[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Equities trimmed losses Wednesday with the broad market closing near flat after the minutes from the Fed’s last meeting showed many policy makers favored another round of monetary stimulus if the economy failed to show signs of a durable pick up. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 31 points lower after sinking as much as 83 …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 8/21/2012
Inching ahead on continued central bank intervention hopes was the mode of operation last week, as the major indexes edged up with the S&P 500 taking out its 2012 high yesterday before selling set in. With our international TTI having generated a new ‘Buy’ signal, as posted on Monday, and the domestic market heading to higher levels as well, I …
Major Market ETFs Retreat As Declining Tech Stocks Eclipse Euro Optimism; ECB Hope Drives Europe Higher
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Major Market ETFs retreated today with the S&P 500 climbing down from a four-year high as optimism over the European Central Bank’s possible intervention to limit the region’s contagion was eclipsed by a decline in US equities led by technology stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) fell 0.5 percent, with 22 of the 30 stocks …
US Equities Pause Ahead Of FOMC Minutes; International Buy Signal Generated
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US equities hit the pause button on a placid August trading session, as investors chose to wait ahead of the Federal Reserve’s minutes from the last meeting due out ater this week as worries about Europe offset gains in the technology and banking sector. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 8/17/2012
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 334 (last week 324) of them are hovering in bullish territory. The second report …
Last Week In Review: ETF News And Blog Posts To 8/19/2012
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 8/19/2012. The low volume story continued, and the major indexes managed to crawl higher on uneven economic data with not much coming out of Europe except the occasional sound bite about the support of the …