First Half 2015 International & Sector Performance Review 2015 First Half Performance Numbers by Bespoke Invest The S&P 500 ETF (SPY) finished June down 2.49%, leaving it down 0.26% in the second quarter but still up 0.17% on the year. Below we highlight performance numbers (June, Q2 and YTD) for various asset classes using key ETFs. The Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) actually...
Q2 Earnings Preannouncements Analysis Lowest Number of S&P 500 Companies Issuing Negative EPS Guidance Since Q4 2012 by John Butters For Q2 2015, 80 companies in the S&P 500 have issued negative EPS guidance and 27 companies have issued positive EPS guidance. If 80 is the final number of companies issuing negative EPS guidance for the quarter, it will mark...
US Dollar Forming A Bearish Triangle Pattern? King Dollar could be creating unhealthy bearish pattern by Chris Kimble The current news addiction of late revolves around Greece, closely followed by how the Euro will react this situation. Taking a step back from the Greece noise, I wanted to take a look at the price action of the US Dollar (UUP) over...
Understanding Japanese Candlestick Patterns Inside Japanese Candlestick Trading Patterns, History & Basics by optionalpha.com and stockcharts.com Japanese candlestick patterns have been around for centuries. Originally they were used by merchants to help them predict and profit from rice trading. You could say that they have really passed the test of time and are a “seasoned” tool for any financial market. If they weren’t...
Small & Micro Caps Outperforming Small and Micro caps performing big, hit all-time highs by Chris Kimble Even though the S&P 500 (SPX) (SPY) isn’t setting the world on fire performance wise this year, Small (IWM) and Micro (IWC) caps closed out last week at all-time weekly closing highs. The table below looks at performance year to date, reflecting that...
Grinding 2015 Market Is Similar To 2011 By This Measure Rising volatility suggests a repeat of 2011 for S&P by Simon Maeirhofer By one measure, 2015 S&P 500 volatility is the highest since the beginning of this bull market. There are various ways to measure stock market volatility. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) (VXX) is one of them. A VIX...
High Yielding Stocks & US vs Rest Of The World by Bespoke Invest High Yielders Underperforming Since Last Fed Meeting The average stock in the S&P 500 (SPX) (SPY) is down slightly since the last Fed meeting on April 29th. With interest rates up quite a bit since then, however, stocks with high dividend yields have been crushed. Below we...
The Fed's Balancing Act – Avoiding Another 1937 (& 1999) Fed's worst nightmare: The 'ghost of 1937' *Fed tightened too quickly in 1937 *Worry is that central bank will wait too long now *Not likely to make move in June by Jeff Cox In trying to steer the economy of 2015, the Federal Reserve is fighting the foreboding spirit of...
Where We Stand Now – Weekly Market Outlook Despite Wednesday’s heroically bullish day, Monday’s and Friday’s tumbles were enough to translate into about a breakeven for last week… against a (mostly) bearish backdrop. That is, although the S&P 500 (SPX) (SPY) made a very modest gain last week, it made even bigger losses in each of the prior two weeks,...
Gold ETF (GLD) Falling Out Of Favor GLD No Longer Is A Market's Favorite And Drops Out Of The Top 10 by Secular Investor Gold hasn't been the flavor of the month for a while now, and the asset 'managers' at the SPDR Gold Shares ETF, trading with GLD as ticker symbol are definitely feeling the pain. From being...
