State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), a unit of State Street and the asset manager behind the iconic SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY), recently launched an equity fund dedicated to tracking the performance of the biggest dividend paying stocks listed in the US. The newly minted SPDR S&P 500 High Dividend ETF (SPYD) targets the top dividend payers in the S&P …
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter – Updated Through 12/24/2015
ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, December 24, 2015 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) …
Gaining For The Third Day On A Rebound In Oil
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Again, jumping oil prices were the driving force behind today’s rally as the indexes managed to extend gains for the third day in a row almost wiping out the “post interest rate” losses of last week. Global crude prices soared after inventory dropped an unexpected 5.9 million barrels last week reviving hope …
Crude Oil Bounces And Pushes Indexes Higher
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Finally, crude oil showed some signs of life by bouncing off its multi-year lows and gaining 1% for the day. The effect on the major indexes was a positive one as they got pulled higher along with all 10 S&P sectors despite the plunge in existing home sales (-10.5%). Still, extreme December …
Rallying Into The Close
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Oil prices headed south again but investors did not care as domestic indexes were mixed early on but suddenly rallied into the close as choppiness prevailed. There was no news event supporting the sudden intra-day trend reversal as energy showed continued weakness and European markets suffered a severe sell-off. With the volatility …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 12/18/2015
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 35 (last week 36) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …