Finance

Durable Goods Improved In October 2014. The Internals Again Were

The headlines say the durable goods new orders improved. Our analysis agrees – and if you ignore defense aircraft, durable goods were again very soft month-over-month.  Econintersect Analysis: unadjusted new orders growth accelerated 0.3% (after decelerating a revised 2.1% the previous month) month-over-month , but is up 5.4% year-over-year.  the three month rolling average for unadjusted new orders decelerated 10.6% month-over-month, and up 5.9%…

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Since 2010, the best scoring names in our weekly mid cap reports have outpaced the S&P 400 by a median 4.07% in the following year. The best performers from our list from 1 year ago are ILMN up 87%, KNX up 81%, LVLT up 66%, ALXN up 58%, and AMED up 54%. The best mid…

Morning Call For November 26, 2014

OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS December E-mini S&Ps (ESZ14 +0.07%) this morning are up +0.11% and European stocks are up +0.27% ahead of U.S. data on Oct personal spending and Oct durable goods orders. EUR/USD is weaker and the yields on European government bonds fell to record lows on the prospects of further easing by the ECB….

Moving Averages: Month-End Preview

Here is a preview of the monthly moving averages I track after the close of the last business day of the month. All three S&P 500 strategies are now signaling “invested” — unchanged from last month. Two of the five of the Ivy Portfolio ETFs, the Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF (VEU) and the PowerShares…