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) …
Markets Drop; Are The Bears Sharpening Their Claws?
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets The bullish optimism that was powering stocks over the past month is fizzling. Caution and skepticism are poking holes in the sentiments, and the bears are slowly awakening from hibernation it seems. Whether it will be enough to end our recent Buy signal remains to be seen. Oil has resumed its decline, dropping …
Oil Ignites Equities
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Markets rallied today as investors reacted to a rebound in oil prices of over 5%, but hesitancy remains amidst upcoming earnings season and the race for the White House. The outlook for Q1 earnings remains bleak at present. Analysts expect a nearly 8% contraction in earnings, which would mark a third straight …