[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Major indexes ended lower today. However, not without seeing a blue sky. Yahoo shares rallied 6% after the company said it would spin off its remaining holdings in Alibaba into a separate entity. Stock in the new investment company created by the tax-free move, SpinCo, will be distributed to Yahoo shareholders. Speaking …
Stocks Borderline, But Positive To Begin The Week
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks ended higher Monday, with the Dow basically flat, as investors grappled with the consequences of a victory for Greece’s anti-austerity Syriza party in general elections. In corporate news, Microsoft (MSFT) shares dipped slightly today, even after the software giant reported a spike in revenue and profits in line with analyst estimates. …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 1/23/2015
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 410 ETFs, of which currently 244 (last week 217) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …
One Man’s Opinion: Will Europe’s Banking System Remain Weak?
The one thing that stood out in Thursday’s QE announcement by the European Central Bank was how they managed market expectations, said Bob Parker, senior Advisor at Credit Suisse Asset Management. There was fear in the markets that the ECB would fail to meet expectations, but the central bank managed them very well. They came out with a program, which …
New ETFs On The Block: Cambria Global Asset Allocation ETF (GAA)
Cambria Investment Management, the CA-based exchange-traded fund issuer better known for its alternative investment strategies (or Alts), did an encore recently by taking the “low-fee” concept a step further: it launched a zero-fee fund. Cambria’s latest product – Cambria Global Asset Allocation ETF (GAA), charges 0.00 percent in management fees. Rather, it charges a modest 0.29 percent for meeting annual …
01-23-2015
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For January 23, 2015 ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2015/01/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-01222015/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, January 23, 2015 A DISAPPOINTING FINISH TO A FRUITFUL WEEK [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks ended lower today but higher on the week, led primarily by the …