In another repeat performance, the market pullback continued during the past week and affected all of our portfolios. There were a few surprises. Our Trend Tracking Portfolio (#1) not only held up the best, it actually gained in the face of the selloff. This was followed closely by a lesser gain of the Aggressive Portfolio (#3), which now holds the …
Major Market ETFs Succumb To Bearish Pressures
In last Friday’s market commentary, I suggested that over-indebted countries like Greece, Ireland and Portugal, among others, can’t and eventually won’t pay back the burden of continuously shouldering the mother of all indebtedness. While the ECB and most governments are still in denial of that fact, anxiety surrounding the euro zone debt drama increased over the weekend and global markets …
Looking Back to Look Ahead: ETF News And Blog Posts
In case you missed it, here’s a summary of the topics that I posted to my blog during week ending on 5/20/2011. More of the same sloppy trading, as in the prior week, left the major indexes range bound with the S&P 500 losing 5 points. My published Cutline tables and Model ETF Portfolios can give you an assist by …
Reader Q & A: How Do I Use The ETF Cutline Table To Make A Buy Decision?
Reader Joe had the following question in regards to the best use of the ETF Cutline tables: I’ve been reading your material and was wondering how far past the cutline into the positive do you go to initiate a buy? Or do you then just put those ETFs on your radar and use other criteria to decide? Thanks for the …
ETF Leaders And Laggards – For The Week Ending 5/20/2011
Here are this past week’s top 5 winners and losers from my High Volume ETF Master List: In a repeat performance, the international TTI (Trend Tracking Index) has shown more weakness than the domestic one. This is clearly confirmed again by the worst performers of the bunch with 4 out of 5 being country ETFs. Disclosure: No holdings
Reader Q & A: How Do I Start Investing With Your ETF Model Portfolios?
Several readers have emailed recently as to the best way to get started investing in the ETF model portfolios featured on my blog. Peter’s comment is very typical of the ones I received. This is what he had to say: I would like to invest using one of your model portfolios. 1. Can I start now? 2. What percentage of …