ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, February 6, 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. …
Stocks Back On Top; ECB Not To Drop Interest Rates
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Stocks here in the U.S. had their best gain in 7 weeks today. The S&P 500 (SPX) closed up 1.24%, the Dow (DJIA) closed up 1.22% and the Nasdaq Composite (COMP) finished the day 1.1% higher. What seemed to have the biggest impact on markets today was the data on weekly jobless …
Volatility Is All The Buzz
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Volatility seems to be the name of the game so far in 2014. One day the markets are down, the next they bounce back only to fall again the day after. All of the major U.S. indices closed in the red today after a private survey showed that U.S. businesses added jobs …
02-05-2014
The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Monthly Review—January 31, 2013 US Stocks End January With Losses; Europe Posts Biggest Decline Since June US stocks suffered their worst monthly decline in over a year in January as disappointing earnings, a continuing selloff in emerging markets and renewed fears over a looming deflation in the euro zone sapped investor confidence. The S&P 500 …
Stocks Bounce Back After Big Sell-Off Monday
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets The U.S. stock market ended the day higher after suffering one of its largest declines in more than seven months yesterday. All major indexes gained as the chart above shows Consumer and financial stocks lead the board for gains today on the S&P 500. Michael Kors (KORS) jumped up 17% on the …
Heading Towards Bear Market Territory; Let’s Hope February Is A Very Short Month
1. Moving The Markets A new report on U.S. manufacturing growth was released today that showed the sector barely expanded in January. This was not a good start for trading in February and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) felt the wrath falling by more than 2% on the day. If you read the last piece I wrote at the …