India ETFs In The Pipeline

Ulli India ETFs Contact

Several readers have emailed wanting to know if there are more ETFs scheduled to come on the market that better cover the India region.

Good news here, as reported in “Emerging Global Plans Sector-Specific India ETFs:”

Emerging Global Advisors, the only ETF issuer focusing exclusively on emerging markets, has filed details on a suite of products that would offer more targeted exposure to India’s stock market. In a recent SEC filing, the firm detailed plans for nine ETFs focusing on specific sectors of the Indian economy:

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Sunday Musings: Reader Feedback Requested

Ulli Reader feedback Contact

As you have certainly noticed, I have changed my blog platform in order to have better control over design and display along with the ability to accommodate content relevant sponsors in the future.

The weekly market commentary, along with the all important ETF/No Load Fund StatSheet, is now being posted to the blog and a reminder notice to that effect is being mailed to all subscribers of the newsletter.

I have made additional resources available in an attempt to bring you more ETF/mutual fund data designed to assist you in making not only better but also more timely investment decisions.

Two projects in the pipeline coming your way are:

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Reader Q & A: How Do I Re-enter After Getting Stopped Out Of An ETF/Mutual Fund?

Ulli Sell Stops Contact

During the recent correction, reader Kathy was stopped out of her international position based on her 7% trailing sell stop. With the markets having rebounded, she obviously experienced a whipsaw signal. This was her comment:

I was sell-stopped out of my 403B International Fund last week.  My high was 21.27 so 7% would be 19.78.  Since I can only commit to buy/sell before noon, I did so on 3/16 and sold at 19.55 (I paid 19.33).

So, once again I am at a loss as to when I get back in when you have not set a sell signal on the international. In the future, I could wait till you set the signal but I could be down 10% of more.  Is there a reason to do one or other or just a personal risk tolerance? I could be out of international for years depending on what happens and that does not seem like the right approach.

The use of stop losses is not an exact science. You did everything by the book and simply experienced a whip-saw signal. There are 3 things you can do:

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ETF/No Load Fund Tracker updated through 3/24/2011

Ulli ETF Tracker Contact

ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet

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THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS:

https://theetfbully.com/2011/03/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker/

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Market Commentary

Friday, March 25, 2011

MARKETS RECOVER FROM LAST WEEK’S SWOON

What a difference five trading days make. After last week’s swan dive, the major market ETFs did an about face and strung together a 3-day winning streak, which ended up being one of the best weekly performances since last summer, with the S&P 500 adding 2.9%.

It was a nice snap back rally after the markets had tanked the last three out of four weeks.

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Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker

Ulli ETF StatSheet Contact

ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through  Thursday, March 24, 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 stop loss of our positions as an exit point or the crossing of the trend line to the downside, whichever occurs first.

As of today, our Trend Tracking Index (TTI—green line in above chart) has broken above its long term trend line (red) by +4.57%.

The link below shows the top 100 domestic funds (out of 674) and the sorting order is by M-Index ranking. Prices in all linked tables are updated through 3/24/2011, unless otherwise noted. Price data not yet available at publication is indicated with 00.00% or -100.00%.

During this Buy signal, you can use the tables in the links below to make your selections:

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Major Market ETFs Climb Uphill—Gold Hits A New High

Ulli Market Commentary Contact

In an about face from Tuesday, the markets managed to climb uphill on Wednesday, and the major market exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) posted modest gains. Gold (GLD) was the big winner by making a new high of $1,438/ounce.

Interest rates were higher, pulling bonds down, but the major asset classes all ended up to the plus side. The day did not start out on a positive as military action in Libya, and continued struggles in Japan, to deal with the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami, kept markets at bay.

Slowly but surely, the rebound gathered steam, even in the face of headwinds like Portugal’s rejection of its austerity plan, and on the domestic side, a horrific new-home sales report.

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