iShares Russell 2000 Index (IWM)

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  • commenter
    indigo-alien
    Apr 11 05:33 AM
    My Website
    Friday Outlook: Bulls in Charge? [view article]
    "If markets were objectively trading on the news we’d have collapsed a long time ago."

    There is no bad news that cannot be ignored!     Reply
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    flyoverman
    Apr 10 11:43 AM
    Thursday Outlook: Range-Bound Trading [view article]
    Yes, Jimmy Carter brought inflation under control too, right? and with low interest rates. Ouch. I remember my 19% 2nd mortgage. Where are all of new nuclear power plants? That's what we need. The environmentalist and the "not in my backyard" have put the French way ahead of the US. Nuclear is where it is at. Reply
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    User 141585
    Apr 10 11:12 AM
    Thursday Outlook: Range-Bound Trading [view article]
    Blaine- Not Reagan. Bush.
    Low volume on most charts.
    Chucky no longer relevant. Soylent Green anyone ?     Reply
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    Blaine
    Apr 10 09:02 AM
    Thursday Outlook: Range-Bound Trading [view article]
    The oil embargo began during the Nixon administration, which did absolutely nothing and neither did Gerald Ford's. When Jimmy Carter became president, he installed solar panels atop the White House. He also championed nuclear power. He taxed oil company profits to fund renewable energy research. He created the U.S. Department of Energy. He introduced America to ethanol. Oil imports plummeted during the Carter administration. Renewable energy research skyrocketed.

    Pres. Carter submitted a 104-page energy plan to Congress with 113 specific proposals. Builders were required to use more insulation. Appliances, refrigerators in particular, became more energy-efficient. Homeowners received tax credits to heat water with solar power and the speed limit was lowered to 55 mph to conserve gasoline.

    Carter boosted renewable fuel usage from 6 percent to 7 percent of the nation's energy demands. Oil used to generate electricity disappeared.

    But Ronald Reagan soon began killing off many of Carter's energy initiatives. Reagan halved the Energy Department's conservation and alternative fuels budget. Spending on photovoltaic research dropped by two-thirds. Under Reagan, Energy tax credits for homeowners disappeared. Reagan rolled back fuel-efficiency standards for cars and he had the solar panels atop the White House taken down.

    Today United States imports 12 million barrels of oil daily, or 60 percent of the amount consumed. Oil and gas prices are skyrocketing. The US imports twice as much oil as it did during Carter's final year in office. Ethanol, biodiesel, solar and other alternative fuels supply no more energy than they did in 1980. And the Bush administration has given no consideration to any action that would correct our growing crisis of energy.
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    karchad
    Apr 10 06:59 AM
    Thursday Outlook: Range-Bound Trading [view article]
    i would think that a trading range after a sharp market decline is bullish. At the top, I'd be scared, but at 10-20% down, i'll take a trading range for a few months anytime. The longer it goes on at this level, the more bullish it would seem to be, if one has patience Reply
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    buckmaker
    Apr 09 02:00 PM
    Wednesday Outlook: Bulls in Command [view article]
    Good thorough work and commentary Reply
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    Matt
    Blackman
    Apr 09 12:29 PM
    My Website
    Wednesday Outlook: Bulls in Command [view article]
    Yes, a very interesting market indeed. Normally, stocks fall 'of their own weight' on light volume but that hasn't been happening. Someone has been buying but not in a committed way. On the other hand, the lack of volume means that stocks can't really go higher in a sustained manner because it takes increasing volume to support a rally.

    So here we languish in no-man's land... and earnings will determine whether we stay or whether we go (higher if they get better or lower if they continue to get worse)... If we are at a bottom though, and we rally from here, it will be relatively short-term based on my indicators...     Reply
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    David Fry
    Apr 08 07:05 PM
    Tuesday Outlook: New World Order? [view article]
    Thanks.

    The blue lines are resistance and red is "must hold"...all in my humble opinion.     Reply
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    Indexor
    Apr 08 04:06 PM
    Tuesday Outlook: New World Order? [view article]
    Dave:

    Always enjoy your posts - both charts as well as commentary.

    Reply
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    User 141585
    Apr 08 10:27 AM
    Tuesday Outlook: New World Order? [view article]
    I enjoy reading your comments as I listen to the prognostications of cable t.v. money managers.

    If the Chinese govt allows its citizens to buy U.S. stocks, does that mean they'll also be able to short U.S. stocks ?
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    puttster
    Apr 08 09:52 AM
    Tuesday Outlook: New World Order? [view article]
    I enjoy reading the notes but would enjoy it more if I could find out what the drawn blue and red lines represented. Reply
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    fanning
    Apr 07 09:21 AM
    Top 50 ETFs by Revenue Per Fund [view article]
    ETF beats the mutual fund MER and the advantages of tracking your investments constantly. Try to buy gold or silver certificates from banks. The buy and sold price difference per oz. can be $1.00 U.S.and one has to line up at the banks. Reply
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    Sailorman
    Apr 07 09:18 AM
    Top 50 ETFs by Revenue Per Fund [view article]
    I would like to find a ETF site that gave daily current data instead of something that is current as of Feb 29th and now it is April 7th

    Who has daily current information in order to make an intelligent decision?     Reply
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    Haley
    Apr 07 12:38 AM
    Top 50 ETFs by Revenue Per Fund [view article]
    I thought it was interesting. Showed pricing power exists in the way iShares is segmenting. Also showed direct competition by segment worked to bring prices down, even when the options availability and market cap would indicate the much larger player should have pricing power.

    Off to see if iShares is public.

    Matt     Reply
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    Haley
    Apr 07 12:36 AM
    Top 50 ETFs by Revenue Per Fund [view article]
    Well,

    I have to say I found it very interesting. To see some direct competitors (IVV and SPY) have very small ERs. And compare that to those that should have ERs lower (EEM) and see none of the big funds companies has a reasonable alternative. Explains the slippage on some funds. I don't really care about the total dollars, but the ERs comparison is very interesting. It also shows iShares has done a great job of pricing their market. Off to see if they are public.

    Matt     Reply
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