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Equal-weighted ETF on Nasdaq, S&P AND Dow Jones
Hi @all, today I read the "Daily Peel Newsletter" and the team wrote about a hypothetical (?) index that equally-weights the Nasdaq 100, the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones. Now my question is whether some of you know about an ETF that actually exists and tracks an equally-weighted index of all three...
Can anyone help explain the USDJPY carry trade, and it's implication on the S&P 500?
I've been following the USD/JPY and it's impact on the SPX, so far it looks like the SPX lags the USDJPY almost perfectly, minus any calamity. I know the zero interest rate on the JPY allows investors to take out interest free loans and throw it into foreign assets, such as the S&P 500/SPX. I'm just...
S&P 500 reclassifies Facebook, Twitter and Google from Tech to Communication Services - thoughts?
In a major reshuffle in S&P 500, Facebook, Twitter and Google will leave the tech sector to be reclassified under a new "communication services" sector. This puts them in the same sector as the trio of regulated telecoms AT&T, Verizon and CenturyLink. Disney, Netflix, and Comcast are also joining...
How would you market make an equal weight S&P ETF outside U.S (NYSE/NASDAQ/S&P500) trading hours?
My question is : How would you market make an equal weight s&p ETF outside us trading hours? Knowing that this particular ETF is a tracker of the S&P 500. Would you check and see which of the underlying assets are cross-listed? And see at which Net Asset Value/stock price they trade on other...
12 Month S&P 500 Outlook?
Hi there, I need to create a 12 Month S&P 500 outlook for an interview before Sunday. Does anyone have any insights or any tips on where I can create an outlook from? Or would someone be willing to PM me their outlook? I really need help and I am getting scared that I won't get this internship, but...
S&P Earnings
Hey Guys, this may be a very silly question but I am trying to track down the historical earnings of the S&P 500. Everything I am seeing is EPS... anyone have an idea where I can track down GAAP earnings cumulatively for the entire S&P historically? Thanks!
S&P 500 -Take your side of the coin, for low volatility is not here to stay.
The recent, solid NFP numbers has seen equities leapfrog higher on the back of positive technical signals – holding above 200-day average support on increasing volume, new highs on sectoral level (technology) – hinting of a year end “santa” rally. S&P 500 This certainly looks encouraging for...
Fall in buy-backs hint at an optimistic business environment or just the end of another bubble?
Q2 2014 witnessed a decline in the buy-back binge when for the first time since Q3 2012 buy-back volume recorded a decline. Cash flushed corporates have recorded outflows of $539.3 Billion in share buybacks in the past 12 months and $338.3 Billion alone in the first six months of 2014 – the...
S&P 500 Prices 5 minutes after Open for last 12 months
Is there any place where I can download the prices for S&P 500 between 9:30 and 9:35 AM for the last 12 months or at least the price at 9:35 AM or the peak price between 9:30 and 9:35? Everywhere I look, I only get the open and close prices.
More Highly Valued Companies Stay Private - Smaller Retail Investors Can't Connect
Per WSJ article - "More Big Venture-Backed Companies Shun IPOs , For Now" "For stock-market investors, the trend signals they are getting fewer chances to buy into promising companies early on. “The loser in this case is the individual retail investor,” said Scott Kupor, managing partner at...
When "Good News" = "Bad News"
Once upon a time, the US stock market was a good indicator of how well the economy was doing. It was a simpler time, when strong corporate earnings and positive job growth drove equity prices higher. Back then, equity prices were based on something referred to as "fundamentals" whereby analysts...
Why The Market Is Wrong And The Economy Is Right
An article from BI, The Most Beautiful Correlation In Stocks And The Economy Continues To Be Perfect shows an overlay of the S&P 500, jobless claims, and the author, Joe Weisenthal claims that “ …stocks reflect what's happening in the actual, real economy, as evidenced by the fact that for...
S&P 500 vs. DJIA: Who You Got?!?
Morning Monkeys, Back in September 2012, In The Flesh made some great points about why the DJIA is a worthless piece of garbage; concluding that the S&P 500 is a far more useful measure of the market. ITF makes some pretty solid points to arrive at said conclusion: It's only 29% of total market cap,...
