[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] It was combination of weak retail numbers, showing that consumers spent less during this holiday season than last year, the ongoing fiscal cliff saga followed by low volume in the markets that provided neither upside ammunition nor any motivation for those left on Wall Street to get involved during the last few trading days of 2012. …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 12/24/2012
It’s no surprise that the fiscal cliff negotiations were still the #1 driver of the stock market. With time running out, the S&P 500 meandered all of last week and gave back 3 points as hope remained that a last minute compromise might still be in the cards. If that does not materialize, the indexes will have to adjust to …
Indexes Slip As Fiscal Cliff Reality Looms; Food For Thought On Who Is Guilty
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Fears about the looming fiscal cliff are taking on a new dimension as there is exactly one week left for the President and Congress to come together and avoid the mandatory spending cuts and tax increases. On extremely low trading volume, the equity indexes gave up ground for the second day in a row during today’s shortened session. …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 12/21/2012
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 349 (last week 341) of them are hovering in bullish territory. The second report …
Last Week In Review: ETF News And Blog Posts To 12/23/2012
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 12/23/2012. Anxiety about the fiscal cliff outcome was overridden by continued hope that a compromise would be in the cards which lifted the S&P 500 by about 1%. Friday’s sell off brought back the sobering …
New ETFs On The Block: Advisorshares Pring Turner Business Cycle ETF (DBIZ)
AdvisorShares, the Bethesda, Maryland-based funds provider of non-index tracking products, has announced the launch of the AdvisorShares Pring Turner Business Cycle ETF (DBIZ), an actively managed fund that seeks long-term growth and capital appreciation across different economic and market cycles through the application of business cycle, technical and fundamental analysis. DBIZ will be managed by Pring Turner Capital Group, the …