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Small Caps May Be the Key
The uptrend in the broad market has captured everyone’s attention. The trend remains in place, but the outlook is getting cloudy. Economic data has been mixed, earnings are mixed and future growth is being questioned. The move higher is predicated on growth. If this growth doesn’t materialize early in 2010 it could get ugly for [...]
The Rise and Fall of the Small Cap Index
One of the leading indices since the July low has been small caps. The Russell 2000 index was up 12.8% until falling 4% the last week. The rise and fall so to speak has come as a result of the financial and industrial stocks. The Russell 2000 Index has approximately 16% in the financial sector [...]
S&P 600 Small Cap Index Flys Under the Radar
The S&P 600 small cap index has retraced more than 50% of the decline from the June high. With the focus of most investors on oil and financials this has gone somewhat unnoticed. A quick look at the chart below shows the eight day base and then the bounce. This has formed somewhat of a [...]
Buyers Give Market a Boost - iShares IJR, IJH Showing Strength
Buyers stepped in to take the lead yesterday on some impressive moves. Short term you have to like what happened as many of the sectors got a boost off support and some broke through resistance. Most of the outlook here is short term in nature and I encourage you to step back and look at [...]
