[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving the Markets Despite talking out of both sides of its mouth for weeks, the Federal Reserve announced at the close of its meeting today that it would keep interest rates unchanged. While commenting on the matter though, Yellen said a July hike “is not impossible,” suggesting that strong job growth in June and substantial upward revisions …
Equities End Winning Streak; Gold Closes Higher
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Stocks pulled back a tad, snapping a record breaking streak since last Friday. All major indexes gave back some of their recent gains. Although we saw a drop today, markets have been trending up over the past two weeks. M&A activity regained their share of headlines, especially the recent Hillshire-Jimmy Dean-Tyson Foods-Pilgrim’s …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For March 21, 2014
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2014/03/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-03202014/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, March 21, 2014 EQUITY INDEXES LOSE STEAM BUT GAIN FOR THE WEEK [Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets Equities were bouncing back this week but metals aren’t keeping up. More important is Janet Yellen’s statement indicating that interest …
First Day Of Trading Seems Sour, Economy Looks Sweeter
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] 1. Moving The Markets U.S. stock indexes posted their largest decline in three weeks on the first trading day of 2014, after the benchmark S&P 500 finished its best year since 1997. Oil and gas producers were among the hardest hit following a 3% drop in oil prices to under $96 a barrel as Libya prepares to …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 10/25/2013
Below are the latest ETF Cutline reports, which show how far above or below their respective long-term trend lines (39 week SMA) my currently tracked ETFs/MFs are positioned. The first report covers the ETF Master List from Thursday’s StatSheet and includes 398 ETFs, of which currently 348 (last week 342) are hovering in bullish territory. The second report includes only …
One Man’s Opinion: Has The Commodities Super-Cycle Ended?
In global markets, there’s greater certainty about where the world economy is heading, but there’s no satisfaction in where it’s heading, feels John Lipsky, a professor at John Hopkins University and a former special adviser to the managing director of the International Monetary Fund. Some economies, especially the Asian emerging economies, are doing well again, while some others are not. …