ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Wednesday, December 24, 2014 If you are not familiar with some of the terminology used, please see the Glossary of Terms. 1. DOMESTIC EQUITY MUTUAL FUNDS/ETFs: BUY — since 10/22/2014 Our main directional indicator, the Domestic Trend Tracking Index (TTI), broke through its long-term trend line generating a “Sell” for this arena effective 10/14/2014, …
Dow Ekes Out Gain
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets It was nice start to a continuation of the current upward momentum but, while the S&P 500 fell back later on, the Dow managed its 37th record close of 2014. It was a Holiday shortened session on extreme light volume, so not much should be read into today’s action. Helping the indexes …
Dow Conquers 18,000 For The First Time
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1.Moving the Markets Markets continued their rally today following news reports of continued economic growth and the strongest consumer sentiment we have seen since 2007. The government released numbers today that showed GDP expanded at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5% for the three months ended September 30th. The S&P 500 gained 0.2%, the Dow …
Upward Bias Continues
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Despite a slow start, the major indexes picked up steam during mid-day with the Dow and S&P 500 closing at record levels—again. The theme that the Fed won’t be raising rates at anytime soon proved to be the driver for today’s session. This was the fourth straight day of gains, since Fed …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 12/19/2014
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 248 (last week 222) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …
New ETFs On The Block: Cambria Global Momentum ETF (GMOM)
Cambria Investments, the Los Angeles based fund manager better known for its alternative investment strategies, recently launched their fourth product that targets global momentum while adopting a quantitative strategy concurrently. The Cambria Global Momentum ETF (GMOM) is the second actively-managed fund from Cambria while the other two passively-managed funds are based on in-house indexes and focuses on value and shareholder …