PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility

How Much Longer Can the Market Avoid An Extended Oversold Period? – The Market Breadth

Stock Market Commentary: Despite recent bouts of trading in or like a bear market, market breadth has somehow managed to avoid closing in oversold conditions. In fact, the last “official” oversold period was 518 trading days ago. Yet, since the NASDAQ topped out in November, market breadth has dropped into and out of oversold on … Read more

A Trampling at the Frontlines of the Stock Market – Above the 40 (June 24, 2020)

Stock Market Statistics AT40 = 47.9% of stocks are trading above their respective 40-day moving averages (DMAs) (2-month low)AT200 = 21.5% of stocks are trading above their respective 200DMAs VIX = 33.8Short-term Trading Call: neutral Stock Market Commentary The damage in the stock market is only visible upon close examination. The top technicals for the … Read more

The Low Risk Pairs Trade on the S&P 500 Passes Its First Test

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on January 16, 2014. Click here to read the entire piece.) On December 1, 2013, I wrote a piece called “A Potentially Low Risk Pairs Trade Opportunity Using The S&P 500” where I used PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility (SPLV) and PowerShares … Read more

A Potentially Low Risk Pairs Trade Opportunity on the S&P 500

(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on December 1, 2013. Click here to read the entire piece.) I recently read a Seeking Alpha article titled “Today’s Stock Rally Is Full Of It” by contributor Eric Parnell. It first caught my eye because it included two relatively new ETFs … Read more