It’s no surprise that the fiscal cliff negotiations were still the #1 driver of the stock market. With time running out, the S&P 500 meandered all of last week and gave back 3 points as hope remained that a last minute compromise might still be in the cards. If that does not materialize, the indexes will have to adjust to …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 12/18/2012
Hope, that a compromise to the fiscal cliff issue will be soon forthcoming, proved to be a powerful driver, which propelled the major market indexes to another 1.3% gain (S&P 500) since last week’s ETF model portfolio report. Especially the past two trading days have seen the averages go vertical, which makes me wonder if this will a confirmation of …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 12/11/2012
Despite a lack of progress in the Fiscal Cliff negotiations, the major indexes managed to climb a wall of worry with the S&P 500 gaining some 1.5% since last week’s report. Volume being the lowest of the year, as many retail investors have fled equities in droves, may very well be the main contributor as High Frequency Trading encounters no …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 11/27/2012
More upside momentum pushed the S&P 500 up by some 0.7% since last week’s ETF portfolio report, although weakness set in yesterday as worries about any progress regarding fiscal cliff, or lack thereof, kept a lid on market advances. I don’t believe that tangible results, no matter how inconsequential, will surface until the last possible moment or until the markets …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 11/20/2012
The major indexes got an assist this week, after sliding lower into last Friday’ close, in the form of renewed hope that Washington’s finest will come together and attack the fiscal cliff crises with some form of compromise. Nothing was really resolved, but an oversold market in dire need of a bone took the faintest hint that some form of …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 11/13/2012
Things have been getting a little ‘weaker and bleaker’ in regards to market momentum. Since last week’s ETF model portfolio report, all major indexes retreated sharply with the benchmark S&P 500 losing some 3.7%. The big event, as in ‘election,’ is over and the reality that none of the prior problems have been resolved has set in with a vengeance …