against buying gold, after famously mocking the notion in his 2010 annual letter. He noted that the metal had no utility and, that being the case, no value as an investment. Buffett wrote that an Read more…
The Alerian MLP ETF (Master Limited Partnership Exchange-Traded Fund) (NYSEARCA:AMLP) declared its second quarter 2012 distribution of $0.2450 on Friday, May 4th. The dividend is payable on May 14, 2012 to shareholders of record on Read more…
IndexIQ, a leading developer of index-based alternative investment solutions, today announced the performance of its proprietary family of hedge fund replication and alternative beta Read more…
May has gotten off to a rocky start as stocks had a rough close last week after sour employment data. Though the unemployment rate dropped to 8.1%, hiring in April slowed suggesting that the dip in unemployment was not due to Read more…
UBS Investment Bank today announced that the ETRACS Alerian MLP Infrastructure ETN (NYSEARCA:MLPI) is the top performing exchange-traded product linked to the Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index (Ticker: AMZI)for 2012 Read more…
Peter Krauth: Despite the setback caused by the 2008 financial crisis, the commodities bull market rolls on. A short four years later, many commodities are trading at or near all-time highs. Read more…
Arrow Investment Advisors, LLC, the advisor to Arrow Funds, today announced the launch of its first exchange traded fund (ETF). The Arrow Dow Jones Global Yield ETF (NYSEARCA:GYLD) debuts as the only fund to track the Read more…
Van Eck has announced that they will begin trading The Market Vectors Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:HYEM) Wednesday, May 09, 2012. Market Vectors Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to Read more…
Today is my first day back from vacation, so it’s time to dive back into the action! Most guys in my firm are embracing this down move as last week the Dots started to connect for further downside. I was stopped out of remaining longs from the Bahamas Read more…
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