Continued uncertainty from the lack of progress in the debt ceiling talks pressured the markets, and the major indexes lost for the 3rd day in a row. Not helping were a worse than expected durable goods orders report indicating that an economic slowdown may be indeed a possibility. That’s no surprise to me as I have been elaborating for some …
6 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 7/26/2011
Worries about the debt ceiling battle in Washington kept the market subdued over the past 5 trading days, despite breakout attempts to the upside, which were supported by decent earnings reports. However, lack of follow through kept a glass ceiling on further advances. The S&P 500 is up 5 points since last Wednesday’s ETF Portfolio report. Our ETF Model Portfolios …
Expanded Report: Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated as of 7/25/2011
As announced last week, the mutual fund cutline report has been expanded to show more funds that have broken above the cutline (trend line). Currently, there are 793 funds in my data base, of which I am listing the first 250 that are hovering above the cutline. On the bear market side, or below the cutline, I am tracking 76, …
NEW: Expanded ETF Master Cutline List – Updated through 7/22/2011
As recently announced, I have expanded the previously limited ETF Cutline list to include all funds featured in Thursday’s StatSheet, or more specifically the ETF Master List. In this week’s report, there are 321 ETFs above the cutline (trend line) and 75 below it, of which 20 are listed. This new and expanded version will now make it very easy …
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 7/22/2011. What the market lost two weeks ago, it made back during the last 5 trading days, putting us back to the level of where we were on July 8th, as far as the S&P 500 is …
Downside Portfolio Protection
The Street featured an article titled “Simple Ideas for Downside Portfolio Protection.” As I read it, I got the distinct feeling that there was not much conviction behind the suggestions. I have seen similar articles with the same topic before, and they all appear to say “yes, you can do these things, but…” And the big “but” is this: “While …