ETF Prophet

(Click Image to Enlarge/ ETF Rewind Glossary) Last week the S&P 500 (SPY) recorded a break-even performance of -0.1%. In fact, with the VIX settling back into its lows for the year, only Agricultural stocks (DBA) were able to put in much of a move at plus +3.4%.  Speaking of the VIX, while stocks don’t [...]

(Click Image to Enlarge/ ETF Rewind Glossary) Major U.S. indices put in a strong weekly performance in-spite of a disappointing Friday Jobs Report, with the S&P 500 (SPY) finishing higher by +3.4%.  In  fact, within our tracked indices, only Treasuries (TLT) and the U.S. Dollar (UUP) finished lower, by  -1.9% and -1.4%, respectively. From a [...]

(Click Image to Enlarge/ ETF Rewind Glossary) The major U.S. indices put in a flat week with the S&P 500 (SPY) finishing higher by just +0.1%.  Notable outliers, including Real Estate (IYR -1.9%), Midcap Growth (PWJ +2.3%) and Agriculture (DBA +2.0%), underscored the low volatility in their slight absolute magnitude. Interestingly, Agriculture now represents the [...]

August seemingly withdrew July’s promise of a nascent recovery into the second half of 2010 as the words “double dip” came back into common parlance. The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrials and NASDAQ 100 cash indices finished lower for the month by -4.74%, -4.31%, and -5.18%, respectively. This left the three major indices down on [...]