Tag: s&p 500
Credit Markets Update: Is Something Scary Headed This Way?
With the “big bad event” that was the payroll number out of the way, it’s worth recapping the state of the corporate credit markets...
Will Small Cap Stocks Outperform In June?
Over the past week, the financial blogosphere has been packed with articles about the tendency for SPY underperformance in June. From Ryan Detrick’s study...
The COT Report: Traders Try To Balance The Global Economy
The following is a recap of The COT Report (Commitment Of Traders) released by the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) looking at futures positions...
Why Record Margin Debt Isn’t Flashing A Market Crash Signal
The guys at StockTwits posted on Tumblr a great list of seven charts on the topic of NYSE margin debt. They were kind enough...
Stock Market Breadth Indicators Still Showing Weakness
Over the past several weeks, market breadth indicators have largely been neutral to weak. The one saving grace had been that the NYSE Composite...
Stocks Vulnerable As Market Momentum Wanes
Waning Macro Market Momentum Indicates It Is Time To Row, Not Sail
From October 17 – November 28, 2014 the S&P 500 closed 29 consecutive...
Welcome To The Worst Month For Stocks Of The Past 10...
Welcome to June, hard to believe it is here already. As you’ve probably heard by now, June is the worst month for stocks of...
Q1 US GDP Growth Turns Negative: A Ray Of Light For...
The initial ‘advanced’ US GDP growth estimate for the first quarter of 2015 estimated that the economy grew at 0.2%. The second revision based...
Are Traders Leaving International Markets in Favor of the U.S.?
One of the major themes that kicked off 2015 was the shift from domestic equities to international. Many try to explain the shift as...
S&P 500 Market Update: Will Stocks Pull Back In June?
All things considered, the major equity indices put up some respectable numbers in May: the S&P 500 (SPX) managed to tack on 1 percent while the...
