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Defensive Sectors In Favor Amid Global Slowdown
Today’s US ISM came out with a contraction: 49.7. Global economies have slowed down or contracted drastically. The US stocks, however, have been very resilient even amid a flurry of bad news. However,...
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Bond Market Recap
By Rom Badilla, CFA – Bondsquawk July 16, 2012 The bond market rallied further today after the release of an economic report that suggested waning consumer demand and a slowing U.S. economy. The U.S....
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Litman Gregory Mid-Year Commentary: No Fat Pitch In International Stock...
High debt levels in developed countries create headwinds that are likely to hamper global economic growth in the years ahead. Europe's debt woes raise the risk of a damaging financial crisis, and...
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Emerging Market, Long Term Treasury And High Yield Bonds Are Still On Top
Recent risk appetite first showed up in fixed income sector: emerging market bonds have been strong since June. The following chart shows the performance of the top three bond funds in the past three...
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Bond ETF Momentum Portfolio For The Prime Time
As more and more varieties of bond ETFs are coming to market, investors now have many choices to form good and diversified fixed income portfolios. These portfolios can be used for income generation...
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Country Stocks: Is Italy The Only One That Has Negative Trend?
The following shows the trend scores of 23 country stock ETFs: lass Symbols 03/11Trend Score 03/04Trend Score Direction Australia EWA 13.92% 10.7% ^ Belgium EWK 12.28% 10.7% ^ Switzerland EWL 11.42%...
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Bond Asset Trends: Long Term Corporate Bonds Diverge From Long Term Treasuries
The following table from MyPlanIQ 360 Degree Market View shows the stark difference between long term investment grade corporate bonds (LQD) and long term Treasury bonds (TLT): Assets Class...
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Yes, There Is Still Hope In Bond Investments
By MyPlanIQ: Current bond yields are at historical low. Even though Federal Reserve's quantitative easing is ongoing and at some point, it is going to tail off. The Fed Chief Ben Bernanke is likely to...
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Fixed Income Trend: Bond Weak But Not Down Yet
From the trend score tables on MyPlanIQ 360 Degree Market View, the following shows how bond ETFs have been doing: Assets Class Symbols 03/28Trend Score 03/21Trend Score Direction High Yield JNK 3.79%...
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Emerging Market Bonds Back In Favor
Emerging market bonds had incurred quite some loss since the beginning of the year to the end of March. Since April, however, it has climbed out of hole. In fact, it is now ranked highest among all...
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Investment Portfolio Review: Retirement Income ETFs — Steady Eddie
Retirement Income ETFs consists of 42 funds. These funds enable participants to gain exposure to 5 major assets: US Equity, Foreign Equity, Emerging Market Equity, REITs, Fixed Income. These funds are...
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5 Reasons To Buy Bond Funds And ETFs Instead Of Individual Bonds In 2013 And...
ByQuoth the Raven: The thought of investing in bonds, if you're like me, is about as exciting as going to the dentist for the second installment of a 58 part root canal. As someone that was drawn to...
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ETF Insider: Sell On The Pop Prospects September 30th Edition
Here is a look at ETFs that currently offer attractive short selling opportunities. The ETFs included in this list are rated as sell candidates for two reasons. First, each of these funds is deemed to...
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Fixed Income Bonds Are Still In Downtrend
The latest fixed income segment trend scores: Fixed Income Assets Trend 10/31/2013 Description Symbol 1 Week 4 Weeks 13 Weeks 26 Weeks 52 Weeks Trend Score High Yield JNK 0.0% 2.06% 3.11% -0.06% 6.78%...
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PIMCO’s Risk Circles
PIMCO’s risk circles, presented by Bill Gross in his monthly commentary The interesting part in this picture is that Long Term Treasuries are placed much closer to the center. Maybe the interest rate...
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Dual Momentum ETF Portfolio For September
By Scott's Investments: 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...
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The Barbell Approach To ETF Portfolio Allocation Continues To Shine
By Gary Gordon: I did not invent the barbell strategy. At the start of the year, I simply offered readers a glimpse into the way that I would be managing ETF assets in the late-stage bull market....
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Dual Momentum ETF Portfolio For October
By Scott's Investments: Scott's Investments provides a free "Dual ETF Momentum" spreadsheet which was originally created in February 2013. The strategy w...
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