DisciplinedInvesting

The market has interpreted recent commentary from the Fed that quantitative easing (QE) may be nearing an end. This type of thinking from market participants has led to a significant sell off in many fixed income investments as well as yield focused equities and ETFs.

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Tags:: General Market News, leveraged etf

Remember Those Two Week Market Declines?

Posted by DisciplinedInvesting on June 2nd, 2013

A seemingly rare occurrence has taken place with the close of trading on Friday. The S&P 500 Index has declined for two weeks in a row. The last time this occurred was in November of last year. This is a testament to how strong the market advance has been so far this year.

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Tags:: General Market News, S&P 500 Index, technical analysis

The Hindenburg Omen Triggered Friday

Posted by DisciplinedInvesting on June 2nd, 2013

Friday afternoon one technical indicator, the Hindenburg Omen, seemed to dominate the discussion of a number of market pundits.

The blog at stockcharts.com provides the following criteria in order for the indicator to be triggered,

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Tags:: General Market News, hindenburg omen, technical indicator

Earnings Yield Favors The Cyclical Sectors

Posted by DisciplinedInvesting on May 26th, 2013

Standard & Poor's notes in a recent report on Earnings Yield By Sector that seven of ten S&P 500 sectors have earnings yields greater than their long term averages. As of mid-May, the S&P report notes,

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Complacency Setting In And Fund Flows

Posted by DisciplinedInvesting on May 19th, 2013

As the market continues to seemingly move higher every day, investor complacency appears to be on the rise. The recent CBOE equity put/call ratio is at a low level of .50. Like other sentiment indicators, this measure tends to be more accurate at extremes. On April 20th we wrote about the elevated put/call ratio and wondered if the market was excessively bearish. Since the time of that post, the market has advanced over 7%....