The NYT featured an interesting article titled “What To Look For In An Online Broker,” which features a comparison of the major players in the business: Charles Schwab fired the first shot when it cut its trading commissions last month, and now Fidelity and E*Trade have followed with price cuts of their own. All of the changes may have made …
Is It Time To Sell Bond Funds?
One reader has a portion of his portfolio invested in bond funds and is wondering if they still make sense. This is what he had to say: Do you have any insights and advise for people who are currently holding bonds such as MWHYX and PTTDX in their portfolios? While both of these funds have performed phenomenally over the past …
Sunday Musings: It’s All About Personal Choice
Some new readers of this blog are not up to speed as to what trend tracking is all about and still have a buy-and-hold mentality. Here’s one comment I recently received: While a 7% sell stop strategy may prevent major losses during a Market melt down, they also greatly inhibit the upside over the long run. John Bogle, and many …
Above The Sell Stop
One reader was looking for some clarifications as the Trend Tracking Indexes (TTIs) have retreated sharply with recent market activity. This is what he had to say: You mentioned some of your sell stops were hit. I have to believe all were hit since hardly anything has withstood a 7% loss, this Tuesday’s rebound notwithstanding. So given that the TTI …
No Load Fund/ETF Tracker updated through 2/11/2010
My latest No Load Fund/ETF Tracker has been posted at:http://www.successful-investment.com/newsletter-archive.phpThe sideways pattern continued although the major indexes managed to close slightly higher. Our Trend Tracking Index (TTI) for domestic funds/ETFs has now crossed its trend line (red) to the upside by +2.96% keeping the current buy signal intact. The effective date was June 3, 2009. The international index has now …
More Commission Free ETFs
After Schwab had thrown down the gauntlet a few months ago by offering a small menu of commission free ETFs, it was only a matter of time before someone else picked it up. MarketWatch reports in “Big brokers cut commissions to draw ETF assets:” Online brokers are fighting hard for a greater share of the fast-growing exchange-traded fund business, and …