[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Markets tumbled the most in a month as soft consumer spending growth in the third-quarter raised questions about the overall strength of the economic recovery. The BetaPro MSCI Emerging Markets Bull+ & Bear+ ETF shares are currently trading down about 3.3% on the day. Overshadowing disappointing headlines was Twitter’s more than 70% …
Index ETFs Maintain Upward Bias
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets European equities headed higher supported by strong readings on factories and hopes that the ECB may take additional easing steps. That proved to be a springboard for the domestic indexes which, after an early rally, pulled back and then slowly inched their way higher with the DIA reaching a closing high. Again, …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 11/5/2013
The month of October closed on a slight down note as the markets had to digest the highs the major indexes were making. We have been bouncing against a glass ceiling, as far as the S&P 500 is concerned, as the index slipped by some 0.5% since last week’s ETF model portfolio report. Bond ETFs have been making a comeback, …
Bonds Drop As Index Leaders Play Musical Chairs
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Emerging-market stocks dropped to a one-month low, led by Turkish equities, on concern that a slower expansion in the euro area will crimp global growth. While Bond ETFs have risen from the dead, they still are hovering below their long-term trend lines and are not in a buy mode at this time. …
11-05-2013
The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Monthly Review—October 31, 2013 Euphoria Drives US Stocks Near All-Time Highs In October US stocks finished higher in October amid speculation the Federal Reserve would withdraw its stimulus by as early as January and despite a prolonged government shutdown at the beginning of the month that threatened to derail the nation’s economic recovery. The blue-chip …
Keeping The Bull Alive
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets U.S. stocks rose, after the S&P 500 Index climbed for four straight weeks, as Exxon Mobil Corp. and U.S. Steel Corp. led a commodity rally while investors awaited data on employment and economic growth. All major indexes gained as the chart above shows. About 5.7 billion shares changed hands, the slowest trading …