[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets While most indexes managed to close above the unchanged line, the Dow ended up slipping thanks to a weak performance in energy and Disney. The early rally was based on hope that odds of an interest rate increase by the Fed next month subsided a bit due to a soft reading on …
Dow Falls For Fourth Straight Day
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Shares of Apple (AAPL) fell 3.2%, making it the biggest losing stock of the Dow. The tech giant is under pressure as worries about an economic slowdown in China raises concerns about its biggest growth market. On the economic front, investors continue to focus (speculatively) on when the Fed will boost interest …
Oil Slump Pulls Indexes Down
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets I could have been a lot worse, but the major indexes found some footing late in the day and managed to limit the downside damage with the S&P making up more than half of its intra-day losses. But then again, after last week’s nice gains, a pause was in order. Weak economic …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 07/31/2015
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 410 ETFs, of which currently 178 (last week 150) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …
New ETFs On The Block: ALPS Sector Leaders ETF (SLDR)
ALPS Holdings, the Denver, Colorado based fund issuer better known for its customized investment products, recently launched a product that seeks to avoid weighting anomaly in different sectors due to security mis-pricings. The newly launched ALPS Sector Leaders ETF (SLDR) is an effort by the company to avoid loss of diversification benefits associated with under– or over-weighting particular sectors. Market …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For July 31, 2015
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2015/07/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-07302015/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary HEIGHTENED VOLATILITY; BUT INDEXES GAIN FOR THE MONTH [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Despite a sharp increase in volatility during July, the S&P 500 managed to regain its footing to close out the month with a 2% advance …