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I look forward to the new trading month, which starts this Friday. The image below tells you everything you need to know. Major economic events are on the left. The concentration and importance of earnings events is represented on the right. Good luck.
In case you haven’t heard, interest rates have had a slight uptick in recent months. Please observe the up-to-date rate charts below and be amazed (and brace yourself for when your monthly mortgage payment is adjusted):
I’d like to trot out our old friend IYR (real estate ETF) once again as a prospective short-sale candidate (or, in my case, long puts, as I did acquire those today). The little fellow has sealed its gap (and then some). I confess, some ETFs are acting a bit stronger than I expected (I’m looking at you, XLV), but hope springs eternal in the bearish breast.
