[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Somehow negative economic releases helped U.S. equities rise on Thursday, rebounding from the previous session’s losses, as tepid economic data eased concerns the Federal Reserve would begin to gradually scale back its policy of stimulating growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 22 points (0.2%) to 15,325, the S&P 500 Index advanced 6 points (0.4%) to …
Rising Bond Yields Take Down The Bulls
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Despite a strong spate of earnings and merger news, U.S. equities gave back a large portion of yesterday’s gains. Stocks backed off today as high-yielding dividend stocks lost some of their luster after recent increases in U.S. Treasury bond yields. Equities slipped out of the gate as sellers drove the major averages to their lows 90 …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 5/28/2013
Downward momentum accelerated last week with the major indexes all ending in the loss column. The S&P 500 gave back some 0.53% since last week’s ETF Model Portfolio report was issued. It could have been a lot worse, but strong consumer confidence data pushed the dip buying crowd back into the market yesterday. However, it wasn’t enough to make up …
Bulls Climb Higher In Full Throttle
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Following a long holiday weekend, the U.S. Index ETFs rallied on Tuesday to push the stock market to record highs this year. After last week’s pullback, dipbuyers came back to life for the trading session in the wake of stronger-than-expected readings on housing prices and consumer sentiment. Stocks trimmed a considerable portion off their highs but …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 5/24/2013
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 326 (last week 341) of them are hovering in bullish territory. The second report …
Last Week In Review: ETF News And Blog Posts To 5/26/2013
In case you missed it, here’s a summary of the ETF topics and market reviews I posted to my blog during the week ending on 5/26/2013. Thanks to the Fed’s confusing messages, in part by Bernanke and in part by different Fed presidents, the markets decided that it was time to face the reality of possible tapering off of the …