Tag: S&P 500
Are Energy Stocks A Trick Or Treat?
It’s Halloween, but whatever scared investors a few weeks ago didn’t hang around for the spooky holiday. In fact, the fear index known as the VIX is right back in the range that indicates investors aren’t scared at all. Right now, neither the bears nor the bulls have much conviction right now. The bears are […]
Did You Give Into Fear Or Buy The Dip?
Last week the ‘fear index’, known as the VIX, spiked to its highest levels in 28 months… In short, the VIX measures the amount of volatility investors expect over the next 30 days. When the VIX is high – investors are fearful and expecting a lot of volatility in the next 30 days. And when […]
Contrarian Or Bandwagon?
The bull market for US stocks hasn’t missed a beat this year. Despite a host of issues that could have derailed the rally, the large cap index has continued to make one new high after another. It started the year at a new high of 1,850… it made a new high just shy of 1,900 […]
What Sectors Will Lead Stocks Higher?
The S&P 500 has staged an impressive rally over the last week after a 6% drop to start the year. The large cap index has shot up 5.5% in a little over a week. Amazingly, the S&P is back within striking distance of the previous high. Needless to say, it’s quite a turnaround. A closer […]
Investors Are In ‘Risk On’ Mode – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
Today we’re taking a look at ETF fund flows in SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) and SPDR Gold (GLD). ETF fund flows are a valuable indicator of what traders are thinking. It takes a lot of buying or selling to drive millions or even billions of dollars into or out of individual ETFs. Fund flows are […]
ETF Fund Flows Ahead Of The Government Shutdown
Today we’re taking a look at ETF fund flows in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (EEM) and SPDR S&P 500 (SPY). ETF fund flows are a valuable indicator of what traders are thinking. It takes a lot of buying or selling to drive millions or even billions of dollars into or out of individual ETFs. Fund […]
