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• ETF Update: Recognizing and Reacting to Risk

  
  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page — Authority: 676
  Jeff Miller submits: Let us consider this interesting question: What distinguishes the "smart money" from the average investor? My nomination is a better understanding of risk. The individual investor is always looking backwards and focuses excessively on returns. The pros try to measure risk in many ways ...
  2 days ago

• Fast Money Recap: Resilient Market

  
  TheStreet.com — Authority: 611
  Some members of the trading panel were impressed with the markets ability to eke out a gain despite a troubling jobs report.
  4 days ago

• Bank of America Bearish Option Position Closed – Shares Rally

  
  Phils Stock World — Authority: 536
  Today’s tickers: BAC, MCD, ADM, XRT, CVS, STT, PFE, CVS, FSYS & AEO BAC - Bank of America Corp. – One investor banked profits today by unraveling a massive bearish credit spread established back on October 28, 2009. The trader’s decision to take profits ahead of expiration could be a bullish sign for ...
  5 days ago

• Midday Market Update: Jobs Report Cheers Wall Street

  
  ETF Trends — Authority: 534
  Upbeat news about the state of the U.S. job market has pushed stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) higher this morning. However, while the rate of layoffs has slowed, there’s a downside that’s concerning some economists. The Labor Department has reported that the number of newly...
  5 days ago

• Retail Reversal Combination Grabs Attention on XRT

  
  Phils Stock World — Authority: 536
  Today’s tickers: XRT, MGM, DE, GLD, UUP, NWL, HNZ, EWZ, UNH, OSTK & STEC XRT - SPDR S&P Retail ETF – A three-legged transaction in the December contract on the retail exchange-traded fund reveals bearish sentiment by one investor. Shares of the XRT are trading nearly 1% higher today to $34.60. It ...
  6 days ago

• Midday Market Update: Wall Street Awaits Fed’s Decision

  
  ETF Trends — Authority: 534
  Stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) are moving up this morning as the markets await an announcement by the Federal Reserve. Chairman Ben Bernanke is expected to announce that interest rates will remain where they are for now. The Federal Reserve policymakers are anticipated to leave interest...
  6 days ago

• Personal Income Stats: More Save, Less Spend in Sept. 2009

  
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  Marketing Charts submits: In a reversal of the economic trend over the past few months, US consumers spent less and saved more in September 2009 than in August 2009, according to the monthly Bureau of Economic Analysis Personal Income and Outlays report, which also revealed that consumer personal income ...
  1 week ago

• Sometimes Fund Investors Win by Not Losing

  
  TheStreet.com — Authority: 611
  The Stadion Managed Portfolio Trust chooses exchange traded funds as holdings that are least likely to lose value.
  1 week ago

• ETF Update: Glimmer of Hope for Growth Stocks

  
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  Jeff Miller submits: After last week, traders may wonder if there is a glimmer of hope anywhere. The market correction expected by many pundits for months finally had a serious impact. Sentiment and expectations have shifted despite a solid earnings season. The market debate continues to focus on the economy, ...
  1 week ago

• Extreme Pessimism Plagues October Consumer Confidence

  
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  Marketing Charts submits: Following a September decrease driven by pessimism about current economic conditions, the Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index fell yet again , from 53.4 to 47.7, in October 2009. Despite increases in August and only slight decreases in September, both components of ...
  1 week ago

• Midday Market Update: Housing Gives a Push

  
  ETF Trends — Authority: 534
  Reports on how consumers are feeling these days and encouraging news from the real estate sector have stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) trading slightly higher this morning. For the third consecutive month, home prices rose in August. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index showed...
  2 weeks ago

• ETFs That Get Hit the Hardest When the Dollar Jumps

  
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  Gary Gordon submits: When Nouriel Roubini talks , people listen. And now Mr. Roubini has identified the U.S. dollar carry trade as the primary reason for “skyrocketing” stocks. Gloom-god Roubini says that flooding the world with U.S. dollars at non-existent interest rates has let speculators push assets ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mixed Finish Blunts Many ETF Gains (Daily ETF Wrap-Up)

  
  SmartMoney Hotline — Authority: 536
  Market Wrap-Up A robust Treasury auction revealed some investor hesitation in stocks and exchange-traded funds, many of which closed down Tuesday. Long-term Treasury futures reached their highest prices of the day following the auction of a record $44 billion in two-year notes, which saw a bid-to-cover ratio of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Half of ‘09 Holiday Shoppers to Buy Gifts on Web

  
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  Marketing Charts submits: More than 55% of US consumers plan to do their holiday shopping online in 2009, and 26% plan to purchase more gifts over the internet than they did last year, according to a study from MarketLive, Inc . and the e-tailing group . Results from the fourth annual “2009 Mindset ...
  2 weeks ago

• Co-Workers, Acquaintances Lose Out on Holiday Gifts

  
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  Marketing Charts submits: More than half of US consumers are planning to cut back on holiday spending this year, and a significant number will not be buying gifts for co-workers and acquaintances as a result of cost-cutting and tighter budgets, according to a new study (pdf) from online comparison shopping ...
  2 weeks ago

• Can a Fresh Approach Boost Retail ETFs?

  
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  Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: U.S. consumers have retreated, and many are not buying anything but what’s necessary leaving retailers to rethink their selling approach as the holidays near. Can the sectors ETFs prevail in this tight-fisted climate? The picture of the U.S. consumer has shifted from one of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Retail ETFs: Is a Fresh Approach All It Takes?

  
  ETF Trends — Authority: 534
  U.S. consumers have retreated, and many are not buying anything but what’s necessary leaving retailers to rethink their selling approach as the holidays near. Can exchange traded funds (ETFs) prevail in this tight-fisted climate?The picture of the U.S. consumer has shifted from one of...
  3 weeks ago

• Brazilian Stocks Capture Option Traders’ Imagination

  
  Phils Stock World — Authority: 536
  Today’s tickers: VALE, EWZ, NYX, PFE, HOG, XRT, S & ROVI VALE - Vale S.A. – Rio de Janeiro-based mining company, Vale S.A., experienced a 6.25% surge in shares today to $26.57. Perhaps the jump in shares is due to unconfirmed news the company plans to invest $5.8 billion to expand projects in the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Deloitte Consumer Spending Index Reaches Two-Year High

  
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  Marketing Charts submits: The Deloitte Consumer Spending Index rose 11.7% in September 2009, climbing from and adjusted score of 3.08% to 3.44%. This is the second straight month the Index - which is designed to track consumer cash flow as an indicator of future spending - has hit a new high since ...
  3 weeks ago

• Conspicuous Correlation: Parsing Septembers Retail Sales Numbers

  
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  Sold At The Top submits: Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released its latest nominal read of retail sales showing a decrease of 1.5% from August 2009 and 5.7% decline from September 2008 on an aggregate of all items including food, fuel and healthcare services. Discretionary retail sales including home ...
  3 weeks ago

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