24 November, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Stocks Start Short Week With Gains, As Trade Dives
Stocks Start Short Week With Gains, As Trade Dives
Stocks kicked off a short trading week higher Monday, with the main indexes starting and closing strongly. Helped by biotechs and software stocks, the Nasdaq rallied 0.9% to a fresh 14 1/2-year high. The S&P 500 rose 0.3%, which was good enough for a record closing high. Energy and mining stocks were weak, but retailers showed strength ahead of Black Friday. The S&P Retail index rallied 0.6%.
24 November, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on "Model Behavior" – Focus on the DecisionPoint Price Momentum Model (PMM)
"Model Behavior" – Focus on the DecisionPoint Price Momentum Model (PMM)
The purpose of a trading model is to define certain conditions that, when met, alert us to consider making a decision to buy or sell. We assume that a large majority of technical analysts use trading models of some kind to assist in their trading decisions. DecisionPoint uses the DP Trend Model, DP Thrust/Trend Model and the Price Momentum Model. Let’s focus on the Price Momentum Model (PMM) as recent readings have undergone the mighty October correction and remain profitable.
24 November, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Retail Food Markets Are Showing Renewed Strength
Retail Food Markets Are Showing Renewed Strength
Supermarket and mini-market stocks are on the rebound. As of Monday’s IBD, the group was No. 11 among 197 industry groups. Only six weeks ago, the group was No. 60. Six weeks ago, any discussion of the group would have begun with October 2013. The group hit a weekly closing high on Oct. 25 of that year. The decline from there was steady until the group began advancing six weeks ago. What happened?
24 November, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on How to play the swelling subprime auto bubble
How to play the swelling subprime auto bubble
Subprime loans are increasingly fueling growth in the auto sector, in a move that’s eerily reminiscent of the housing market in the early 2000s. Here’s how investors can capitalize on the trend.
24 November, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Cramer’s recipe for high prices in 2015
Cramer’s recipe for high prices in 2015
Money managers are looking for a reason to buy right now, and Jim Cramer is here to help. He goes sector by sector to offer his pick of hot stocks.
24 November, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on $472 billion of bond advice
$472 billion of bond advice
Strategies behind running one of the most successful bond funds in the U.S., with Mark Lindbloom, Western Asset.
24 November, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Euro takes heart from German data, yen eyes BOJ speech
Euro takes heart from German data, yen eyes BOJ speech
The euro clung to modest gains on Tuesday, having benefited from a short squeeze following an encouraging rebound in German business sentiment.