August 21, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
Last week the S&P had its worst week in 3 months. Here is the week ahead outlook for the S&P and the NASDAQ indexes. The weekly outlook reviews the past week to predict the next week of the stock market outlook for both the S&P and the NASDAQ indexes. Fourth Week Of Aug 2017 Stock Market Outlook The Outlook includes: Stock Market Direction Outlook investor sentiment indicators general trading tips and strategies to consider the support levels in both the S&P and NASDAQ to be…
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August 14, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
While Equities in North America have been in a sell-off mood, equities in Europe hit a new 52 week high before selling off by the end of the week. Still, European equities have held up quite well. This article looks at the outlook for the third week of August 2017 for European Equities along with trade tips and ideas. It includes an outline of the trades I plan to enter this week. European Trades for Third Week Of Aug 2017 Stock Market Outlook – The…
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August 13, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
Last year, 2016 was one of the best on record for my trades in IWM ETF. The ETF way outperformed and returned over 30%. This year the returns are not quote as good but there is still time left in the year for me to boost my annual gain in these Small Cap Stocks trade. Here is the outlook for this small cap Index for the third week of August 2017. With the index collapsing last week, I am still planning a couple of trades…
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July 31, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
Last week the general outlook for the final week of July was for choppy trading and we could see a bounce higher in the VIX Index as well. But by the end of the week I was still expecting the markets to be higher than at the start of the week. Only part of the outlook came about as new highs on Thursday ended with the NASDAQ and S&P index heading lower. This is the weekly outlook for both the NASDAQ and S&P stock markets.…
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July 24, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
Last week the general outlook for the third week of July was for the indexes to move higher into new highs. Markets co-operated and moved higher. This is the weekly outlook for both the NASDAQ and S&P stock markets. The weekly outlook reviews the past week to predict the next week of the stock market outlook for both the S&P and the NASDAQ indexes. Fourth Week Of July 2017 Stock Market Outlook The Outlook includes: Trade ideas and comments on Stock Market Outlook investor sentiment…
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July 16, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
The second week of July defied the majority of analysts as the S&P and Dow made new all-time highs. The NASDAQ is within 20 points of its old high. A lot of the rally was on the back of comments from Fed Chair Janet Yellen who seemed to indicate the Fed may be slowing on interest rate increases. The closing prices on Friday brings up the question of whether the rally will continue this week. The weekly outlook reviews the past week to predict the…
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June 11, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
Last week ended with quite the divergence in the markets. All three indexes made all-time new highs in the morning on Friday, but then the NASDAQ ran into sellers who pushed the market to its worst one day drop since May 17 when the NASDAQ lost 158 points to close at 6011.24. The question following Friday’s plunge is whether this is the start of a bigger correction, or a knee-jerk reaction by investors to a Goldman Sachs memo which called the big 5 tech stocks…
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May 15, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
Since the start of May, stocks have not gone anywhere significant. At the same time they have also not lost any significant ground either. They are, in effect, stuck in a tight trading range. The third week of May is important for the markets as May tends to be a pivotal month for stocks, as they enter the worst 6 months of the year. Here is the stock market outlook for the third week of May 2017. The outlook for the upcoming week includes a…
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May 11, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
I did not get a chance this past weekend to write-up an article on the European outlook. However as of this week, European equities look quite good following the end of the French Presidential elections. They are mostly flat in the early trading on Thursday May 11, before the US and Canadian markets open, and fairly calm. They are awaiting the latest interest rate decision from the Bank of England. This article looks at the outlook for the third week of April 2017 for European…
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April 17, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
There is a lot happening in Europe at present with elections underway in France where, once again, we are seeing populist type leaders gaining in the polls. With the UK serving notice they will be leaving the EU and elections in France keeping many investors both here and overseas, nervous, the two equities I follow have done well for my portfolio over the past couple of weeks. The Week Ahead outlook on the European Stock Market is important as it can often give us clues…
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April 9, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
Last week I missed posting the week ahead thanks to lots of complications with setting up encryption on the website. This week promises to be interesting as we have a number of companies reporting earnings that might give us a clue what to expect shortly from the latest quarterly earnings. As well Thursday is the start of financial stocks reporting. This week then could see some significant profits being made. Here is the stock market outlook for the second week of April 2017. The outlook…
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March 27, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
The fourth week of March 2017 was among the worst since September or October of last year. The collapse of the Republican Healthcare bill sent stocks lower on Friday and the futures on Sunday evening for Monday Mar 27 2017 are quite negative. Here is the stock market outlook for the final week of March 2017. The outlook for the upcoming week includes a number of topics. Final Week Of March 2017 Stock Market Outlook The Outlook includes: An outline of all Trades Ahead Of…
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March 20, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
The third week of March saw the rally regain momentum on Wednesday following a rate increase by the Federal Reserve. Many analysts following the rate hike felt the Fed’s comments still seemed dovish toward the pace of rate increases in coming months. While Wednesday saw the market push many stocks back to their old highs, Thursday and Friday saw a bit of weakness return and the market seemed to drift sideways again. Here is the stock market outlook for the fourth week of March 2017.…
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March 13, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
The second week of March saw the rally remain stalled but weakness grew in the major indexes. For the first time since before the Presidential election, down volume on both the S&P and the NASDAQ indexes outpaced up volume. New highs also have dipped below new lows. Here is the stock market outlook for the third week of March 2017. Third Week Of March 2017 Stock Market Outlook The Outlook includes: market direction outlook trade ideas and comments on Market Outlook investor sentiment general trading…
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March 13, 2017
Categories: Stock Market Outlook - The Week Ahead, Trade Alerts and Ideas
The IWM ETF is my primary method of trading in the Small Cap Universe of stocks. Small capital stocks can provide above average returns for investors but they can also decimate a portfolio as small cap stocks tend to be very volatile. The IWM ETF follows the Russell 2000 small cap index. I have used the IWM ETF since 2002 to build profits into my portfolio. Most years, returns in the IWM ETF trades have easily beaten 20% which means a doubling of capital in…
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