Bearish Technical Pattern Forms In S&P 500 On August 15 I wrote an article pointing out that an ascending wedge had formed on the S&P 500 chart. I noted that this is a bearish formation, and that the most likely resolution would be a breakdown from the wedge followed by a price ... Go to...

A Slow Week Of Earnings Ahead There really isn’t much on the financial calendar to move stocks in either direction. Fewer than 20 companies are scheduled to report. The only S&P 500 member on the calendar is Campbell Soup (CPB). Upcoming economic data will include ... Go to Full Article

Telecom Argentina Kept On Hold We reiterate our Hold rating on Telecom Argentina SA (TEO), the leading provider of communications in Buenos Aires, Northern Argentina and Paraguay. The company’s recent operating results are being driven by the growing domestic ... Go to Full Article

Federal Realty May Feel Sag Federal Realty (FRT) reported 2Q FFO of $0.96 per share, in line with our estimates and $0.02 above consensus. Operationally, the company’s portfolio continues to perform at a high level. ... Go to Full Article

New Currency ETN Tracks Asia, While US Economy Shows Signs Of Life Barclays Global Investors is listing an Asian currency-focused exchange traded note (ETN). The note will give investors access to new currencies previously unavailable to exchange traded fund (ETF) and ETN investors: the...

On Sectors, ETFs And Individual Stocks Over the course of this very difficult year in the stock market, there have always been some sectors that continued to perform positively. For the first 6 months of 2008, commodity-based investments performed extremely well: energy and ... Go to...

As The World Cleans Up Its Act, So Could Carbon Trading ETFs Carbon trading has the potential to become a hot market, making now a good time for the launch of exchange traded funds (ETFs) and indexes that have the potential to give investors access. Sue Asci for Investment News reports that...

Inflation Expectations At Five-Year Low One of the key indications of the market’s inflation expectations is the gap between yields on 10-year Treasury notes and Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, known as TIPS. This gap represents the rate of inflation … ... Go to Full Article

US Stocks Get Intraday Support But Volume Slacks Stocks were set to fall apart Friday as the August Non-Farm Payroll numbers hit the street. The “jobs” report that showed the unemployment rate rising to 6.1% caused traders to be somewhat fearful. However, VIX (^VIX) and put/call ratio ... ...

US Dollar rally. If you can't sell the dollar, buy it. The Forex ... FOR A PRINTABLE PDF COPY OF THIS REPORT GO TO THE BOTTOM AND CLICK ON THE LINK. There were many times this week, where it seemed like there was an opportunity to sell the dollar. Tops were made. Key technical levels were...

Forex Technical Analysis for 09/08—09/12 Week Floor Pivot Points. Pair, 3rd Sup, 2nd Sup, 1st Sup, Pivot, 1st Res, 2nd Res, 3rd Res. EUR/USD, 1.3541, 1.3868, 1.4068, 1.4395, 1.4595, 1.4922, 1.5122. GBP/USD, 1.6854, 1.7196, 1.7430, 1.7772, 1.8006, 1.8348, 1.8582 ... Go to Full Article

Heating Oil Prices Could Warm Up Related ETFs This Winter Be sure to sit down when you open that heating bill in a few months: heating oil costs are expected to skyrocket this winter and it might benefit the exchange traded fund (ETF). People are already dreading this winter and the energy ......

Helix Energy Solutions: The Little Engine That Could The 2008 performance of the Energy sector has been very exciting due to the wide range of performances within the sub-sectors and the volatile ride of oil. During the rally that took place from January through June the refiners got ... ...

The Sunny Side Of Solar: LDK Solar Averages 200% YoY Growth I will try extremely hard to avoid using puns about the sun and solar throughout this article, as I have done so already in the title, but I must admit that it will be difficult. So with that said, on to the topic at hand: solar...

The Healthcare System: An Overlooked Disaster In The Making Although the focus among policymakers and politicians nowadays is on trying to keep the listing financial system afloat, there are plenty of other dangers lurking on the horizon. Among them is a disaster-in-the-making known as the ......