WisdomTree, the New York-based fifth largest provider of exchange-traded funds in the US, unveiled the WisdomTree Bloomberg Floating Rate Treasury Fund (USFR) recently to tap into the growing demand for floating rate debt. As historically low interest rates start to normalize, bond prices – particularly the longer duration debt will start to slide, and thus the demand for shorter duration …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, February 21, 2014
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2014/02/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-02202014/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, February 21, 2014 WEEK IN REVIEW [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Friday ended the week on a bit of a sour note given that markets had performed relatively well for the last few days. Today, Priceline (PCLN) …
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter – Updated Through 02/20/2014
ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, February 20, 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. …
U.S. Manufacturing Keeps Growing; Tesla Continues To Zoom
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Overall, domestic and global markets performed well today. Here in the U.S., the S&P 500 climbed 0.6%, the Dow gained 0.7% and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.5%. A survey (from Markit) came in today that showed U.S. manufacturing expanded at the fastest pace in almost four years, which boosted investor confidence in …
Not A ‘Fed Minute’ Too Soon
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets The ‘Fed Minutes’ were perhaps the biggest headline and market mover today. Recent economic data has been disappointing, particularly in the job and housing markets, which has raised questions about the Fed’s future tapering plans. Some of the sluggishness appears to be due to the snowy weather across the country, but despite …
Nasdaq Is Streaking Again; Cold Weather Still Drawing Bulls To Gas And Oil
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Stocks edged a bit higher today. The Dow lagged the other leading indexes, weighed down by Coca-Cola (KO) after reporting weak Q4 results; the Nasdaq, however, rose to 13-year highs amid an eighth straight session gain, which it has not experienced since July 2013. Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA) hit an all-time high …