ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, February 2, 2012 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 10/25/2011 The domestic TTI broke through its long-term trend line generating a Sell for this area effective 8/9/2011. Over the recent past, we’ve seen the …
Markets Keep Fumbling Along – Equity ETFs On Standby For Jobs Report
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] After some big gains yesterday, markets returned to more stability today. The S&P 500 inched up 0.11% while European indices such as the DAX were in the green. In addition, the Euro was essentially flat, sticking to $1.31/Euro. Although the VIX dropped over 3% to fall below 18, the 10-year Treasury dipped to a yield of …
January Optimism Seeps Into February For ETFs
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] January’s gains extended into this month as the S&P 500 jumped 1.12% while European and Asian indices were also in bullish mode. Meanwhile, the Euro rose to $1.32/Euro while the 10-year Treasury rose to a yield of 1.83%. Although market volatility has tempered, there is still plenty of risk lying around. The head of the IMF …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 1/31/2012
There was not much change in the S&P 500 since last week’s report, as momentum seemed to have slowed down towards the end of the month. Contributing factors were the never ending European soap opera, mixed U.S. economic reports and simply a market running out of gas after a solid start in 2012. Our ETF model portfolios fluctuated with their …