[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] The major market indexes finished modestly higher with the S&P 500 index extending tiny gains into the fourth straight session, it’s longest since August after economic data in China beat estimates, overshadowing political uncertainties in Europe and the continued stalemate over budget negotiations in Washington. Europe was back in the spotlight after Italian Prime Minister Mario …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 12/7/2012
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 342 (last week 332) of them are hovering in bullish territory. The second report …
Last Week In Review: ETF News And Blog Posts To 12/9/2012
In case you missed it, here’s a summary of the ETF topics and market reviews I posted to my blog during the week ending on 12/9/2012. More bobbing and weaving in a tight trading range was the theme of the week, as the S&P 500 managed to eke out 2 points. I don’t know about you but I am feeling …
New ETFs On The Block: Powershares S&P 500 Downside Hedged Portfolio ETF (PHDG)
Invesco PowerShares, the fourth largest US ETF issuer and a leading global provider of exchange traded funds, has announced plans to launch an actively managed fund, the PowerShares S&P 500 Downside Hedged Portfolio ETF (PHDG) this week. The fund seeks to mitigate risk and volatility and provides investors broad US equity market exposure that hedges downside risk with cash …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, December 7, 2012
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2012/12/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-12062012/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, December 7, 2012 EQUITIES RISE SLIGHTLY ON JOBS REPORT WHILE APPLE WEIGHS ON NASDAQ; EUROPE BOUNCES BACK US stocks inched up today as optimism over better-than-expected November jobs data offset a drop in December consumer sentiment amid continuing budget negotiations …
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter – Updated Through 12/06/2012
ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Wednesday, December 6, 2012 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 The domestic TTI broke through its long-term trend line generating a Sell for this area effective 8/9/2011. Over the recent past, we’ve seen the …