MarketWatch featured an article on the flash crash of May 6, 2010. Here are some highlights: The ‘flash crash’ turned the stock market on its ear during one violent trading day a year ago, but many investors are still vulnerable to the market’s next bungee jump. Their mistake: stop-loss orders on exchange-traded funds — a move that puts shareholders directly …
Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated as of 5/9/2011
This week, it was déjà vu. With most equity funds hovering way above their respective trend lines, the juggling around the cutline occurred with bond and moderate allocation funds. Despite fear of higher rates, this cutline report confirms the tendency towards lower ones; at least for the time being. For example, the most sensitive bond funds are zero-coupon funds; the …
ETF Face-Off: EEM vs. VWO
With over 1,000 ETFs now making up the universe, there is bound to be some redundancy. If you cut down this large ETF pile and select only those with high average daily volume figures, which I define over $10 million, you end up with less than 100. Even in that much smaller pile there are duplications, which are necessary for …
ETFs On The Cutline – Updated through 5/6/2011
With the equity markets losing steam last week, ETFs around the cutline (trend line) were affected by increased volatility and surprising moves occurred. As I pointed out, you need to look for momentum figures to not only be on the positive side but also show some stability by watching their movement for a week or so. Case in point is …
Last Week’s Lessons: ETF News And Blog Posts
In case you missed it, here’s a summary of the topics that I posted to my blog during week ending on 5/8/2011. With a very volatile week now in the rearview mirror, consulting the Cutline tables and Model ETF Portfolios can assist you in making better investment decisions in the future, as another week loaded with uncertainties is upon us. …
Are Commodity ETFs Bursting?
With the commodity markets having it taken on the chin last week, this may be a good time to review what famed investment manager Jeremy Grantham had to say about this sector a week or so ago. Here’s his view, as well as the markets in general, in “Bad China, good weather will bust commodity market ‘en masse:’” Jeremy Grantham …