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Raising Cash And Adding More Hedge
Article By:
Blair Jensen
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Friday, April 11, 2014 5:07 PM EDT
This past week our core market health indicators continued their recent trend. All of them except for our measures of the economy fell. Our measures of trend fell sharply and ended the week well below zero. As a result, we’re raising more cash and/or adding a larger hedge to our core portfolios.
ECRI Recession Watch: Weekly Update
Article By:
Doug Short
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Friday, April 11, 2014 3:53 PM EDT
The Weekly Leading Index (WLI) of the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) is at 134.9, up from last week's 133.6 (revised from 133.5). The WLI annualized growth indicator (WLIg) rose to 3.3 from last week's 3.0.
What's Wrong With This "Housing Recovery" Picture?
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Friday, April 11, 2014 3:17 PM EDT
We asked this question a quarter ago following the quarterly results by Wells Fargo - America's biggest mortgage lender - but we never got an appropriate answer.
Bear Funds Are Not Over Bought
Article By:
Gary Tanashian
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Friday, April 11, 2014 2:59 PM EDT
The actively managed HDGE is not over bought and just now making a breakout. That is a scary thought for stock market bulls. It’s not just HDGE either.
Gold Daily And Silver Weekly Charts - Gold Continues Higher
Article By:
Jesse's Cafe Americain
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Friday, April 11, 2014 2:55 PM EDT
Gold led the way higher as silver is still stuck around the 20 handle.
It had the feel of a 'flight to safety' as stocks took it on the chin, including the miners.
Japan Freefall Continues - Bank Stocks Hit Bear Market
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Friday, April 11, 2014 3:44 AM EDT
The Nikkei 225 is down over 700 points from the post-FOMC minutes exuberance with major volume hitting the open in Japan.
SPX Losing Support
Article By:
Gary Tanashian
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Friday, April 11, 2014 3:37 AM EDT
Well, say goodbye to daily support for the S&P 500; at least in-day. This is obviously not good because it is coming after a failed stock market bounce on some Fed minutes b/s.
In this article: SPX
Large Cap All-Star Stocks
Article By:
E.B. Capital Markets
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Thursday, April 10, 2014 5:55 PM EDT
The following screen shows those companies that have the highest average weekly score across our large cap universe since 2010. These companies have been consistently among our best scoring since the end of the financial crisis.
SPY Puts
Article By:
Gary Tanashian
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Thursday, April 10, 2014 12:01 PM EDT
I bought puts on the bounce in SPY that will pay off if the market takes any kind of significant correction this year. They are dated out to December. The mental ‘stop’ would be if it looks like the recent bear hysterics were just a fuel stop for an upside blow off to come.
In this article: SPY
"Growth" Stocks Slammed - Lose All FOMC Minutes Exuberance
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Thursday, April 10, 2014 11:43 AM EDT
Well that didn't take long. At yesterday's close, every talking head was proclaiming the growth sell off over and "see" the Fed is as easy as we said... however, this morning (after dismal data out of Japan and China) US equities have been a one-way street lower.
3D Systems; Despite The Crash
Article By:
Gary Tanashian
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Thursday, April 10, 2014 10:58 AM EDT
3D Systems, after its hope bounce, is probably going lower over time.
In this article: DDD
Finding Profits On The Final Frontier
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Global Economic Intersection
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Thursday, April 10, 2014 10:46 AM EDT
Looking for new growth opportunities in an overbought market? Look to the stars.When seeking aerospace plays, investors tend to focus on the commercial or military aircraft segments and ignore the satellite industry.
GMAC 2.0: ALLY Opens Below Its IPO Price
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Thursday, April 10, 2014 10:29 AM EDT
Another day, another 'failed' IPO. Ally Financial - aka GMAC - that bastion of subprime auto loans and risk management, IPO'd at $25 last night (at the very bottom of the $25 to $28 range) but investors seem to prefer to sell their allocations than pile into this 'bank'.
In this article: ALLYPRB
Fed-Fueled Thursday – Do We Have Enough Thrust?
Article By:
Phil Davis
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Thursday, April 10, 2014 10:14 AM EDT
Wow, what a recovery! I mean we expected a bounce yesterday on Monday, when we pointed out that there were 3 Fed Doves in a row speaking after the release of the minutes but – WOW! – that was pretty extreme.
Forget HFT: The 4 Greatest Risks To Investors Now
Article By:
Lance Roberts
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Thursday, April 10, 2014 9:43 AM EDT
The financial media discussions regarding high-frequency trading have reached a fevered pitch. No pun intended as the igniter of this public relations flame is famous author of “Money Ball” Michael Lewis who has been making the television circuit promoting his new book “Flash Boys.”
Robert Prechter On Hope & Fear
Article By:
Gary Tanashian
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Thursday, April 10, 2014 7:28 AM EDT
First, we’ll insert our weekly chart of the S&P 500, for reference. At the end we’ll include the monthly cycle chart and a sentiment cycle chart from Sentimentrader.com by way of NFTRH 285. People can then form their own conclusions.
In this article: SPX