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Approximately once per month I will be running a high-yield momentum screen and post the results. Last months results are here . The first screen looks for high yielding high momentum stocks. I screened the S&P 500 for stocks yielding greater then 4% and then ranked them by 6 month returns. ...
Stocks
I hit #100 on the Seeking Alpha Top 100 authors today - thank you everyone for your support! Of course, the Top 100 is an ever-changing ranking based on number of followers so I'll need to keep working to maintain my ranking. Please let me know if you have any feedback or ideas you would like ...
Stocks
Nervous about potential market volatility or want to switch to more conservative investments after the recent market gains? You may want to consider utility stocks. On November 22 I highlighted comments made by the bond king himself, Bill Gross, who suggested investors look at utility stocks ...
Stocks
From Brett Steenbarger's TraderFeed blog- Cultivating a Quiet Mind Jim Jubak - 3 Reasons 2010's Economy Looks Iffy John Mauldin - A Conversation with John (pdf) If You Think the Past Decade Was Bad For Stocks, Wait Till You See This - Robert Folsom How Gold ...
Stocks
Jim Cramer
INO, of which I am an affiliate, is putting out several new free videos, they are making a hard pitch to show what type of services they offer to retail investors (such as MarketClub , which you can try risk-free for 30 days. Their trade triangle technology is the easiest trend trading system to ...
Stocks
Trend Macrolytics LLC
S&P 500
The S&P 500 (as represented by SPY) is hitting resistance around $112, it still remains near its 2009 high. Price always pays and should take precedent. However, two of the most widely followed indicators, RSI and MACD, have shown negative divergence since August. While investors have ...
Stocks
CSI 300 Index
Elliott Wave International (EWI), the world’s largest market forecasting firm, has just extended the "downloading deadline" for their free eBook, How You Can Identify Turning Points Using Fibonacci . Thousands downloaded this valuable trader's resource in just one week, prompting the EWI to ...
Stocks
Two of my favorite investment thinkers, John Hussman and Jim Welsh, produced a couple of must reads for this week. I'll start with Hussman who admitted this week he was wrong " about the extent to which Wall Street would respond to the ebb-and-flow in the economic data – particularly the ...
Stocks
David Dollar
Jim Cramer
I previously wrote that the Dubai default could lead to a short-term rally in the dollar, which consequently would drop equities. The idea was to hedge long equity positions by going long UUP if it broke above the $22.50-$22.65 level. That trade did not materialize. However, UUP is still ...
Stocks
David Dollar
Jim Cramer
Below are the 20 hottest ETFs , including leveraged funds, at the close November 30th, based on the 6 month performance. A second list which excludes leveraged funds is listed second. Data excludes leveraged ETFs and the data source is FINVIZ.com . For a list including leverage ETFs please visit ...
Stocks
Eaton Corporation
Below is the model ETF portfolios from Fundadvice.com with updates for the 200 day moving average for the close of December. One could either buy and hold this portfolio or only hold the positions currently above a moving average. Suggested allocations from Fundadvice are available for each ETF ...
Stocks
I featured a custom portfolio at the beginning of July , titled 'Scott's Alternative'. Below is the update for December if you were to base buy/sell decisions on the 200 day moving average at the end of November. All of the ETFs are above their 200 day SMA except for LSC. The portfolio is ...
Stocks
I've recently partnered with Club EWI (Elliot Wave International) in order to offer some free ebooks to readers. It is a win-win for everyone - they increase their readership and you get free education material. What drew me to Club EWI was the fact that today more and more investors are ...
Stocks
Below is a table in order of the sum of the 3, 6, and 12 month returns for individual country ETFs. Each column represents returns for various timeframes and the percent each ETF is above (or below) the 200 day moving averages as of November's close. Note that all country ETFs are above their ...
Stocks
Global sector ETF performance update for the close of November is below. Note that all ETFs are above the 200 day moving average. The top three at the end of November are IXG (financials), IXN (technology) and MXI (Materials), which is identical to the top 3 from last month. I have previously ...
Stocks
Global Downturn
Below is a another free video as part of INO's free video series. These videos are free to watch and do not require a credit card. No matter what the investment, an investor needs to know and fully understand the potential risks of the investment prior to committing capital to that ...
Stocks
Please see the right hand side of Scott's Investments for the December update to the US Sector ETFs. A summary of the data is listed below, including the percent each ETF is above the 200 day moving average. Of note: All of the US sector ETFs are above their 200 day moving average, The ...
Stocks
Part of my regular monthly updates on Scott's Investments are free ETF portfolios (on the right hand column) inspired by some of today's leading investment thinkers. I previously detailed some basic portfolios as well as trading ideas. The first portfolio to be featured for December is a ...
Stocks
According to IndexUniverse , an intriguing leveraged ETN offering from Barclays is on the way. According to IU, When you buy one of these ETNs, you are getting essentially fixed leveraged or inverse exposure to the market. If you bought the Barclays ETN+ Long C S&P 500 (NYSEArca: ...
Stocks
Eaton Corporation
Harvard Risked Its Cash (from The Big Picture): The Boston Globe ’s Beth Healy writes what looks like another Lawrence Summers bashing Harvard Endowment story–with an extra helping of unnamed Robert Rubin-kicking on the side–when she reveals that Summer fought with Harvard Endowment head Jack ...
