Lessons From Another Tough Week And The Big Day Ahead
Eric Parnell, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Mar 14, 9:24AM CDT
XLB: 49.23 (+0.13), VXX: 25.73 (-0.40), EWL: 34.00 (+0.71), TLT: 131.51 (+0.69), EWJ: 12.81 (+0.20), HEDJ: 66.87 (+0.74), EEM: 40.08 (+0.59), KRE: 41.38 (+0.48), FXB: 146.71 (+2.18), OIL: 9.79 (+0.22), XLK: 42.54 (+0.10), FXC: 79.03 (+0.88), FXE: 106.32 (+1.63), EMB: 111.69 (+1.20), SLV: 16.00 (+0.56), XLF: 24.71 (+0.24), VNQ: 87.03 (+2.13), FXF: 99.75 (+1.49), JJC: 33.04 (+1.20), XLE: 76.91 (+0.60), HYG: 90.44 (+0.70), MUB: 110.47 (-0.03), FXY: 80.98 (+0.65), EZU: 39.08 (+1.08), XLU: 44.98 (+0.05), UUP: 25.82 (-0.35), XRT: 100.96 (+0.28), FXS: 116.66 (+2.56), XLV: 74.90 (+0.33), GSG: 19.51 (+0.25), PCY: 28.30 (+0.29), EWU: 18.82 (+0.43), GLD: 113.57 (+1.28), PFF: 40.05 (+0.14), IWM: 125.99 (+1.10)
ETFReplay.com March Update
Scott's Investments - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 02, 8:03AM CST
The ETFReplay.com Portfolio holdings have been updated for March 2015. 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...
HYG: 90.44 (+0.70), TIP: 113.76 (+0.34), DBC: 17.21 (+0.23), TLT: 131.51 (+0.69), WIP: 54.90 (+0.93), VTI: 109.76 (+0.91), PCY: 28.30 (+0.29), EEM: 40.08 (+0.59), GLD: 113.57 (+1.28), LQD: 121.49 (+0.34), RWX: 44.05 (+0.69), SHY: 84.77 (+0.06), EFA: 65.66 (+1.42), VNQ: 87.03 (+2.13)
The New Enhanced Bond Rotation Strategy With Adaptive Bond Allocation
Frank Grossmann - Seeking Alpha - Fri Feb 20, 1:57PM CST
On November 2013 I published the first SA article on the BRS ( Bond Rotation Strategy ). Now, 15 months later, I am presenting an important update for this strategy. Even though the old strategy has done well, I think it is very important to...
TLH: 138.81 (+0.75), BOND: 110.19 (+0.10), TLT: 131.51 (+0.69), JNK: 39.13 (+0.28), PCY: 28.30 (+0.29), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), CWB: 48.37 (+0.44), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), SHY: 84.77 (+0.06)
Invesco: Pick your spots in high-yield
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 2:49PM CST
EMAG: 21.91 (+0.16), HYEM: 23.22 (+0.20), PGHY: 23.25 (+0.11), ANGL: 27.31 (+0.08), HYLD: 41.60 (+0.42), UJB: 58.51 (unch), EMSH: 74.06 (unch), IHY: 24.12 (+0.29), JNK: 39.13 (+0.28), HYXU: 46.74 (+0.59), SJB: 27.38 (-0.22), XOVR: 26.40 (+0.13), QLTC: 49.51 (+0.08), EMB: 111.69 (+1.20), HYLS: 50.30 (-0.15), EMLC: 20.09 (+0.26), HYG: 90.44 (+0.70), EMHY: 47.46 (+0.45), PHB: 18.96 (+0.07), VWOB: 77.11 (+0.44), IJNK: 22.26 (+0.10), FEMB: 45.05 (+0.28), LEMB: 43.65 (+0.34), PCY: 28.30 (+0.29), ELD: 39.68 (+0.54), EBND: 27.01 (+0.47)
Are Investors Underestimating The Risks In Emerging Market Bonds?
Lipper Insight at Thomson Reuters - Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 09, 8:09AM CST
By Detlef Glow During their chase for yield, a number of investors have added emerging-market bonds to their portfolios, since these bonds seemed to be fairly valued and offered a yield suiting the needs of the investors. But, as always in a long...
EMLC: 20.09 (+0.26), EMAG: 21.91 (+0.16), PCY: 28.30 (+0.29), ELD: 39.68 (+0.54), VWOB: 77.11 (+0.44), FEMB: 45.05 (+0.28), EMB: 111.69 (+1.20), EMSH: 74.06 (unch), EBND: 27.01 (+0.47), LEMB: 43.65 (+0.34)
Updating The Baker's Dozen Portfolio: A Slight Modification Of The IVY 10
Lowell Herr - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Feb 04, 2:02PM CST
TIP: 113.76 (+0.34), DBC: 17.21 (+0.23), VEA: 40.86 (+0.86), VOE: 92.73 (+0.97), TLT: 131.51 (+0.69), VTI: 109.76 (+0.91), PCY: 28.30 (+0.29), VBR: 110.09 (+1.14), GLD: 113.57 (+1.28), RWX: 44.05 (+0.69), SHY: 84.77 (+0.06), VWO: 40.72 (+0.50), VEU: 49.68 (+0.98), VNQ: 87.03 (+2.13)
ETFReplay.com Portfolio Update
Scott's Investments - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Feb 02, 8:02PM CST
The ETFReplay.com Portfolio holdings have been updated for February 2015. 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...
