[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] As the situation in Europe unfolds, equity ETFs tumbled once again as the S&P fell 2.79%. And after a period where it looked like volatility was falling, the risk switch has turned back on again, with the VIX rising 16.05% to 34.77. Also, the dollar improved against the Euro to end the day at $1.37/Euro. We …
Equity ETFs Get Spooked As European Fears Remain
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] After a stellar performance for equities last week, Halloween scared off investors to make markets end the month on a low note. Major indexes took a sizeable dip, with the S&P 500 falling 2.47%. Also, after recent dollar weakening, the dollar came back up to $1.38/Euro. Most startlingly, the VIX jumped a staggering 22.14%, nearly hitting …
More Domestic Equity ETFs Have Entered Bullish Territory
With a record October for equities, despite Europe’s questionable financial state of affairs, domestic ETFs have become increasingly attractive, rising well above their long-term trend lines, sneaking into bullish territory. Whereas in the past couple weeks, I was limiting myself to selected sector ETFs, besides my established position in bond ETFs, the technicals warrant some domestic ETF exposure as well. …
Last Week In Review: ETF News And Blog Posts To 10/30/2011
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 10/30/2011. The markets continued to feed on Europe’s mother of all debt deals designed to solve broad issues after a 50% haircut agreement was reached. However, worries persist, and rightfully so, that the execution of …
ETF Leaders And Laggards – For The Week Ending 10/28/2011
Here is a quick ETF review of the past week’s Leaders and Laggards from my High Volume ETF Master list: Leading the charge this week was last week’s Laggard, namely SLX, which moved from the dead last position into the first one. It’s interesting to note that all Leaders have shown huge gains over the last 5 trading days, yet …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, October 28, 2011
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2011/10/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-10272011/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, October 28, 2011 AN UNEVENTFUL DAY, BUT AN ACTION PACKED WEEK FOR ETFS The markets seemed to be in TGIF mode today given the relatively low volume and overall flatness as the S&P 500 only went up 0.04%, although it …