ETF of the Week: Direxion Financial Bear 3x Shares
A mid-week plunge in financial stocks provided short-term traders with an opportunity for quick gains in the leveraged ETF market.
Stock of the Week: Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
The gain of more than 6% in shares of MSO makes Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia our final Stock Trade of the Week for 2011.
Big Weekly Winners: Swing Trading with PowerRatings
Trading against financials and emerging markets were among the ways active investors successfully traded the final week 2011.
Stock of the Week: Locking in Gains in G-III Apparel Group
Looking for good signs out of Europe or Washington, D.C.? Data-driven traders would rather look for positives in the pullbacks and overbought rallies in stocks like G-III Apparel Group.
Biotech, Drug Stocks Top Weekly Gainers
This week’s big weekly winners both come from the biotechnology/drug sector. Take a look at how a pair of top-rated stocks bucked the downward trend.
Stock of the Week: Selling the Buying in Texas Industries
Stock of the Week: As stocks rolled over from their post-Thanksgiving holiday rally, some of the lowest rated, most overbought stocks provided excellent opportunities for short-term traders.
Double Strength Bear Funds Gain in Telecom
Among the biggest gainers in top-rated stocks and ETFs over the past few days are inverse leveraged ETFs in sectors like telecommunications and midcap growth.
RatingsWatch: Commvault Gains 7% in Three Days
RatingsWatch: The holiday-shortened week leading into Thanksgiving was an excellent opportunity for short-term traders willing to buy the selling in top-rated stocks like CVLT.
Leveraged Energy, Tech ETFs Make Huge One-Week Gains
Among the biggest winners from last week were top-rated leveraged ETFs like the Direxion Energy Bull 3x Shares and the Direxion Technology Bull 3x Shares, which gained more than 30% and 20% respectively.
RatingsWatch: Buying the Selling in NetGear
RatingsWatch: As stocks were selling off last week, traders and active investors undaunted by the low-volume sell-off were taking positions in oversold, top-rated stocks like Netgear.
Should Traders Fade Strength in Europe?
5 ETFs for the Next 5 Days: Rumors of a resolution in Europe sent short sellers scurrying to cover their short positions – and shares of ETFs like EWQ higher by more than 6%. Find out whether this new strength in European ETFs is better bought or sold in our latest 5 ETFs for the Next 5 Days column.
Drug Stocks Gain Big in Holiday Week Trading
Big Weekly Winners in Stocks: While most of the market was selling off in the days leading to and from the Thanksgiving holiday, a handful of top-rated pharmaceutical stocks were heading higher.