Every so often I talk about known and unknown uncertainties, and the power they have to derail markets, especially in today’s volatile environment. The latest uncertainty, which became known after the markets closed on Friday, was S&P’s downgrade of U.S. debt from its sterling AAA rating to AA+. While the possibility of a downgrade was not breaking news, the sudden …
Last Week In Review: ETF News And Blog Posts To 8/7/2011
In case you missed it, here’s a summary of the ETF topics that I posted to my blog during the week ending on 8/7/2011. Another sharp downside week pushed the major domestic indexes to the edge of slipping into bear market territory, according to my Domestic TTI. After Friday’s close, Standard & Poor’s announced the downgrade of U.S. debt from …
Thoughts On Hedging The Permanent Portfolio Fund (PRPFX)
As you know from my Wednesday ETF Model Portfolio posts, my preference in my advisor practice is the use of portfolio #1, which includes a core holding in PRPFX, the only mutual fund I currently use and advocate. During the recent market upheaval, PRPFX has held up extremely well and therefore has given us the type of portfolio stability I …
ETF Leaders And Laggards – For The Week Ending 8/5/2011
Here is a quick ETF review of the past week’s winners and losers from my High Volume ETF Master list: Some of last week’s contenders remained in the top spots, as a flight to safety continued to be the name of the game during the market drubbing of the past 5 trading days. We have now knifed through major support …
08-05-2011
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker For Friday, August 5, 2011 ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2011/08/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-updated-through-842011/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, August 5, 2011 SELL-OFF TSUNAMI Volatility continued today as the Dow see-sawed from a plus 171 points to a minus 245 points, but ended up settling at +61. The other major …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, August 5, 2011
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2011/08/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-updated-through-842011/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, August 5, 2011 SELL-OFF TSUNAMI Volatility continued today as the Dow see-sawed from a plus 171 points to a minus 245 points, but ended up settling at +61. The other major market ETFs followed a similar pattern and, after it …