ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, October 17, 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 Trend Tracking Index (TTI) broke through its long-term trend line generating a Sell for this area effective 8/9/2011. Over the recent past, …
Earnings Take Center Stage
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] U.S. equity markets closed mostly in the positive sending the S&P 500 to record high, while disappointing earnings reports pushed the Dow slightly lower. Early session pessimism that last night’s short-term agreement by Congress may only be delaying another fiscal showdown to early next year, was met with optimism that tapering of the Fed’s asset purchase …
Market Signals Government Shut Down Is Ending
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Domestic equity markets closed the trading session sharply higher as the fiscal stalemate on Capitol Hill is expected to possibly end a day before the Treasury’s debt ceiling is reached. The Senate is agreeing to a plan that will be voted on by the House later today. The day’s gains brought the S&P 500 within a …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 10/15/2013
Last week’s rebound, powered by endless hope that the government shutdown will come to an end over the past weekend, slowed down as the major indexes pulled back on lack of progress among the warring parties. Still, the S&P 500 managed to tack on 2.6% since last week’s model portfolio report, just about recouping the prior week’s losses. Despite earnings …
Uncertainty Hurts Stock Index ETFs
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] U.S. equity markets finished near their lows in a volatile session following a four day rally in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as yesterday’s optimism that a deal among U.S. lawmakers was close seemed to slip away in the wake of continued bickering among the political parties that have stalled the talks. After the market …
Stocks Bounce Higher After Shaky Start
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] After beginning the day lower on the failure of U.S. lawmakers to come to a debt ceiling agreement to avoid a potential default, stocks ended a volatile session with modest gains to finish higher as bits of news about potential progress came throughout the day. Volume was lighter than usual due to the closure of U.S. …