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Tuesday, June 4, 10:51 AM BNP's "Love-Panic Index" signals a correction ahead as it crossed into "love" territory a few weeks back. Past experience says to brace for an average 12% decline in the S&P (SPY) over the next 6 months. The biggest drivers of the recent move into "love" have been State Street's Investor Confidence, the CFTC's COT report, falling short interest, rising Nasdaq to NYSE trading volume, and small caps (IWM) outperformance over large caps (IWB). 14 Comments
Monday, May 20, 3:11 PM The Russell 2000 (IWM) cracked 1,000 for the first time this morning, but the small cap sector is far from over-loved by the fund managers who invest in it, according to Credit Suisse's Lori Calvasina - they ended Q1 with cash holdings at a near 10-year high. Indexing (IJR, IWO, IWN XSLV are some others) beats most active management, but Calvasina screened for stocks owned by fewer than 50 small-cap funds with $500M-$1.5B market cap, and with favorable investment ratings. No surprise the answer is heavy on mREITs - MTGE, AMTG, PMT. Also coming up: OMX and WFR. Comment!
Thursday, May 9, 3:24 PM "Our enthusiasm is clearly a notch below where we were at the beginning of the year," write Credit Suisse analysts, starting to see a bit of froth creep into small caps. At 16.4x earnings, the Russell 2000 (IWM) "has admittedly lost its valuation appeal." For now, they're buyers on dips, but should the index near the 1,000 level, valuation pressure will really start to be felt. 3 Comments
Wednesday, May 1, 2:23 PM "The canaries in the market coal mine are gasping for air," says CNBC's Melissa Lee, as mild declines in the Dow (DIA -0.5%) and Nasdaq (QQQ -0.2%) belie sharp drops in small caps (IWM -1.8%) and mid caps (MDY -1.1%). The S&P 500 has widened its lead over the Russell 2000 to about 200 basis points YTD. 1 Comment
Monday, April 29, 10:40 AM Not confirming the nice move in the S&P (SPY) since March is the 10-year Treasury yield, today hitting another 2013 low of 1.65% (TLT +0.2%). Yields and stocks have move broadly together for years - especially so for the last year - but began to diverge about 2 months ago. Another notable divergence is the Russell 2000 (IWM) - trending lower for the last 6 weeks. 3 Comments
Friday, April 26, 9:26 AM Small-caps have a fan in Goldman Sachs which is out with a report today forecasting a 14% gain in the Russell 2000 (IWM) over the next 12 months vs. just 6% for the S&P 500 (SPY). The S&P is outperforming YTD by about 50 bps. 2 Comments
Wednesday, April 17, 1:01 PM Often a spot to hide during big selloffs, mortgage REITs (MORT -2.3%) slide sharply as well, particularly the hybrids (exposed to credit risk through non-agency MBS holdings). IVR -2.3%, TWO -3.3%, DX -2.5%. The sector giants: NLY -2.2%, AGNC -1.3%. One trader reminds mREITs are small caps and the Russell 2000 (IWM -2.2%) has been particularly hard hit of late. The 10-15% yields offer a nice palliative. 2 Comments [Financials, On the Move]
Tuesday, April 16, 9:25 AM There's not too many surprises in ETF action yesterday, with areas like the bond market (AGG), real estate (IYR), low volatility (SPLV), and pharmaceuticals (IHE) seeing big inflows, and small caps (IWM), energy (XLE), energy exploration (XOP), and materials (XLB) seeing a wave of cash exit. Comment!
