In case you missed it, here’s a summary of the ETF topics and market reviews I posted to my blog during the week ending on 4/22/2012.
Last Tuesday’s strong rebound gave encouragement to the bulls, but there was no upside follow through, so the markets meandered with a downward bias for the remainder of the week.
While some are focusing on allegedly great earnings reports, the fact that the bar has been lowered does not seem to matter much. Right now, much of the attention will be on this weekend’s first round of elections in France, after which we’ll be facing a week with some 200 earnings announcements.
Upward market direction is sure to be challenged in the event expectations are not met.
This week, we covered the following:
The Weekly Interview: Emerging Market ETFs
Taking Stock: Currency ETFs For Betting Against The Greenback
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, April 20, 2012
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter – Updated Through 4/19/2012
US Stocks Retreat On Weak Data And Europe Crisis; FBT Pops, TYH Tanks
US Equity ETFs End Lower As Tech Falters; VXX Rises, EWP Sinks
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 4/17/2012
Major Market ETFs Rally As Worries Over Spain Ease; URA Shines, VXX Sinks
US Equities End Mixed On Europe Concerns; ICF Crawls Up, VXX Sinks
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 4/13/2012
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ulli – after reading your cutline report for 4/13/2012 and the defintions im having trouble understanding the charts. does the % up or down for 4,8,12 wks tell you which etfs might stop you out? is the number between %m/a and 4wks propritery? and the m index is it positive for increase momentum and negative for a drop in momentun? just trying to get a better understanding of your charts and hoe i can use them. thanks
Jim,
Take a look a the Glossary of Terms that is posted along with the weekly StatSheet:
http://www.successful-investment.com/GlossaryOfTerms.pdf
That should answer most of your questions.
Ulli…