ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, September 1, 2011 If you are not familiar with some of the terminology used, please see the Glossary of Terms. 1. DOMESTIC EQUITY MUTUAL FUNDS/ETFs: SELL — since 8/9/2011 The domestic TTI broke through its long-term trend line generating a Sell for this area effective 8/9/2011. Over the recent past, we’ve seen the …
Uncertainty Ahead Of Jobs Report Pulls Equity ETFs Lower
The major market ETFs did an about face today as reports showed that economic activity is more or less entrenched in a sideways pattern. Additionally, caution remained ahead of tomorrow’s jobs report, which will be released prior to the market opening. The big report of the day, the ISM manufacturing index, showed that manufacturing is still growing, but at rate …
High Volume ETFs On The Cutline – Updated Through 8/31/2011
Since the last ETF Cutline report a week ago, the S&P 500 has rebound by +3.48%, but the change in momentum has not been enough to generate any new ETF prospects suitable as current investment material. Only 16 ETFs hover above the line in bullish territory, while 72 remain below it and on the bearish side of the equation. To …
Damage Control For ETFs
The major index ETFs managed some damage control over the past week to reduce the losses sustained in the month of August to -5.65% for the S&P 500, which was its worst month since May 2010. It could have been a lot worse, as fears that the economy was headed back into a recession, along with worries about the European …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 8/30/2011
Since my last ETF Model Portfolio Report, the S&P 500 managed to gain some +4.39%, while most of our portfolios grew to a lesser degree. The main reason is that we’ve been stopped out of all aggressive positions, so our upside is currently limited. That’s okay, because YTD our portfolios have shown far more stability than the index, and they …
Speculation Rally Continues—Equity ETFs Inch Higher
Today’s rally received support after the August Fed meeting showed that some officials are in favor of another move that might boost the economy, although there was no overall consensus. A second assist came from the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, who chimed in that he would back more stimulus efforts as well. Lovely; since QE-2 did …