[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Coming off a three week losing streak, the stock market kicked off the new week in rally mode as investors eyed more retail earnings, digest news related to corporate deals and await Wednesday’s release of minutes of the Fed’s April meeting. All three major indexes gained at least 1% on the day. …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 05/13/2016
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 242 (last week 263) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …
One Man’s Opinion: “We Are Unsure Whether To Wear A Helmet Or A Diaper” – Merger Arb Funds Crushed
By ZeroHedge 2015 was the year of M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions): some $5 trillion in global merger and acqusition deals were announced, the highest level ever, topping even pre-crash 2007. In fact, last year there were more mega-deals, those valued at $20 billion or above, than ever. In all, there were 17 deals at or above that value compared with …
New ETFs On The Block: SPDR Doubleline Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF (EMTL)
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the Boston-based third largest US issuer of exchange-traded funds, and DoubleLine Capital – promoted by star fixed-income manager Jeffrey Gundlach, recently rolled out a pair of new ETFs; one aimed at fixed income securities from emerging markets and another at short-maturity bonds. The actively managed SPDR DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed Income ETF (EMTL) seeks to …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For May 13, 2016
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- https://theetfbully.com/2016/05/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-05122016/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary MARKETS END WEEK ON A DULL NOTE [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Although all 3 major indexes ended in the red, we heard some positive news that retail sales rebounded in April and jumped 1.3% after dropping 0.3% in March. It is the largest rise in 13 …
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter – Updated Through 05/12/2016
ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, May 12, 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 crossed above its long term trend line (red) …