The long awaited and overdue correction finally set in with the S&P 500 sliding 5 days in a row. Since last week’s ETF Model Portfolio report, this benchmark has surrendered 3.8%. Downward momentum accelerated over the past couple of days as a result of last Friday’s poor jobs report and renewed concerns about the European debt crisis with Spain’s rising …
ETFs/Mutual Funds On The Cutline – Updated Through 4/5/2012
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 326 (last week 346) of them are hovering in bullish territory. The second report …
Last Week In Review: ETF News And Blog Posts To 4/8/2012
In case you missed it, here’s a summary of the ETF topics and market reviews I posted to my blog during the week ending on 4/8/2012. Again, last Monday provided the fireworks, after which we went downhill during the next four trading days. Contributing to the decline of the major market ETFs during this Holiday shortened week were the notes …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, April 6, 2012
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2012/04/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-04052012/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, April 6, 2012 MARCH PAYROLLS REPORT TRAILS FORECAST; BERNANKE’S JOBS WARNING COMES TRUE The US economy’s expansion came under threat as hiring by American employers trailed most pessimistic forecasts in March. Employers added 120,000 jobs in March, the fewest in …
Weekly StatSheet For The ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter – Updated Through 04/05/2012
ETF/Mutual Fund Data updated through Thursday, April 5, 2012 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 10/25/2011 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 …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 4/3/2012
The markets, as measured by the S&P 500, ended unchanged since last week’s ETF portfolio update. Yesterday’s FOMC minutes disappointed the Wall Street crowd as, for the time being, another round of easing has been postponed until deemed necessary. That pulled the major indexes off their highs but, while the damage was limited in magnitude, both bonds and equities were …