Commodities have dramatically outperformed the broader market so far in 2014. The iPath DJ-UBS Commodity Index Total Return ETN (NYSE: DJP) has risen roughly 10% year to date, while the S&P 500 is up just over 1%. Yet not all commodities have kept pace. Coal prices have suffered from the… Read More

After lagging the broader market for more than a year, SPDR S&P Metals & Mining (NYSE: XME) finally put in a bottom in June and has bounced more than 30% from those lows. Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF), a major supplier of iron ore, fell from $100 a… Read More

RadioShack’s (NYSE: RSH) brand may be recognizable, but the same cannot be said for its stock. Shares of the once-popular electronics retailer fell from $24 in 2010 to 20-plus year lows below $2 currently. On the one-year chart, the August low was eclipsed by the January low, but volatility did… Read More

It appears disaster in emerging markets has been averted with a healthy rebound, despite the howls of prognosticators. The decline in China has also been greatly exaggerated, and iShares China Large-Cap (NYSE: FXI) is up about 5% in the past year. I think its drastic underperformance when compared… Read More

It’s “show me the money” time once again for the financials. JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) will kick off earnings season for the group this week. With interest rates still near record lows, I expect the sector’s strong performance to continue. The Financial Select… Read More

Fuel cell maker Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) came out of nowhere to make front-page news repeatedly in the past few months. This included a deal to provide Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) with 1,700 more fuel cell units, hydrogen supply and a six-year service contract — a big coup for this small… Read More

The price of gold has declined below the weekly pivot at $1,300 an ounce, presenting a potentially lucrative buying opportunity. The two-week, nearly $100 drop in the metal is about half of the recent run up from the double-bottom lows. Despite the recent decline, SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) is… Read More

The price of gold has declined below the weekly pivot at $1,300 an ounce, presenting a potentially lucrative buying opportunity. The two-week, nearly $100 drop in the metal is about half of the recent run up from the double-bottom lows. Despite the recent decline, SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) is… Read More

Tech giants sometimes get taken for granted and neglected by investors looking for explosive momentum and growth. Yet we have witnessed industry stalwarts like Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) reinvent themselves, and their shares have rocketed to new highs, despite still trading below the prices seen… Read More

Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) fell from grace in 2013 thanks to the breakup of the Uralkali/Belaruskali potash cartel and plummeting grain prices. In fact, in a banner year for stocks, we see MOS is almost the mirror image of the broader market S&P 500. With corn prices below… Read More

Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) shares went on a tear, more than tripling in price from around $4 in late 2012 to their 2014 highs above $12, made in early January. The stock has since given back a third of those gains, but midpoint support at $8 held strong over the past… Read More