[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets There wasn’t a lot of news for the markets to react to today, so reactionaries moved back to their fallback…oil prices. Oil prices were down more than 3% after the U.S. government reported a crude build three times above analysts’ expectations. Virgin America stole a number of headlines today after news reports stated …
Terrorists Fail To Shake Markets
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks in the U.S. and Europe on Tuesday basically shook off the deadly terror strikes at an airport and metro station in Brussels. U.S. investors didn’t overreact, as terror acts have unfortunately become more common. After opening slightly lower, the major benchmarks climbed above break-even in afternoon trade, before ending mixed. Taking the bulk of the early …
Momentum Slows But Major Indexes Inch Higher
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets The resurgent U.S. stock market kicked off the holiday-shortened week by slightly extending last week’s gains as investors digested a big rally that has turned stocks positive for the year and reacted to deals in the hotel, paint and data businesses. A flurry of M&A deals announced Monday gave an assist, including Starwood Hotels …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 03/18/2016
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 225 (last week 154) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …
New ETFs On The Block: Cambria Sovereign High Yield Bond ETF (SOVB)
With ten-year US Treasury yielding less than two percent, many investors – particularly the baby boomers and the retirees, are thirsty for higher returns from their fixed-income portfolios. Unfortunately, with many developed economies turning to negative interest rates as a standard monetary policy tool, earning higher compensation for owning sovereign debt is becoming increasingly difficult. Los Angeles based Cambria Investment …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For March 18, 2016
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- https://theetfbully.com/2016/03/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-03172016/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary DOW POSTS SIX DAY STREAK; MARKETS ON A ROLL TO CLOSE THE WEEK [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Stocks jumped Friday as Wall Street continued its recent rally with the Dow rising for a sixth straight day as it pushed further into positive territory for the year. The …