Friday, November 20th, 2009

Posts Tagged ‘ Xlf ’

Soaring Prices for AIG, Fannie and Other Financial Stocks Sending Mixed Messages to Investors

Aug 31st, 2009 | By William Patalon III | Category: Financial News, Stock Market Investing

Three of the financial institutions that were key catalysts to the global financial crisis – and that owe the federal government billions of dollars as a direct result of those problems – have seen their shares triple in price so far this month.



6 Critical Factors That Govern Your Portfolio’s Future Value

Aug 24th, 2009 | By Contrarian Profits | Category: Top Story

Where are we now? Still in the Twilight Zone economy as far as we’re concerned. US stocks ended strongly on Friday. And they’re set to rise again today if Europe’s strong morning performance is anything to go by. Commodities are up too. Nymex crude oil futures are at $74.24 a barrel at writing. Gold is trading at $953.50 an ounce – not far off Friday’s one-week high.



U.S. Banks: Why Only the Simplest Will Succeed

Apr 14th, 2009 | By Martin Hutchinson | Category: Financial News

One of the most accurate forecasters of the global economic crisis, Nouriel Roubini, said last week that last September’s spree of bank takeovers deepened the crisis because it made the already-too-big banks even bigger.



Ticker Of The Week: Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF)

Mar 16th, 2009 | By Jim Stanton | Category: Featured, Stock Market Investing

The Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF) has rallied over 40% from its low on March 6 through to last Thursday’s higher opening. The price action last week has triggered a half-day buy signal, which means that it should make at least a three-wave move to the upside.



3 Bank Plays to Ride out the Slaughter

Feb 26th, 2009 | By Steve McDonald | Category: Featured, Stock Market Investing

Steve McDonald of Investor’s Daily Edge recommends three profit-potential bank stocks that could play out following the downside of government intervention.



How To Profit As Pessimism Reaches Its Peak

Jan 23rd, 2009 | By Louis Basenese | Category: Featured

We are reaching a stage of maximum pessimism in the market, says Louis Basenese. And that means we could be close to a great buying opportunity. But Louis says investors should only consider strong companies with robust growth prospects like ‘nuts and bolts’ firm Fastenal (Nasdaq:FAST).



Tap Into These 3 ETFs for Wind-Energy Profits

Oct 1st, 2008 | By Jim Stanton | Category: Featured, Financial News

Clean energy ETFs became hugely popular in 2007. But they’ve been taking a beating since this August, when crude oil prices began to fall from their year highs.

Nevertheless, Jim Stanton says alternative energy — and the wind-energy market in particular — has a big future. Wind energy is already the second largest source of new power generation in the US, and it now has the backing of the much-hyped Pickens Plan.

Jim says two clean-energy ETFs that look undervalued right now are PBW and GEX. He also recommends FAN for a more wind-specific ETF



Why Buying Puts Is the Only Defense Against Wall Street’s Antics

Sep 17th, 2008 | By Adam Lass | Category: Featured, Financial News

At a conservative estimate, the government has so far this year stumped just under $300 billion worth of taxpayers’ money in mopping the problems triggered by the subprime mortgage crisis.

In July, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) said the cost of insuring the deposits of failed bank IndyMac would be $8.9 billion. The bailout of Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) put taxpayers on the hook for at least $200 billion.

The AIG (NYSE:AIG) rescue adds another $85 billion to that figure.



Lehman Lays An Egg… And The World Chokes On It

Sep 16th, 2008 | By Jim Stanton | Category: Stock Market Investing

Lehman Brothers (NYSE: LEH) has a lot to answer for… No sooner had I wrapped up this edition of “Sector Watch” than the company declared bankruptcy, thus forcing me into a swift re-write! So much for my plan to go fishing yesterday…



Profit from Stocks’ Slide with These 3 Put Options

Aug 26th, 2008 | By Adam Lass | Category: Featured, Financial News

The dominoes are falling, says Adam Lass in Taipan Daily.

The housing market is still a shambles, nine U.S. banks have failed so far this year, and Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) are all but nationalized. What’s more, the world’s central bankers can’t agree on what caused this mess, let along how to fix it.

But amid the gloom and doom, Adam says put options on MetLife (NYSE:MET), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and Capital One (NYSE:COF) can still yield triple-digit gains…