MorningWord: 3/5/12: The real story last week was the divergence between large and small cap stocks, the Russell 2000 closed down about 3%, while the SPX gained about 30bps. Chart below displays this divergence fairly clearly while also …
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Futures are down this morning as a couple of warning signs emerge out of Europe and Asia this morning. China announced a lower growth target for the next year and Europe reported slower manufacturing output. …
Continue readingPreview of Trade I will be discussing tonight on Options Action on CNBC at 5pm est: Microsoft has had a heck of a run of late, it went from being one of the most overlooked …
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Update March 2nd, 2012: On Tuesday we highlighted the fact that the IWM, the etf that tracks the Russell 2000 Index of small cap stocks was breaking below it’s 20 day moving average for the first time …
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MorningWord: 3/2/12: U.S. equities continue their resilient tone, closing yesterday at new 52 highs after shaking off the previous day’s late afternoon jitters. Gold rebounded slightly, as crude rallied a touch along with the U.S. …
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CNBC U.S. stock index futures pointed to a slightly lower open on Wall Street on Friday as investors took profits on Thursday’s gains fueled by mostly positive economic data. Brent crude futures have backed off …
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With the SPX up 9.25% ytd off to its best start in 15 yrs, I think it could make sense to look for cheap ways to protect against a potential pull back in the market. …
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MorningWord: 3/1/12: Well people, we almost had it yesterday…..IT being a real sell off. Yesterday’s action in Gold down almost 5.5% was its worst day since late September and almost unerved the entire market. The …
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It’s a tale of two economies this morning as the US sees continued positive economic data showing the economy is slowly but surely improving. On the other hand, austerity measures are continuing to take their …
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