[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Overall, the markets held up well today. By the end of trading some major indexes posted gains while others dipped slightly. Some analysts say that the S&P 500 may be hitting a key resistance level as we have seen the index approach, but fail to break through its all-time high over the …
Equities Have A Flat Tuesday, But Where Did All The Bitcoins Go?
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Stocks traded pretty flat for most of the day, and all the major indexes finished in the red zone. Some analysts blame the February Consumer Confidence reading of 78.1, which was lower than the consensus of 80.1. Macy’s (M) released some positive earnings numbers which showed profits increased 11% during the Q4 …
Markets Start Week With A Bang
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets The U.S. markets started the week out with a bang. The S&P 500 (SPX) hit an all-time intraday high of nearly 1,859.00 and finishing up 0.6%. Gains were broad across the board, with nine of the ten S&P 500 sectors up on the day. The market seems to be gaining momentum as …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 02/21/2014
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 359 (last week 357) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …
New ETFs On The Block: Wisdomtree’s Bloomberg Floating Rate Treasury Fund (USFR)
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) …