Not since the start of September have Bears been able to make an impression. For many indices, volume climbed to register a distribution day, adding to market troubles. There is no long term damage to markets as they remain within
November 1, 2016
Over the past several years traditional market cap weighted indexes have been derided. Why? Because upstarts, known as “smart beta” have taken the ETF marketplace by storm and are trying to dislodge traditional indexing . And one of the oft-repeated
Electronic Arts (EA – Free Report) released its second-quarter fiscal 2017 earnings results, posting adjusted earnings of $0.43 per share and adjusted revenue of $1.098 billion. Currently, EA has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), but it is subject to change following the release of the
Friday was an anniversary—of sorts. It was the first day since May that the 2–10 year Treasury yield curve steepened to three digits. The spread closed the day at 1 percent (100 basis points), up from an August bottom of
In trying to anticipate any dangerous stock market collapses, I keep an eye on leading economic indicators, as I’ve written about before. But the truth is, no matter how much you study these things, the market has studied it more
Our top year-to-date strategies: The Maximum Yield strategy with 32.61% return. The Leveraged Universal strategy with 21.42% return. The World Top 4 with 17.66% return. SPY, the S&P500 ETF, returned 5.87%, year-to-date. Market comment: Recent surveys show that fund managers have increased cash positions1 while outflows from equity funds are at
After nearly three consecutive years of inflows, an unheard of feat, Jeff Gundlach’s $61.6 billion DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund finally experienced its first outflow since January 2014, as investors took out $33 million from the California fund. With that,
Written by Heidi Richardson I continue to be encouraged by improving fundamentals in many emerging countries… Specifically, there are three reasons that potential opportunities may exist in emerging Asia. 1. Economic fundamentals Asia has displayed the strongest growth of any emerging
Tightening by the Federal Reserve, which has been an overhang on the gold market, will not necessarily hurt prices. Video Length: 00:08:23
Economic Reports Scorecard There was little improvement in the economic data the last couple of weeks, the Citigroup Economic Surprise index still well below zero (-8.1). And frankly, where there was improvement such as the GDP report, it doesn’t look
