bear market bull market, 2011-05-04

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Investors Poured $22 Billion Into ETFs in April Investors doubled their net buying of ETFs and ETNs in April from the month before, committing an extra $22.4 billion, according to data just released by the National Stock Exchange. ..... Tech Sector Should Drive Markets in the Next Two Years: Pro The tech sector has the “dynamics and play” that can drive the markets in the next two years, said David Goerz, CIO of Highmark Capital. ..... Apple—the Real King of Cash When you look at just the raw cash numbers (including cash equivalents and short-term marketable securities), Apple is down the list at No. 6 with a lowly $29 billion. Here’s what most people—even..... Financials Have 'Tremendous Upside': Stock Picker Bank stocks will eventually help lift the stock market as some of these companies have “tremendous upside,” according to Anton Schutz, president and portfolio manager of Mendon Capital. ..... Market Technicals Still Look 'Relatively Positive': Pros The technical charts still look “relatively positive” and we have “quite a ways to go” in the long-term, according to Robert Sluymer, technical strategist at RBC Capital Markets, and John Wils..... How to Trade Cotton, Sugar and Lumber: Analyst Cotton, sugar and lumber prices have been on the decline in the last month, so how should investors trade each of the commodities? Sterling Smith, commodity analyst at Country Hedging, shared his best..... Large vs. Small Caps—What to Buy: Stock Pickers The Russell 2000 index hit its all-time highs last week but the Dow will continue to be the market leader, according to Jordan Posner, managing director and senior portfolio manager at Matrix Asset Ad..... Has Microsoft Squandered Money on Share Buybacks? Unless you live in a cave, you should know by now that Microsoft is one of the richest of all companies, with $50 billion in cash. A good deal of it has been spent on stock buybacks, which leads to an..... S&P 1,810? Trend Says it Could Happen in a Year Now that the Standard & Poor's 500 has gained more than 100 percent off its bear market lows, history suggests the index could keep rallying another 450 points or so...... Bulls Buying Natural Gas Producer After Share Pullback EQT had a pullback after a big move, and now the bulls are looking for more upside. .....

Sell In May And Go Away First trading day in May and lo and behold, like clockwork, decent selling hits the market. I had mentioned the potential for the dreaded 'Sell in May' to happen earlier this year, which clearly didn'.....     Silver – Technical Analysis Price Chart What a difference a day makes. Actually not really. I still think the prudent thing to do is to wait for some kind of silver price consolidation before thinking about deploying more funds into silver...... Silver Volume Climax – Blow-Off Top The silver price has now officially spiked. The silver short squeeze is over for now. The volume for SLV the Silver ETF has dramatically increased and price has reversed. Buyers have become exhausted .....