I’ll be in planes and taxis for most of Monday and will not have a chance to write any blog posts or produce Tuesday’s ‘Mutual Funds on the Cutline’ report. Regular posting will resume Tuesday afternoon PST with that day’s market commentary.
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter – Updated Through 8/18/2011
ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, August 18, 2011 If you are not familiar with some of the terminology used, please see the Glossary of Terms. 1. DOMESTIC EQUITY MUTUAL FUNDS/ETFs: SELL — since 8/9/2011 This past week, the domestic TTI broke through its long-term trend line generating a Sell for this area effective 8/9/2011. Over the past few days, …
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 …
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker – Updated Through 7/7/2011
ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, July 7, 2011 If you are not familiar with some of the terminology used, please see the Glossary of Terms. 1. DOMESTIC EQUITY MUTUAL FUNDS/ETFs: BUY— since 6/3/2009 As announced via a blog post, on 6/2/2009, the TTI triggered a buy signal with an effective date of 6/3/2009. We will use the 7% trailing …
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 …
Gold ETFs Shine
With the stock market mired in a bit of uncertainty, after last week’s run, it was the gold ETFs who brightened the day. As the chart shows (courtesy of MarketWatch.com), the major market ETFs lacked direction and essentially went nowhere. Follow through buying from last week was non-existent as exuberance seemed to wane. None of today’s news reports supported the …