ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet
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Market Commentary
INDEXES PLUNGE WITH NASDAQ CRASHING 3%
1. Moving the Markets
The major indexes headed south right out of starting blocks with the jobs report confirming the old mantra that good news is bad news, which caused concerns on Wall Street that the Fed could be increasing its interest rate hike cycle this year producing a bearish outcome for equities.
To be clear, the jobs report was OK on the surface but, as has been the case as of late, most newly created jobs came in the minimum wage and part-time arena, hardly the stuff that solid recoveries are made of. Still, unemployment dropped to 4.9% mainly due to the slumping labor participation rate.
The big loser of the day and the week was the Nasdaq, which surrendered over 5% during the last five trading sessions. Big names have been heading south all week, but the mother of all losses was taken today by LinkedIn (LNKD), which got slaughtered at the tune of -44%.
Needless to say, all of our 10 ETFs in the Spotlight slipped as well with Consumer Discretionaries (XLY) getting crushed the most by surrendering -3.23%. To no surprise, the conservative Consumer Staples ETF (XLP) held up very well and gave back on -0.16%.
2. ETFs in the Spotlight
In case you missed the announcement and description of this section, you can read it here again.
It features 10 broadly diversified ETFs from my HighVolume list as posted every Monday. Furthermore, they are screened for the lowest MaxDD% number meaning they have been showing better resistance to temporary sell offs than all others over the past year.
Here are the 10 candidates:
The above table simply demonstrates the magnitude with which some of the ETFs are fluctuating in regards to their positions above or below their respective individual trend lines (%M/A). A break below, represented by a negative number, shows weakness, while a break above, represented by a positive percentage, shows strength.
For hundreds of ETF/Mutual fund choices, be sure to reference Thursday’s StatSheet.
Year to date, here’s how the above candidates have fared so far:
Again, the first table above shows the position of the various ETFs in relation to their respective long term trend lines (%M/A), while the second one tracks their trailing sell stops in the “Off High” column. The “Action” column will signal a “Sell” once the -7.5% point has been taken out in the “Off High” column.
3. Trend Tracking Indexes (TTIs)
Our Domestic Trend Tracking Index (TTI) headed south and deeper into bear market territory confirming that being on the safety of the sidelines is the best place to be in this current environment.
Here’s how we ended this week:
Domestic TTI: -3.24% (last Friday -2.03%)—Sell signal effective 11/13/2015
International TTI: -10.63% (last Friday -8.86%)—Sell signal effective 8/21/2015
Have a great weekend.
Ulli…
Disclosure: I am obliged to inform you that I, as well as advisory clients of mine, own some of these listed ETFs. Furthermore, they do not represent a specific investment recommendation for you, they merely show which ETFs from the universe I track are falling within the guidelines specified.
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