ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, October 31, 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 Our main directional indicator, the Domestic Trend Tracking Index (TTI) broke through its long-term trend line generating a Sell for this area effective 8/9/2011. …
Ending October On A Down Note
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Domestic Equity Index ETFs finished a choppy trading session below the flat-line, as investors mulled a mixed bag of earnings and economic data along with yesterday’s decision by the Federal Reserve to maintain its current pace of asset purchases. While it was a second consecutive day of losses for the market, all three major indexes ended …
Rally Ends After Fed’s Weak Growth Outlook
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] U.S. equity markets were unable to extend recent gains as stocks closed the trading session lower on the heels of yesterday’s record setting performances for the Dow and S&P. In economic news, the Federal Reserve announced no changes to its asset purchase program, leaving the target for the fed funds rate unchanged near zero. Trading was …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 10/29/2013
Sideways meandering with an upward bias was the theme as the S&P 500 added another 1% during this final week of the month. It’s been a high performance October so far as pullbacks happened so fast that they could have been easily missed by those looking for an entry point. The widely predicted sell off during this historically volatile month …
Bulls Continue Record Run
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Despite a mixed bag of data from the earnings and economic fronts, and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decision on the horizon, U.S. equities notched further gains today. The S&P 500 continued to set records and registered its fourth consecutive advance to extend its October gain to 5.4%. Treasuries finished unchanged following the deluge of data, …
Stocks Little Changed On Upcoming Fed Decision
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] The U.S. markets finished mixed and near the flatline, as traders look toward a barrage of earnings and economic data this week, headlined by the Fed’s monetary policy decision on Wednesday. The S&P 500 closed at another record high on Monday as expectations were high that the Fed will keep its stimulus in place when it …