Principal Financial Group, the financial behemoth with $500 billion in assets under management and better known for its range of 401(k) retirement plans, insurance products and mutual funds, recently forayed into the exchange traded funds segment. The newly launched Principal EDGE Active Income ETF (YLD) is sub-advised by Principal’s EDGE Asset Management unit and seeks to provide current income by …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For August 21, 2015
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2015/08/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-08202015/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary THE BEAR MARKET HAS ARRIVED: DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TTIs IN “SELL” MODE [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks have been in a world of pain this week as selloffs continued. The Dow lost 531 points today, dropping to …
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter – Updated Through 08/20/2015
ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, August 20, 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, …
Equities Get Spanked In Worldwide Rout—Trend Tracking Indexes (TTIs) Slip Into Bear Market Territory
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets It was a sea of red numbers crashing on world equities as Wall Street notched a third straight day of losses with the Dow plunging 358 points. When the markets closed today, the Dow sat below 17,000 for the first time since Oct. 29 last year. Fear is still percolating throughout the …
Fed Fed Fed Was All The News Today
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets The ticking sounds of the countdown clock to the Fed’s interest rate hike are getting louder it seems. The stock market closed lower today after minutes from the Fed’s last policy meeting showed the central bank was “approaching” its first rate hike in nearly a decade. Rates near 0% and cheap borrowing …
Markets Still Moving Sideways; Housing Continues To Perform
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Equities closed lower today after a big earnings miss from Walmart (WMT) and continued concerns over China’s capital markets. All three major indexes here in the U.S. lost and gave back some of Monday’s gains. Investors were cautious in their trading all day after Walmart reported adjusted quarterly earnings of $1.08, which …