Can The Big Game Predict Big Profits For Wall Street?
When it comes the Super Bowl, everybody has their traditions. Whether it’s making a favorite homemade dip, a gathering of friends at a particular sport’s bar, or just simply watching the commercials. Heck, even WS has one, the Super Bowl Market Indicator which has an 80% accuracy predicting the...
NYSE Short Sales Top September's Peak, So What's Your Move
Up, up, and up! Or down, down, and down some more. Where’s Friday’s Standard and Poors 500 Index going? Will the U.S economy, at its slowest pace in 60 years , grow faster than an annualized 2.1% once the election is over? Is Europe ever going to solve its problems, the financial pillar that was...
S&P 500 P/E Valuation
1. Has Quantitative Easing and Operation Twist affected the P/E valuation of the S&P 500? 2. If so, what would be a way to take (QE & OT) away to make the S&P 500 P/E on a true relative basis from previous years? 3. It's the general assumption that the QEs have driven the stock market higher, and...
S&P Historical Constituents
Guys, Does anyone have an excel file with the S&P 500 constituents as of year end for the past 20 years? I don't have access to Compustat, WRDS or bloomberg and would really appreciate someone posting this. Thanks in advance!
Weekend Wars: Qualitative vs. Quantitative
About two years ago, I had a fascinating market related conversation with the son of a high ranking Chinese Communist Party member who had recently finished a top 5 MBA program stateside. He was celebrating all over town and the entourage grew by the bottle. By the time I bumped into him, the next...
Fisher vs. Gross: who are you betting on?
Ken Fisher, the billionaire head of Fisher Investments has recently gone on record calling out "The New Normal" as being "idiotic". Bill Gross, the billionaire head of PIMCO has not responded. Since most of us here already have the canons of the New Normal memorized , let's give Fisher a shot at the...
Occupy Main Street, Restructure America
November 6, 2011: It has been almost 4 years since the United States and the entire Western World has been mired in this recessionary state. What has happened should not be a surprise to anyone. After scrambling for an ever higher quality of life, sending labor-intensive industries overseas, and...
Waddell & Reed and the flash crash hypocrisy
Halloween's only three weeks away and we have a brand new witch to hunt. By now, everyone has heard of Waddell & Reed and how the Kansas City mutual fund is reason du jour for the end of capitalism and further legalizing of market manipulation. As the story goes, on the afternoon of May 6, 2010 an...
Who is Bruce Berkowitz?
We live in America. We worship the stars. Some say that the only thing we love more than building someone up to stardom, is ripping them from their pedestal and watching them sink into the mud. Wall Street may exemplify this collective character flaw better than any other other high profile segment...
What a f'n day in the market.
What a f'n day in the market. I am not sure if it was a dead cat bounce or an actual rally from being oversold. I'm confused. Any input?
S&P 500 2011 Median Target - 1,535, Really?
Investment bank earnings estimates are truly bullish for 2011. Applying a 16x-18x multiple to these forward earnings brings you to S&P levels unseen since 2007. Unfortunately, something not included in these estimates is that for every $10 crude oil increases, S&P earnings fall by $3. This does not...
Greenstone Value Opportunity Fund, LP 2010 Annual Letter (Distressed, Deep Value Fund)
After closing three strong years of performance (2008 - 2.5%, 2009 - 36.5%, 2010 - 15.6%), Greenstone shares its outlook for 2011, as the year of "dividend chasing." 2010 was certainly a year of "credit chasing," where all funds searched for yield in high yield bonds, leveraged loans, and REITs ....
5 Year Quick Comparison- S&P500, DOW, NASDAQ
2006-2010 Review (S&P500, DOW, NASDAQ) 1st: NASDAQ +14.2% Best Yearly Performance: +45.1% (2009) Worst Yearly Performance: -40.5% (2008) Only index to completely recoup the losses of 2008 in 2009 Index with the highest performance in 2009 and 2010 Least profitable index for 2006 Worst performer of...
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