The stock market and the commodities markets have so far supported QE2. Longer-dated bond yields have risen as a result as the extra $600 billion applies only a few percentage points of…
It is no surprise that after a stock market rally that investors want more of a rally. Dow Theory has been confirming the market rally with gains in transportation and industrial stocks,…
Money is short and times are hard, but the government is paid back and bank investors may find dividend checks in with their holiday cards. The Wall Street Journal broke news late…
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…
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. …
This Monday has many stocks on the move for active traders and day traders. Stocks on the move are A123 Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE), Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTI), Arc Sight,…
There are many stocks for active traders and day traders to pick from this Monday morning, and most are not on earnings. We are tracking key trading action in 3PAR, Inc. (NYSE:…
If you trade triple-leverage ETFs, Direxion is no stranger to you. And if you recall reverse stock splits becoming mandatory due to wild price moves, Direxion is no stranger to you. The…
By now you know all about leveraged ETF and leveraged inverse ETF products. But you might not have heard of two new leveraged and inverse ETFs that launched from ProShares and KBW…
The end of this last week and weekend reviews showed how the highly volatile Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: FAZ) and the Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: FAS)…
This weekend’s edition of the Unusual Suspects would have probably been all about earnings, earnings, earnings. Friday’s SEC-Goldman news changed that. Our cast of characters for this coming week’s Unusual Suspects include…
There is a common search that value investors, momentum investors, growth investors, and traders all look through for various price screens to help on deciding when to a buy or sell a…
The recent trading days have been more than interesting in the market and in the financial sector. The big change came right at the same time that the banks looked poised for…
Jamie Dimon and friends over at JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) will kick off the earnings season for the major money center banks and too-big-to-fail institutions on Friday in the early…
Earlier this week came an alert that a technical event was likely to be seen in the major money center banks and major financial institution stocks pertaining to the 50-day moving averages. …
