Stocks and Dollars

Alan Brochstein, CFA submits:

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Michael Albert submits:

Few investors buying international stock ETFs fully understand what makes up the return. For example, investors betting on (or against) European equity markets might decide to trade the EAFE Index ETF (EFA). When fears over Greece erupted earlier this year, the popular ETF went down heavily before recouping its losses.

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WhisperNumber.com submits:

Baker Hughes (BHI), Mastercard (MA), and Fluor Corp. (FLR) are classic whisper reactors with strong upside potential when topping the whisper number expectation.

We’ve seen a number of big post-earnings price moves in recent weeks. Last month we watched as Blythe Industries (BTH) jumped 9.3% in just one trading day following their report, Carmax (KMX) moved +8.6% in just two trading days, and Jabil Circuit (JBL) saw a 9.7% increase in three trading days. More recent reports include Wells Fargo (WFC) moving 6.5% in just eight trading days following their report on October 20th, while Comcast (CMCSA) moved a strong 6.9% in just two trading days following their report on October 27th. All had one thing in common – they were able to top their whisper number.

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EURUSD may have collapsed off the 1.4157 level in early Oct’2010 and embarked on a corrective weakness which is now in its third week, but continues to maintain its medium term bullish tone set from the 1.1875 level, its 2010 low. Having ended its weakness started from the 1.5143 level,

As corrective recovery continues to build up, USDCHF saw another bullish weekly close on the back of its previous week rally last week. Although price hesitation was experienced on Thursday and Friday (daily chart), the pair continues to hold on most of its recovery gains started from the 0.9462 level.

EURUSD may have collapsed off the 1.4157 level in early Oct’2010 and embarked on a corrective weakness which is now in its third week, but continues to maintain its medium term bullish tone set from the 1.1875 level, its 2010 low. Having ended its weakness started from the 1.5143 level,

As corrective recovery continues to build up, USDCHF saw another bullish weekly close on the back of its previous week rally last week. Although price hesitation was experienced on Thursday and Friday (daily chart), the pair continues to hold on most of its recovery gains started from the 0.9462 level.

Markets were basically indecisive last week as a number of event risks approach. We’re talking about a whole lot of events this week including the anticipated QE2 announcement from Fed, four other major central bank meetings (RBA, ECB, BoE and BoJ), US mid-term election as well as non-farm payroll. Note