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 …
Misery For Equity ETFs; PRPFX Hedge Gains
The markets took another nosedive today as Morgan Stanley warned about a global recession, which caused 10-year Treasury yields to drop below 2% as the flight to safety continued. As a reader of this blog, the dreaded “R” word (as in ‘Recession,’ not in ‘Recovery’) should be a familiar tune, as I have commented about this very possibility for quite …
Market Review – High Volume ETFs On The Cutline – Updated Through 8/17/2011
While the rebound of the past 5 trading days provided welcome relief to those investors who kept their equity ETF positions through the recent market beating, the effect on the cutline has been negligible. That’s a sign that the recent rebound came from a much oversold position with short covering playing a big role by providing the ammunition needed to …