The S&P 500 is more than 15% off its April peak. In fact, nearly all sector and industry investments have fallen more than a corrective 10% from the top. Yet there may be another approach for assessing the damage. For example, the S&P 500 index itself hasn’t been at this price level since October of 2009… more than eight months [...] Continue Reading...
With stock markets globe-wide succumbing to volatility, certain ETFs have secured more than a fair share of followers. For example, PowerShares US Dollar Bullish (UUP) has successfully capitalized on the king of all currencies. Treasury Bond ETFs have also curried favor. Does his mean you should buy into the doom-n-gloom forecasted by U.S. Treasury Bond ETFs? Or are there other ways to interpret the recent flight to [...] Continue Reading...
ETF Uptrends, ETF Downtrends, ETF Momentum, Low Risk ETFs Click here to listen the show: 6-30-10 Continue Reading...
According to internal estimates in China, economic growth slowed more than investors had been hoping for. That idea renewed fears that China may be tightening its growth reins a bit too harshly. Zip-lining over to Europe, there are freshwater concerns about European banks. At present, they need to repay hundreds of billions in euros in emergency loans that they received, giving rise to panic about [...] Continue Reading...
Naysayers forecast another huge leg down in world markets. With an extremely important U.S. Employment Report set for release on Friday, July 2, these folks believe a weaker-than-expected report will serve as the straw that breaks the camel’s 1040 support for the S&P 500. (Of course, that straw may already be broken!) Then again, what if the report shows surprising [...] Continue Reading...
The housing collapse, the “Great Recession,” 4,000,000 jobs eradicated… it began slowly in 2008, then accelerated into 2009. Yet by mid-2009, there was GDP evidence of a “jobless recovery.” Ironically, perhaps, bond yields on 6/28/2010 are sitting at 52-week lows. The 10-year treasury note is back to a paltry 3%. In fact, when one considers that the 10-year yield has [...] Continue Reading...
World markets initially embraced China’s decision to let its currency float against world currencies. Yet the media quickly squashed the story when a number of major state-owned Chinese banks began buying U.S. dollars. Was the “yuan story” nothing more than a head fake by China? Is the country’s effort to transition from an export-only economy to an exporter/consumer-driven economy meaningful? Could other [...] Continue Reading...
On the surface, the last Monday in June has been no different than the other trading days in the first half of 2010. Investors have been dumping energy and materials ETFs; what’s more, they’ve been getting rid of country ETFs that depend heavily on the energy or materials sectors. Sector ETFs In The First Half Of 2010 [...] Continue Reading...
China ETFs, Asian ETFs, India ETFs, Emerging Market ETFs Click here to listen to the show: 6-27-10 Continue Reading...
The Street.com reported that U.S. broad market ETFs fell 24% in the first decade of the new century. Meanwhile, Brazil’s Bovespa Index QUADRUPLED! The globe requires more minerals, materials and natural resources. Brazil is chock-full of them. Moreover, with major events like the World Cup and the Olympics heading to Brazil over the next 4-6 years, could Brazil ETFs continue to score goal [...] Continue Reading...
