ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- https://theetfbully.com/2016/03/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-03312016/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary STOCKS DROP AND POP AFTER STRONG JOBS REPORT [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets On the surface the jobs report was received as a winner with equities tanking at first and then staging their usual comeback with the major indexes closing higher for the week. While the headline …
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter – Updated Through 03/31/2016
ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, March 31, 2016 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 11/13/2015 Our main directional indicator, the Domestic Trend Tracking Index (TTI-green line in above chart) has recently crawled above its long term trend line (red) …
Waiting For The Jobs Report
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Who would have thought that markets would be in positive territory at the end of March, given the horrendous start to the year. As of the closing bell, the Dow and S&P 500 are officially both in positive territory YTD. At the pinnacle of fearing Bears may take over, which was around …
Follow Through Buying Elevates Indexes—Domestic TTI Closes In On A New “Buy”
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Markets remained strong the day after Janet Yellen stressed that the central bank will remain “cautious” in its approach to raising interest rates. In case you missed it, “cautious” means being accommodative to the financial markets no matter what. Helping stocks higher today was another decline in the value of the U.S. dollar …
The Fed Blinks—Markets Rally
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Both the Dow and S&P 500 closed at high water marks for 2016. Movement upward today was driven mostly by Janet Yellen’s speech today in New York wherein she said the central bank will “move cautiously” on interest rate hikes. The “cautious” stance is mostly due to risks of a weak global …
Quiet Monday After Easter; GM Moves Towards Autopilot
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets The major indexes closed moderately higher after a day with little volatility. Perhaps the hesitance in markets today was the fact that investors are waiting to react to more economic news this week that will provide further insight into the state of the slumping domestic economy. Today, we received reports on personal …