Ticker Sense

Large Caps Outperform While Small Caps Stumble

2009-11-12T09:13:11-05:00

The Wall Street Journal featured our research in today's paper, highlighting the shift from small cap leadership into large cap. Click here for a link to the full article. Below are more details on the analysis. The chart below shows...

The Great Volume Expansion

2009-11-10T12:42:43-05:00

US market volume has been expanding since enormously since 2005. There has been a lot of scuttlebutt this year regarding a lack of volume, usually referring to NYSE trading because of its availability. The chart below shows NYSE floor volume...

November 9th Blogger Sentiment Poll

2009-11-09T09:00:15-05:00

Blogger Sentiment Poll Participants: 24/7 Wall St (N) Carl Futia (+) Crowder Blog (-) Dash of Insight (N) Elliot Wave Lives On (-) Fallond Stock Picks (-) In the Money Knight Trader (+) Learning Curve (-) Maoxian Millionaire Now (N)...

10% Unemployment: Good News or Bad for the Market?

2009-11-06T09:24:02-05:00

As reported this morning, the unemployment rate in the US rose above 10% for the first time since 1982. As shown below, this is by far the fastest rise since continuous data begin in 1948. It is interesting to note...

Mutual Fund Returns: Don't Follow the Herd

2009-11-02T15:52:00-05:00

From 1962 through the third quarter of 2009 the S&P 500 had an average annual return of 8.71%; the weighted average US mutual fund was up 1.18%. (By weighted we mean adjusted for the funds’ sizes. A $100mln fund that...

November 2nd Blogger Sentiment Poll

2009-11-02T09:20:50-05:00

Bloggers are mostly neutral to start a new month. Blogger Sentiment Poll Participants: 24/7 Wall St (-) Carl Futia (+) Crossing Wall Street Dash of Insight (N) Elliot Wave Lives On (-) In the Money Knight Trader (+) Learning Curve...

Q3 Earnings: Better Than Expected, Better Than Last Time

2009-10-28T14:36:14-04:00

The last few days have everyone wondering whether the rally can continue. Is the market's move supported by the fundamentals, and can the economy recover fast enough to drive further earnings growth? Looking strictly at reported earnings so far this...

October 26th Blogger Sentiment Poll

2009-10-26T09:14:17-04:00

There are more bears than bulls in this week's poll. Blogger Sentiment Poll Participants: 24/7 Wall St (-) Carl Futia (+) Dash of Insight (N) Elliot Wave Lives On (-) Fallond Stock Picks (-) In the Money Learning Curve (-)...

Laszlo Birinyi on CNBC

2009-10-21T15:02:48-04:00

Laszlo Birinyi will appear as a guest on tomorrow's airing of Squawk on the Street at 10:00.

October 19th Blogger Sentiment Poll

2009-10-19T08:51:18-04:00

There are more bears than bulls in this week's poll. Blogger Sentiment Poll Participants: 24/7 Wall St (N) Carl Futia (+) Dash of Insight (+) Elliot Wave Lives On (-) Fallond Stock Picks (-) In the Money Maoxian Millionaire Now...

Stock of the Week Adds Another 8%

2009-10-15T08:55:27-04:00

Monday morning we recommended King Pharmaceuticals (KG) as our stock of the week. The recommendation was distributed at 8:30 and we calculate performance based on the opening that day. Subscribers to Birinyi's Mini-Institutional service have gained 7.7% through Wednesday's close,...

Where Will You Be In Ten Years?

2009-10-13T08:49:25-04:00

Below we highlight the simple rolling ten year return on the S&P 500 since 1955 (note that this is simple return, not total return). The shaded areas on the chart are periods of negative return. The great bull market lasting...