XLF: Financial Select Sector SPDR

SPY in trading range of $85-100 - The major indexes pulled back last week buy had a nice rally on Thursday. Below is a chart... More

Posted by beactive on 16-Nov-08 23:24    

Time to start buy the financials like XLF and UYG. - As expected the Feds are stepping into help out Freddie and Fannie. As reported in Yahoo F... More

Posted by beactive on 13-Jul-08 21:34    

XLF - XLF continues to fall in value…Citi was down almost 5% today (3/4/2008).   I remain c... More

Posted by zeemumbai on 04-Mar-08 16:40    

$ cost average into Financials - Since the Financials are beaten up, I plan to $ cost average through this year. More

Posted by rajivroy on 01-Mar-08 15:08    

buying more XLF - Following my original plan, I bought more XLF today. The news flows continues to be bad f... More

Posted by zeemumbai on 23-Jan-08 19:44    

A play on the US bank sector - Clearly the worst of the US banking crisis is not over. Some of the horrible conditions i... More

Posted by zeemumbai on 20-Nov-07 03:24    

Bargain banks and brokerages (XLF) - It's not that often that Wall Street puts itself on sale, but I think the subprime lending... More

Posted by KenLempit on 13-Aug-07 15:12    

Finance industry sector bet - This probably won't last much longer in the portfolio as other index funds are so heavily ... More

Posted by KenLempit on 12-Jun-07 12:48    

Financial Sector Investment - Once this ETF has bottomed out and traded steadily for one month, I would consider it a&nb... More

Posted by cagreiner on 19-Jun-08 15:11    

Potential Short Squeezes - Nice blog by Brian Shannon of alphatrends on the potential short squeeze for this&nbs... More

Posted by KING__SIZE on 03-Apr-08 13:52    

XLF Watchlist idea - No targets for XLF, Financiles have been beaten down looking for bounce More

Posted by cramsz on 15-Jan-08 13:37    

XLF Watchlist idea - A bottom fishing expedition. The Financials will come back. It is aquestion of time. More

Posted by danatyork on 03-Jan-08 13:50    

XLF Watchlist idea - I am considering buying a basket of equally weighted periodically and then sit tight. EFA... More

Posted by rajivroy on 27-Dec-07 09:33    

XLF Watchlist idea - Financials on the rebound. Hello Calls sell puts More

Posted by fatkid54 on 28-Nov-07 14:29    

Its the most wonderful time of the year.... - ....for everything except trading.  Typically next week is bullish on anemic volume, ... More

Posted by lazymuoio on 22-Dec-08 01:28    

Holiday Trading - I dont know why but i noticed this last year too, i seem to trade better around the holida... More

Posted by lazymuoio on 17-Dec-08 10:43    

After rally, what now? - Today’s expected rally didn’t disappoint, but over the past 5 sessions we̵... More

Posted by Zentrader on 08-Dec-08 19:38    

Gold punished, but going back up - Long DGP and UYG - Gold was punished this week with the strength of the US dollar but that will be short live... More

Posted by beactive on 07-Dec-08 23:34    

Market Timing - On Friday I mentioned that my market timing system got a buy signal on Friday and while I ... More

Posted by Zentrader on 06-Dec-08 22:34    

Time For The Major Indexes To Breakout - Time For The Major Indexes To Breakout The November job report was horrendous. Nonfarm pay... More

Posted by fortune8 on 05-Dec-08 11:22    

Deja-Vu - I was short going into the close on Friday and added to the few positions that I held over... More

Posted by Zentrader on 24-Nov-08 21:28    

Spy 11-19-08 - new low, next support at 79.50 - The bottom of 2002 was really really really choppy. This support line is between violent s... More

Posted by leo00o0 on 19-Nov-08 14:07    

SPY in trading range of $85-100 - The major indexes pulled back last week buy had a nice rally on Thursday. Below is a chart... More

Posted by beactive on 16-Nov-08 23:24    

WEEKLY SECTOR PREVIEW (11/10 - 11/14) - 4 out of 9 sectors are above the 20-day MA and 5 out of 9 are below the 20-day MA. Every s... More

Posted by JohnCLee on 09-Nov-08 17:19    

More On Oil; Watchlist - Overseas markets sold off during the night, and US futures look quite weak in the premarke... More

Posted by hrtrader on 11-Dec-08 18:19    

Sector Overview - Looking at an overview of sector charts, the overall market orientation is quite bearish. ... More

Posted by hrtrader on 23-Nov-08 04:15    

Sector ETF's Making New Lows - Today's selloff brought the primary index charts closer to the October lows. Several secto... More

Posted by hrtrader on 12-Nov-08 10:07    

Sellers in Control - I went through a lot of charts this evening, and came out of the experience feeling quite ... More

Posted by hrtrader on 11-Nov-08 09:53    

Reaching the Apex of the Triangle - Many ETF charts are showing a similar pattern: breakdown out of a triangle followed by a s... More

Posted by hrtrader on 30-Oct-08 09:58    

A More Convincing Rally, But Confirmation Is Required - As compared to the October 13 rally, yesterday's big move was accompanied by higher volume... More

Posted by hrtrader on 28-Oct-08 19:07    

Setting Up For a Fall - On Wednesday, an indecisive market resolved to the downside. Index and sector ETF's broke ... More

Posted by hrtrader on 22-Oct-08 18:03    

Oversold, but Be Ready for More - Looking at index charts, I am not sure whether the term "oversold" has much meaning in rel... More

Posted by hrtrader on 02-Oct-08 06:29    

Financial Contagion: Looking at Real Estate - With the financial sector leading the market down today, there is high likelihood that con... More

Posted by hrtrader on 15-Sep-08 09:53    

Be Ready for a Selloff This Week - While I would not be surprised to see continued indecision and low-volume buying early in ... More

Posted by hrtrader on 13-Sep-08 04:00