It was up, up and away as far as our model portfolios was concerned with the worst one “only” gaining 2% during the past 4 trading days. Especially the income portfolio rocketed higher by gaining over 3%. Obviously, there is no guarantee that this will continue but, right now, the ETF Income portfolio is clearly in tune with market momentum. …
Getting High On Silver ETFs
Silver ETFs have been the hot ticket item outperforming just about any other investment with put and call options setting a single-day volume record yesterday, according the WSJ (subscription required): Silver stole the show in the options market Monday, as traders hoping to profit from the metal’s gains helped set a new single-day volume record in “puts” and “calls” for …
Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated as of 4/25/2011
Here’s the latest update, which includes the Cutline pricing information after a week of market gains. Not surprising, equity funds showed strong upward momentum over the past few trading days: RYAZX (small value) moved from -15 to +3 FAIRX (mid-cap blend) moved from -14 to +4 FSAGX (gold) moved from -2 to +14 In the bond area, we saw the …
Crop-Focused ETFs
It’s no secret that energy and food prices have been the fastest rising component of the monthly CPI report. As a result, investors have poured money into crop-focused ETFs at an alarming rate, as the WSJ (subscription required) reports in “Playing With Your Food:” Corn costs more than twice what it did last June. Wheat futures have shot up by …
ETFs On The Cutline—Updated through 4/21/2011
This week, you’ll notice again that ETFs do not remain in the same position in relation to the cutline for very long when market weakness or strength sets in. With the last few trading days having been bullish, some ETFs improved their positions. Moving above the cutline to a +3 position from -1 last week, was PFF, which now also …
A New Waste Management ETF (WSTE)
A new Waste Management ETF has been launched according to “Global X Funds Launches Waste Management ETF (WSTE):” Global X Funds, the New York based provider of exchange traded funds (ETFs), today launched the Global X Waste Management ETF (Ticker: WSTE). WSTE is approximately evenly divided among the disposal of hazardous waste, non-hazardous waste and recycling sectors. The world’s population …