SPY — still on the trend line, just quieter

Early last December I thought the  S&P 500 had shifted from an upward trend line to a sideways trading –I was wrong.   Things are clearly still on the long term trend line, the only difference being that the volatility has really dropped.    Volume has been low–clearly a lot of people are on the sidelines, like me, waiting for a correction.

2023 Ex-Dividend Dates for Russell ETFs: IWM, IWP, IWB, IWZ, IWR, IWD, IWV, IWS, IWO, IWW, IWC, IWL, IWX, IWY, IWF

2023 Ex-Dividend Dates for Russell ETFs: IWB, IWC, IWD, IWM, IWO, IWP, IWR, IWS, IWV, IWZ, IWV, IWS, IWO, IWW, IWC, IWL, IWX, IWY, IWFBased on Ishares’ distribution schedule I expect the next ex-Dividend, pay dates for these ETFs to be: 2023 Ex-Dividend Dates Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Possible Income Distribution 23-March 7-June 26-September 20-December 28-Dec 2022 Pay/Distribution Dates Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Possible Income …

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Countdown to new options symbols

Schwab plans to implement the first phase of the option symbol change-over the 23rd of January.   I’m assuming their software has already been updated and they just need to flip some switch for our client software to start supporting the new format.    This will take some getting used to. A good friend like a SPY January 114 call  symbol:  SPYAJ, will become: Within …

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2004 Redux?

The 12 year chart below shows some interesting correlations between the beginnings of the 2003–20007 bull market and now. In fact the months and SPY values lines up almost exactly. The 2003 bull started in March, and in January 2004 was trading at the 113/114 level (vertical black line) that we are at now. Not that history has to repeat itself, but I think the …

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