The iShares Diversified Alternative Trust (NYSE: ALT), a new multi-asset class multi-strategy ETF was launched yesterday (11/16/2009).

Sabrient's research team posts a wide variety of useful data for internal reference, and much of it is used within our quantitative models and client deliverables. One of the things that we track is Net Insider Transactions.

Famed market commentator and CEO of SharkInvesting.com James 'Rev Shark' DePorre, provides weekly insight on where he thinks the markets are going and how to navigate through the financial seas. In this episode, Rev discusses the recent drubbing of small-cap stocks and the what to look for technically. Rev also discusses how fund managers are going to have to push performance going into year-end.

Market followers love to make timing predictions. They come in all time frames and flavors:

•The market has made the high for the day, and will now trade down. Or the opposite.
•This is the bottom. Or the top.
•We have seen the highs (or lows) for the year.
•Or when the Dow was at 9500, would we see 10000 before 9000?