Ticker Sense

S&P 500: 1995 vs 2012

Admittedly there is no analysis below, but an interesting chart comparison/debate that may be emerging is the comparison of 1995's S&P 500 to today's.

the S&P 500 in 1995...

vs 2012...

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February 27th Blogger Sentiment Poll

Blogger Sentiment Poll Participants:

24/7 Wall St (+) The Aleph Blog (+) Biiwii (N) Bruce Krasting  BullBear Trading  Carl Futia (+) Dash of Insight (+) Dividend Growth Investor (+) Elliot Wave Lives On (+) Expected Returns  Fallond Stock Picks (-) Global Economic Intersection (-) GEI – Investing Blog (-) Humble Student of the Markets (+) In the Money  Learning Curve (-) MaoXian  Night Owl Trader (+) The Mess That Greenspan Made  Oil Trader’s Blog  Peridot Capitalist (-) Prometheus Market Insight  Quant Investor (-) Shanky’s Tech Blog (-) Short Takes  Smart Money Tracker (N) StockAdvisors.com  Traders-Talk (-) ValuePlays  VIX and More (-) Wall St. Cheat Sheet  Wall Street Folly  Wishing Wealth  Zentrader (N)

February 21st Blogger Sentiment Poll

Blogger Sentiment Poll Participants:

24/7 Wall St (+) The Aleph Blog (+) Biiwii (-) Bruce Krasting  BullBear Trading  Carl Futia (+) Dash of Insight (+) Dividend Growth Investor  Elliot Wave Lives On (+) Expected Returns  Fallond Stock Picks (-) Global Economic Intersection (-) GEI – Investing Blog (-) Humble Student of the Markets (+) In the Money  Learning Curve (-) MaoXian  Night Owl Trader (+) The Mess That Greenspan Made  Oil Trader’s Blog  Peridot Capitalist (-) Prometheus Market Insight  Quant Investor (-) Shanky’s Tech Blog (-) Short Takes  Smart Money Tracker (N) StockAdvisors.com  Traders-Talk  ValuePlays  VIX and More (N) Wall St. Cheat Sheet  Wall Street Folly  Wishing Wealth (+) Zentrader (N)

A Strong Start to the Year for ETFs

ETFs’ $30.8 billion inflow of new capital in January was the most positive month since December 2008.  Total assets rose 8.4% to $1.2 trillion.  Twenty-three new funds were issued, bringing the total number of active ETFs to 1,376.

US equity, bond and EM equity funds accounted for the bulk of the inflows, while currency funds were the only group to have a net outflow in January.  The sub-group with the biggest net inflow was US large cap equities while the biggest loser was US consumer staples.

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) continues its reign as the largest fund by total assets, at $99.1B accounting for 8.6% of the total market.  The top ten largest funds account for 36.2% of all ETF assets. 

SPY is also the most active ETF by volume, followed by XLF (US - Financial Sector), EEM (Emerging Markets) and IWM (US - Small Caps).

Birinyi Advises Investors to Keep Buying Stocks

Click below to watch Laszlo Birinyi's interview on Bloomberg TV this morning.

February 13th Blogger Sentiment Poll

Blogger Sentiment Poll Participants:               

24/7 Wall St (+) The Aleph Blog (+) Biiwii (-) Bruce Krasting  BullBear Trading (N) Carl Futia (+) Dash of Insight (+) Dividend Growth Investor (+) Elliot Wave Lives On (+) Expected Returns (-) Fallond Stock Picks (+) Global Economic Intersection (N) GEI – Investing Blog (-) Humble Student of the Markets (+) In the Money  Learning Curve (-) MaoXian  Night Owl Trader (+) The Mess That Greenspan Made  Oil Trader’s Blog  Peridot Capitalist (-) Prometheus Market Insight  Quant Investor  Shanky’s Tech Blog (-) Short Takes (-) Smart Money Tracker (-) StockAdvisors.com  Traders-Talk  ValuePlays  VIX and More (N) Wall St. Cheat Sheet  Wall Street Folly  Wishing Wealth (+) Zentrader (+)

The S&P 500 Continues its Rally

The S&P 500 is up 22.5% from its bottom on October 3^rd.  Analyzing our Market and Sector 10% Filter (from our Pre-Market Report this morning) we find that the average rally since 1945 is a 37.1% gain that lasts 327 days.   If the current rally were to follows the average, the market will rise an additional 14.5% over 200 days.  This would equate to an S&P 500 peak of 1,543 on August 25^th.

Money Flows Positive in Tech, Materials, Industrials, Health Care and Utilities

February 6th Blogger Sentiment Poll

Blogger Sentiment Poll Participants:                    

24/7 Wall St (+) The Aleph Blog (+) Biiwii (-) Bruce Krasting  BullBear Trading  Carl Futia (+) Dash of Insight (+) Dividend Growth Investor (+) Elliot Wave Lives On (+) Expected Returns (-) Fallond Stock Picks (+) Global Economic Intersection (N) GEI – Investing Blog (-) Humble Student of the Markets (N) In the Money  Learning Curve (-) MaoXian  Night Owl Trader (+) The Mess That Greenspan Made  Oil Trader’s Blog  Peridot Capitalist (-) Prometheus Market Insight  Quant Investor  Shanky’s Tech Blog (-) Short Takes  Smart Money Tracker (-) StockAdvisors.com  Traders-Talk (-) ValuePlays  VIX and More (N) Wall St. Cheat Sheet  Wall Street Folly  Wishing Wealth (+) Zentrader (+)