Last week’s market pullback did affect all of our portfolios, although only one position slipped enough to trigger its trailing sell stop. As I posted last Friday, that was the volatile commodity sector, in which we had holdings via the DBC index, which were sold. The winner for last week turned out to be the ETF income portfolio (#5), which …
ETFs And The Next ‘Flash Crash’
MarketWatch featured an article on the flash crash of May 6, 2010. Here are some highlights: The ‘flash crash’ turned the stock market on its ear during one violent trading day a year ago, but many investors are still vulnerable to the market’s next bungee jump. Their mistake: stop-loss orders on exchange-traded funds — a move that puts shareholders directly …
Last Week’s Lessons: 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 5/8/2011. With a very volatile week now in the rearview mirror, consulting the Cutline tables and Model ETF Portfolios can assist you in making better investment decisions in the future, as another week loaded with uncertainties is upon us. …
Reader Q&A: How Much Of An ETF Profit Is Enough Without Being Greedy?
I had some email exchanges with reader Bob, who responded with the ultimate question. Here’s what he had to say: I am using a 7% trailing stop for all ETF’s. So far, none have hit the execution point. The one issue I am struggling with is when to take a profit. For example, I have MDY up 25% and IVV …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker For Friday, May 6, 2011
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2011/05/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-updated-through-552011/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, May 6, 2011 WHACKING THE BULLS After last week’s strong rally, it was time for the bears to show some muscle and pull the major indexes back into reality territory. After 4 days of selling, euphoria about today’s better than …
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker – Updated Through 5/5/2011
ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, May 5, 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% trailing …