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7 Key Market Recommendations Societe Generale Just Made
Monday, March 30, 2015 - 11:41am | 353Read More...In a report published March 24, a team of analysts at Societe Generale presented seven key market recommendations to "reduce risk in an expensive world." 'Panic' Reallocation Out of Negative Yields In Europe: Long U.S. government bonds in U.S. Dollars. Long bonds in...
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Oppenheimer: Major Technical Indicator Shows Now Is The Time To Buy Stocks
Friday, March 27, 2015 - 12:46pm | 388Read More...In a new report, analysts at Oppenheimer laid out their technical case for why they believe that the stock market has not reached its peak. In fact, analysts see several reasons that traders should expect a breakout to new all-time highs for the S&P 500 in coming weeks. Russell 2000...
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Benchmarking Smarter Than The S&P 500
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 3:54pm | 419Read More...Rather than measuring performance without context, benchmarks are a tool for managers to define success or failure by comparing portfolio return to another asset. The purpose of a benchmarked return is to identify positive and negative alpha. Alpha, or abnormal return, is the overperformance or...
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2 Charts Equity & Gold Investors Should Be Watching
Sunday, February 1, 2015 - 9:45pm | 165Read More...This article represents the opinions of Serge Berger, the author of The Steady Trader. The iShares Russell 2000 Index (ETF) (NYSE: IWM) has now had two bearish reversal days in the past three trading days, ending last week at the lows (chart below). Gold and gold miners rallied nicely to...
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2 Biotech Stocks That Beat The Market Last Week
Monday, July 21, 2014 - 2:29pm | 353Read More...Although the stock market edged out a slight gain last week, it certainly felt like a down week after Thursday. The Dow mustered up almost a one percent gain, but the other major indices didn’t even get that much, with the Russell 2000 ending the week on a lower note. With a less than...
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JC Parets Of Eagle Bay Capital Talks Momentum Stocks & Why A Market Correction Is Already Underway
Friday, May 23, 2014 - 12:58pm | 1164Read More...JC Parets is the founder and president of Eagle Bay Capital and holds the Chartered Market Technician designation (CMT) and is the New York City Chapter Chair of the Market Technicians Association. Parets is a regular guest on many news outlets and dropped by for a chat on Benzinga's #...
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Performance of the Dow Theory May Prove the Rally Has Legs
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 - 9:05am | 500Read More...How long will the rally last? That’s the question that continues to be on the mind of investors as the major indices print new highs. Everybody is looking for clues from a market that gives up about as many secrets as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). The market may have provided a clue Tuesday and it...
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Russell 2000 Double Bottom (RUT, IWM, SWKS, UAUA, TUP)
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 11:47am | 193Read More...The Russell 2000 Index (RUT) is a small-cap stock market index of the bottom 2,000 stocks in the Russell 3000 Index. A small-cap stock is generally defined as having a market capitalization of between $300 million and $2 billion. A way to play small-cap stocks is with the iShares Russell 2000 Index...
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Year-To-Date Performance Of Key Averages (DJIA, COMPQ, SPX, RUT, VIX)
Friday, August 20, 2010 - 4:58pm | 89Read More...Stocks largely ended down Friday, but pared losses into the close. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) shed 57 points today while the Nasdaq Composite (COMPQ) finished slightly higher by 0.8 points. Here is the Year-To-Date performance of the major U.S. averages: The Dow is down 2.06%. The...
