My latest No Load Fund/ETF Tracker has been posted at:http://www.successful-investment.com/newsletter-archive.phpTo describe the markets of providing a roller coaster ride would be an understatement. For more details about this week’s action, please see the above link. Our Trend Tracking Index (TTI) for domestic funds/ETFs fell but still remains +1.33% above its long-term trend line (red) as the chart below shows: The …
Special No Load Fund/ETF Tracker Update For 8/16/2007
Many people like to travel to places like Las Vegas for life changing experiences or to live on the edge—at least for a few days. If you have that tendency as well, you were in luck this week. All you had to do is turn on the financial markets and you would have gotten more than your monies worth of …
No Load Fund/ETF Technical Analysis: The Gap Is Closed
In a previous post, I had mentioned the fact that breakaway gaps, that occur on charts as a result of overly confident investing behavior, will be always be closed. That simply means a market pullback will correct prices to the downside. Here’s an enlarged version of the Trend Tracking Index (TTI) chart: You will note that the gap (red arrow), …
Special No Load Fund/ETF Tracker Update For 8/15/2007: Sell International Funds/ETFs
Yesterday’s sell off continued today in the face of a rally attempt that ended up giving the bears the upper hand. As of today, the Trend Tracking Indexes (TTIs) are positioned in regards to their long-term trend lines as follows: Domestic TTI: -0.10%International TTI: -1.30% The domestic TTI barely crossed to the downside, so the risk of a reversal back …
Mutual Fund/ETF Investing: Learning From The Past
Motley Fool featured a variety of topics in last week’s “Weekly Fund Wrap-Up.” One of them addressed Janus Capital’s recent financial comeback. It hasn’t been front page news but Janus had suffered years of fund outflows after investors left in droves. Why? During the bear market, Janus was hit hard with losing billions of dollars in assets. To be clear, …
Special No Load Fund/ETF Tracker Update For 8/14/2007
Another steep sell off has moved our Trend Tracking Indexes (TTIs) within striking distance of an all out Sell signal. As of today, the TTIs are positioned in regards to their long-term trend lines as follows: Domestic TTI: +0.87%International TTI: +0.34% Over the past few weeks, I have been liquidating those holdings that have triggered our sell stop points, and …