Ticker Sense

JNJ Up 20 Weeks in a Row!!

2013-05-22T13:35:02-04:00

Another bit of interesting market triva: Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) has climbed for the past 20 consecutive weeks. Of the current S&P 500 members, only two other names have even come close to such a streak since 1982. Home Depot...

DJIA Up 19 Tuesdays in a Row

2013-05-21T16:38:33-04:00

The DJIA has been up 19 Tuesdays in a row. Need some trivia? Records for consecutive positive days of the week (since 1930). Monday 13 (2/1/10) Tuesday 19 (5/21/13) Wednesday 13 (9/3/86, 4/26/06) Thursday 12 (2/4/82, 6/19/08) Friday 13 (7/22/55)

Wall Street Analysts See the Most Upside In...

2013-05-21T14:35:38-04:00

Out of all the names in the S&P 500, analysts are the most bullish (in terms of price target) on BTU (+38.4%), NFX (+37.7%) and CTSH (+30.2%) over the next twelve months.

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2013-05-21T13:37:57-04:00

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May 20th Blogger Sentiment Poll

2013-05-20T10:34:02-04:00

Blogger Sentiment Poll Participants: 24/7 Wall St (N) The Aleph Blog (-) Biiwii (-) BullBear Trading (+) Carl Futia (+) Dash of Insight (+) Dividend Growth Investor (N) Elliot Wave Lives On (+) Expected Returns Fallond Stock Picks (+) Global...

May 13th Blogger Sentiment Poll

2013-05-13T09:54:22-04:00

Blogger Sentiment Poll Participants: 24/7 Wall St (-) The Aleph Blog (-) Biiwii (-) BullBear Trading Carl Futia (-) Dash of Insight (+) Dividend Growth Investor (N) Elliot Wave Lives On (+) Expected Returns Fallond Stock Picks (-) Global Economic...

ETF Inflows Continue in April and Total Assets Rise to $1.5T

2013-05-10T12:01:26-04:00

ETFs (including ETNs, ETPs, etc) experienced a net inflow of $9.5B in April while total assets rose 1.7% to $1.49T.

Are Stocks Cheap? A Review of the Evidence

2013-05-08T13:57:16-04:00

Fernando Duarte and Carlo Rosa We surveyed banks, we combed the academic literature, we asked economists at central banks. It turns out that most of their models predict that we will enjoy historically high excess returns for the S&P 500...

May 6th Blogger Sentiment Poll

2013-05-06T09:49:00-04:00

Blogger Sentiment Poll Participants: 24/7 Wall St (-) The Aleph Blog (-) Biiwii BullBear Trading (+) Carl Futia (-) Dash of Insight (+) Dividend Growth Investor (+) Elliot Wave Lives On (+) Expected Returns Fallond Stock Picks (+) Global Economic...

Defensive Sectors Leading... So What!!!

2013-04-30T08:38:21-04:00

More than a few have grumbled (including us) over the fact that the much thought of defensive sectors (health care, consumer staples and utilities) have been the leaders this year. And last week’s WSJ story, Investors Should Beware the Dark...

April 29th Blogger Sentiment Poll

2013-04-29T08:34:56-04:00

Blogger Sentiment Poll Participants: 24/7 Wall St (-) The Aleph Blog (-) Biiwii (N) BullBear Trading (+) Carl Futia (-) Dash of InsightDividend Growth Investor (+) Elliot Wave Lives On (+) Expected ReturnsFallond Stock PicksGlobal Economic Intersection (-) GEI –...

April 22nd Blogger Sentiment Poll

2013-04-22T09:12:36-04:00

Blogger Sentiment Poll Participants: 24/7 Wall St (-) The Aleph Blog (-) Biiwii BullBear Trading (-) Carl Futia (-) Dash of Insight (N) Dividend Growth Investor (+) Elliot Wave Lives On (+) Expected Returns Fallond Stock Picks (-) Global Economic...