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Bonds Fall As ISM Rises

The 20+ Year Treasury ETF (TLT) bounced off support last week, but fell today as the ISM Manufacturing Survey surged to 55.7. Readings above 50 favor economic expansion. Bonds fell and the 10-Year Treasury Yield ($TNX) rose with this positive economic news. Signs of strength in the economy increase the chances that the Fed will raise interest rates in the future.

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Singing in the (Ticker) Rain (FAS/FAZ)

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This is not your typical stock chart.  This is what you see after running our Ticker Rain program for a while.  It can show you what tickers are popular on StockCharts.com.  More importantly, it can show you what everyone else is looking at.  Each column represents a bunch of chart requests for a particular symbol.  The columns "grow" over time with the more popular symbols growing faster.

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Of course SPY (#2) is always popular, but what about some of those other spikes?  Fire up Ticker Rain for yourself and mouse over the columns to see what people are charting.  I'm sure you'll get a couple of good ideas almost immediately.