[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks gained as Wall Street continued trucking higher on the previous day’s rally that sent the Dow back into the black for the year. Traders focused mostly on more earnings reports and corporate deals as they debated whether Monday’s stock market surge was the start of a lasting year-end rally. Equities, which …
Stocks Begin November With A Bang And A New Buy Signal For Domestic Equities
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets U.S. stocks kicked off November with nice rally as investors reacted to a batch of corporate deals, fresh economic data and anticipate another big week of corporate earnings. For first time since Aug. 18 the S&P 500 closed above 2100. The index is now at 2104.05 nearing its all-time closing high of …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 10/30/2015
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 381 ETFs, of which currently 91 (last week 103) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …
One Man’s Opinion: Are Inventory Fluctuations Part Of Business Cycles?
The latest headline gross domestic product number might be disappointing, but beyond the visible decline there is positive story as consumer spending was robust and businesses were still investing – albeit at a slower pace than what was witnessed in the second quarter, said Lindsey Piegza, chief economist at Stifel Fixed Income. The big question, however, remains if the US …
New ETFs On The Block: ProShares MSCI Europe Dividend Growers ETF (EUDV)
ProShares, the largest US provider of alternative exchange traded funds, recently launched a so called smart-beta fund that targets European companies with a proven track record of growing dividends. While the global economic turmoil, including China’s slowdown, has hit European companies hard, when it comes to paying dividends they don’t disappoint investors – as of August 31, 2015, the dividend …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For October 30, 2015
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2015/10/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-10292015/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary A STRONG MONTH FOLLOWED BY A WEAK ENDING [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets While October might go down in history as the month that made up for all the losses since August, this week we saw mainly sideways …