[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] The major indexes finished Wednesday with slim gains after the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book showed the US economy grew gradually across 12 districts with improving service-sector and retail activity offset by weak manufacturing. On another dull August trading day, stocks remained largely range-bound after the release of mixed economic reports on the day. A Commerce Department …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 8/28/2012
More indecisiveness prevailed last week as the S&P 500 moved in a range of barely 5 points and closing slightly lower since last week’s ETF model portfolio report. With the summer nearing its end, Wall Street’s big guns will return next week and trading volume is sure to pick up; the unknown is in what direction? Some clue is likely …
Going Nowhere In A Hurry Ahead Of Bernanke Speech; Draghi Skips Jackson Hole Citing Work
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US blue-chip stocks closed lower Tuesday while the NASDAQ composite finished in the green to extend gains for the second straight session as investors cheered better-than-expected housing data even as consumer confidence plummeted ahead of a potentially market-moving speech by the US Fed chairman later this week. The S&P/Case-Shiller index that surveys home price across 20 …
Markets Drift Lower On Indecision; Europe Rises On Tech And Banks
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US blue-chip indexes closed lower while tech-stocks jumped as investors remained undecided ahead of Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke’s speech in a global banking symposium later this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) lost 0.3 percent after the blue-chip index’s breadth turned negative with 20 of the 30 stocks closing lower. The S&P 500 Index …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 8/24/2012
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 330 (last week 334) of them are hovering in bullish territory. The second report …
Last Week In Review: ETF News And Blog Posts To 8/26/2012
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 8/26/2012. The markets pulled back slightly this week as the tug-of-war between those that are counting on a new round of QE and those that question its validity favored the latter. The long overdue but …