HYG: 90.44 (+0.70), TIP: 113.76 (+0.34), DBC: 17.21 (+0.23), TLT: 131.51 (+0.69), WIP: 54.90 (+0.93), VTI: 109.76 (+0.91), PCY: 28.30 (+0.29), EEM: 40.08 (+0.59), RWX: 44.05 (+0.69), LQD: 121.49 (+0.34), GLD: 113.57 (+1.28), SHY: 84.77 (+0.06), EFA: 65.66 (+1.42), VNQ: 87.03 (+2.13)
Weakening Currencies Put Developing Countries' Debt At Risk
Global Risk Insights - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 30, 4:25PM CST
Debts issued in foreign currencies, some of which are not counted in official statistics, are a rising risk to developing economies as the U.K. and U.S. get closer to raising rates. With the Swiss National Bank abandoning the Swiss franc's peg to...
EMLC: 20.09 (+0.26), EMAG: 21.91 (+0.16), PCY: 28.30 (+0.29), ELD: 39.68 (+0.54), VWOB: 77.11 (+0.44), FEMB: 45.05 (+0.28), EMB: 111.69 (+1.20), EMSH: 74.06 (unch), EBND: 27.01 (+0.47), LEMB: 43.65 (+0.34)
What Does Russia's Junk Rating Mean?
Mohamed El-Erian - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 28, 8:47AM CST
This post originally appeared on Bloomberg View Standard & Poor's announced Monday that it downgraded Russia's sovereign debt to junk status. Here is a Q&A on the significance of the move. QUESTION: What is the immediate impact of...
EMLC: 20.09 (+0.26), EMAG: 21.91 (+0.16), ULE: 15.74 (+0.44), URR: 17.25 (+0.55), VWOB: 77.11 (+0.44), FEMB: 45.05 (+0.28), EUO: 26.67 (-0.88), EMSH: 74.06 (unch), LEMB: 43.65 (+0.34), PCY: 28.30 (+0.29), ELD: 39.68 (+0.54), FXE: 106.32 (+1.63), EMB: 111.69 (+1.20), ERO: 41.04 (+0.73), EUFX: 44.64 (-0.66), DRR: 62.18 (-1.82), EBND: 27.01 (+0.47)
How To Build A Portfolio With Less Risk Than The S&P 500
ColoradoWealthManagementFund - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Jan 26, 10:11AM CST
VEA: 40.86 (+0.86), XOP: 48.19 (+0.22), SCHE: 24.27 (+0.26), JNK: 39.13 (+0.28), SCHH: 41.83 (+1.03), EEM: 40.08 (+0.59), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), AGG: 111.32 (+0.34), IYR: 81.96 (+1.94), EMB: 111.69 (+1.20), SLV: 16.00 (+0.56), VNQ: 87.03 (+2.13), GDX: 19.33 (+0.62), XLE: 76.91 (+0.60), GUNR: 30.37 (+0.67), HYG: 90.44 (+0.70), SCHX: 50.69 (+0.43), IVV: 212.85 (+1.86), PCY: 28.30 (+0.29), VOO: 193.85 (+1.74), LQD: 121.49 (+0.34), GLD: 113.57 (+1.28), PFF: 40.05 (+0.14), EFA: 65.66 (+1.42), IAU: 11.44 (+0.13), BND: 83.32 (+0.22)
After Yesterday's Rally of 1.42% Shares Could Potentially Pullback
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Jan 23, 4:22PM CST
PowerShares Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Portfolio (NYSE
PCY: 28.30 (+0.29)
SmarTrend Watching for Potential Pullback in Shares of PowerShares Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Portfolio After 1.42% Gain
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Jan 23, 4:22PM CST
PowerShares Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Portfolio (NYSE
PCY: 28.30 (+0.29)
Are Foreign Bonds Worth The Risk?
Cullen Roche - Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 19, 11:14PM CST
Excellent piece here by Michael Batnick on foreign bonds. Michael and I both agreed that John Bogle was wrong to say that an investor should shun foreign stocks, but what about foreign bonds? There's a lot to like about foreign bonds. Russell...
