Despite yesterday’s rally, the S&P 500 remains down by -2.6% from last Wednesday’s ETF Model Portfolio report. As a result, some portfolios fell as well, but only slightly, while others bucked the trend and rose. The reason for the rise of most portfolios is that we have been stopped out of those holdings that are very volatile, which gives us …
Hope For More Stimulus By Fed Chief Bernanke Stimulates The Major Market ETFs
Amazingly, today’s rebound was based on nothing but hope that the Fed’s Bernanke will pull another rabbit out of the hat this Friday via the mother of all stimulus proposals, which will solve all that ails the world. The amount of bad news was small enough to stimulate markets around the globe in anticipation of what the Fed might come …
ETF Master Cutline List – Updated Through 8/19/2011
Following the theme of continued flight to safety, this week’s ETF Cutline report confirms what the Leaders and Laggards table showed last Saturday: Precious metals and bonds of all durations reign supreme as we slipped further into bear market territory. Only 39 ETFs are positioned above the cutline, while 353 hover below it. No equity ETFs are showing positive momentum …
Last Week In Review: ETF News And Blog Posts To 8/21/2011
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 8/21/2011. The S&P 500’s prior week’s loss of -1.7% now sounds like minor event as bearish forces gathered momentum and pushed this benchmark index down another -4.66% during the past five trading days despite Monday’s …
ETF Leaders And Laggards – For The Week Ending 8/19/2011
Here is a quick ETF review of the past week’s winners and losers from my High Volume ETF Master list: Equity ETFs got bruised again last week, as the S&P 500 lost -4.66% over the past 5 trading days. Again, the flight to safety was on; the top 3 ETF leaders remained the same but changed positions slightly. With continued …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, August 19, 2011
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2011/08/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-8182011/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, August 19, 2011 FORECLOSING ON EQUITIES The bullish start to this week has long been forgotten, as the major market ETFs got clobbered at the tune of -4.66% for the S&P 500. For the month, this widely followed index is …