[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Another record day as the Dow and the S&P 500 closed at new all-time highs. Markets got a leg up due to stronger-than-expected earnings and guidance from Dow member Home Depot, and further amplified by comments from two Federal Reserve officials that suggested that the Central Bank hasn’t yet set a course to taper its bond-buying …
Index ETFs Back Off Slightly On Lack Of News And Direction
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] The markets started the week lower, by and large there just wasn’t a lot of conviction on the part of either buyers or sellers. Amid a dormant economic calendar, stocks spent time on both sides of the flat line, but never put a whole lot of distance between themselves and that point for most of the …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 5/17/2013
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 341 (last week 342) of them are hovering in bullish territory. The second report …
Last Week In Review: ETF News And Blog Posts To 5/19/2013
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 5/19/2013. It seems like I am saying the same thing every week as the major equity indexes are being propelled deeper into record territory. A short pause this week did nothing to reverse the major …
New ETFs On The Block: Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund (VWOB)
Vanguard, the Valley Forge, Pennsylvania-based third largest exchange traded funds issuer with nearly $286 billion in ETF assets, and one of the biggest asset management firms in the world, will roll out its much-awaited emerging markets bond ETF in early June, once the ‘subscription period’ of its mutual fund with the same strategy is complete. The ETF shares of Vanguard …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, May 17, 2013
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2013/05/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-05162013/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, May 17, 2013 BULLS NOWHERE TO GO BUT UP Stocks continued their climb into uncharted territory today and more than made up for yesterday’s sell off. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standard & Poor’s 500 finished at fresh …