[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] The major indexes recovered from an early drop to finish mixed amid concerns Europe’s debt crisis is worsening and as pending home sales in the US tripped in February. Equities headed to their session lows shortly after the open when a report from the National Association of Realtors showed pending home sales declined 0.4 percent in …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 3/26/2013
The events in Cyprus were front and center over the past week as the story lines changed more often than I care to count. In the end, the parliamentary process was circumvented as the European overlords dictated the terms without paying any attention to minor details such as a democratic process. That’s been pretty much the theme throughout the European …
US Indexes Surge On Manufacturing, Housing Improvement; Europe Rises On US Data
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Index ETFs advanced Tuesday, with the S&P 500 Index rebounding to within two points of its record and the Dow Industrials hitting a new high, after US durable goods orders rose more than estimated in February and home prices jumped the most since June 2006. The Commerce Department reported orders for durable goods rose 5.7 percent …
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker Newsletter For Friday, March 22, 2013
ETF/No Load Fund Tracker StatSheet ————————————————————- THE LINK TO OUR CURRENT ETF/MUTUAL FUND STATSHEET IS: https://theetfbully.com/2013/03/weekly-statsheet-for-the-etfno-load-fund-tracker-newsletter-updated-through-03212013/ ———————————————————— Market Commentary Friday, March 22, 2013 INDEX ETFs ADVANCE ON EARNINGS AND CYPRUS DEAL HOPES; EUROPE SLIPS ON UNCERTAINTY Equities rose Friday, trimming the second weekly drop of the year for the S&P 500 Index as corporate earnings beat street estimates and on …
US Stock Indexes Decline As Europe, Oracle Weighs; Europe Slides On German Data
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] US stocks slumped today, posting there biggest slide in nearly a month, as weak eurozone economic data, the continued crisis in Cyprus and disappointing quarterly earnings of Oracle Corp. eclipsed better-than-estimated American economic data. Early Thursday, the European Central Bank said it may cut off emergency funding to Cypriot banks if it fails to reach a …
Fed’s ‘All-Clear’ Lifts US Equities; Europe Recovers From Cyprus Drop
[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com] Equities recovered from yesterday’s minor pullback, with the S&P 500 Index snapping its first three-day decline of the year, after the Federal Reserve said it would continue to support the US recovery (AKA continuing its relentless money printing efforts) while eurozone leaders mulled options for Cyprus. Speaking to reporters at the conclusion of the two-day FOMC …