Over the past week, the major indexes pushed through milestones with the S&P 500 crossing 1,800 for the first time after the Dow breached the 16,000 mark while the Nasdaq pierced through 4,000. As I have posted before, balanced portfolios were not the place to be throughout this year as bonds slipped into bear market territory while precious metals got …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 11/19/2013
At this very moment, nothing seems to be able to stop the run of equities. Since last week’s ETF portfolio report, the S&P 500 managed to climb above the 1,800 milestone marker on an intra-day basis, and added 1.13%. What everyone expects to happen, such as the markets tanking either during September/October, did not take place as the indexes rallied …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 11/12/2013
While the markets staged a broad sell off last Thursday, the losses were quickly recovered on Friday as the dip buying crowed stepped in and pushed the indexes back to their previous highs. In the end, a week after the latest model ETF portfolio report, the major indexes are barely changed as new talk of reducing the QE stimulus program …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 11/5/2013
The month of October closed on a slight down note as the markets had to digest the highs the major indexes were making. We have been bouncing against a glass ceiling, as far as the S&P 500 is concerned, as the index slipped by some 0.5% since last week’s ETF model portfolio report. Bond ETFs have been making a comeback, …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 10/29/2013
Sideways meandering with an upward bias was the theme as the S&P 500 added another 1% during this final week of the month. It’s been a high performance October so far as pullbacks happened so fast that they could have been easily missed by those looking for an entry point. The widely predicted sell off during this historically volatile month …
7 ETF Model Portfolios You Can Use – Updated through 10/22/2013
Upward momentum shifted into overdrive based on the mere fact that the U.S. government is no longer shut down. Never mind that none of the real issues were resolved—the proverbial can has been merely kicked down the road again. It did not matter to the markets, which simply took off with the S&P 500 gaining some 3.4% since last week’s …