[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Stocks pulled back a tad, snapping a record breaking streak since last Friday. All major indexes gave back some of their recent gains. Although we saw a drop today, markets have been trending up over the past two weeks. M&A activity regained their share of headlines, especially the recent Hillshire-Jimmy Dean-Tyson Foods-Pilgrim’s …
Apple Fails To Impress; S&P And Dow Continue Marching Forward
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets The S&P 500 and Dow both kept moving forward to new record highs today, while the Nasdaq limped to the finish line to close in the red. The S&P 500 realized its 15th record close of 2014, and the Dow posted its 6th record close of the year. There was a folly …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 05/30/2014
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 362 (last week 359) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …
One Man’s Opinion: Will The European Central Bank Be Extraordinarily Aggressive?
There are a series of factors that are driving the current rally in the US bond markets though the main one that has been apparent for a long time and driving the market is the incredible amount of liquidity, said Rick Reider, co-head of America’s fixed income at BlackRock Inc. Some of the reasons include a rush to safety due …
New ETFs On The Block: First Trust Managed Municipal Bond ETF (FMB)
The ride for all sorts of long-duration bonds and bond ETFs turned bumpy in mid 2013 after the former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke announced the central bank would begin to taper its long-running quantitative easing program towards the end of the year. Poor fiscal health management in many municipalities made the situation worse for Munis.The situation for the almost $3.7 …
05-30-2014
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For May 30, 2014 ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2014/05/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-05292014/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, May 30, 2014 EQUITIES HEADING INTO UNCHARTERED TERRITORY [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Equities had several new record highs on the week, lifting the tally to 14 new …