[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets All three U.S. benchmarks began the day in positive ground, before sliding back. About mid-afternoon, they faltered into negative territory, ending at session lows by the closing bell. The buzz of late has been all about earnings expectations and how the market will react. If earnings come in negative in the January-March …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 04/08/2016
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 218 (last week 246) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …
One Man’s Opinion: Is There A Disconnect Between Fed’s GDP Forecast And Equity Indices?
The VIX (volatility index) should be at 20 and the S&P 500 index should be at 1,970 said Julian Emanuel, US equity and derivatives executive director at UBS. Investors need to remind themselves that the current environment is different from the past 3 ½ years; it’s a high-volatility environment. The rubber band was stretched to the downside in February and …
New ETFs On The Block: PowerShares DWA Tactical Multi-Asset Income Portfolio (DWIN)
The fund-of-funds investment strategy has become quite popular among investors and exchange traded fund managers have been quick to get off the block in order to capitalize on the growing trend. Invesco PowerShares, a leading global provider of ETFs, recently launched the PowerShares DWA Tactical Multi-Asset Income Portfolio (DWIN) that takes the F-o-F (or rather the ETF of ETFs) investment …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For April 8, 2016
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- https://theetfbully.com/2016/04/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-04072016/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary VOLATILITY REMAINS AT THE FOREFRONT TO END FIRST WEEK OF TRADING [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets It has been a volatile week needless to say; however, markets have not lost too much momentum with the S&P gaining for the day but losing some 1.2% for the week. …
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter – Updated Through 04/07/2016
ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, April 7, 2016 If you are not familiar with some of the terminology used, please see the Glossary of Terms. 1. DOMESTIC EQUITY MUTUAL FUNDS/ETFs: BUY — since 4/4/2016 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) …