29 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on SPY ETF Gives Up 2015 Gains But Is A Long-Term Winner
SPY ETF Gives Up 2015 Gains But Is A Long-Term Winner
With its tumble Monday, the bellwether ETF holding U.S. equities has given up virtually all its stock market gains year to date. SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) is lagging developed and emerging markets in 2015. But it has handily beaten them over 3-, 5- and 10-year periods. SPY invests broadly across the U.S. stock market. This diversified strategy has proved a winner for successful investing in the long term.
29 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Cramer: Greece can’t beat this stock
Cramer: Greece can’t beat this stock
“Mad Money” host Jim Cramer’s calling out one stock that can still dominate after Monday’s market beat down.
29 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Good On You, Alexis Tsipras (Part 1)
Good On You, Alexis Tsipras (Part 1)
Submitted by David Stockman via Contra Corner blog,
Late Friday night a solid blow was struck for sound money, free markets and limited government by a most unlikely force. Namely, the hard core statist and crypto-Marxist prime minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras. He has now set in motion a cascade of disruption that will shake the corrupt status quo to its very foundations.
29 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Greece…What Else Can I Say? – Buried in Bearish Signal Changes
Greece…What Else Can I Say? – Buried in Bearish Signal Changes
One word, “Greece”. Clearly the situation in Greece (and now Puerto Rico) regarding inability to make debt payments has shaken the markets around the world. But, I don’t want to wax on about that, I’m sure all of us have watched and read about it over and over today. My technical alert scans went ballistic! Among the Intermediate-Term Trend Model (ITTM), Short-Term Trend
29 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Greece gets little sympathy from poorer neighbors
Greece gets little sympathy from poorer neighbors
Greece’s left-wing government has cast itself as the victim of Europe’s stingy rich, but the country’s poorer neighbors aren’t buying the story.
29 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on China Makes It Official, Launches The Bank That Humiliated Washington
China Makes It Official, Launches The Bank That Humiliated Washington
In March, China was “handed a propaganda coup” (to use WSJ’s words), when the UK decided, in the face of loud protestations from Washington, to support Beijing’s efforts to launch a new development bank aimed at filling the gaps left by traditional post-war multilateral institutions such as the IMF and the ADB.
29 June, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Longest SPX Peak to Trough Pullback Since 2012
Longest SPX Peak to Trough Pullback Since 2012
I have been quiet in this space as of late, but there is nothing like a 34% one-day spike in the VIX to inspire me to dust of the cobwebs and get this place humming again. I will start by updating an old favorite table that invariably is the subject of many requests whenever stocks begin to show signs of a meaningful pullback, as is the case today.