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 3/3/2013.
Again, early this past week we had a sharp sell off in the indexes caused by the outcome of the Italian elections and the constant fear mongering in the main stream media about the upcoming sequester and how devastating these tiny cuts will be to our economy.
Given the size of the debt this country has accumulated and the $1 trillion we need to borrow every year to make ends meet, the $80 billion in forced cuts are hardly more than a rounding error on a balance sheet.
After Monday’s 1.8% drop in the S&P 500, the markets found some support, and we ended the past week a couple of points higher with the month of February being another positive one as far as the stock indexes are concerned.
Over past week, we covered the following:
One Man’s Opinion: Will Sequestration Have A Negligible Effect On Global GDP?
New ETFs On The Block: SPDR Russell 1000 And Russell 2000 Low Volatility ETF (LGLV, SMLV)
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, March 1, 2013
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter – Updated Through 2/28/2013
Indexes Retreat As Senate Rejects Sequestration Plan; Europe Rises On Draghi, Bernanke
Stocks Rise On Housing Data And Bernanke Talk; European Markets Climb As Earnings Top Estimates
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 2/26/2013
Equities Rebound On Economic Data, Fed Speak; Europe Slides On Italian Deadlock
US Indexes Break Below Major Milestone Levels As Italy And Sequestration Hit
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 2/22/2013
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