Ticker Sense

Stocks Yielding More Than Bonds

This really isn't a surprise to any one, but it is always a discussion starting chart.  Since April, the dividend yield on stocks is higher than that on the 10-year treasury.  The S&P 500 yield is currently at 2.2% vs 0.5% on the bond.

 

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Best Ideas 2013: Growth Stocks Like Apple And Ralph Lauren Excel In This Market Stage

November 26th Blogger Sentiment Poll

Blogger Sentiment Poll Participants: 

24/7 Wall St (N) The Aleph Blog (-) Biiwii (N) 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  Peridot Capitalist (N) Prometheus Market Insight  PUG Stock Market Analysis (+) Quant Investor (+) Shanky’s Tech Blog (N) Short Takes  Smart Money Tracker (+) StockAdvisors.com  Traders-Talk  ValuePlays  VIX and More (+) Wall St. Cheat Sheet  Wall Street Sector Selector (-) Wishing Wealth  Zentrader (-)

Check Our Six Stock Market Myths

From a recent note:

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November 19th Blogger Sentiment Poll

Blogger Sentiment Poll Participants: 

24/7 Wall St (N) The Aleph Blog (-) Biiwii (+) 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 (N) In the Money  Learning Curve (+) MaoXian  Night Owl Trader (+) The Mess That Greenspan Made  Peridot Capitalist (N) Prometheus Market Insight  PUG Stock Market Analysis (+) Quant Investor (+) Shanky’s Tech Blog (-) Short Takes  Smart Money Tracker (+) StockAdvisors.com  Traders-Talk  ValuePlays  VIX and More (+) Wall St. Cheat Sheet  Wall Street Sector Selector (-) Wishing Wealth  Zentrader (-)

Money Flows Remain Strong in Disc, Tech, Energy and Financials

November 12th Blogger Sentiment Poll

 

Blogger Sentiment Poll Participants:

24/7 Wall St (-) TheAleph Blog  Biiwii (+) BullBearTrading  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  Peridot Capitalist (N) Prometheus Market Insight  PUG Stock Market Analysis (+) Quant Investor (+) Shanky’s  Tech Blog (-) Short Takes  Smart Money Tracker (+) StockAdvisors.com  Traders-Talk  ValuePlays  VIX and More (+) Wall St. Cheat Sheet  Wall Street Sector Selector   Wishing Wealth (-) Zentrader (-)

Trading After a Bad Day

There are nine days since October 2011 where the S&P 500 has lost more than 2%.  Looking at the next trading day: the market has gained an average of 0.5% from noon to close and was positive in 78% of the previous instances.

The ETF Market Continues to Consolidate

The ETF market continued to consolidate for the third consecutive month.  Fourteen new funds were launched while 30 were delisted, bringing the number of available funds to 1,425.  Russell Investments terminated all of its passively managed funds and Global X Management closed funds that failed to attract assets.  Total ETF assets fell 1% to $1.29 trillion.