[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets After a strong five-day rally that lifted the major U.S. stock indexes well off their lows hit in August, equities ended mixed as Wall Street reassessed the outlook for stocks for the rest of 2015. Healthcare stocks led the decline in the S&P, while a rally in Dupont’s stock (DD) helped keep …
Stocks Roar Back; American Apparel Business Model Fails
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks kicked off the week in rally mode Monday as investors view a Federal Reserve interest rate hike this year as less likely after Friday’s weak jobs report raised questions about the pace of U.S. growth. Third quarter earnings season kicks off this week when Alcoa (AA) reports on Thursday. Analysts are …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 10/2/2015
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 18 (last week 10) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …
One Man’s Opinion: Will Upstream Oil And Gas Companies See A Wave Of Defaults In The Near Future?
The US economy is doing about 2.5 percent real growth and 4.5 percent nominal growth with the labor market tightening pretty dramatically, said Mark Kiesel, Global Head of Corporate Bond Portfolio Management at PIMCO. The decline in domestic inflation is transitory and PIMCO agrees with Fed Chair Janet Yellen that US inflation is headed towards the 2 percent target. In …
New ETFs On The Block: Market Vectors Oil Refiners ETF (CRAK)
Market Vectors, the exchange-traded fund issuing arm of investment management firm Van Eck Global, recently launched a “first-of-its-kind” US-listed ETF that offers a pure play exposure in global refiners. While its common knowledge that US oil and gas producers (in the “upstream”) are bleeding, the story is quite different for oil refiners (in the “downstream”). The refining sector could actually …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For October 2, 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-10012015/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary STOCKS POST STRONG TURNAROUND TO CLOSE VOLATILE WEEK [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks on Wall Street staged a powerful comeback after plunging early Friday as investors reacted to a weaker-than-expected September jobs report. The Dow was down …