Jeff Harding: The recent U.S. manufacturing report is at the top of a mountain of bad economic news coming out. Whether these data will lead to a “new” recession (as defined by the NBER) remains to be seen, but at the very least the U.S. economy is stagnating, Read more…
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Corey Rosenbloom: With Thursday developing into another big news day, let’s take a quick morning check on current daily resistance (or key) price levels and what to watch from here (upper and lower short-term targets) in the US Equity Markets. Read more…
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Jeff Harding: Much of what we see in recent economic growth is caused by one thing: cheap money and credit. This is obvious as we look at two important economic drivers: autos and homes. Both are significant in that they represent the two biggest purchases Read more…
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Deborah Baratz: Now that we’ve explored the dangerous repercussions of the looming Taxmageddon, investors have another important question: What is the “fiscal cliff“? Read more…
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Michael Johnston: ETFs have gathered more than $1 trillion in assets thanks to a number of structural advantages, including enhanced transparency, significant tax advantages, and intraday liquidity. But make no mistake about it: the ETF boom has been fueled in large part by an increased attention Read more…
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Corey Rosenbloom: US Stock Market Indexes have rallied into the initial resistance level accordingly, and now appear poised to break through these levels with the favorable outcome in the Greek election over the weekend. Read more…
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On a day of see saw price action, stocks closed higher on mixed trade. Stocks gapped up at the open, sold off during the first hour of trading, and then rallied the remainder of the day to close near session highs. The small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSEARCA:IWM) was the day’s biggest winner, as it posted Read more…
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Corey Rosenbloom: Following up from last week’s post on “Triple Stock Index Key Levels,” let’s take a quick mid-week update on what’s happened and what support levels continue to be key focal points in the “Big Three” US Stock Market Indexes. Read more…
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Corey Rosenbloom: It’s not common when the 20 and 50 week EMAs play a key role in providing both support/resistance as is the situation currently. Read more…
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Michael Johnston: Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have burst on to the scene in the last few years, raking in hundreds of billions of dollars in assets and prompting a major shift towards indexing strategies in the process. ETFs have empowered financial advisors (FAs), Read more…
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Stoyan Bojinov: The growth of the ETF industry has spawned numerous tools that bring forth previously difficult-to-reach corners of the market at the fingertips of mainstream investors. The evolution of the exchange-traded product structure Read more…
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Corey Rosenbloom: After a steady retracement took the US Stock Market Indexes to lower support level targets, let’s take a look at these targets and what Index levels Read more…
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Chris Ciovacco: Last summer the big question in the markets was whether or not the European Central Bank (ECB) would print large quantities of money in an effort to cap rising bond yields in Europe. Between July 6 and August 8, 2011, the markets were not confident about getting assistance Read more…
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Ron Rowland: The quantity of products on ETF Deathwatch climbs again with twenty names being added to the list for May and only four coming off. The net increase of 16 pushes the total count to 324, consisting of 229 ETFs and 95 ETNs. Read more…
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