Last Week In Review: ETF News And Blog Posts To 3/31/2013

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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 3/31/2013. Despite the uncertainty and questionable outcome of the Cyprus debacle, the US markets only took a short breather before continuing their relentless match towards higher milestones. The S&P 500 finally hit pay dirt on …

One Man’s Opinion: Have Asset Bubbles Been Formed Already?

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Asset markets are elevated because monetary policies are very active, says Ben Emons, Senior Vice President at PIMCO. Take last week. The Federal Reserve came out with a statement, which was very similar to previous statements and very much indicative that quantitative easing by far is not over. Similarly, if we look forward to next week, the comments coming from …

New ETFs On The Block: Market Vectors Treasury-Hedged High Yield Bond ETF (THHY)

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Van Eck Global, the New York-based fund provider behind the Market Vectors ETFs, has rolled out the Market Vectors Treasury-Hedged High Yield Bond ETF (THHY). The fund seeks to exploit the income potential of below investment-grade US corporate bonds in low interest-rate environments, but hedges the interest rate risk through the use of Treasury notes. In other words, it’s an …

ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, March 29, 2013

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ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2013/03/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-03282013/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, March 29, 2013 S&P 500, DOW HIT RECORD HIGHS ON GDP DATA; EUROPE STOCKS UP FOR A SECOND MONTH US stock indexes closed higher, wrapping up a strong first quarter Thursday with the S&P 500 and the Dow industrials finishing …

Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter – Updated Through 03/28/2013

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ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, March 28, 2013 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 …

A Mixed Day On Data And Europe; Italian Political Turmoil Weighs

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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] The major indexes recovered from an early drop to finish mixed amid concerns Europe’s debt crisis is worsening and as pending home sales in the US tripped in February. Equities headed to their session lows shortly after the open when a report from the National Association of Realtors showed pending home sales declined 0.4 percent in …