The Natural Gas ETF UNG has to go down in history as one of the worst performers in 2008 and possibly 2009. The downtrend, which started in June of 2008, still has not come to an end and those investors holding on for dear life may have hard time making up their losses. Why bring it up now? If an …
Back To “Normal”
After the modest sell-off last week, M&A; was yesterday’s buzzword, and the markets rallied higher in “normal” fashion. These days, that can be interpreted that a slight pullback is always followed by a rally sufficient to make up the small losses; that is until it no longer works and the trend ends. Some readers have commented that they exited the …
Tips For TIPS
The WSJ reports that “Investors Seek Inflation Haven in TIPS Funds.” Here are some highlights: Rising fears of inflation are fueling an investor rush into mutual funds and exchange-traded funds holding Treasury inflation-protected securities. So far this year, more than $17 billion has poured into funds that invest in TIPS, government-issued bonds whose principal grows with rising inflation, according to …
Sunday Musings: Whose Money Is It Anyway?
At first, I couldn’t believe it. But as more calls and emails came in over the past few months, a pattern seemed to emerge. Apparently, there really was some truth to it. What am I talking about? I am referring to many investors’ disenchantment (too nice a word, really) with their brokers who kept them in the market during last …
Sell Stops For Ultra ETFs
For most of the past week, I have discussed sells stops and responded to various reader questions. Here’s David’s comment: I enjoy reading your blog and have three ETF questions for you. I got totally out of the market before it hit bottom. As the market began to recover I began reinvesting a set amount each month in three ultra …
No Load Fund/ETF Tracker updated through 9/24/2009
My latest No Load Fund/ETF Tracker has been posted at:http://www.successful-investment.com/newsletter-archive.phpSloppy and choppy was this week’s theme as the major indexes lost around 2%. Our Trend Tracking Index (TTI) for domestic funds/ETFs has now crossed its trend line (red) to the upside by +7.74% keeping the current buy signal intact. The effective date was June 3, 2009. The international index has …