Tag: iwm

An options trade may be brewing on the iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM). In the July 15-31 period, shorts’ bearish bets on IWM paid off....

Following our recent post about divergence between the German DAX and the S&P 500 Index, here we will examine another case of intermarket divergence...

Today we'd like to point out one of the U.S. Stock market indices that looks appears to be topping: The Russell 2000 (RUT). And we'd like...

As we noted in a post last month, there is a strong seasonal tendency for the large caps (via the SPDR S&P 500 ETF -...

Despite the nearly identical drops of 2.2% this week by the Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) and S&P 500 ETF (SPY), the small caps have...

Volatility has returned to the markets and with it has come increased beta. This likely has many traders rejoicing, but considering the big move...

One positive mentioned plenty in the market this week is small cap outperformance. One might suggest that we are at a sign of a...

Small Cap benchmark index Russell 2000 (RUT) has careened back-and-forth through a 13% range throughout 2014 - up until last week when it plunged...

After a blistering +37% run in 2013, Small Cap benchmark index Russell 2000 has spent the balance of this year oscillating a broad sideways...

Whenever I dig into US equities, my main go-to indices are the S&P 500 and the Russell 2000.  The S&P 500 offers a balanced...