Van Eck Global, the New York-based fund provider behind the Market Vectors ETFs, has rolled out the Market Vectors Treasury-Hedged High Yield Bond ETF (THHY). The fund seeks to exploit the income potential of below investment-grade US corporate bonds in low interest-rate environments, but hedges the interest rate risk through the use of Treasury notes. In other words, it’s an …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, March 29, 2013
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2013/03/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-03282013/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, March 29, 2013 S&P 500, DOW HIT RECORD HIGHS ON GDP DATA; EUROPE STOCKS UP FOR A SECOND MONTH US stock indexes closed higher, wrapping up a strong first quarter Thursday with the S&P 500 and the Dow industrials finishing …
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter – Updated Through 03/28/2013
ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, March 28, 2013 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 …
A Mixed Day On Data And Europe; Italian Political Turmoil Weighs
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] The major indexes recovered from an early drop to finish mixed amid concerns Europe’s debt crisis is worsening and as pending home sales in the US tripped in February. Equities headed to their session lows shortly after the open when a report from the National Association of Realtors showed pending home sales declined 0.4 percent in …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 3/26/2013
The events in Cyprus were front and center over the past week as the story lines changed more often than I care to count. In the end, the parliamentary process was circumvented as the European overlords dictated the terms without paying any attention to minor details such as a democratic process. That’s been pretty much the theme throughout the European …
US Indexes Surge On Manufacturing, Housing Improvement; Europe Rises On US Data
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Index ETFs advanced Tuesday, with the S&P 500 Index rebounding to within two points of its record and the Dow Industrials hitting a new high, after US durable goods orders rose more than estimated in February and home prices jumped the most since June 2006. The Commerce Department reported orders for durable goods rose 5.7 percent …