The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Monthly Review—March 31, 2013 S&P 500 Finishes At A Record High And Erases Losses From 2008; Europe Higher For A 10th Month US equities finished March on a high, lifted by relief that Cyprus averted an economic collapse and surprisingly strong domestic economic data. On the last trading day of the month, the S&P 500 surpassed …
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter – Updated Through 04/04/2013
ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, April 4, 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 …
Bank Of Japan Stimulates US Markets; Europe Slips On Draghi Comments
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US equities closed higher, rebounding from the biggest sell off in more than a month for the S&P 500 index, as cheer over Bank of Japan’s monetary stimulus offset a rise in US jobless claims. Japan’s central bank provided the early boost to equities today with an announcement it would buy 7 trillion yen (about $73 …
US Indexes Retreat On Disappointing Data; Europe Tracks Lower
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US equities headed sharply downhill, with benchmark indexes sliding to their lowest levels in more than five weeks as oil prices plunged and labor market data disappointed, spurring concern on economic growth ahead of Friday’s all-important nonfarm payrolls report. Before markets opened, New Jersey-based private payroll-processor ADP Research Institute reported companies hired 158,000 workers in March, …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 4/2/2013
While the S&P 500 only gained 0.38% since last week’s ETF Model Portfolio report, it was a gain nonetheless. With metals tanking and bond prices sinking, it has become clear that the Fed’s primary goal is to continue to lift the equity indexes so that we all can feel the wealth effect and consequently engage in rampant spending to prop …
DIA And SPY Close At Record Highs Amid Factory Orders, Cyprus Deal; Europe Rallies
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US stock index ETFs closed higher on Tuesday, with the Dow industrials and S&P 500 finishing at record closing highs as US factory orders topped estimates and health insurers rallied after winning an increase in a key Medicare payment rate. Factory orders rose by three percent in February, boosted by demands for commercial aircraft and automobiles. …