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…

NYSE:DIA, NYSE:SPY, QQQ

Jim Trippon: Even with the swelling of the eurozone debt crisis to more alarming size than ever, as Spain has overtaken Greece at least for the moment as the most important actor in that drama, much continues to be written and said about Facebook (NASDAQ:FB). Casual observers who Read more…

NASDAQ:SOCL

Stocks moved higher yesterday as trade accelerated. All five major indices added 1% or more. The small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSEARCA:IWM) and S&P MidCap 400 led the advance by posting gains of 1.4% and 1.3% respectively. The Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) Composite tacked on 1.2%. The S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:SPY) Read more…

NYSE:DIA, NYSE:IWM, NYSE:SPY, QQQ

Chris Ciovacco:  Over the weekend, there was little in the way of good news coming from Greece. According to Bloomberg: Read more…

NYSE:SDS, NYSE:SPY

Stocks closed mostly higher on an uptick in volume yesterday, but the rally was far from impressive. After a strong morning rally, the market tumbled into the close, leaving all five major indices well off session highs. The small-cap Russell 2000 continued its recent exhibition of relative weakness. It closed lower by Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

J.W. Jones:  I have been advising members of my service to be cautious as the market appears to be at a major crossroads. The U.S. Dollar Index (NYSEARCA:UUP) is on the verge of a major breakdown. Read more…

NYSE:SDS, NYSE:SPY, NYSE:UDN, NYSE:UUP

Michael Johnston: As the ETF universe has expanded by leaps and bounds in recent years, investors now have tools at their disposal to accomplish almost objective. From plain vanilla stock and bond indexes to hyper-targeted regional and sector funds, there are ETFs to bet on just about every asset class. Read more…

NYSE:DGZ, NYSE:DOG, NYSE:EUM, NYSE:MYY, NYSE:SH, NYSE:SJB, NYSE:TBF, PSQ

Michael Snyder: If you enjoy watching financial doom, then you are quite likely to really enjoy the rest of 2012.  Right now, red flags are popping up all over the place.  Corporate insiders are selling off stock Read more…

NYSE:FAS, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:SDS, NYSE:SLV, NYSE:TZA

Elliott Gue: Over the past two months, I’ve warned that the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:SPY) could pull back by 5 percent to 10 percent this spring. Recent market action suggests that this correction may have started. If my forecast pans out, the second quarter could give us an opportunity to buy high-quality Read more…

NYSE:SPY

Benjamin Shepherd: In the first quarter, the S&P 500 gained nearly 13 percent, while the ALPS Alerian MLP ETF (NYSEARCA:AMLP) managed to eke out a 1.7 percent gain. A slight spike in Treasury yields seems to have pulled at least some income seekers away from master limited partnerships (MLP), while Read more…

NYSE:AMLP

Stocks pared some of Tuesday’s big losses but trade was light. The small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSEARCA:IWM) led the advance as it posted a 1.6% gain. The S&P MidCap 400 added 1.2%, while both the DJIA (NYSEARCA:DIA) and the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:SPY) posted 0.7% gains. The tech-rich Nasdaq climbed Read more…

NYSE:GXG, NYSE:IWM, NYSE:VGK

Corey Rosenbloom:  If indeed the S&P 500 (and other US Indexes) retrace sharply lower, what potential short-term support areas might be good targets, at least from a Fibonacci Retracement standpoint? Read more…

NYSE:SDS, NYSE:SPY

Michael Snyder: Most Americans have no idea how much economic trouble is heading our way.  Most of them just assume that everything will eventually “return to normal” just like it always has before and Read more…

NYSE:GLD, NYSE:SDS, NYSE:SLV, NYSE:SPXU, NYSE:TZA

Stocks got pounded on Wednesday as trade quickened. All five major indices closed down 1% or more. The decline was led by the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSEARCA:IWM), which fell 1.7%. The Nasdaq dropped 1.5% while the S&P MidCap 400 lost 1.4%. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average Read more…

NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ

Jim Trippon:  The market always tries to be forward looking, to get ahead of what might happen. If individual traders and investors try to use that strategy, it can go mainly two ways: one, it can be proactive and help traders and investors avoid disasters or, two, it can make traders and investors make moves in Read more…

NYSE:DVY, NYSE:SDY, NYSE:SPY, NYSE:VIG