August 5, 2008
- ETF Tracker: Greatest Demand – Financials Lead, Healthcare/Biotech, India Showing Life
Below is a portion of the Self Investors ETF Tracker (minus a few of the data columns so I could fit it into the page). The most important data is the DI15 and DI30 columns which measure the amount of demand over the past 15 and 30 trading days. I use the ETF Tracker to [...]
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March 26, 2008
- ETF’s Showing Greatest Demand: iShares Taiwan (EWT) Breaks Out
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January 21, 2008
- ETF Trends & Observations: Gold, Oil, Banks, India, China & More
About once a week I like to run through about 200 of the most liquid ETF’s to get a better sense of the market. A good picture of the market can be painted by scanning through them so I thought I’d share my thoughts on what I’m seeing (in no particular order). What are you [...]
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August 12, 2007
- ETF Review: Metals, Europe, Small Caps Breaking Down
Running through 150 or so charts of ETF’s and closed end funds provide a good read on the overall market and where the money is flowing or not flowing whatever the case may be. Obviously, the current environment is leading to mostly breakdowns in the charts. There were no breakouts, with the exception of the [...]
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July 30, 2007
- ETF Watch – Healthcare, Pharma & Retail Breaking Down
In a review of the exchange traded and closed end funds, none have broken out in the past week but plenty are beginning to break down following the recent market meltdown. With the next US administration not expected to be so kind to big pharma and healthcare it’s not a total surprise that those sectors [...]
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July 22, 2007
- ETF Review – Indonesia, Thailand, Software Breakout; Financials Breakdown
Running through the charts of the ETF’s provides a great look at where in the market the money is moving which can reveal not only rotations but the health of the overall market.. I thought I’d throw up the charts of ETF’s breaking out and breaking down which indicate emerging strength in southeast Asia (Thailand, [...]
May 18, 2007
- Gold & US Real Estate Break Trendlines – Major Correction in REIT’s Loom
While most of the focus has been on the market making new highs and how long it will last, Gold and US Real Estate (REITs) have been quietly breaking down.
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April 1, 2007
- Soon, India Will Offer Buy Opportunity – A Look at the India Fund (IFN)
I’m not posting the weekly report this week because I’ve been busy all weekend making final preparations for the launch of the new SelfInvestors.com and the market didn’t do much of anything last week. The bears appear to be having trouble exerting any kind of control as each attempt at a sell off was met [...]
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March 27, 2007
- 5 ETF’s to Watch & Stock Market Wisdom From the Yahoo Message Boards
Tom Dyson of ETF Trends offered up a few ETFs that could lead the way as soon as this market (I’m hesitant to call it a correction) is done running its course.
1) iShares Netherlands (EWN)
"The country has stable relations, moderate unemployment and is an important European transportation hub"
2) Ishares South Africa (EZA)
"The country has [...]
August 22, 2006
- Thirsty For Profits? Go Get Some Water – Powershares Water Resources ETF (PHO)
With World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden upon us, it’s no wonder there are many news stories cropping up detailing the looming water crisis around the world.
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August 29, 2005
- ETF Movers of the Month
The following table shows the ETFs with greatest demand (as measured by price and volume movement over the past 20 trading days). The DI score (for 20 and 40 trading days) is a proprietary indicator of SelfInvestors.com and measures price and volume movements. The higher the score, the healthier the demand. Of course this indicator [...]
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August 2, 2005
- ETF Movers: China, Utilities, Basic Materials
It’s been some time since I’ve posted ETF movers and today is a good day to begin again considering today’s move is a significant one. The Nasdaq is clearing key resistance at 2200 and looks like it will hold above that level into the close. However, today’s move is lacking oomph as indicated by the [...]
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July 11, 2005
- Today’s ETF Movers: Small Caps Lead the Way
The market is following through nicely, adding to Friday’s gains. It appears we’ll get another day of accumulation as volume on the major indices are ahead of Friday’s session. Today, small caps lead the way as indicated by the movement in the small cap Ishares ETF’s. As far as specific industries -technology, select emerging markets [...]
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July 8, 2005
- Today’s ETF Movers
The market continues to show its resiliency today and is battling resistance areas in the Dow (10440) and the Nasdaq at 2100. However, volume is not particulary heavy today considering the magnitude of the move. If the Dow and Nasdaq can hold above resistance levels and volume picks up significantly above the average levels in [...]
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June 23, 2005
- Today’s ETF Movers
Volume is accelerating during the selloff over the last hour or so as key support levels in the major indices approach. Here’s a look at which areas of the market are moving with volume today. Data as of 3PM EST. The only bright spot today appears to be the semis.
Ticker
Name
Current Price
Price % Change
Vol % Change
RS
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June 7, 2005
- Today’s ETF Movers: Utilities Lead the Way
I’ve had some problems with my ETF database recently, but it’s now back in working order.. so I’ll begin posting more ETF movers.
Looking at today’s ETF movers, it’s clear that today’s rally isn’t really all that impressive. With the exception of utilities, there isn’t much moving with heavy volume. (Data as of 2:30PM EST)Ticker
Name
Current Price
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May 18, 2005
- ETF MidDay Movers
(Data as of 2PM EST)
The major indices are breaking out above major resistance today with good volume. As it has over the past few days, technology leads the way once again. Today’s move is a signal to become more aggressive on the long side.Ticker
Name
Current Price
% Price Change
% Vol Change
RS
% From 50DMA
% From 200DMAIGN
Ishares Networking
26.71
1.99
196
52
6.16
-1.48IGW
Ishares Semiconductor
52.16
1.22
603
49
4.22
3.7XLK
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May 13, 2005
- Today’s ETF Movers
(Data as of 2:45PM EST)
Quite a divergence between tech and the rest of the market today. Money continues to flow out of energy and materials as we close in on the possibility of yet another day of distribution.
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May 8, 2005
- Leading ETFs
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May 4, 2005
- ETF MidDay Movers
(Data as of 12:30PM EST)Today’s strong market is led by transportation, financials, energy and semis. Select emerging market ETF’s are doing well.
Ticker
Chart
Name
Price
% Price Change
% Volume Change
RS
% From 50DMA
% From 200DMATLT
Ishares Lehman 20+ Yr
91.26
-1.17
183
69
1.59
2.84IGW
Ishares Semiconductor
48.62
1.55
94
38
-4.48
-3.34XLY
SPDR Consumer Discretionary
31.7
1.18
200
44
-3.71
-2.85XLF
SPDR Financial
28.9
1.26
134
49
0.31
-0.65EEM
Ishares Emerging Markets
205.48
2.02
239
71
-1
9.58EWG
Ishares Germany
17.7
1.72
331
62
-2.21
3.75RKH
HLDRS Regional Banks
135.36
1.24
242
56
1.68
0.07EWY
Ishares South Korea
31.56
3.71
163
68
-3.16
12.31OIH
HLDRS Oil Service
90.44
1.56
79
79
-4.81
7.04XLE
SPDR Energy
40.59
0.69
55
87
-4.65
9.88IYT
Ishares Transportation
62.87
1.16
450
66
-4.21
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