The theme of hedging currency risk within the same wrapper of an international equity portfolio has gained popularity in the US, particularly after the greenback’s continued strength amid diverging monetary policies across the Atlantic. WisdomTree, the fifth-largest US issuer of exchange traded funds, has been fairly successful in gauging investors’ preference as evidenced from their wildly successful WisdomTree Japan Hedged …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For August 28, 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-08272015/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary CLOSING WITH A WHIMPER AFTER A TUMULTUOUS WEEK [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets One look at the chart tells the entire story. It was a wild and tumultuous week that ended up on the plus side but could …
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter – Updated Through 08/27/2015
ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, August 27, 2015 If you are not familiar with some of the terminology used, please see the Glossary of Terms. 1. DOMESTIC EQUITY MUTUAL FUNDS/ETFs: SELL — since 8/24/2015 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, …
Indexes Continue Rising Despite China Concerns
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks surged again as Wall Street built on the Dow’s historic rally Wednesday. Order is now allegedly restored in the U.S. stock market following its first dip into correction territory in four years. Investor angst is on the decline and stock prices were again on the rise following the Dow’s nearly 620-point, …
A Rebound With Legs Or Another Dead Cat Bounce?
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets The Dow rebounded big time today, surging nearly 620 points, which is its third-best daily point gain ever and best since 2008. This finally ended a painful six-day losing streak and gave Wall Street the signs of stabilization it has been craving after its worst rout in four years. Giving the markets …
Bounceback Tuesday Turns into Vicious Sell-off—China Dumps Again
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets This morning, China’s Shanghai index took another cliff dive at the tune of some 7.6%, but the European and U.S. markets simply ignored it as they were busy celebrating the Tuesday bounce-back, which took the Dow up by some 440 points. Unfortunately, the euphoric feeling did not last, and the major indexes …