ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, March 13, 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. …
Markets Remain Sensitive Amid International Concerns
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets It was not a good day for U.S. stocks as they fell broadly today, with the Dow and S&P 500 suffering their worst day of trading since early February. The blame is being put on rising concerns over Ukraine and Russia, as well as new indications of a slowdown in China. China’s …
Investors Timid On Mediocre China Data
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets For much of trading today, the U.S. stock market appeared to be headed for its third decline in three days. By late afternoon though, the indexes began to slowly recover its losses as investors bought up oil refiners, mining companies and tech stocks. Afternoon activity was just enough to nudge the S&P …
Slipping And Sliding
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets It was a choppy and sloppy session as the S&P 500 headed into record territory early on but was not able to hold on to those gains. The day was light in regards to economic data but confusion reigned as releases showed a mixed picture with the labor market on one hand …
Markets Affected By China Data, But Bulls Continue To Charge Forward
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Wall Street fell Monday morning, a day after the current bull market’s fifth anniversary, weighed down by unexpectedly weak trade data from China, which resulted in a halt to the market’s record performance. Data out over the weekend showed that Chinese exports in February dropped 18.1% from a year ago, versus expectations …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 03/07/2014
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 364 (last week 371) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …