By any measure, market activity looked pretty ugly this morning, as the major market ETFs opened sharply to the downside in what appeared to be the Bernanke hangover. In addition, worries about domestic and global economies were supporting the plunge. However, the S&P 500’s 200-day moving average again proved to be a springboard, as buyers started to come in and …
6 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 6/21/2011
This week’s rebound helped 5 of our 6 ETF Model Portfolios to move higher, while the Income Portfolio (#5) retreated. That’s no surprise since its holdings were cut by 50% as two of the trailing sell stops were triggered during the recent slide. If momentum continues upward, I will re-instate these positions. This caused a changing of the guards in …
Last Week In Review: ETF News And Blog Posts
In case you missed it, here’s a summary of the topics that I posted to my blog during the week ending on 6/19/2011. Downward market momentum pushed our International Trend Tracking Index (TTI) below its long-term trend line into bear market territory generating a Sell for that area, as I posted last Wednesday. Will the Domestic TTI follow? While that …
Reader Q & A: Setting Up An ETF Model Portfolio Template
Several readers have emailed wanting to know if a template for the ETF Model Portfolios was available and/or what it would take to do the daily updates. Here’s what Dan had to say: Are the spreadsheets for your ETF Model Portfolios available in template form somewhere on your website? Or do you suggest that readers draw them up on their …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker For Friday, June 17, 2011
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2011/06/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-updated-through-6162011/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, June 17, 2011 ETFs IN RETREAT: STAGGERING NORTH, SOUTH AND NOWHERE Tuesday’s relief rally (or was it a dead cat bounce?) is now a distant memory, only visible in the rear view mirror, as Wednesday’s return to reality took back …
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker – Updated Through 6/16/2011
ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, June 16, 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% …