Sideways meandering with an upward bias was the theme as the S&P 500 added another 1% during this final week of the month. It’s been a high performance October so far as pullbacks happened so fast that they could have been easily missed by those looking for an entry point. The widely predicted sell off during this historically volatile month …
Bulls Continue Record Run
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Despite a mixed bag of data from the earnings and economic fronts, and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decision on the horizon, U.S. equities notched further gains today. The S&P 500 continued to set records and registered its fourth consecutive advance to extend its October gain to 5.4%. Treasuries finished unchanged following the deluge of data, …
Stocks Little Changed On Upcoming Fed Decision
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] The U.S. markets finished mixed and near the flatline, as traders look toward a barrage of earnings and economic data this week, headlined by the Fed’s monetary policy decision on Wednesday. The S&P 500 closed at another record high on Monday as expectations were high that the Fed will keep its stimulus in place when it …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 10/25/2013
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 348 (last week 342) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …
New ETFs On The Block: Invesco Powershares China A-Share Portfolio (CHNA)
Invesco PowerShares, the fourth-largest US ETF sponsor and a leading global provider of exchange-traded products, has launched an actively-managed equity, quantitative and rules-based ETF that is focused on mainland China stocks, targeting the Chinese A-shares market. With the recent spate of economic data indicating China slowly getting back on the growth trajectory, China-focused funds have witnessed robust price appreciation in …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, October 25, 2013
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2013/10/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-10242013/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, October 25, 2013 ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER NEW HIGH U.S. equity markets ticked higher on Friday, cementing a third-straight week of gains, aided by Amazon.com’s stronger-than-forecasted revenues and a trouncing of analysts’ quarterly estimates by Dow member Microsoft. Meanwhile, investors mulled …