Actively managed exchange-traded funds have failed to capture investors’ imagination in the US despite the overall ETF industry growing apace with assets under management crossing $2 trillion in 2015. Actively managed fixed income funds, however, have fared better by cornering two-thirds of the $24 billion overall active niche. New York-based Guggenheim Partners – the eighth largest US ETF issuer, recently …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For March 11, 2016
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- https://theetfbully.com/2016/03/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-03102016/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary OIL DRAGS MARKETS HIGHER [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets The rebound rally continued and sent stocks to their highest point of the year as oil prices jumped and investors continued to assess the European Central Bank’s additional stimulus measures. After yesterday’s disappointment, today it was all euphoria and “risk-on” …
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter – Updated Through 03/10/2016
ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, March 10, 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) …
Draghi’s Bazooka Backfires—Lots Of Noise, No Result
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets There was a lot of movement in the markets today that only resulted in minimal changes at the closing bell. Markets stayed flat after a roller coaster ride of reactions to reports from the ECB and decisions regarding oil. Lots of buzz about the European Union today! News came in that the …
Seven Years Since The Last Bear Market Low
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Spanning headlines today were 7-year anniversary nods to the bull market. Stocks gained slightly as the bear market rebound that has been in place since February 11 is trying to continue with investors latching on to recent data hoping that the the U.S. is not headed for an imminent recession. In M&A …
Dow Snaps 5-Day Win Streak
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Yesterday, I pointed out that investors would be closely watching a slew of economic data this week, one piece of which was China’s trade numbers. Well, the numbers came in today and were disappointing to say the least. Imports fell 13% and exports dropped a whopping 25%. That is a big number …