“The Market Indicators for the Week Ahead” involves an in-depth look at what is affecting the market, and the influence it will exert in the week ahead and beyond.
Correlation gauging has have fallen significantly this year, indicating it might be time once again to utilize a stock-picking prowess. In 2011 stock correlation peaked at around 90%, and spent most of the year above 80%. In 2012, it has fallen dramatically, and currently stands around 43%.
This article looks at the market's post-Black Friday performance during the week ahead, and offers up a selection of retail stocks that might be capable of bringing some glad tidings to your portfolio.
The origin of Black Friday – gold market scandal of 1869, today’s interpretation and importance of the day leading on to “Cyber Monday” are also discussed.
In the week ahead on Wall Street the Turkey, or Thanksgiving, Effect will need to be negotiated. It is a well-documented stock market phenomenon that the market is unusually bullish both the day before and the day after Thanksgiving. Compelling reasons to trade this week!
With the Dow making new medium-term lows before swiftly rebounding to new medium-term highs, it seems that this might signal an imminent breakout to higher levels -- or perhaps it just indicates a more volatile range!
The buy-to-open (BTO) call/put ratio on CBOE Market Volatility Index (VIX) options has continued to decline, and is now approaching extreme lows, which could indicate a market rally.
Sentiment analysis is an important area of market trading decisions, therefore tracking of sentiment polls becomes essential to determine the direction of market movements. Three of importance are…..read more.....
By taking a closer look at individual stocks to see if any stood out during the fourth quarter of the last five years, by reviewing returns on the most liquid stocks at hand, it was determined that only four equities had positive returns in each of the last five fourth quarters. These outperformers are listed.....
Sep 26, 2011 ... Alternative reactions are occurring due to the market performance – hedging with VIX Calls compared to using SPY Puts….the decision to .....
Sep 19, 2011 ... This article explains the meaning of options cycles, and then goes on to discuss which stocks are most likely to outperform during October's Five-Week Expiration Cycle.
When the market begins falling, traders rush to hedge their investments. A popular market indicator used to hedge is to buy put options on the SPX causing significant effects, especially on the VIX.
An in-depth study of the market indicator, “Analyst Rankings” of Sectors, by breaking them down, and analyzing the impact to the investor and the implications expected.
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