[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Major Market ETFs advanced on Thursday, pushing the S&P 500 index past the 1,400 level for the first time since June 2008, as better-than-expected economic data reinforced the recovery theory. Latest data showed jobless claims dropping to their lowest level in four years, manufacturing activity picking up and headline inflation being put under control. Treasuries ended …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, March 9, 2012
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2012/03/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-03082012/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, March 9, 2012 EQUITY ETFs PUSH HIGHER ON STRONG JOBS DATA; REMX UP AS MATERIALS GAIN, VXX TUMBLES U.S. stocks closed higher for the third straight session on Friday after a stronger-than-expected monthly jobs report confirmed a recovery that’s gaining …
Major Market ETFs Surge As Greece Inches Towards Debt-Swap; EWD Gains, GAZ Tanks
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] U.S. stocks surged on Thursday as the deadline for the history’s greatest sovereign debt-swap exercise, also crucial for Greece to secure the next-round of bailout money, passed. Thursday’s deal is the (alleged) final barrier to Athens’ securing the second round of bailout money from the International Monetary Fund and the European Union to avoid a messy …
U.S. Stocks Decline Despite Rising Service-Sector Index; GAZ Burns Bright, KWT Slumps
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] U.S. stocks ended lower Monday despite the service-sector gauge advancing in February. The Institute for Supply Management’s non-manufacturing index came in better-than-expected. However, its employment index dropped, while the inflation-measuring price index jumped in January. Not helping the markets were the Chinese lowest growth target in eight years for 2012 and a survey that showed a …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, March 2, 2012
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2012/03/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-03012012/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, March 2, 2012 U.S. INDEXES SNAP WINNING STREAK; XLE SLUMPS AS OIL SINKS; GAZ BURNS BRIGHT The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) snapped a three week winning streak as indexes closed lower on Friday. Treasuries advanced for the first time …
Major Market ETFs Open Month Higher
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Stocks closed higher Thursday as investors weighed improved reading on the jobs front against slightly disappointing construction spending and manufacturing data. According to the Labor Department, the number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits dropped 2,000 to 351,000 last week, the lowest since March 2008. Four-week average now stands lower by 5,500 at 354,000, …