Article By:
Michele Schneider
Monday, September 25, 2017 6:17 PM EDT
Bears, like an orchestra, may sound discordant when they warm up pre-show. Though once the concert commences, it’s the Conductor who decides if the bears or bulls play first violin.
In this article: SPY, QQQ, SLV, GLD, IYT, IWM, DIA, IBB, XRT, XLU, IYR, GDX
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Article By:
Arthur Donner
Monday, September 25, 2017 6:12 PM EDT
The UK economy grew only 0.3% in April-June, following an even slower expansion of 0.2% in the first quarter.
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Article By:
Jill Mislinski
Monday, September 25, 2017 6:10 PM EDT
How far are we from the interim high prices of 2011 and the all-time highs of 2008?
In this article: OIL, USO, UGA
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Article By:
Jacob Meisel
Monday, September 25, 2017 6:04 PM EDT
Natural gas prices were unable to sustain a weak early morning rally, instead reversing through the day and settling near the lows on the day to print out an ugly candle.
In this article: UNG
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Article By:
David Kotok
Monday, September 25, 2017 5:59 PM EDT
The volatility index, VIX, which is highly correlated (negatively) with the equity market, made a remarkable all-time intra-day low of 8.84 and hovered around the 9-handle for quite some time before it came back to the double-digit level.
In this article: VIX
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Video By:
Chuck Carnevale
Monday, September 25, 2017 5:33 PM EDT
Apple Inc. has been a great American success story, much of which can be attributed to its iconic founder Steve Jobs.
In this video: AAPL
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Article By:
Jill Mislinski
Monday, September 25, 2017 5:27 PM EDT
All eight indexes on our world watch list have posted gains for 2017 through September 25. The top performer thus far is Hong Kong's Hang Seng with a gain of 25.0%,
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We are now in the 93rd percentile of valuations. This era will ultimately be remembered as a hot time in the markets, much like 1965-9, 1972, and 1997-2001.
Although replicating market betas via low-cost index products has become child’s play, the persistent failure by most investors on this front is striking, as a recent study by Dalbar reminds.
The reason the Fed may go back to growing its balance sheet within three years comes from thinking about the liability side of its balance sheet.
Accommodative monetary policies have delivered a market persistence basically of record duration, at price levels no higher than outlined likely for the past few weeks (S&P 2500 and then a bit more, but nothing significant).
SPX consolidated for the duration of the week, making its gain in the final hour. Another all-time high was made. A reason for the sideways consolidation may be a micro-degree Triangle formation.
