Consumer staples was the surprisingly positive sector on Wednesday, which sent the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF higher by more than 2% intraday. Other ETFs to know includes the iShares MSCI Taiwan Index ETF, which was up more than 3% intraday.
The third quarter started on strong footings as a broad based advanced swept the stock market. Zep Inc and Acuity Brands will release quarterly earnings before the bell Thursday.
Consider us on the vanguard of overbought and oversold ETF analysis for Thursday: Vanguard REIT ETF, VNQ and the Vanguard Financials ETF, VFH that is.
For those of you who enjoy backtesting, or for those of you who are just learning how to backtest, here’s a chance to practice with a simple test to run over the weekend.
Martin Thomas discusses the four traits profitable investors all have in common. Through practicing what he calls the 4 C’s, traders can develop the optimal trading attitude.
- EURUSD bullish above 1.4000 - GBPUSD wave ii of diagonal may be done - USDCAD 5 waves complete; headed back to 1.11-1.12 - USDCHF bearish below 1.0900
McDonald�s, Medco Health Solutions, Colgate-Palmolive, Enterprise Products Partners and FPL Group make the list.
Forex options markets show that professional traders remain remarkably indecisive, and the lack of clear-cut sentiment on the US Dollar makes it difficult to set short-term expectations with any sense of certainty.
The EURGBP, EURAUD, and EURNZD appear to be forming bullish bases. Reward/risk is heavily skewed in favor of bulls.
What to know when targeting dividend-paying stocks; plus, some of our favorite dividend-focused funds.