[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets U.S. stocks rallied modestly after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and signaled more gradual increases.Wall Street had expected the Fed to keep rates unchanged, but wanted clues as to the timing of the Fed’s next rate increase. The Fed lowered its plan to possibly two more hikes this year, down from four, for a …
Waiting For The Fed
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks ended at par today as Wall Street reacted to a resumed slide in oil prices and braced for the Federal Reserve’s decision Wednesday on interest rates. A major driver of the recent stock market rally has been a sharp rebound in oil prices. But U.S.-produced crude has reversed course the past …
Going Sideways
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets The Dow, which is looking to extend its weekly winning streak to five, traded slightly higher as investors looked ahead to a key Fed meeting on interest rates later this week. We have a big week ahead of us. The Federal Reserve meets Tuesday and Wednesday and Wall Street will be closely monitoring its …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 03/11/2016
Below are the latest ETF Cutline reports, which show how far above or below their respective long-term trend lines (39 week SMA) my currently tracked ETFs/MFs are positioned. The first report covers the ETF Master List from Thursday’s StatSheet and includes 381 ETFs, of which currently 154 (last week 99) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …
New ETFs On The Block: Guggenheim Total Return Bond ETF (GTO)
Actively managed exchange-traded funds have failed to capture investors’ imagination in the US despite the overall ETF industry growing apace with assets under management crossing $2 trillion in 2015. Actively managed fixed income funds, however, have fared better by cornering two-thirds of the $24 billion overall active niche. New York-based Guggenheim Partners – the eighth largest US ETF issuer, recently …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For March 11, 2016
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- https://theetfbully.com/2016/03/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-03102016/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary OIL DRAGS MARKETS HIGHER [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets The rebound rally continued and sent stocks to their highest point of the year as oil prices jumped and investors continued to assess the European Central Bank’s additional stimulus measures. After yesterday’s disappointment, today it was all euphoria and “risk-on” …