ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, February 9, 2012 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 The domestic TTI broke through its long-term trend line generating a Sell for this area effective 8/9/2011. Over the recent past, we’ve seen the …
Greek Deal Or No Deal: What’s Next For ETFs?
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] With Greece making headway in its bailout deal today, the S&P 500 had a minor gain of 0.15% while European markets finished on the upside. The Euro also edged up to $1.33/Euro. And once again, the 10-year Treasury breached the 2% level, finishing at a yield of 2.05%. It looks like the Greek news tempered investor …
Low Volatility Continues for ETFs
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Markets moved forward once again as the S&P 500 rose 0.22%. Nevertheless, European markets erred to the downside. While it seems like markets have discounted the Greek situation, there’s no promise that market price stability will persist. Overall, there wasn’t much volatility across U.S. indices, currencies, Treasuries, or commodities today. The VIX went up over 2%, …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 2/7/2012
January’s upward momentum continued into February, as the S&P 500 jumped some 2.6% since last week’s ETF Model Portfolio report. All models moved higher as well with 3 of them (#3, #4, #5) outperforming the index on a YTD basis. While that is nice, it is not nearly as important as having some kind of diversification for that moment when …
Major Market ETFs Make Small Gains — International Buy Signal Generated
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] There wasn’t any major action in markets today as the S&P 500 only moved up 0.20%. And although Europe’s problems haven’t gone away, the Euro has picked up lost ground against the dollar, now sitting at $1.33/Euro. Although the 10-year Treasury rose to 1.97%, the fact that it’s below the 2% mark nevertheless indicates significant risk …
ETFs Return To An Uncertain Middle Ground
After last Friday’s major gains, markets tempered quite a bit today as the S&P 500 barely dipped 0.04%. European and Asian indices didn’t move significantly either for the most part. In commodities, oil and gold haven’t greatly fluctuated as of late as well. The 10-year Treasury yield fell down to 1.90% as it appears investors are slightly more on edge …