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 11/20/2011. Europe’s lack of progress to solve its debt issues affected the global markets, and the S&P 500 surrendered some 3.8% last week. Judging by the daily news announcements, things seem to be worsening as …
Heading into Uncharted Territory: European Breakdown
As markets erred to the downside this week, it’s clear that Europe has its back up against the wall. Italian and Spanish bond yields have reached new heights as the contagion appears to be spreading. Not only are all Eurozone nations linked together with debt holdings, but so is the U.S. as well as many Asian countries. Although we didn’t …
ETF Leaders And Laggards – For The Week Ending 11/18/2011
Here is a quick ETF review of the past week’s Leaders and Laggards from my High Volume ETF Master list: With Europe pulling down world markets, there weren’t too many places to hide. The S&P 500 lost -3.8% and even the hedge against uncertainty, Gold, dropped -3.62% during the last five trading days. As you can see from the above …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, November 18, 2011
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2011/11/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-11172011/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, November 18, 2011 AN UNEVENTFUL END TO THE WEEK, BUT UNCERTAINTY REMAINS HIGH FOR ETFS It was quite a flat day for markets to say the least as the S&P 500 dropped only 0.04% despite having its biggest weekly descent …
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter – Updated Through 11/17/2011
ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, November 17, 2011 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 …
Equity ETFs Feel The Pressure With Europe on Thin Ice
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] The fear of Eurozone frailty was priced into markets today as equities took a hit globally. The S&P 500 fell 1.68% while other global indices also took a hit. After a couple big days for commodities, gold and oil dipped down 3.00% and 3.68%, respectively. Also, the dollar stuck at $1.35/Euro. Furthermore, the VIX remained relatively …