STOCKS JUMP AFTER BERNANKE SAYS RECESSION MAY END THIS YEAR — RSI HAS LOTS OF PICKS; FOREIGN CURRENCIES, ASIAN EQUITIES & MORE February 24, 2009
Posted by Marlowe Cassetti in BBH, DBA, EWH, EWM, EWT, FXC, FXE, FXI, GXC, HHH, HRP, IHI, JQC, KCE, MSF, O, OIH, PGJ.trackback
Today in the market, Tuesday, February 24, 2009: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has given Wall Street a double dose of reassurance. Bernanke told Congress Monday that the recession might end this year, and that regulators aren’t planning to nationalize banks. The news alleviated some of investors’ deepening worries about the economy and the banking system, and the Dow Jones industrial average, coming off its lowest levels since 1997, jumped about 250 points, or 3.5 percent. Other major stock indexes rose about 4 percent. (headline & commentary courtesy of Yahoo Finance)
ETF/CEF Medium Volatility:
- BBH – Biotech Holders
- FXC – Currency Shares Canadian Dollar Trust
- FXE – Currency Shares Euro Trust
ETF/CEF High Volatility:
- DBA – PowerShares DB Multi-Sector Commodity Trust Agriculture Fund
- EWH – HongKong iShares
- EWM – Malaysia iShares
- EWT – Taiwan iShares
- FXI – iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25
- GXC – SPDR S&P China ETF
- HHH – Internet Holders
- HRP – Hrpt Properties Trust
- IHI – iShares Dow Jones U.S. Medical Devices
- JQC – Nuveen Multi-Strategy Income and Growth Fund 2
- KCE – SPDR KBW Capital Markets Index ETF
- MSF – Mgn Stnly Dean Wtr Emg Mk
- O – Realty Income Corp.
- OIH – Oil Services Holders
- PGJ – PowerShares Golden Dragon Halter USX China Portfolio
ETF/CEF Discussion: Before I talk about RSI’s picks, I am is disbelief that the market would have such a big lift from anything that Bernanke has to say, especially a “reassurance”. I don’t think he has a clue about the depth of the current recession. And his academic specialty was the great depression. Go figure.
With that said, RSI has made many picks today that reflect its interest in biotech & medical, foreign currencies, Asian equities, real estate, agriculture, and oil services. Virtually all its picks I would categorize as “falling knife” picks. Consider all these picks highly speculative and use caution. If the market continues to fall, these funds will suffer too.
FYI – O – Realty Income Corp. and HRP – Hrpt Properties Trust are both REITs and are not ETF/CEF. They pay a yield of 9.20% and 13.40% respectively.
Catch you tomorrow
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