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TRADING THE ODDS on Tuesday – November 24, 2009

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:21:37 +0000

On Monday’s session we couldn’t have asked for more: With Monday’s intraday low +0.78% above Friday’s intraday high, the ES E-MINI S&P 500 left the (expected) unfilled (opening) gap up and closed on a strong note +1.01% above Friday’s high, but posted ...

fhogelucht posted 21 hours ago from tradingtheodds.com

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Thanksgiving and Stock Market’s Performance

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:00:19 +0000

This is a follow-up to my post TRADING THE ODDS on Monday – November 23, 2009 . Thanksgiving (exchange holiday, with a shortened session on Friday, November 26) is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, this year on November 26. I thought it would be interesting to check if ...

fhogelucht posted 29 hours ago from tradingtheodds.com

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Stocks Are Overvalued

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:34:54 +0000

Stocks have jumped 65% from the March lows. They have also blasted past fair value, which is about 900 on the S&P 500 on a cyclically-adjusted price-earnings ratio (see professor Robert Shiller's chart below). So, unless it's different this time, they're now more than 20% overvalued. (Jeremy ...

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S&P 500 Index Is Still Overvalued

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:48:36 +0000

Stocks have been in the overvalued end of the normal P/E range since the early-1990s, and this condition shows no sign of abating. Below is an excerpt from our daily earnings summary that will offer readers a better perspective. I have outlined the 2009 Q4 results because that is the first ...

ETF Database found this 26 hours ago on dailymarkets.com

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Two Month Consolidation, Fridays Analysis

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:41:00 +0000

With each passing session, it becomes increasingly more obvious that this market is still consolidating after the lengthy intermediate uptrend beginning in early July. Trading activity has continued to decline as prices have traded sideways, a characteristic of healthy continuation patterns. ...

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YTD Sector Performance

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:40:48 +0000

One would think that in a year where the average stock in the S&P; 500 is outperforming the index by a wide margin (40.3% vs 22.9%), that most sectors would also be outperforming the overall index. Yet with the S&P; 500 trading to a new high for the year, only three out of ten sectors are ...

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Breadth Remains Weak

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:24:35 +0000

In the S&P; 500, 60% of stocks are trading above their 50-day moving averages. As shown in the first chart below, this indicator has made a series of lower highs in recent months, even as the S&P; 500 has made subsequent new highs over this time period. This means that less and less stocks have ...

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5%+ Dividend Yields in the S&P 500

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:00:00 +0000

For all the dividend hunters out there, below we provide a list of the S&P; 500 stocks with dividend yields above 5%. As shown, Frontier Communications (FTR) tops the list with a yield of 13.33%. Windstream (WIN) has the second highest yield at 9.95%, followed by Q (8.63%) and CTL (7.98%). The ...

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TRADING THE ODDS on Monday – November 23, 2009

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:58:14 +0000

Although the ES E-MINI S&P 500 did not comply to the positive outlook (concerning the close) based on those setups which were triggered on Thursday’s close (market internals like Calls and Puts traded on an uptick/downtick, and the percentage of stocks penetrating their previous ...

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Distribution Day 11-19-04

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:21:39 +0000

The S&P/NASDAQ picked up distribution days on Thursday as volume swelled across the general market indices. The S&P 500 has earned two distribution days over the recent period, and we have three D-days on the NASDAQ.

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TRADING THE ODDS on Thursday – November 12, 2009

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:21:31 +0000

A short note : Due to some private and business matters, from now on I’ll probably not be able to keep on publishing a post on a daily basis (at least not within one or two hours after the close, Twitter updates remain unaffected). _________________________ On Wednesday’s ...

fhogelucht posted 12 days ago from tradingtheodds.com

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Stocks Have Little Room To The Upside

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:19:00 +0000

A while back I presented a historical study which looked at the behaviour of the S&P 500 relative to its long term trend line: what happens this far above the 200 day moving average? If you haven’t yet, go check it our for full details because what follows will make much more sense. When the Dow ...

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2009 Country Stock Market Performance

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:41:27 +0000

Below we highlight the year-to-date percentage change (local currency) for the major equity indices of 82 countries. So far this year, 71 of the 82 countries are in positive territory, and the average change of all countries is 33.27%. With a gain of 20.76%, the S&P; 500 is 13 percentage points ...

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Breadth Not Yet Confirming New Highs

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:07:51 +0000

As we noted on Tuesday, breadth as measured by the cumulative advance/decline line has not yet confirmed the market's recent rally to new highs. The same holds true for another breadth indicator that tracks the percentage of stocks trading above their 50-day moving averages. At prior highs ...

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Sector Relative Strength: Technology & Financials

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:07:51 +0000

The charts below show the relative strength of the Financial and Technology sectors versus the S&P; 500. In each chart, a rising line indicates that the sector is outperforming the S&P; 500 while a declining line indicates underperformance. We have also included dots showing each time the Fed ...

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S&P 500 Breadth Checkup

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:07:51 +0000

Although the S&P; 500 is within 1% of its closing high, breadth in this recent rally has been lagging. As of today, the Cumulative A/D line for the S&P; 500 since September 2008 is at 778, which is 571 below the highs from October. Given the fact that days where the S&P; 500 has a 1% gain ...

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Q3 Earnings Growth and Q4 Estimates

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:07:51 +0000

The estimates for the year-over-year change in Q3 earnings at the start of earnings season were -23.2% for the S&P; 500. Currently, the actual number sits at -17.2% for the S&P; 500 with less than 20% of the index left to report. As shown below, the Financial sector has seen its earnings grow by ...

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International Revenues Making An Impact

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:07:51 +0000

When the dollar is in decline, companies that generate the bulk of their revenues overseas benefit as the weak dollar attracts purchases of US-made products by foreign companies and consumers. The most recent stock market rally/dollar decline this month has been led by companies that generate a ...

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Buffett, Soros Both Bought Wal-Mart in the Second Quarter

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:48:12 +0000

Wal-Mart shares seem to have finally found some love. What with unemployment at 10.2% and projected to be elevated for the foreseeable future, it would seem logical to be long the giant discount retailer. But through much of the run-up since the March lows, sexier shares caught the eyes of ...

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Five market sectors for the next six months

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:38:00 +0000

Alert Email Print By Jonathan Burton , MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Any investor who followed the old market adage to "Sell in May and go away" is probably feeling left behind, with the benchmark Standard & Poor's 500-stock index up 25% since the end of April. No regrets; there ...

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