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 12/11/2011. Relief from the European summit that more fiscal discipline will be part of a future agreement involving all 26 EU members (except England) kept the major market indexes elevated. Even though no structural issues …
Eurozone Re-Cap: Is A Long-Term Solution in Sight?
Although the EU Summit has come to a close this week, it’s still hard to see whether the Eurozone has the tools to rid itself of its crisis. The U.K. has decided not to agree to the new EU treaty, creating some discord among the 26 other European members who agreed. However, greater problems are still at hand, especially whether …
The 2011 Roller Coaster Ride — AKA The Stock Market
If you had trouble following the major trends in the domestic market this year, you’re not alone. One trader reviewed the highlights in this recent summary: Crash into early August, then hit a low where market rallied up 10% in six days. We then dropped about 7% in 3 days. We then rallied up about 9% in 7 days. And …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, December 9, 2011
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2011/12/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-12082011/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, December 9, 2011 MARKETS FINISH OFF THE WEEK STRONG – COULD THIS BE THE TURNING POINT FOR EQUITY ETFS? Yesterday’s fears coming out of Europe seemed to escape the minds of investors as major market ETFs and equity ETFs rose …
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter – Updated Through 12/08/2011
ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, December 8, 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 10/25/2011 The domestic TTI broke through its long-term trend line generating a Sell for this area effective 8/9/2011. Over the recent past, we’ve seen the …
Equity ETFs Get a Rude Wake Up Call Amid European Woes
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] After days of relative inactivity, markets finally erred to the downside as news coming out of the EU summit highlighted the difficult landscape that Europe continues to face. The S&P 500 fell 2.11% while European indices dropped as well. For instance, France’s CAC 40 experienced a 2.53% dip. For the first time in a couple weeks, …