[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets In a stunning reversal from yesterday’s sell-off, the likes of which I have described as typical in bear markets featuring big down days followed by big updays without clear long-term direction, oil rallied and pulled the indexes out of the doldrums with the S&P 500 reclaiming the 1,900 level. To be fair, …
Oil Pushes Markets Down A Slippery Slope
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Oil continues to be the dominant market mover in the early days of 2016. Stocks ended lower Monday as oil prices dropped more than 7% and fell back to around $30 a barrel. The drop in oil prices of late is mostly due to global oversupply. It appears that none of the …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 01/22/2016
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 21 (last week 16) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …
One Man’s Opinion: Should Investors Be On Margin Or Leveraged?
Geopolitical risks can weigh heavily on capital markets, since investors that know less about China than the US are more concerned about the world’s second largest economy, said Leon Cooperman, CEO of Omega Advisors. The Chinese market turmoil is very significant for what’s going on in China, but in terms of the global economy, it’s not as significant as people …
New ETFs On The Block: FlexShares Real Assets Allocation Index Fund (ASET)
While commodity and energy prices have been battered over the past 16 months or so, some investors believe prices have nearly bottomed out and expect them to stabilize very soon. The Fed hike was a small step toward monetary policy normalization and contrarian investors would probably want to revisit the so called “real asset” class following their dramatic decline. FlexShares, …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For January 22, 2016
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2016/01/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-01212016/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary DIGGING OUT OF A HOLE [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Wall Street stocks scored a second day of gains Friday after a steep sell-off earlier in the week as oil prices bounced sharply higher and investors banked on …