New ETFs On The Block: Cambria Global Asset Allocation ETF (GAA)

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Cambria Investment Management, the CA-based exchange-traded fund issuer better known for its alternative investment strategies (or Alts), did an encore recently by taking the “low-fee” concept a step further: it launched a zero-fee fund. Cambria’s latest product – Cambria Global Asset Allocation ETF (GAA), charges 0.00 percent in management fees. Rather, it charges a modest 0.29 percent for meeting annual …

Equities Tumble Ahead Of Earnings Season; Europe Drops After IMF Forecast

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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Equities plunged today with the S&P 500 and NASDAQ extending losses for the third straight day as investors chose to remain on the sidelines while third quarter earnings season started unofficially. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) slipped 110 points, finishing lower for the second day in a row. The 30-stock blue chip index turned overtly …

U.S. Stocks Decline Despite Rising Service-Sector Index; GAZ Burns Bright, KWT Slumps

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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] U.S. stocks ended lower Monday despite the service-sector gauge advancing in February. The Institute for Supply Management’s non-manufacturing index came in better-than-expected. However, its employment index dropped, while the inflation-measuring price index jumped in January. Not helping the markets were the Chinese lowest growth target in eight years for 2012 and a survey that showed a …

ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, March 2, 2012

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ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2012/03/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-03012012/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, March 2, 2012 U.S. INDEXES SNAP WINNING STREAK; XLE SLUMPS AS OIL SINKS; GAZ BURNS BRIGHT The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) snapped a three week winning streak as indexes closed lower on Friday. Treasuries advanced for the first time …

Major Market ETFs Open Month Higher

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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Stocks closed higher Thursday as investors weighed improved reading on the jobs front against slightly disappointing construction spending and manufacturing data. According to the Labor Department, the number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits dropped 2,000 to 351,000 last week, the lowest since March 2008. Four-week average now stands lower by 5,500 at 354,000, …

U.S. Stock Indexes Slide, UUP Gains, GLD Loses Shine

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[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] U.S. indexes reversed Tuesday’s gains after Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke hinted at stopping further liquidity expansion measures today. In other words, he took the punch bowl away for the time being by showing no monetary exuberance. In a testimony before the Congress that started at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Bernanke said though continuing with liquidity enhancing measures …