Despite Record Highs For U.S. Indices, Investors Flee Domestic Equity Funds
Lipper Insight at Thomson Reuters - Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 05, 3:29PM CST
By Tom Roseen In spite of the upbeat U.S. economic news toward the end of the flows week ended Wednesday, December 3, 2014, conventional fund investors were net sellers of equity funds (ex exchange-traded funds) for a second week in a row,...
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The SPDR S&P 500 ETF: 3 Reasons to Sell
Selena Maranjian, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Dec 05, 5:30AM CST
One knock against the S&P 500 is that it excludes small companies. Photo: Flickr user Edward Dalmulder. It's difficult to make a case against an S&P 500 index fund -- particularly the SPDR S&P 500 ETF . That's because these index...
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Up 169%, Is Apple Supplier Skyworks Still A Buy?
Bachar Samawi - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 02, 11:30AM CST
VTI: 106.95 (+0.24), MU: 36.49 (+0.42), SWKS: 70.36 (+0.61), BRCM: 43.90 (+0.42), QCOM: 73.37 (+0.03), AAPL: 115.00 (-0.49)
Santa Claus Stalled But Buy The Dip
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 02, 9:00AM CST
VTI: 106.95 (+0.24), USO: 24.96 (-0.38), SPY: 208.00 (+0.34), QQQ: 105.38 (+0.01), GLD: 114.43 (-1.45), TGT: 73.66 (+0.38), DIA: 179.51 (+0.68), WMT: 84.12 (-0.64), IWM: 117.69 (+0.88), UUP: 23.71 (+0.18), XRT: 92.43 (-0.30)
Crucial Facts When Evaluating Unmanaged Vs. Managed ETFs/Funds
Tom Madell - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 01, 3:16PM CST
Investors these days are more and more likely to be bombarded by the notion that mutual fund managers must be poor at what they do because the vast majority of these pros fail to surpass the performance of the S&P 500 index, the most commonly...
VTI: 106.95 (+0.24), VOO: 190.80 (+0.34), SPY: 208.00 (+0.34)
ETFReplay.com Portfolio For December
Scott's Investments - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 01, 12:48PM CST
The ETFReplay.com Portfolio holdings have been updated for December 2014. I previously detailed here and here how an investor can use ETFReplay.com to screen for best performing ETFs based on momentum and volatility. The portfolio begins with a...
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Rebalancing Of Fixed Asset Allocation Portfolios: How Often?
Toma Hentea - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Nov 27, 3:59AM CST
VTI: 106.95 (+0.24), BND: 82.28 (-0.24)
VTI: Stocks Get A Great Reason To Run Higher In GDP Revision
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Nov 26, 10:55AM CST
VTI: 106.95 (+0.24), SPY: 208.00 (+0.34), QQQ: 105.38 (+0.01), DIA: 179.51 (+0.68), IWM: 117.69 (+0.88)
Dividend Growth Investing, Total Return, And Indexing: Let's Take Another Look
David Crosetti - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 24, 11:06PM CST
VTI: 106.95 (+0.24), KO: 43.53 (+0.03), KMI: 41.12 (-0.34), PM: 87.14 (-0.01), JNJ: 108.51 (+0.95), V: 263.35 (+2.21), SPY: 208.00 (+0.34), KMB: 114.04 (-0.56), PG: 90.38 (-0.20), CL: 69.37 (-0.08)
This Week - Why Snarling Bulls Will Charge
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 24, 3:25PM CST
VTI: 106.95 (+0.24), SPY: 208.00 (+0.34), QQQ: 105.38 (+0.01), DIA: 179.51 (+0.68), IWM: 117.69 (+0.88), XRT: 92.43 (-0.30)
Modifying The Dual Momentum Strategy
Lowell Herr - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 24, 3:02PM CST
VTI: 106.95 (+0.24), SHY: 84.53 (-0.16), VNQ: 80.59 (-0.41)
Dividend Growth Investing, Total Return, And Indexing Revisited
West Coast Investor - Seeking Alpha - Sun Nov 23, 4:58AM CST
The topics of dividend growth investing and total return have been intermittently revisited in these pages, particularly in recent articles by Part-time Investor , Mike Nadel , Dale Roberts and David Crosetti , and in the innumerable comments...
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Santa Claus Rally Launches Today
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Nov 21, 9:24AM CST
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VTI Is Still A Buy In 2015
McPiro - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Nov 19, 12:37PM CST
VTI: 106.95 (+0.24), DVY: 79.17 (-0.01), SDY: 81.00 (-0.07)
Odds Of Stock Rally Pushing Higher
Chris Ciovacco - Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 17, 2:52PM CST
ECB Ready To Act In a familiar theme of words and little in the way of action, the head of the European Central Bank was jawboning again Monday. From The Wall Street Journal : "The European Central Bank is willing to take additional...
VTI: 106.95 (+0.24), SPY: 208.00 (+0.34), TLT: 121.09 (-0.71)
U.S. Economy: The Disconnect Between Reality And Perception
Russ Koesterich, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 17, 10:08AM CST
By most measures, the U.S. economy is improving. Recent economic reports revealed two encouraging facts: The United States just experienced the best back-to-back quarters of growth since 2003 and fewer Americans are filing for unemployment benefits...
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Bad News Bears Dictating Monday Blues - But For How Long?
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 17, 9:52AM CST
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Market Review: Lessons From October's Wild Ride
Ron Sanders - Seeking Alpha - Wed Nov 12, 2:41PM CST
After a challenging September and flat Q2 2014, U.S. stocks saw positive returns for the month of October. The month saw an increase in market volatility with 13 days where U.S. equities moved up or down by more than 1%. Contrast this with the first...
EUSA: 44.50 (+0.10), VTI: 106.95 (+0.24), IYY: 104.57 (+0.22), TOTS: 19.72 (-0.22), SCHB: 50.22 (+0.10), FVI: 26.23 (+0.12), EXT: 74.83 (+0.06), ITOT: 94.76 (+0.18)
Dual Momentum ETF Portfolio For November
Scott's Investments - Seeking Alpha - Wed Nov 12, 2:23PM CST
Scott's Investments provides a free "Dual ETF Momentum" spreadsheet which was originally created in February 2013. The strategy was inspired by a paper written by Gary Antonacci and available on Optimal Momentum . Antonacci has a new...
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This Week - Why Economic Data Is Critical Now
Markos Kaminis - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Nov 10, 12:47PM CST
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