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  1. Global Growth is Rebounding -- Here's how to Profit

    January 28, 2013
    Economic forecasting is known as "The Dismal Science"...and for good reason.  That's because many economists look ...
  2. The IMF Sees Global Growth Ahead, And This Industry Is ...

    January 28, 2013
    Economic forecasting is known as "The Dismal Science"...  and for good reason.  That's because  many economists ...
  3. 5 Sector ETFs Surging to Start 2013 - ETF News And ...

    January 22, 2013
    With the fiscal cliff averted, investors have gained confidence in the market and are more open to risky ...
  4. Diamond ETF: An Investor's Best Friend in 2013? - ETF ...

    January 16, 2013
    The new Diamond/Gemstone ETF (GEMS) from upstart PureFunds is off to a solid start since its recent debut. The ...
  5. The Most Tradable Stock In Each Sector SPDR ETF

    December 11, 2012
    Sector ETFs give you a convenient way to monitor, analyze and trade different sectors of the economy. When the ...
  6. 4 Top Plays from a Market Leading Sector

    November 29, 2012
    Materials stocks have been leading the recent rebound, and MoneyShow's Tom Aspray looks at the charts of four of ...
  7. Daily ETF Roundup: Earnings Drag On Stocks And Commodities

    October 23, 2012
    Bearish momentum returned to Wall Street today, as severaldisappointingquarterly earnings reports coupled with ...
  8. Charts Are Aligning For XLU

    October 01, 2012
    Back-and-forth trading with a downward bias permeated markets all of last week as profit-taking pressures proved too ...
  9. The Week Ahead: What Do Sectors Say About the Economy

    September 29, 2012
    Troubling technical signals appear to be confirmed by recent movements in key sectors, driving up the possibility ...
  10. The Week Ahead: How Sorry Will May Sellers Be

    September 15, 2012
    Mantras can be prophetic until they aren't, and those who "sold in May" have already lost out on solid ...
  11. Global X Debuts Junior Miners ETF (JUNR) - ETF News And ...

    September 10, 2012
    Although commodity prices have been under pressure for much of 2012, many have come back in recent weeks thanks to a ...
  12. Daily ETF Roundup: Fears Over Euro Zone Recession Intensify

    August 23, 2012
    Apparently Bernanke & Company were not too convincing yesterday since investors seemingly shrugged off the Fed’s ...
  13. Daily ETF Roundup: Solar Flares And Sleeping Bears

    August 06, 2012
    After ending a relatively choppy week on a high note, markets seemingly took a breather today as bullish momentum ...
  14. Stay Away from This Weak Sector

    July 28, 2012
    There has been one major market sector that has been lagging the Spyder Trust (SPY) all year and MoneyShow’s ...
  15. Fed Doesn't Do Much For Sectors That Need Help

    June 21, 2012
    Another Federal Open Market Committee confab has drawn to a close and with hopes for more quantitative easing have ...
  16. Who Needs More Stimulus?

    June 20, 2012
    Well, the answer to that question is probably "Nearly every corner of the market, particularly the riskiest ...
  17. Sliding Steel Stocks

    May 29, 2012
    These days, it's not hard to find sectors and industries that are being adversely impacted by the confluence of ...
  18. 3 Sector ETFs to Watch This Quarter

    April 06, 2012
    Second-quarter sector rotation is likely give rise to new leaders and laggards, and investors can capitalize by ...
  19. It's Growing Season for Fertilizer Stocks

    March 20, 2012
    Fertilizer stocks will soon enter a period of seasonal strength, and two stocks in particular look like attractive ...
  20. 3 Sectors Leading the Charge

    February 08, 2012
    Investors looking for the market’s strongest sectors should look to materials and industrials, whose strong ...
  21. The Week Ahead: Stocks Need Some Bad News

    January 30, 2012
    Markets are due for a bull-scaring correction that would open more opportunities, but until then investors should ...
  22. Fortify Your Portfolio with Steel

    January 30, 2012
    Materials stocks are outperforming the broad market, and bottom formations on two industry leaders and the primary ...
  23. Sector Selection Is the Key for 2012

    January 09, 2012
    A proven combination of technical methods that successfully identified the strongest and weakest sectors in 2011 is ...
  24. A Rock Solid Play In Construction Aggregates

    November 01, 2011
    Construction aggregate firms are poised to profit as infrastructure booms.
  25. The Biggest Losers

    August 07, 2011
    Thursday was bad for almost everyone, but the biotech and materials sectors suffered the most. Let’s look at ...
  26. The Week Ahead: More "Bizarro World"

    July 31, 2011
    It’s all about the debt-ceiling debate right now, and mounting fears have caused technical damage that will ...
  27. The Week Ahead: Are Hedge Funds Bailing Out?

    July 17, 2011
    It’s possible that big-time redemptions caused several would-be rallies last week to sputter and die. A ...
  28. Sweet Summer Sectors

    June 26, 2011
    Health care, consumer staples, and utilities have led the market this quarter, and another sector is now emerging as ...
  29. Finding High Growth In Chemicals

    June 21, 2011
    Although many industrial stocks have lost some luster in the face of a slowing global economy, the chemicals ...
  30. Add Industrial Production To Your Portfolio

    January 26, 2011
    It seems that the U.S. economy is finally turning a corner and the industrial sector is leading the way.
  31. Top Performing Dow Stocks This Year

    November 12, 2010
    Hunting for stock treasures doesn't mean looking beyond the biggest, most well-known names in American industry.
  32. 3 Best Dow Jones Industrials For 2010

    October 12, 2010
    Well-managed big caps can appreciate with even the most "modern" growth phase companies.
  33. Presidential Cycle Winners

    September 20, 2010
    The presidential cycle is one of the few Wall Street strategies that has the numbers to back it up, and we are in ...
  34. Playing Rising Industrial Production

    August 19, 2010
    Industrial output is on the rise. The recent bump in capacity and output across many major manufacturing sectors ...
  35. 3 Insiders Patting Their Stocks On The Back

    July 23, 2010
    An insider purchase can be a stout vote of confidence that a turnaround is inevitable.
  36. The Highest-Gaining Big Caps In The Past Week

    May 17, 2010
    Since the market's plunge on May 5 several big names have tacked on some big gains.
  37. 2009 Worst To Be 2010 Best?

    January 07, 2010
    The last year has been dissappointing for utilities and telecom but the last four weeks suggest 2010 could be much ...
  38. Chemical Stocks: Toxic No Longer?

    August 05, 2009
    If the economy really is perking up, this could be banner news for struggling chemical titans.
  39. Mixing It Up With Chemical ETFs

    May 14, 2007
    An analysis of three ETFs that give investors exposure to the booming chemical sector.
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