Monday, April 15, 12:38 PM The S&P (SPY) and Dow (DIA) have continued to notch record highs, but small caps (IWM -3%) - which led the way higher for much of the year - rolled over a few weeks ago and are falling especially sharply today. Technicians fret. 1 Comment
Sunday, April 14, 8:25 AM The reconstitution of the Russell indexes coming up in June, Credit Suisse aims to anticipate who's in and who's out. The rules-based approach of the Russell 2000 has allowed arbitragers to profit each summer by front-running the moves, making the Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) a poorer play for small cap fans than IJR . Expected among the top 25 adds are ARCP, SRPT, PBYI, ACAD, and WSTC. Among the top 25 deletes: CPST, FCEL, CHKE, OMER, and EML. Comment! [Quick Ideas]
Wednesday, April 3, 8:00 AM Something for the technicians to have a look at is this chart from ukarlewitz noting small-caps (IWM) have joined the industrials (XLI) and semiconductors (SMH) in slipping below their long-term uptrend line. Oversold in an uptrend tends to get bought, he says. It's a key time. 3 Comments
Monday, April 1, 1:32 PM Technicians spot a troubling divergence, with the Russell 2000 (IWM) falling 1.3% to start the new quarter while the DJIA (DIA) remains flat. Some believe small-caps lead - both on the way up as with the current bull run, and on the way down - and today's relative decline continues a pattern begun last week. 2 Comments
Tuesday, March 26, 1:27 PM Small-cap stocks are set to outperform, according to Goldman research showing the IWM outperforms the SPY by an annualized 8.1% in quarters following a steep drop in the VIX. The "acute" decline in the VIX YTD "provides a tailwind to small-cap performance in 2Q13." A must-read for small cap index fans is SA author Ploutos' piece suggesting IJR is your best bet. 3 Comments [Quick Ideas]
Monday, March 25, 9:50 AM iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) announces quarterly distribution of $0.2640. 12-month yield of 1.86% (as of 02/28/2013). For shareholders of record Mar. 27. Payable Apr. 01. Ex-div date Mar. 25. Comment! [Dividends]
Friday, March 22, 12:29 PM Lagging the solid rise in stocks today are small caps, the Russell 2000 (IWM) up 0.1% while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq post better than 0.5% gains. Thus far in 2013, IWM is about level with the S&P, but is about 300 bps better on a Y/Y basis. IJR - maybe better for small cap fans - has outperformed both. Comment!
Monday, March 18, 4:57 AM Ron Rowland offers additional highlights on the recently expanded lineup of commission-free ETFs over at Fidelity including the following caveat: Funds not held for 30 days by retail investors or 60 days by RIAs using Fidelity as a custodian will be subject to a $7.95 per-trade commission. Some RIAs have complained that the longer holding period directed at them is unfair. Rowland spells out the full list of affected ETFs here. Comment!

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"The Three Faces of Eve" $SPY $QQQ $DIA $IWM > http://tinyurl.com/mvkb8x4
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Today's Trading Plan: Trading Outside the Box | $SPY $QQQ $DIA $IWM http://bit.ly/12DvzmM
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Ryan Mallory
Today's Trading Plan: Bounce Needs Follow Through | $SPY $QQQ $DIA $IWM http://bit.ly/178dtfD
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Philip Davis
Lines We're Watching at Lunch $$ $DIA $SPY $IWM $QQQ $EWJ $UUP #stocks -- http://bit.ly/1411A52
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Ryan Mallory
Today's Trading Plan: And the Trend-Line Rolls | $SPY $QQQ $DIA $IWM http://bit.ly/17Jw29j
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Ryan Mallory
Bearish Feelings and Bullish Realities | $SPY $QQQ $DIA $IWM http://bit.ly/11zAW11
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Jon Peter
$SPY, $DIA, $IWM, $AGG. Hmmmm, guess it was the David Tepper top signal (Mid- May). ;-)
Jun 12, 12:44 PM
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Ryan Mallory
Today's Trading Plan: Hold The Trend | $SPY $QQQ $DIA $IWM http://bit.ly/13BPtwg
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The Financial Lexicon
Bankers to Fed: We Are Concerned About an Unsustainable Bubble Article: http://bit.ly/16K6lpB $SPY, $DIA, $QQQ, $IWM, $EFA, $EEM
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wenlock00: - A good read, thanks for posting.
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Ryan Mallory
Money Flow for May Week 2 | $DIA $SPY $QQQ $IWM http://bit.ly/14dOL7Q
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Hillbilly Stock Star: Looked like big buy on close day?
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Jon Peter
Hmmmm....so much for "Sell in May", sheesh $DIA, $SPY, $IWM, $MDY. lotsa green this month for market ....so far.
