XLK - Technology SPDR

A big bounce in the market this week, bit did it really change the picture in the Sector SPDRs? Not much — the Utilities still look the ’strongest’, with most of the rest having gone pretty much sideways…Read

The stock market proved one thing Friday: it had been discounting a double dip. The better-than-expected (but still depressionary) Employment Report relieved the pressure temporarily.... Now, if we could only get the…Read

Note: a bucket shop is an unofficial and usually illegal betting operation in which the prices of stocks and commodities are posted and the customers bet on the rise and fall of prices without actually buying stock,…Read

The market had been growing ever more bearish in recent days and today's rally was simply a reaction to that fact. When too many bears crowd onto one side of the boat, the boat sinks. Wednesday's Results In The…Read

Please see the right hand side of Scott's Investments for the August update to the US Sector ETFs. I track the performance of each month's portfolio as well as previous months' performance. A summary of the data is listed…Read

Note: a bucket shop is an unofficial and usually illegal betting operation in which the prices of stocks and commodities are posted and the customers bet on the rise and fall of prices without actually buying stock,…Read

August wasn't a very good month for risky asset classes. Of the 58 key ETFs highlighted below, fixed income, gold, silver, the yen, utilities, and Hong Kong were the only ones in the green during the month. The S&P 500…Read

Last year, we were loudly decrying the Obama stimulus plan, not for its misguided direction, but for its size. We could easily calculate that it was, at best, half of what was needed. At the same time, Paul Krugman…Read

Click to enlarge (ETF Rewind Glossary) Another sour week for Large-Cap U.S. equities left the S&P 500 down by -0.6%. A Friday recovery effort on soothing…Read

In the best of times, stock prices of different economic segments behave differently. So it isnt surprising to find Sector ETFs travelling unique paths in challenging times. For instance, if we are heading for the dreaded double…Read

We're almost there. Time to buckle up your seat belts. The fur is going to fly! The politicians who allowed the US to get into this mess of a Suicide Society are going to be pulling no punches this Fall as they…Read

Not much change in the market this week, thus not much change in the Sector SPDRs either: The numbers as we close out August and move into September: Sector Symbol 8 Week % Chg. 4 Week % Chg. 1 Week % Chg. YTD % Chg.…Read

Second-quarter GDP was revised sharply downward this morning. But before the markets could worry too much, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke stepped in with some reassuring words that were enough to sustain exchange…Read

Second-quarter GDP was revised sharply downward this morning. But before the markets could worry too much, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke stepped in with some reassuring words that were enough to sustain exchange traded…Read