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Check-up on China and the Baltic Dry

China's Shanghai Composite stumbled significantly during the late summer, but it has come back nicely with a gain of 24.5% off of its lows at the end of September. While its rally has been impressive, Shanghai has yet to take out its 2009 highs made in ...

From BESPOKE INVESTMENT GROUP, Seeking Alpha,  19 Nov 2009

Most and Least Heavily Shorted Russell 1,000 Stocks

End of October short interest figures were recently released by both the NYSE and Nasdaq, and below we highlight the stocks in the Russell 1,000 with the highest and lowest short interest as a percentage of float. For the major indices as a whole, ...

From BESPOKE INVESTMENT GROUP, Seeking Alpha,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NYSE,  Barnes & Noble, Inc.,  Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.,  KB Home,  ConocoPhillips

Buffett's Holdings Outperforming in Q4

With the release of Berkshire Hathaway's holdings as of the end of the third quarter yesterday, we can take a look at how these holdings have been doing so far this quarter. As shown at the bottom of the table, Buffett's Berkshire holdings are ...

From BESPOKE INVESTMENT GROUP, Seeking Alpha,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Berkshire Hathaway,  Burlington Northern,  USG

Midcaps Lead the Way in 2009

As shown below, the S&P Midcap 400 has outperformed its large and smallcap brethren so far in 2009. The Smallcap 600 has been the worst performer with a gain of 15.4%, but it was down the most during the declines in the first quarter, so it has had to ...

From BESPOKE INVESTMENT GROUP, Seeking Alpha,  12 Nov 2009

Best Performing Stocks Since 3/9/09 and 10/9/07

Below we highlight the best performing Russell 3,000 stocks since the March 9th, 2009 low as well as since the October 9th, 2007 market peak. As you'll see, the majority of the stocks that have done the best since March 9th are still down significantly ...

From BESPOKE INVESTMENT GROUP, Seeking Alpha,  12 Nov 2009

Breadth Not Yet Confirming New Highs

As we noted on Tuesday, breadth as measured by the cumulative advance/decline line has not yet confirmed the market's recent rally to new highs. The same holds true for another breadth indicator that tracks the percentage of stocks trading above their 5 ...

From BESPOKE INVESTMENT GROUP, Seeking Alpha,  12 Nov 2009

Crude Oil Inventories Back on the Upswing

After last week's much larger than expected drawdown in oil inventories, this week's report showed a partial rebuild. While the consensus forecast was for a build of 1 million barrels, the actual increase was much greater at 1.762 million barrels. As a ...

From BESPOKE INVESTMENT GROUP, Seeking Alpha,  12 Nov 2009

Stock Market Returns Lost in Translation

One of the side effects of a weaker dollar is that the returns for foreign investors who invest in US assets are diminished. While the value of the asset may rise in dollar terms, if the dollar is losing value, the investor takes a hit when they ...

From BESPOKE INVESTMENT GROUP, Seeking Alpha,  9 Nov 2009

Two More New High Notables

Along with the Dow hitting new bull market highs today, two other notable securities have done the same. As shown below, Google (GOOG) broke to new highs this morning and is now trading above $560. One of the more popular China ETFs (FXI) also broke ...

From BESPOKE INVESTMENT GROUP, Seeking Alpha,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.

Dow Hits New Bull Market Highs

Don't look now, but the Dow just hit a new intraday bull market high. As shown below, the start of November looks much like the start of October. Both times the Dow traded down to its 50-day moving average, held support, and then bounced nicely to make ...

From BESPOKE INVESTMENT GROUP, ETF Investor,  9 Nov 2009

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