ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, January 21, 2016 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 11/13/2015 Our main directional indicator, the Domestic Trend Tracking Index (TTI-green line in above chart) has recently crawled above its long term trend line (red) …
Oil & ECB Move Markets Higher
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets After Wednesday’s wild ride and sizable stock market reversal that limited losses, Wall Street attempted a rebound Thursday with the Dow rising triple digits after oil jumped 5% and European stocks rallied on ECB stimulus talk. Wall Street kicked off the session wondering if yesterday’s big drop and late-day comeback was a sign of …
Tickets On Sale Now For The Wall Street Roller Coaster!
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Wednesday was a wild roller coaster ride on Wall Street, with stocks moving off of earlier, huge losses and the Nasdaq almost landing in positive territory. The sell-off that has engulfed global stock markets early in 2016 intensified from the market open, with the Dow plunging as much as 565 points and oil breaking below …
Equities End Mixed As Crude Oil Slides
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets The major U.S. stock indexes kicked off the trading week in a mixed fashion. U.S. stocks, still reeling from its worst yearly start ever, were able to close mostly higher in a bumpy trading session as traders shook off fears after China’s 2015 economic growth hit its lowest level in 25 years, …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 01/15/2016
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 16 (last week 18) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …
One Man’s Opinion: Is The Real US Economy More Resilient Than We Realize?
The 10-year US yield is expected to generally move higher throughout the course of this year as yields are down at pretty close to the absolute low-end of the range, said Scott Mather, chief investment officer of US core strategies at PIMCO. Domestic inflation expectations are likely to start rising as it has hit the low point in terms of …