ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2015/07/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-07302015/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary HEIGHTENED VOLATILITY; BUT INDEXES GAIN FOR THE MONTH [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Despite a sharp increase in volatility during July, the S&P 500 managed to regain its footing to close out the month with a 2% advance …
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter – Updated Through 07/30/2015
ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, July 30, 2015 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 10/22/2014 Our main directional indicator, the Domestic Trend Tracking Index (TTI), broke through its long-term trend line generating a “Sell” for this arena effective 10/14/2014, …
Treading Water
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets At the end of the trading session, the S&P 500 had hardly moved, despite some volatility early on, as the chart above shows. A mixed earnings picture pretty much cancelled out any positive or negative effect on the indexes. It looks like we’re still stuck in a wide sideways pattern with the …
Bulls Extend Market Rally
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets The bulls were clearly in charge, and the major indexes managed to build on yesterday’s gains with the S&P 500 pushing through the 2,100 level again by adding another 0.75%. Despite the same old useless jawboning by the Fed about their intentions, or lack thereof, of hiking rates in the fall, traders …
Reversing the Slide
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets The major indexes managed to put a stop to the worst pullback since January as the markets simply got oversold. Helping to a good start early on were better-than-expected earnings by UPS and Pfizer while energy shares found some momentum to the upside and even copper managed to pull itself out of …
Chinese Stocks Drop 8.5%—Domestic Equity Slide Continues For 5th Day
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Blame it one the Chinese. With the Shanghai index tanking some 8.5% in today, there was simply no other way to go but down. European stocks took the clue, and the German DAX dropped 2.6%. Following the leaders, the bears quickly took the upper hand in the U.S. markets and down we …