A convenient and efficient way to track sell stops has been on many readers’ minds. Tom had this to say: How can I get a fund or ETF price automatically downloaded into my personal investment spreadsheet? Setting sell stops based on new highs, etc. requires finding the price and manually entering it in the spreadsheet everyday. When I don”t look …
No Load Fund/ETF Tracker updated through 11/5/2009
My latest No Load Fund/ETF Tracker has been posted at:http://www.successful-investment.com/newsletter-archive.phpOur Trend Tracking Index (TTI) for domestic funds/ETFs has now crossed its trend line (red) to the upside by +7.52% keeping the current buy signal intact. The effective date was June 3, 2009. The international index has now broken above its long-term trend line by +12.24%. A Buy signal was triggered …
Commission Free ETFs
Charles Schwab Corp. has finally entered the crowded Exchange Traded Fund arena as MarketWatch reports in “Schwab lists first ETFs:” The financial-services giant, which boasts nearly 8 million brokerage accounts, listed four ETFs on the NYSE Arca exchange. The ETFs, which are baskets of securities that trade like individual stocks, feature low fees and represent a clear challenge to industry …
Misunderstanding The Trend Tracking Index
Reader Tom had this comment: A provoking question I thought about is: How do I get a fund or ETF based on your TTI? An ETF or fund with the return of your Domestic TTI of 8.53% would be nice. Tom is missing the purpose of the Trend Tracking Index (TTI). It is designed to determine market direction so that …
Losing Steam
One look at the chart tells you that yesterday could have been a real bad day in the markets. An early rally of 145 points in the Dow was completely wiped out as the markets briefly dipped into negative territory as a result of a sharp sell-off in the financials. Things looked pretty bleak at that moment; however, decent economic …
Sell Stops For All Positions All Of The Time
In response to a recent post, reader Don provided this feedback a week ago: This is in response to “How High Can We Go“, and the current overbought condition of the market. John Hussman has a superb article on this, which you can read here. The title alone got my attention: The Stock Market Has Never Been This (Intermediate-Term) Overbought. …