[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Keeping in sync with the flatness towards the end of last week, markets didn’t move all that much as U.S. indices, Treasuries, and commodities minimally fluctuated. Volume remained relatively thin as the S&P 500 slightly edged up 0.22%. Though markets are caught in a state of flux, the Euro remains weak against the dollar at $1.28/Euro, …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 1/6/2012
Below are the latest ETF Cutline reports, which show how far above or below their respective long-term trend lines (39 week SMA) my currently tracked ETFs/MFs are positioned. The first report covers the ETF Master List from Thursday’s StatSheet and includes 398 ETFs, of which currently 162 (last week 110) of them are hovering in bullish territory. The second report …
Last Week In Review: ETF News And Blog Posts To 1/8/2012
In case you missed it, here’s a summary of the ETF topics and market reviews I posted to my blog during the week ending on 1/8/2012. The major indexes started the first trading day of 2012 with a nice rebound, after the prior week’s sluggish activity, but ended up meandering sideways for the remainder of the week. While domestic economic …
European Banking Crisis – ECB Action Is Not Enough
The ECB has taken drastic measures to ensure the liquidity, and probably more realistically, the solvency of the European banking system. Through long-term refinancing options, which are essentially near costless loans, the ECB has tried to kick start banks into lending mode. However, as apparent in this Financial Times analysis video, these actions have failed to inspire confidence in the …
Are Country ETFs Worth the Investment?
As the whole world seems to have turned upside down in a financial sense, it nevertheless beckons the question of whether opportunities still exist in some parts of the globe. Although the U.S., Europe, and parts of Asia are going through difficult times to say the least, there are other regions which have appeared to do well on a short-term …
01-06-2012
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, January 6, 2012 ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2012/01/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-01052012/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, January 6, 2012 POSITIVE JOBS NUMBERS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO PUSH UP MAJOR MARKET ETFS Although unemployment fell to a 3-year low today, it didn’t do much to catapult markets …