ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, April 28, 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 …
High Volume ETFs On The Cutline – Updated Through 4/27/2011
Here’s the latest update of the High Volume only ETFs, which are hovering slightly below and above their cutline (trend line). High Volume (HV) ETFs are defined as those with an average daily volume of $10 million or higher. These ETFs are generated from my selected list of 90 that I use in my advisor practice. It cuts out the …
ETF Portfolio Tables Fixed
When I changed blogging platforms a few weeks ago, I did not realize that the feature of clicking on tables and charts to enlarge them for better viewing and printing had not been set up. This has been fixed as of today and will be available from here on forward. Unfortunately, the program does not go back and change previous …
Can You Really Afford A Commission-Free ETF?
Sure, we all like things for free, especially when it comes to investing. But is FREE always the best way to go when it comes to the purchase of ETFs? The WSJ (subscription required) had some thoughts on the matter in “The Limits of Free:” “Free” is a hard word to resist. That’s what five big investment houses were counting …
5 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 4/26/2011
It was up, up and away as far as our model portfolios was concerned with the worst one “only” gaining 2% during the past 4 trading days. Especially the income portfolio rocketed higher by gaining over 3%. Obviously, there is no guarantee that this will continue but, right now, the ETF Income portfolio is clearly in tune with market momentum. …
ETFs On The Cutline—Updated through 4/21/2011
This week, you’ll notice again that ETFs do not remain in the same position in relation to the cutline for very long when market weakness or strength sets in. With the last few trading days having been bullish, some ETFs improved their positions. Moving above the cutline to a +3 position from -1 last week, was PFF, which now also …