[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Stocks took another plunge today with the Dow Industrials hitting a seven-week low after a batch of weak US earnings numbers and worries over Spain deepened investors concern of a global slowdown. Risk sentiment soured after ratings agency Moody’s Investor service downgraded Spain’s five regions by one or two notches stating their long term funding alternatives …
Last Hour Lift-A-Thon Saves The Day; Europe Turns Lower
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US market indexes staged a late-session comeback Monday that erased early losses to end marginally higher after the technology sector rallied to lift major equity averages. It was the usual afternoon lift-a-thon we have become accustomed to witness now that the Fed is officially in charge of stock market direction. Following last week’s steep losses after …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 10/19/2012
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 339 (last week 335) of them are hovering in bullish territory. The second report …
Last Week In Review: ETF News And Blog Posts To 10/21/2012
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 10/21/2012. Despite a very bullish start this past Monday, reality in form of poor economic data points and earnings disappointments by major players in the tech industry combined to knock the indexes off their lofty …
New ETFs On The Block: Vanguard Short-Term Inflation Protected Securities Index Fund (VTIP)
Vanguard, the Wayne, Pennsylvania-based leader of low-cost equity-linked exchange-traded funds has launched the Vanguard Short-Term Inflation Protected Securities Index Fund (VTIP) as the firm continues to expand its offerings in the fixed-income asset class. This is the firm’s first product that focuses on the short-term TIPS market. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) have evoked much interest among a wide range …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, October 19, 2012
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2012/10/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-10182012/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, October 19, 2012 MAJOR MARKET ETFS LOG BIGGEST DECLINE IN FOUR MONTHS OVER WEAK EARNINGS; IS ANOTHER CRASH LURKING ON THE HORIZON? On the 25th anniversary of the 1987 market crash, the major indexes dropped sharply causing fears of a …