This is a WEEKLY chart of FTR. You are looking at about 7 years of history... FTR just recently bought some assets from Verizon. I would say the stock ran up on the purchase and now it is falling back to the uptrend line that started back in early 2014. Is FTR a good investment candidate at this point in time? Let's look at the best part of the chart first. ...
Intermarket Study for 2014 Utilities - XLU - and Health Care - XLV - Outperformed in 2014, and these two sectors saw the biggest % gains later in the year. Health Care and Utilities are considered economically insensitive sectors, and tend to outperform when the market is at risk of a pullback or a sideways markets. Historically, economically-sensitive sectors...
Following OPEC's decision to not to reduce Crude oil production on 27 Nov 2014 Thursday, we note a steep drop on Oil related stocks (ie XOP) on Black Friday Morning. Share prices of Airlines have also continued rally on the upside (ie DAL). While we may run the risks of pullbacks if we were to join the Short Oil/ Long Airlines positions, here is an idea on...