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- Options Expiration Hangovers
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Yesterday's 3.1% decline in the S&P 500 was only the seventh time since 1990 that the S&P 500 declined more than 3% following an options expiration Friday. Even more notable is the fact that it was the fourth time it has happened...
- External links 2009-06-23
- The Market Has Loved Fed Days
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: After declining over the past couple of weeks, the market could sure use a Fed day -- at least based on its reaction to the last 4 Fed days. As shown below, the S&P 500 went up 5.14%, 3.36%, 2.09%, and 2.16%...
- External links 2009-06-24
- Two Strategists Up Their 2009 Price Targets
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Each week Bloomberg surveys Wall Street strategists for their year-end S&P 500 price targets. Since we last updated our table highlighting the various price targets a few weeks ago, two firms have upped their year-end numbers. Deutsche Bank's Binky Chadha upped...
- External links 2009-06-25
- Michigan Confidence at Highest Level Since January 2008
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Michigan Confidence joins the growing number of indicators that are now at or better than Pre-Lehman levels. Today's reading of 70.8 is actually the highest since January 2008. This month's reading is also the fourth consecutive month-over-month increase in confidence. ...
- External links 2009-06-26
- Nasdaq Outperforms the Dow
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: lf the month were to end today, the Nasdaq would be up 16.9% year to date, while the Dow would be down 3.05%. Since 1972 when the Nasdaq was started, this would be the second biggest outperformance for the Nasdaq versus the...
- External links 2009-06-29
- Q2 EPS Growth Expectations Are Ugly, But Getting Less Ugly
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: The second quarter reporting period begins next week with Alcoa's AA earnings release, and below we highlight the Q2 consensus earnings growth expectation for the S&P 500. As shown, analysts currently expect S&P 500 earnings to decline 33.5% versus Q2 2008. ...
- External links 2009-06-29
- A Wild Ride So Far
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: lf you went to sleep at the end of 2008 and just woke up today, you'd see the S&P 500 up 1.78% for the year and probably assume it's been a pretty boring six months in the market. Oh how you'd be...
- External links 2009-07-01
- Snapback Rally?
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: The S&P 500 was down 3.06% yesterday, which was the 35th one-day decline of 3% or more for the index since the last bear market began in October 2007. Below we highlight how the index did the next day and over the...
- External links 2009-06-23
- Nasdaq Nearing Support
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: The Nasdaq is on pace for its worst day since May 13th with a decline of 2.97% as of 2 PM. As shown below, the index is currently trading at a level (1,770) which up until early May was providing formidable resistance....
- External links 2009-06-22
- S&P 500 Testing The Bottom Of Its Range
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Another day, another test of the range. For the eighth time in eleven trading days, the S&P 500 is testing one of the boundaries of its June trading range between 925 and 950. While today's weakness is taking the S&P 500...
- External links 2009-06-15
- Light Volume Selloff
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: It's hard to find anything positive to say about a 2.5% selloff in the S&P 500, but at least volume has been light. As of 1:30 PM ET, volume in S&P 500 stocks stood at 2.115 bln shares. Since the market...
- External links 2009-06-15
- Growth Outperforming Value
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: The S&P 500 Growth index is currently up 7.01% year to date, while the S&P 500 Value index is down 3.21%. This growth outperformance is following a pattern that has been in place for some time now. The bottom chart highlights...
- External links 2009-06-15
- S&P 500 Down More than 1% Two Days in a Row
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: The S&P 500 has now declined by more than 1% for two days in a row, and while volume on both days has been considerably below the 50-day moving average, it was higher relative to the prior day. On a technical basis,...
- External links 2009-06-17
- Another Month, Another Lousy Expiration Week for the Bulls
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: While we've only had two full days of trading, options expiration week is shaping up to be a lousy one. If it feels familiar, that's because it is. As shown in the chart below, last month's expiration week (May 11 -...
- External links 2009-06-17
- Sixth Pullback Since the March 9th Low
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: After the declines of the last three days, the S&P 500 has entered its sixth pullback of at least 3% since the March 9th lows. Below we highlight each of the six pullbacks within the overall uptrend. As shown, the biggest...
- External links 2009-06-17
- Options Expiration Week Similarities Continue
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: In a post yesterday, we highlighted how this month's expiration week was starting off much in the same way that May's options expiration week progressed. Heading into Friday, we see that the similarities over the last two trading days have continued. ...
- External links 2009-06-18
- Market Inflection Point
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Down 2% at the midway point of the trading day, the S&P 500 is also trading right around its 50-day and 200-day moving averages. At the same time, the 50-day is set to cross above the 200-day soon, which is considered a positive...
- External links 2009-06-22
- Barron's Roundtable Head Scratcher
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: This weekend's Barron's provided a mid-year update to its annual "Roundtable" report, and as the title of the article suggested, the consensus among panelists was that the market has come "too far, too fast." While that view is certainly not a minority...
- External links 2009-06-15
- Mixed Bag
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Yesterday we asked Bespoke readers where they thought the Dow would close at the end of 2009. As shown below, the results are scattered all over the place. There are slightly more bears than bulls, however, with 48% expecting the Dow...
- External links 2009-07-02
- Nasdaq 7-Day Winning Streaks
- Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: The Nasdaq Composite Index is riding a 7-day winning streak heading into this option expiration Friday. Below we highlight the prior twelve 7-day winning streaks for the Nasdaq in the last 10 years. The last time the Nasdaq had a 7-day...
- External links 2009-07-17
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