Reader Pat had a follow up question regarding my recent post titled Head Fake. Thanks for your response to my recent question about capitalizing on the inexorable rise in interest rates. HOWEVER, you did not really answer my question which was not to bemoan my loss in TBT but rather to determine how one can profit from the rise when …
Reader Q&A – Which ETF Do I Select?
Reader Lou posed this question to get a better handle on ETF selections: When two or three ETF’s you have been following are above the trend line equally how do you distinguish between them and which to buy?I look at the M-Index ranking in the StatSheet first to determine any differences in upward momentum. Assuming they’re the same, I quickly …
Sunday Musings: Index Funds Vs. Mutual Funds
Every so often a new study surfaces, which promotes the virtues of index investing vs. the use of “old fashioned” mutual funds. Here’s the latest titled “Cast your fortunes with index funds.” Let’s listen in: Investors who continue to send money to actively managed mutual funds in the hope that managers will be able to beat less-costly index funds are …
Active ETFs
The WSJ reports that actively managed ETFs are slowly making headway: Big-name fund firms are finally embracing actively managed exchange-traded funds, just not in the sweeping way many once envisioned. The past few weeks have seen a spate of active ETFs unveiled by some of the best-known ETF firms, including BlackRock’s iShares unit, Allianz’s Pacific Investment Management Co. and Vanguard …
No Load Fund/ETF Tracker updated through 12/10/2009
My latest No Load Fund/ETF Tracker has been posted at:http://www.successful-investment.com/newsletter-archive.phpHugging the unchanged line was the mantra of the week, as the 1,100 level of the S&P; 500 still provided fierce resistance. Our Trend Tracking Index (TTI) for domestic funds/ETFs has now crossed its trend line (red) to the upside by +6.80% keeping the current buy signal intact. The effective date …
Sell Stops And Ultra ETFs
In a follow up to yesterday’s post, reader Mark had this to say: When you use ultra funds or ETFs, what % trailing stop loss do you use to reduce the inevitable whipsaws? 12%, 14% or do you just stick with 7% despite the whipsaws?For me, it’s not much of a problem since I don’t use ultra funds at all …