I had some email exchanges with reader Bob, who responded with the ultimate question. Here’s what he had to say: I am using a 7% trailing stop for all ETF’s. So far, none have hit the execution point. The one issue I am struggling with is when to take a profit. For example, I have MDY up 25% and IVV …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker For Friday, May 6, 2011
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2011/05/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-updated-through-552011/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, May 6, 2011 WHACKING THE BULLS After last week’s strong rally, it was time for the bears to show some muscle and pull the major indexes back into reality territory. After 4 days of selling, euphoria about today’s better than …
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker – Updated Through 5/5/2011
ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, May 5, 2011 If you are not familiar with some of the terminology used, please see the Glossary of Terms. 1. DOMESTIC EQUITY MUTUAL FUNDS/ETFs: BUY— since 6/3/2009 As announced via a blog post, on 6/2/2009, the TTI triggered a buy signal with an effective date of 6/3/2009. We will use the 7% trailing …
Precious Metal ETFs: Higher Or Lower Prices Ahead?
That is the question, especially after silver got hammered pretty hard over the past few trading days. The simple answer is that it depends on who you ask. For some thoughts, let’s listen in to the WSJ’s “Steep Drop Tarnishes Bog Bets On Silver” (subscription required): Silver prices plunged, suffering their worst one-day drop in dollar terms in three decades, …
6 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 5/3/2011
As announced last Sunday, I have added the Ivy ETF Portfolio in this line up. It’s indentified as Portfolio #6. All portfolios held pretty steady during the past 5 trading days, but came off their highs made last Friday, the last day of April. The S&P 500 gained 0.74% for this period. With a little bit of weakness having set …
ETFs On The Cutline – Updated through 4/29/2011
With equities gaining strongly last week to close out the month, surprising moves to the upside happened around the cutline (trend line) as well. The Clean Energy ETF (PWB) rallied from a +2 position to +16 solidifying its rank on the bullish side. However, its momentum figures (see table) are still on the weak side. The same applies to the …