In case you missed it, here’s a summary of the ETF topics that I posted to my blog during the week ending on 7/8/2011. Despite Friday’s horrific jobs report, the major market ETFs managed to eke out a gain for the week. The focus will now be on the upcoming earnings season, where surprises to the upside, because of reduced …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker For Friday, July 8, 2011
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2011/07/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-updated-through-772011/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, July 8, 2011 Lousy Jobs Data Stops Bulls In Their Tracks – Major Market ETFs Pull Back Much anticipation had been built on the release of today’s jobs report. Even preliminary figures from ADP on Thursday raised hopes that there …
Market commentary/High Volume ETFs On The Cutline – Updated Through 7/6/2011
Upward market momentum and euphoria continued into last weekend causing several ETFs to move above the +20 HV Cutline listings and off the table. If you intend to follow those ETFs that are no longer listed, you now have to consult the weekly StatSheet (updated every Thursday), specifically the ETF Master List. To clarify, High Volume (HV) ETFs are defined …
6 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 7/5/2011
The market’s sharp rise last week affected all our ETF Model Portfolios in a positive way. While they did not move up as fast as the S&P 500 did, they also did not lose ground as quickly, when the markets declined 7 out of 8 weeks. That has been my theme all along. When the major indexes were on a …
Gold ETFs Shine
With the stock market mired in a bit of uncertainty, after last week’s run, it was the gold ETFs who brightened the day. As the chart shows (courtesy of MarketWatch.com), the major market ETFs lacked direction and essentially went nowhere. Follow through buying from last week was non-existent as exuberance seemed to wane. None of today’s news reports supported the …
ETFs On The Cutline – Updated through 7/1/2011
Closing the month of June with a bang and stepping into July with equal force, the major market ETFs have been on a tear for five days straight. How much of that momentum can be maintained is everyone’s guess. The ETFs under discussion last week (TMW, VTI, VUG) rallied strongly and ended up above the listed +20 positions, so they …