Trading Markets

Booming Markets and Bust-Proof ETFs

Trading By the Numbers: If the vertigo of a 490-point day in the Dow has your head spinning, ground yourself and your portfolio with these inverse ETFs.

Trading the Friendly Skies of Airlines Stocks

Trading By the Numbers: On a day when AMR Corporation ^AMR^ announced that American Airlines would be filing bankruptcy, should traders be suspicious of strength in the company’s rivals?

Selling in Oil Stocks Lead to Edges in ETFs

Trading By the Numbers: With selling in energy stocks sending oil and gas ETFs deeper into oversold territory, funds like the Direxion Energy Bull 3x Shares could be among those to attract buyers as early next week.

Up With Intel’s Downgrade!

Trading By the Numbers: Is the downgrade in Intel a “thumbs up” for traders looking to buy weakness and sell strength? Find out in today’s Trading By the Numbers stock report.

Are Dividends A Trader’s Best Friend?

Trading By the Numbers: Dividends may be an investor’s best friend. But top-rated ETFs consisting of dividend-paying stocks can be pretty friendly to short term traders, as well.

Waiting on Europe, Watching the Euro

Trading By the Numbers: Will the weekend bring a long-awaited resolution to the European debt crisis – or at least an agreement on a way forward? Here are the ETFs traders will want to keep an eye on when markets open Monday morning.

With Retailers On the Run, Should Traders Chase?

Trading By the Numbers: Recent 52-week highs in retail have been catalysts for traders and active investors to lock in gains and take profits. But do these pullbacks spell opportunity for traders looking for bargains in bull market territory?

Amazon.com, Target Selling Weighs on Retail

Trading By the Numbers: With strong selling in major retailers like Amazon.com and Target, it is little surprise to see the Retail HOLDRS ETF pulling back into oversold territory ahead of Thursday’s open.