Market Watch (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock futures on Friday pointed to opening losses in the wake of the October jobs report, which had the unemployment rate rising to 10.2% and the Labor Department tallying job losses of 190,000 during the month. "When you go above that magical 10% number, and that's what the man in the street is going to focus on, that's going to hurt confidence," said Hugh...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock futures erased gains and fell into negative territory after the Labor Department reported a decline of 190,000 jobs in October, while the unemployment rate climbed to 10.2%. Up about 18 points head of the data, futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 37 points to 9,917. Those for the S&P 500 fell 5.2 points to 1,058, while Nasdaq 100 futures were...
Fallond Stock Picks (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
After Yesterday's close it looked like bears would run rampant, but instead what emerged was a gap higher and more improbable (in my opinion) run. Volume was a little disappointing but one can't deny the points on the board. First up, the Nasdaq cleared its 50-day MA. The Nasdaq 100 managed a little better; it broke through its 50-day MA and made it to its 20-day MA. The Dow enjoyed one of its biggest...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock futures extended early Thursday gains after economic data shed a positive light on the jobs front and the country's economic growth. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 31 points to 9,816.00. Futures for the S&P 500 added 3.6 points to 1,050.60. Those for the Nasdaq 100 added 8.50 points to 1,695.25. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short...
iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The indices ended a bit positive on FOMC announcement day, but there were some wild gyrations in between. They gapped up at the opening, backed off, and then ran hard in the morning, reaching over 1700 on the Nasdaq 100 and just above 1060 on the S&P 500. Those were key resistance levels. At that point they drifted lower in a corrective looking pattern until the FOMC announcement, but shortly afterward...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
MADRID (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock futures inched up on Wednesday after ADP data showed private-sector employment for October fell 203,000. S&P 500 futures rose 6.1 points to 1,048 and Nasdaq 100 futures added 5.5 points to 1,681. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 54 points. (Correcting mainbar graph to read futures inched up). Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts...
SeekingAlpha ETFs (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Jeff Pietsch submits: October finally put a halt in the road for equities' historic seven-month run off of the March lows, leaving the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrials and NASDAQ 100 cash indices mixed at -1.98% , +0.00% and -3.02% , respectively. The month also ended with the VIX back in the low thirties for the first time in a while. With the majority of third quarter earnings entered into the...
iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The indices ended to the plus side, but it was very choppy. The day started out with a down move and then an immediate reversal. When the Nasdaq 100 made new lows and the S&P 500 didn’t, that caused a positive divergence. They then snapped back very sharply on positive economic news, with the NDX jumping from1657 to 1689, or 32 points in about 35-40 minutes. The SPX rallied from 1037 to 1052....
Day Trade Emini S&P 500 NASDAQ 100 (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
5 min Emini Nasdaq 100 Hi, How is it going lately? How long can this down trend go? Remember it always takes the market faster to come down than go up... Today's trade is a classic. Let's revise the conditions...
iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
In my previous "Advance/Decline and Volume" post on October 26, 2009 I have expressed that from the point of my personal technical analysis I see a dominance of Bearish market which was confirmed by decline on the stock market during this week. In the same post I have mentioned that I do not know when to expect a reversal, yet, I have pointed that I would monitor indexes (Nasdaq 100, DJI...
SeekingAlpha ETFs (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Gary Gordon submits: The week before last, the market was poised to go 8 for 8; that is, stocks hadn’t lost ground since February of ‘09. Then came the late October spook-fest. The S&P 500 SPDR Trust ( SPY ) lost -4.2% last week alone, while the the PowerShares Nasdaq 100 ( QQQQ ) shed -5.0%. Complete Story »
Fallond Stock Picks (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
First real damage done to the indices in a quite a while. It's not unusual for sharp counter moves in a well established trend to snap back to former levels - but seasonal factors may prevent this from happening here. Fib retracements are looking a good bet for a downside target with the S&P showing clustered price across its fib range of 835-939. Tech took the harder hit with the Nasdaq 100 down...
BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Filed under: Options Human Genome (NASDAQ: HGSI ) closed at $19.97. HGSI's Benlysta, a lupus treatment, is expected to have phase 3 data released on November 2. HGSI November option implied volatility is at 249, December is at 170, January is at 143 and April is at 112, according to Track Data, suggesting large movement. NASDAQ 100 (NASDAQ: QQQQ ) overall implied volatility at 24; 26-week average...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock futures remained lower on Friday after the government said personal spending fell 0.5% in September while income held flat. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were down 31 points at 9,872. Those for the S&P 500 declined 3.8 points to 1,057.8. Nasdaq 100 futures fell 2 point to 1,705.5. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures pointed to a slightly lower open on Wall Street on Friday following the previous session's sharp rally, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.35 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.17 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.09 percent at 6:10 a.m. EDT.
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