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Consumer Discretionary Sector PE Ratio Drops From 33 to 16: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: The P/E ratio for the Consumer Discretionary sector was cut in half this week from 33 down to just over 16. What gives? Well, when you take out struggling General Motors GM, the sector's valuation suddenly looks much more attractive. ...; Tags: Retail, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-05
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...; Tags: US Market, Bespoke Investment Group; 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...; Tags: US Market, Bespoke Investment Group; 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,...; Tags: US Market, Bespoke Investment Group; 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 -...; Tags: US Market, Bespoke Investment Group; 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...; Tags: US Market, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-17
Financials Testing 50-Day: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: After trying unsuccessfully to break above its 200-Day Moving Average (DMA) several times last week, the S&P 500 Financial sector has been showing considerable weakness in recent days. Today alone, the sector is down over 3% for its largest decline so far...; Tags: Financial, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-17
Potash Down $20+ in a Few Days: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: For investors that haven't realized how much some of these commodity stocks have fallen in recent days, take a look at the chart of Potash POT. After rallying from $80 up to $120 in a couple of months, the stock has fallen...; Tags: Materials/Industrials, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-17
Government-Run Health Care: Will It Fly?: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Whether you're hoping desperately for it or praying that it doesn't pass, government-run health care is a major issue of the day. Fortunately Intrade.com has a contract that allows people to bet on whether or not some new form of government-run health insurance...; Tags: Healthcare, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-18
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. ...; Tags: US Market, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-18
Microsoft Extends Well Above Its 50-DMA: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: On March 9th, Microsoft MSFT closed at $15.15. After three straight months of gains, the stock is now all the way back up to $24.07 for an increase of 59%! For a stock that investors have treated as "dead money" for...; Tags: Software, Bespoke Investment Group, Microsoft Corp.; External links 2009-06-22
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...; Tags: US Market, Bespoke Investment Group; 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...; Tags: US Market, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-15
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...; Tags: US Market, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-15
Google, Apple on 9-Day Winning Streaks: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Google GOOG and Apple AAPL were up once again today and have now been up for nine consecutive trading days! Apple has only had six prior nine-day winning streaks in its history, while Google has now had three since it IPOd in...; Tags: US Market, Bespoke Investment Group, Apple Inc., Google Inc.; External links 2009-06-05
Will Natural Gas Be the Next to Rally?: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: It’s hard to get overly excited about natural gas when inventories are 22% above their five-year average and 31% above last year’s levels, and the gap between current inventories and historical averages has been rising steadily throughout the year. However, while the fundamentals...; Tags: Energy, Bespoke Investment Group, United States Natural Gas Fund LP; External links 2009-06-08
S&P 500 Forming New Trading Range Above 200 DMA: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: The S&P 500 looks to be forming a new trading range between the 920 and 950 levels. As shown below, the index has now traded down to the low 920s twice in the last several trading days before rebounding. This level was...; Tags: US Market, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-09
Natural Gas Quarterly Returns: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Following yesterday's post on how natural gas typically has its best quarterly performance during the third quarter, we received some questions asking if the average was skewed by one or two years. With that in mind, the chart below shows the average...; Tags: Energy, Bespoke Investment Group; External links 2009-06-09
Bing: A Threat to Google or Just Another Zune?: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: While the overall Nasdaq is higher. Google GOOG has been under pressure today as reports show that Microsoft's MSFT new search engine, Bing, helped the company gain share versus Yahoo YHOO and Google during the first week it was launched. This has...; Tags: Internet, Bespoke Investment Group, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.; External links 2009-06-09
Better Late than Never? Citi Downgrades Hartford Insurance Group: Hickey and Walters Bespoke submit: Citigroup downgraded its rating on Hartford Insurance Group HIG this morning from a buy to a hold after the analyst said that the company is facing a "meaningful management vacuum." Looking at the analyst's record on HIG shows that the downgrade is,...; Tags: Financial, Bespoke Investment Group, Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.; External links 2009-06-09