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 9/18/2011. In a reversal from the prior week, the main event, the European debt saga, was put on the back burner thanks to plenty of jawboning by various politicians designed to appease the markets. It …
Revisiting The Lost Decade
With the markets being stuck in a trading range over the past few weeks, it’s easy to forget to once in a while look at the big picture to see where we have been and where we might be going. Doug Short produces some of the best charts in the business. He’s just updated the lost decade by comparing the …
Last Week In Review: ETF News And Blog Posts To 9/11/2011
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 9/11/2011. The European debt crisis accelerated this past week and pulled world markets sharply lower. As I have mentioned before, that fact is not really news, but the timing of it is. I would expect …
ETF Volatility Likely To Continue In September
After the month of August unleashed bearish forces and gave investors wild rides on both sides of the unchanged line, we are now facing September, which historically has been the worst performing month for the equity markets. MarketWatch had some thoughts on what’s coming up in “Looking at a scary September:” This September is likely to be particularly volatile as …
Life After Selling Your Equity ETFs
One of the most frequent questions I have received during the past few weeks, as sell stops got triggered, while our Trend Tracking Indexes (TTIs) slipped into bear market territory, was where to put the proceeds from the sales. Sure, some investors remain in limited PRPFX positions, but other holdings were liquidated, and the monies are looking for a new …
Last Week In Review: ETF News And Blog Posts To 8/21/2011
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 8/21/2011. The S&P 500’s prior week’s loss of -1.7% now sounds like minor event as bearish forces gathered momentum and pushed this benchmark index down another -4.66% during the past five trading days despite Monday’s …