A couple of weeks ago, MarketWatch featured a story titled “Don’t Just Do Something; Sit There.” Here are some highlights: You learn in grade school that a correction fixes something that is wrong. That’s why “correction” is such a difficult term when it comes to the stock market and investing, because the market is said to be in a correction …
No Load Fund/ETF Tracker updated through 2/18/2010
My latest No Load Fund/ETF Tracker has been posted at:http://www.successful-investment.com/newsletter-archive.phpNo negative front page news was good news, and the major indexes closed higher again for the second week in a row. Our Trend Tracking Index (TTI) for domestic funds/ETFs has now crossed its trend line (red) to the upside by +3.78% keeping the current buy signal intact. The effective date …
An Experiment With Shorting The Market
The WSJ featured an interesting story with the intriguing title “An Experiment Shows The Risk Of Shorting.” Let’s listen in: Back in late October, with stocks rallying, I decided to hedge some of my exposure by buying a “short” exchange-traded fund—an ETF designed to rise when the market falls. At the time, based on historical norms, the market was overdue …
Vanishing Fears
It’s not that the Greek debt crises disappeared over the Holiday weekend, but soothing words and lack of front page news were enough to alleviate or at least postpone fears of an imminent crisis. For the past 1-1/2 weeks, the market was headline driven and kicked around depending on the news from Europe. No news was good news yesterday, and …
Online Broker Commission Cuts Continue
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 …