With the market bulls getting the sledgehammer treatment last week, there obviously was more weakness than strength in the most current ETF Cutline report. As I mentioned before, when domestic markets succumb to bearish forces, at times selected county ETFs buck the trend and move higher, or at least hold their ground. That was the case last week as the …
High Volume ETFs On The Cutline – Updated Through 6/1/2011
Despite yesterday’s sharp sell-off, the High Volume ETFs were affected very little, at least if you measure it from last Wednesday’s report. To clarify, High Volume (HV) ETFs are defined as those with an average daily volume of $10 million or higher. These ETFs are generated from my selected list of 90 that I use in my advisor practice. It …
ETFs On The Cutline – Updated through 5/27/2011
With the market’s early sell off, followed by a partial come back and a close to the downside, some of the equity ETFs around the cutline meandered as well with no convincing moves either way. While weakness prevailed, the Latin American ETFs bucked the trend, came out of hibernation and did an about face, at least for this moment in …
Mutual Funds Rush To Join The ETF Movement Via Active Offerings
The WSJ reports in “Mutual Funds Race to Join ETF Fray” (subscription required) that mutual fund companies are accelerating their efforts to join the spreading ETF movement: After watching the exchange traded fund industry streak past $1 trillion of assets recently, a host of mutual-fund companies are stepping up their efforts to get into the game—with a more active but …
High Volume ETFs On The Cutline – Updated Through 5/25/2011
This past week’s pullback in the markets clearly affected the High Volume ETFs as well. To clarify, High Volume (HV) ETFs are defined as those with an average daily volume of $10 million or higher. These ETFs are generated from my selected list of 90 that I use in my advisor practice. It cuts out the “noise,” which simply means …
ETFs On The Cutline – Updated through 5/20/2011
This past week’s rollercoaster ride was reflected on the equity side in the latest ETF Cutline report. More weakness than strength contributed to some slipping and sliding with the exception of the bond arena, which better maintained upward momentum. No surprise there, as bonds tend to rally when equities begin to soften. As in the prior week, more slippage occurred …