[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Well, we can check this month off as the worst for the markets since January. The S&P 500 finished the month down just over 1.5%, the Nasdaq dropped 1.9% and the Dow ended down 0.3%. It seems that throughout the month stocks have been hurt by conflict abroad, in places like Ukraine, …
Markets Pull Back; Rattled By Hong Kong Protests
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong shook the markets today. As if investors didn’t have enough global conflicts on their plate already. The Hong Kong protest is the latest geopolitical stir to snag Wall Street’s attention, and cause investors to pare back their risk-taking. Last week, U.S. markets went on a volatile ride …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 09/26/2014
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 398 ETFs, of which currently 253 (last week 306) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …
New ETFs On The Block: Flexshares Disciplined Duration MBS Index Fund (MBSD)
FlexShares, the Chicago-based exchange-traded funds unit of Northern Trust, expanded its product line-up with the recent launch of the passively-managed FlexShares Disciplined Duration MBS Index Fund (MBSD). Though FlexShares has a wide array of products in the traditional equity and fixed-income segments, MBSD is the first mortgage-backed securities product from the company. The new fund tracks the BofA Merrill Lynch …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For September 26, 2014
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2014/09/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-09252014/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, September 26, 2014 SURVIVING A ROLLER COASTER WEEK [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets As the 5-day chart above clearly demonstrates, it was a roller coaster week, the outcome of which could have been a lot worse, had …
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter – Updated Through 09/25/2014
ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, September 25, 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 10/25/2011 Our main directional indicator, the Domestic Trend Tracking Index (TTI), broke through its long-term trend line generating a Sell for this area effective 8/9/2011. …