May 7, 2:56 PM
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jason2713: QE infinite is a h3ll of a drug.
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bdy
Just shorted the world... Hate to be so directional but heres the shopping list: $MCD $SNDK $CMCSA $IWM $GOOG $CRUS $GMCR $GLD
May 3, 10:12 AM
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bdy: All small spread positions.
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bdy: Shorted $AAPL as well been long since the day before earnings just want a pullback then going long again
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Joshua Hayes
Stocks Dive on FOMC Statement and Weak ADP report http://bit.ly/ZXBZvE $QQQ $DIA $SPY $IWM $VIXY $UVXY
May 2, 7:08 AM
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SpiritofAloha: "dive" was a fake out to get traders into Short positions. i totally suck at trading market manipulation like this...How do you guys do it?!
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Jon Peter
$IWM, small caps not participating. Hmmm.
Apr 2, 7:02 PM
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Chines33: Gives you a little more time to get margin long.
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DeepValueLover
Stocks AND bonds at or near all-time highs? History shows that this WON'T end well! $SPY $AAPL $FB $BOND $HYG $IWM $AGG $BAC $NOK $RIMM
Apr 2, 9:54 AM
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Systembolaget: DVL, history only shows history, remember?
Apr 2, 11:55 AM
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mitrado: True! Otherwise this would be an amazing day to buy $AAPL, $HPQ and $NOK. As it is, better to wait for a possible market correction / crash.
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pollyserial
nice pop on $IWM puts. interesting that $UVXY isn't feeling any of this.
Apr 1, 1:47 PM
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Prutti: yeah, what a bust.
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ChartProphet
Might be the top today $SPX $IWM
Feb 20, 3:59 PM
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ChartProphet: They usually let it drop a bit until the market freaks out, then they announce more QE or monetary support and the market rallies.
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ChartProphet: At some point though that won't work anymore, and the momentum to the downside will be so strong that no printing or promises will help.
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pollyserial
whew. looking like a medium term top to me $SPY $IWM $UVXY
Feb 19, 12:08 PM
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pollyserial: ok, that thesis isn't playing out. at all.
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x oil -field
Weighing The Week Ahead: Can You Bet On The Housing Recovery? by: Jeff Miller $DIA $IWM $QQQ $SPY $XHB http://bit.ly/VpzO0g
Feb 17, 6:37 PM
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x oil -field: ..for old or new rentals that had not been rented yet.I like to chat with the wives and husband's, I heard many positive cautious..cont.>
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x oil -field: .. comments on the economy. Given what I heard from the ''street level'' I'm bullish on the new-normal-recovery. JM10¢
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bilton
Start of correction? Looks like there may be cracks showing in small caps today. $RUT $IWM
Feb 15, 2:48 PM
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Skull & Bones: Doubt it.....just messing with Shortie before the long weekend.
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Boatyzaffa
$SPY closes at a new high today but volume is really low (55% of the avg daily vol) $IWM closes at new high but volume @ 54%
Feb 12, 4:52 PM
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realornot: Boat: Use this app. The Pope is listening! http://bit.ly/Yp7I2J
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Boatyzaffa: haha... :)
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x oil -field
Weighing The Week Ahead: Any Hope For A Budget Compromise? Feb.10, by: Jeff Miller. $DIA $IWM $QQQ $SPY http://bit.ly/Z32cJb $XLF
Feb 10, 5:29 AM
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Perkins Cove: Interesting comment by Jeff in his "Final thought", regarding Ben Franklin and "compromise". We have lost a lot of ground (cont)
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Perkins Cove: cont...when it comes to compromise. Ideology has taken over...and the filibuster. Sad. How much more we COULD be. Thanks again x oil.
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Ryan Mallory
SharePlanner Reversal Indicator: In Need Of Some Weakness | $SPY $QQQ $DIA $IWM http://bit.ly/Vu3wDv
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wenlock00: It will be interesting and perhaps historic? how this period will end?
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Ryan Mallory: Definitely a fed propelled market, and like Santelli said earlier, it will be a messy exit for them.
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