The moment the battle over the debt ceiling was settled, the markets headed south on the ever increasing awareness that all is not well in economic wonderland, and that the much hoped for second half recovery may very well be a pipedream. Our ETF model portfolios were affected by these selloffs, but some held up better than others. This is …
6 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 7/26/2011
Worries about the debt ceiling battle in Washington kept the market subdued over the past 5 trading days, despite breakout attempts to the upside, which were supported by decent earnings reports. However, lack of follow through kept a glass ceiling on further advances. The S&P 500 is up 5 points since last Wednesday’s ETF Portfolio report. Our ETF Model Portfolios …
6 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 7/19/2011
Finally, we saw the major market ETFs make a solid rebound yesterday, supported by strong IBM earnings, followed by positive signs in the debt ceiling battle and blowout earnings by Apple. The mood was euphoric, but it remains to be seen if that is the beginning of more upside moves or just a typical head fake. Our ETF Model Portfolios …
6 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 7/12/2011
Despite the S&P 500’s -1.79% loss over the past week, our ETF Model Portfolios showed some interesting discrepancies. 3 of them actually managed to gain during that period, while the remaining 3 out of the 6 featured suffered slight losses, but still stayed ahead of the S&P 500. On a YTD basis, nothing changed during this week, as the #3 …
6 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 7/5/2011
The market’s sharp rise last week affected all our ETF Model Portfolios in a positive way. While they did not move up as fast as the S&P 500 did, they also did not lose ground as quickly, when the markets declined 7 out of 8 weeks. That has been my theme all along. When the major indexes were on a …
6 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 6/28/2011
With the markets bobbing and weaving, but going nowhere since last Tuesday’s close, our ETF Model Portfolios followed the general trend of the major indexes, but headed slightly lower. In terms of YTD performance, there was no change in the ranking food chain, as the #3 portfolio continued to have the edge with #1 in the second position. Again, the …