ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, May 22, 2014 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. …
Biotech Gives Pop To Nasdaq; New Data On China’s Manufacturing
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets The stock market opened full steam ahead on Thursday and showed no signs of a pullback. The Nasdaq led index gains today up 0.55%, while the S&P rose 0.21% and the Dow squeezed out a 0.06% increase. The Nasdaq was propelled upwards today by a surge in biotech stocks. The Nasdaq biotech …
Markets Back On Top Across The Board
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Major U.S. stock indexes mounted a solid comeback today; recovering their losses from the prior day and seeing the Dow log its largest gain in five weeks. As the chart above shows, all major indices gained nicely. We heard the latest Fed minutes today, but surprisingly there was little reaction from investors, …
Retail Numbers Drag Markets; MSFT Unveils Surface Pro 3…Are You Excited?
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Markets finished the day all covered in red, with the indexes retreating as the chart above shows. All 10 primary S&P 500 sector indexes fell, and nearly three-fourths of Nasdaq-listed names were down for the day. Yesterday, I mentioned that there were still a few notable companies due for earnings reports this …
Markets Respond Mixed To M&A News As Q1 Earnings Season Winds Down
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Stocks dwindled around breakeven for most of the day, but finished strong led by Internet stocks and mixed M&A success. All the major indexes closed higher as the chart above shows. In M&A news, AstraZeneca (AZN) rejected yet another takeover bid from Pfizer (PFE). AstraZeneca rejected a revised £69 billion ($116 billion) …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 05/16/2014
Below are the latest ETF Cutline reports, which show how far above or below their respective long-term trend lines (39 week SMA) my currently tracked ETFs/MFs are positioned. The first report covers the ETF Master List from Thursday’s StatSheet and includes 398 ETFs, of which currently 338 (last week 338) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …