3:11pm ET
Investing
The 10% Correction Has Arrived (DIA, SPY, QQQ)
Updated for the 4PM closing bell…. Do you call it a crash or do you call it a bear market? Technically this is correction territory now that the 10% pullback has been…
DIA Coverage Page 9
2:27pm ET
Investing
Nearly Half of DJIA Stocks Down Over 10% Or Approaching -10% From Highs (AA, BAC, CAT, DD, GE, HD, HPQ, JPM, MSFT, CVX, DIS, XOM, INTC, WMT, DIA, VZ, UTX, MMM)
Did you heed the call “Sell in May and Go Away!” this year? It turns out that as of mid-day we now have nearly half of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average…
6:15am ET
Investing
Second Anniversary Of The Crash: The Big Gains That Matter Most(AAPL, BAC, C, CAT, COP, DD, DIS, GE, GOOG, JPM, ORCL, WFC, DIA, SPY, QQQQ)
It was just two years ago today that the U.S. markets reached an absolute bottom. Investors were reeling and the public was literally getting ready for a breakdown of the system. After…
11:29am ET
Investing
DJIA 2011: Best Targets Imply DJIA 13,042 (BAC, CSCO, XOM, GE, HPQ, INTC, JPM, MCD, MRK, PFE, PG, WMT, DIA, VZ)
Can the Dow Jones Industrial Average rise 12.65% more in 2011 after gaining about 11% in 2010? Our calculations show the the DJIA is likely to hit 13,042.06 in 2011. That’s a…
12:11pm ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
The Sloths of the Dow for 2011: DJIA’s 2010 Weaklings (HPQ, CSCO, JNJ, WMT, AXP, DIA)
We have already introduced the 2011 Dogs of the Dow for investors looking into 2011. The term “dogs” might imply that they are the worst performers when they are actually just the…
12:51pm ET
Investing
DJIA Rejects Significantly Outperform in 2010 (DIA, GM, C, TRV, CSCO, KFT, AIG, CVX, BAC, MO, HON)
There has been an amazing feat in 2010. All of the most recent companies which have been booted out of the Dow Jones Industrial Average have outperformed their replacement stocks and the…
10:56am ET
Investing
DJIA and NASDAQ Hits 2010 Highs (DIA, SPY, QQQQ)
QE2, manufactured inflation, pumping more air into the economy… you get it. While stocks are higher this morning, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is hitting a 2010 high. The high back in…
11:59am ET
Investing
D-Day ETFs for Quantitative Easing and QE2 Today (FAS, FAZ, XHB, FXF, CYB, UUP, GLD, DGP, TLT, TBT, SPY, DIA, QQQQ)
The elections are over and the Republicans took over the House but not the Senate as expected. Today is D-Day for Quantitative Easing or QE2… Decision Day. Now it is time to…
2:16pm ET
Investing
Elections and Quantitative Easing Look Price In (DIA, SPY, QQQQ, USO, GLD, TLT, TBT)
It is no secret that the elections are Tuesday, November 2, and it is no secret that the FOMC under Ben Bernanke will begin the November FOMC starting November 2 and a…
8:31am ET
Investing
Investing in Bubbles: ETFs for Quantitative Easing and QE2 (GLD, DGP, FXF, CYB, CNY, UUP, TLT, TBT, SPY, DIA, QQQQ, FAS, FAZ)
Quantitative easing, or QE2, is coming to a head. What we will see depends upon whom you ask, and the verdict seems to depend on the direction of the wind each day. …
7:01am ET
Industrials
Before GE Earnings: Upside in Conglomerates (BRK-A, GE, HON, MMM, UTX, SPY, DIA)
Conglomerates have enjoyed solid performance in 2010 and General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is set to report earnings on Friday morning. A market concern and a sector concern so far is that…
11:34am ET
Investing
DJIA 11,000 is here… Again (DIA, SPY)
Yesterday we gave a straddle and strangle options trading volatility strategy for options traders to play around the unemployment report and around the notion of DJIA 11,000. The market just missed 11,000…
12:03pm ET
Investing
ETF Volatility Bets for DJIA 11,000 & Unemployment (DIA, SPY, VVX)
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was all set to see an 11,000 print this morning. After the strongest September gains in most of our lives, the psychological level would have been a…
12:43pm ET
Industrials
2010 Becomes The Year of the Conglomerates (GE, MMM, HON, UTX, BRK-A, SPY, DIA)
2010 may be a directionless year for the stock markets so far, but shares of conglomerates are outperforming and more upside is expected. The five largest conglomerates we follow are all higher…
3:30pm ET
Industrials
Next Week’s 11 DJIA Component Earnings On Deck (IBM, JNJ, KO, UTX, MMM, T, TRV, AXP, MSFT, MCD, VZ, DIA)
This week brought about 5 of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average components that have reported earnings this earnings season. We have a mixed fanfare so far, but next week we have…