Indicator Update: Time for a mid-course correction?
After an event-filled 3 ½ day trading week, it is time to pause and reconsider. There is little fresh news in store this week, and therefore plenty of time for calendar-driven introspection. Is it time...
View ArticleWeekly Sector Update – IEZ ($)
IEZ is iShares U.S. Oil Equipment & Services ETF. IEZ has done very well over the last few weeks, similar to last week’s featured sector, GDX. Oil seems to have a tendency similar to gold in the...
View ArticleWeekly Sector Update – FXI ($)
FXI is iShares China Large-Cap ETF. It is in the penalty box and is not rated very high. Felix has dipped into the pool of negativity. There is not a lot of good news here. We currently only hold one...
View ArticleWeekly Sector Update – IXN ($)
IXN is iShares Global Tech ETF. It is not the highest rated ETF but it is strong at 30. Two weeks ago, we wrote about FXI which is still the highest rated at 104, but remains in the penalty box....
View ArticleIndicator Update: Will the Fed Experiment End Badly?
Put together these ingredients: The biggest weekly market decline in two years, the winding down of earnings season, and a light week for economic data. The result? Financial TV producers will be...
View ArticleWeekly Sector Update – IAI ($)
IAI is iShares U.S. Broker-Dealers ETF. IAI is in the penalty box and a strength of 24. The top-rated ETF is FXI, which we discussed a few weeks ago. Investor Take IAI has a high P/E ratio of 24.13 and...
View ArticleIndicator Update: Current Crises and Market Effects
In the past week there has been a dramatic change for the worse in everything we have been tracking in our “Ugly” section. Risks that are generally described with the euphemism of “geopolitical” have...
View ArticleWeekly Sector Update – IYK ($)
IYK is iShares U.S. Consumer Goods ETF. IYK is a well diversified ETF. Anything that you want to buy, IYK has it. If you want a car, IYK has Ford. If you want to run, IYK has NKE (Nike). If you want...
View ArticleIndicator Update: Will Central Bankers Unwind at Jackson Hole?
I could not resist the whimsical title. It is time for the annual Fed Symposium at Jackson Hole. This event, sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, has historically been the scene for...
View ArticleWeekly Sector Update – ITB ($)
ITB is iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF. ITB has been on the top of the Felix list for the last couple of weeks. This week marks the first that it is out of the penalty box. It is highly rated and a...
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