ETFs

Financial Select Sector SPDR and the Bernanke Floor

As we approach the 4th and final quarter of 2012 coupled with the Bernanke floor thanks to the unlimited buying of mortgage backed securities banks like JP Morgan (JPM, quote), Wells Fargo (WFC, quote) and Bank of America (BAC, quote) should do well especially with large funds chasing for performance going into year end.

Gold Bars

Gold price continued its climb higher for a second day after Federal Reserve announcement of third round of quantitative easing which weakens the U.S. dollar and in turn strengthen gold’s price as traders look for safety.  The FMOC’s announcement of QE3 was more aggressive than most analysts were anticipating with a plan to purchase 40 billion USD in mortgage backed securities on a ongoing unlimited fashion until the U.S. economy

Option Activity

With the market trying to sort out what Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is trying to single to the market we found several equities with high call and put option volume in afternoon trading.

U.S. Stock Market

Tuesday’s Pre-Market Movers