As announced last Sunday, I have added the Ivy ETF Portfolio in this line up. It’s indentified as Portfolio #6. All portfolios held pretty steady during the past 5 trading days, but came off their highs made last Friday, the last day of April. The S&P 500 gained 0.74% for this period. With a little bit of weakness having set …
How TIPs Inflate Their Yields
You think that some of the yields to be had when buying TIPs these days are simply mouthwatering and hard to resist given the current zero interest rate environment. Before you jump in with both feet, consider this WSJ report (subscription required) titled “How Inflation-Protected Funds Get To Inflate Their Yields:” How would you like to triple the yield on …
Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated as of 5/2/2011
With just about all equity funds being in the stratosphere, and above their respective trend lines, most changes occurred this week with bond and conservative allocation funds. As per the Fed, a zero interest rate policy is being maintained, and some of the bond funds are confirming this trend by heading higher and, in some cases, having crossed their trend …
Gold ETF (GLD) Outshines Gold Mining ETF (GDX)
Is there nothing an investor can count on? A long-held gold investing maxim appears to be breaking down. It used to be that you could count on gold-mining stocks to do twice as well as gold itself when the price of the metal was rising. That’s what the WSJ (subscription required) reported in “Oil Prices Take a Bite Out of …
ETFs On The Cutline – Updated through 4/29/2011
With equities gaining strongly last week to close out the month, surprising moves to the upside happened around the cutline (trend line) as well. The Clean Energy ETF (PWB) rallied from a +2 position to +16 solidifying its rank on the bullish side. However, its momentum figures (see table) are still on the weak side. The same applies to the …
Hindsight For Foresight: 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 5/1/2011. Whether you are looking to deploy new money, or improve upon existing holdings, 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 …