[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Equity ETFs pared early gains to end mixed Thursday after Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke chose to remain silent, despite market expectations of quantitative easing measures and the Chinese central bank cutting interest rates by a quarter percent to ward off a deepening slowdown. Treasuries remained choppy with the 10-year closing at the highest level in a …
US Stocks Post Biggest Gain Of 2012 On Stimulus Hopes; EPI Pops, VIXY Sinks
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] After equities suffered through their worst loss in 6 months only 3 days ago, it’s only fitting that this was followed by the biggest gain for the year. Such is the world of a manilupated market environment by the Fed. As a result, US stocks surged Wednesday with the S&P 500 and the Dow industrials adding …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 6/5/2012
More loss of upward momentum, since last week’s ETF Model Portfolio report, pulled the S&P 500 down by another 3.5%. That means the S&P 500 is currently showing a YTD gain of +2.22% after having reached a high of some 12% after the end of the first quarter. Our model portfolio #2 had reached a high of +7.89% but is …
Major Market ETFs Rise On Upbeat Services Number; ITB Gains, VXX Dips
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Major Market ETFs closed higher Tuesday for the second straight day, pushing the Dow Industrials into the green territory and snapping four loss-sessions, as investors cheered a better-than-expected ISM index’s nonmanufacturing businesses reading. Gains, however, were limited as the ongoing European sovereign debt crisis continued to overshadow this positive US economic development. Ratings agency Standard & …
06-05-2012
The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker—Monthly Review—May 31, 2012 Major Market Indexes Shift Into Retreat Mode US stocks fell sharply in May as the ADP payroll report showed employers added only 133,000 jobs in May versus a consensus estimate of 157,000. The blue-chips Dow Jones Industrials broke its winning streak and closed the month lower for the first time in 2012. …
US Equities Maintain Negative Bias; EWP Pole Vaults, KWT Crashes
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US equities remained near flat Monday despite witnessing choppiness in early trading as a larger-than-expected drop in factory orders added to souring sentiment about the domestic growth. US factory orders slipped 0.6 percent in April against an expected gain of 0.1 percent. Treasuries retreated for the first time in four days to erase earlier gains amid …