[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Hopes of halting a two-day slide were dashed today as an early stock rally, which now looks like a gigantic head fake, faded and the Dow finished near the bottom of a huge 300-point swing. The Dow was doing fine in the first half of the day, gaining as much as 200 …
Oil Prices Drag Markets Lower
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks ended down Tuesday but cut early sharp losses as financial markets came under pressure for a second straight day from volatile oil prices. Oil prices fell 6% Monday and dropped as much as 2.7% to $36.64 a barrel in early trading today before reversing course and closing at $37.60 a barrel. …
Sleigh Rides Are Never Smooth
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets While December is usually a favorable month for publicly traded stocks, it is never an easy “sleigh ride” through the New Year. Snow has its soft and hard patches, but it’s allegedly all worth the ride as they say. The stock market took a stiff hit Monday as oil prices tumbled to …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 12/4/2015
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 110 (last week 120) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …
New ETFs On The Block: IQ Leaders GTAA Tracker ETF (QGTA)
IndexIQ, the New York based asset manager that launched the world’s first liquid alternative exchange traded fund that replicated hedge fund strategies, recently unveiled another unique investment methodology to expand their offerings in the alternatives/multi-assets category. The newly launched IQ Leaders GTAA Tracker ETF (QGTA) aims to match the performance of leading global allocation mutual funds. QGTA tracks a proprietary …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For December 4, 2015
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2015/12/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-12032015/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary MARKETS PLOW HIGHER HEADING INTO SECOND WEEK OF DECEMBER [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets This week ended with a huge gain across the board. All major indexes gained more than 2% Friday to round out a very volatile …