ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, March 31, 2011 If you are not familiar with some of the terminology used, please see the Glossary of Terms. 1. DOMESTIC EQUITY MUTUAL FUNDS/ETFs: BUY— since 6/3/2009 As announced via a blog post, on 6/2/2009, the TTI triggered a buy signal with an effective date of 6/3/2009. We will use the 7% …
New Dividend ETF Launched (HDV)
For those investors on the lookout for income, here’s another income ETF in the pipeline as the WSJ (subscription required) reports: BlackRock (BLK) is set to launch Thursday another dividend-focused fund. The iShares High Dividend Equity Fund (HDV) follows the family’s first and most popular similar themed ETF, the $6 billion iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index Fund (DVY). It …
Do Japan ETFs Still Have Upside Potential?
That was the question posed in “Japan ETFs: Still Room To Run?” In the days after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, opportunistic investors pumped record amounts of cash into exchange-traded funds that invest in Japanese companies. But now, more than two weeks after the disaster, is the bargain hunting over? Japan ETFs are the quickest and easiest way for …
Lowest Cost ETFs On The Horizon
Schwab threw down the gauntlet last year by offering their suite of no transaction fee ETFs. Scottrade now picked it up as the WSJ reported (subscription required) in “Scottrade ETF Plan: Lowest Cost:” Discount brokerage Scottrade Inc. is launching a suite of low-cost exchange-traded funds, a move that could put further pressure on fees. On Wednesday, the closely held firm …
ETFs Rally In The Face Of Weak Economic News
No sense in figuring out yesterday’s market behavior. All major market ETFs rallied all of a sudden at mid morning for no obvious reason other than that the S&P 500 bounced off its 50-day moving average; a bullish sign. Let’s face it, economic news was miserable.
ETF Tracker StatSheet Improvement
Something that’s been bugging me for a long time is the fact that I have only been able to publish the weekly StatSheet data in PDF format. Over the past weekend, I finally figured out a way to extract the numbers for use in a spreadsheet. As a result, starting with this week’s publication, you will now have access to …