EMLC: 20.09 (+0.26), EMAG: 21.91 (+0.16), VWOB: 77.11 (+0.44), BNDX: 54.07 (+0.05), FEMB: 45.05 (+0.28), EMSH: 74.06 (unch), LEMB: 43.65 (+0.34), PCY: 28.30 (+0.29), ELD: 39.68 (+0.54), TAPR: 29.23 (-0.27), IGOV: 92.00 (+1.25), EMB: 111.69 (+1.20), BWX: 53.13 (+0.64), EBND: 27.01 (+0.47), PLW: 33.61 (+0.10), GOVT: 25.50 (+0.04)
Enhancing The Permanent Portfolio With Simple Quantitative Techniques
Evangelos Maderakis - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 17, 8:24AM CST
(click to enlarge) There is something very attractive about vintage items that just won't die. They just keep coming back. Same philosophy but better up-to-date technology. It's not just cars. It's investment strategies, too. And like the VW...
VTI: 109.76 (+0.91), VOO: 193.85 (+1.74), TIP: 113.76 (+0.34), PCY: 28.30 (+0.29), SPY: 210.41 (+0.91), GLD: 113.57 (+1.28), CWB: 48.37 (+0.44), SHY: 84.77 (+0.06), IAU: 11.44 (+0.13), SCHB: 51.56 (+0.43), IVV: 212.85 (+1.86), TLT: 131.51 (+0.69)
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...
VTI: 109.76 (+0.91), PCY: 28.30 (+0.29), LQD: 121.49 (+0.34), SHY: 84.77 (+0.06), VNQ: 87.03 (+2.13), TLT: 131.51 (+0.69)
DTO, PCY, SEP, WNS, HBI, TOO Are Seasonally Ripe To Go Down In the Next Five Weeks
M2 - Mon Dec 01, 3:53AM CST
BUYINS.NET / www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the Seasonality of POWERSHARES DB OIL 2X SHORT (NYSE
PCY: 28.30 (+0.29), DTO: 115.21 (-3.60), TOO: 22.26 (-0.40), SEP: 52.41 (-0.84), HBI: 34.18 (-0.16), WNS: 25.25 (+0.50)
Pick And Mix: Fresh Ideas For Diversifying Bond Exposure
AllianceBernstein - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Nov 27, 4:05AM CST
By John Taylor Policy backdrops and growth trajectories around the world are showing increasing signs of divergence. Yet many bond investors continue to congregate in a few selected pockets of the fixed income universe. In our view, it's a perfect...
CMBS: 52.16 (+0.32), EMAG: 21.91 (+0.16), FPE: 19.24 (unch), LDUR: 101.01 (-0.04), CEMB: 49.49 (+0.18), HYEM: 23.22 (+0.20), BNDX: 54.07 (+0.05), PGHY: 23.25 (+0.11), EMSH: 74.06 (unch), IHY: 24.12 (+0.29), HYXU: 46.74 (+0.59), SUBD: 25.97 (+0.34), EMCB: 70.75 (+0.18), GHYG: 49.86 (+0.02), EMCD: 29.18 (+0.57), EMB: 111.69 (+1.20), DI: 49.95 (+1.13), PICB: 26.63 (+0.38), BWX: 53.13 (+0.64), EMLC: 20.09 (+0.26), IBND: 31.10 (+0.57), EMHY: 47.46 (+0.45), FWDB: 25.63 (unch), CRDT: 75.50 (+0.43), VWOB: 77.11 (+0.44), IJNK: 22.26 (+0.10), FEMB: 45.05 (+0.28), MBSD: 25.27 (+0.09), PGX: 14.86 (+0.05), IPFF: 20.33 (+0.06), LEMB: 43.65 (+0.34), SPFF: 14.61 (+0.03), PCY: 28.30 (+0.29), ELD: 39.68 (+0.54), PFXF: 20.78 (+0.11), PFF: 40.05 (+0.14), IGOV: 92.00 (+1.25), PSK: 44.77 (-0.16), EBND: 27.01 (+0.47)
Emerging Markets Opportunity Still Emerging: A Look At Valuations
ValueWalk - Seeking Alpha - Wed Nov 19, 7:10AM CST
By LPL Financial The S&P 500 Index hit another set of fresh record highs last week (November 10?–?14, 2014) and has achieved the midpoint of our total return forecast (10?–15%) for the year with a 12% return year to date. While we...
EMLC: 20.09 (+0.26), EMAG: 21.91 (+0.16), PCY: 28.30 (+0.29), ELD: 39.68 (+0.54), VWOB: 77.11 (+0.44), FEMB: 45.05 (+0.28), EMB: 111.69 (+1.20), EMSH: 74.06 (unch), EBND: 27.01 (+0.47), LEMB: 43.65 (+0.34)
First Trust Launches Active Emerging Market Bond ETF (FEMB) - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Fri Nov 14, 7:00AM CST
The latest ETF to target the emerging market bond space comes to us from First Trust.
EMLC: 20.09 (+0.26), PCY: 28.30 (+0.29), EMB: 111.69 (+1.20), FEMB: 45.05 (+0.28)