ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, June 30, 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% trailing …
High Volume ETFs On The Cutline – Updated Through 6/29/2011
The rebound continued over the past week, in part fueled by positive news out of Greece, as well as quarter-end window dressing by portfolio managers. While the major market ETFs had a nice run, the rally is somewhat suspect as it was accompanied by not much conviction due to low volume. Of course, nothing has been really resolved with the …
6 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 6/28/2011
With the markets bobbing and weaving, but going nowhere since last Tuesday’s close, our ETF Model Portfolios followed the general trend of the major indexes, but headed slightly lower. In terms of YTD performance, there was no change in the ranking food chain, as the #3 portfolio continued to have the edge with #1 in the second position. Again, the …
Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated as of 6/27/2011
Despite yesterday’s rebound, which faded towards the close and was accompanied by low volume, improvements around the cutline (trend line) were negligible. Last week’s featured widely held international funds, FDIVX, VGTSX and TRIGX, slipped further down the rankings and ended up somewhere below the -20 position. The international Sell signal remains intact as our International TTI (Trend Tracking Index) has …
ETFs On The Cutline – Updated through 6/24/2011
Despite the markets closing fractionally higher from a week ago, more slippage and juggling around the cutline was evident. The position improvements were minor with heavyweight TMW (Wilshire 5000) inching back to +4 from last week’s -3. VTI (Total Market Index) dropped in from a level above +20 and slipped below its line to a -4 position. VUG (Vanguard Growth) …
Last Week In Review: ETF News And Blog Posts
In case you missed it, here’s a summary of the ETF topics that I posted to my blog during the week ending on 6/26/2011. With market volatility continuing to take center stage, anything is possible. If the S&P 500’s 200-day moving average gets decisively broken to the downside, watch out, because our Domestic TTI is likely to follow. Stay tuned …