[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Markets were all peachy yesterday upon the Fed’s sentiment of keeping interest rates low for the near future. However, today was a new day and, as you know, market sentiment can change on a dime daily. Of the three major indexes, only the Nasdaq composite gained slightly. Oil seemed to be the …
Markets Bullish On Fed Sentiment; Windows 10 This Summer?
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets In a statement, the Fed, as expected, did drop its promise to be “patient” as it weighs interest rate hikes. Still, investors reacted bullishly to the suggestion that rate hikes were not baked in for June either, as feared, which potentially pushes out the first rate hike even later in the year. …
Markets Lower Anticipating Fed Meeting
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets The Fed kicked off their two-day meeting today. Of course, the hot topic of late is whether or not they will raise interest rates in the near future. The general consensus around the news today is that the Fed is likely to announce that they will remain patient over the next couple …
Markets Fly High On Fed Speculation
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Markets soared higher today ahead of a two-day Federal Reserve meeting beginning tomorrow that may set the stage for the first U.S. interest rate hike since the global financial crisis. In economic news, a growing number of investors expect the U.S. central bank to raise its benchmark interest rate sooner than anticipated …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 03/13/2015
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 237 (last week 246) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …
New ETFs On The Block: RevenueShares Global Growth Fund ETF (RGRO)
RevenueShares, the pioneers of revenue-weighted exchange-traded funds, recently expanded its lineup of unique funds with the launch of the RevenueShares Global Growth Fund (RGRO). The firm’s six existing funds follow the so-called revenue-weighted model with different tweaks. For example, the RevenueShares Large Cap Fund (RWL) takes the S&P 500 Index and re-weights the constituents by their respective revenues. So instead …