MDYV News and Press, SPDR S&P 400 Mid Cap Value ETF (based on S&P MidCap 400 Value Index--symbol: MGD From 02/05/24

2024-02-05 22:35:00 ET Summary It is normal to see huge swings in bonds and stocks on a day when the Fed Chairman releases his FOMC statement and holds a press conference. What is far from normal, however – although we have seen it occasionally – is to see a sharp se...

2024-02-02 19:25:00 ET Summary The upside surprise for Q4 ’23 SP 500 EPS closed the week at +6.4%, versus the +7.2% from Q3 ’23. The revenue upside surprise this week for Q4 ’23 S&P 500 improved to +1.2%, versus Q3 ’23’s +0.9%. The forwar...

2024-02-01 22:50:00 ET Summary The race into 2024 has begun, and the U.S. market is off to a quick start. The S&P 500 jumped out of the gates by +1.6%. The bull market rally broadened out at the end of 2023, but 2024 returned to the leaders of last year’s pack. Out ...

2024-01-31 10:20:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method.  This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...

2024-01-29 22:05:00 ET Summary As we come to the end of January, having made fresh all-time highs in the S&P 500 last week, one is reminded again of the old trader’s saw that, “As January goes, so goes the year.”. October through January tends to be the st...

2024-01-26 19:20:00 ET Summary Earlier this week, the LSEG put up their quarterly earnings preview, and included within was the “market cap weight vs. sector weight” analysis of the 11 S&P 500 sectors. Apple, Meta and Amazon report after the closing bell on Febru...

2024-01-25 00:30:00 ET Summary There are any number of ways to illustrate the disparate performance of individual stocks based on market cap this year. YTD, the second-best performing stock in the S&P 500 - Nvidia – is also the fifth-largest company in terms of market c...

2024-01-24 21:50:00 ET Summary After two years of surging inflation, are we going back to Goldilocks? Investors loved the low inflation environments of the 1990s and 2010s, which delivered huge returns for equities, but they haven’t enjoyed the post-pandemic stock gains as ...

2024-01-24 09:45:00 ET Summary Market volatility can shake the resolve of even the most patient investors. While most low-volatility strategies can provide some measure of risk mitigation in down markets, many fall short during market rallies. An active approach focused on QSP...

2024-01-23 18:40:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 is flat on the session today as of this writing, but that doesn't take away from the fact that it has traded at record highs in each of the past three sessions. The S&P 500 has seen several significant drawdowns in its history, bu...