ETFs
Massive Outflow From SPY – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
Investors sold $15 billion more than they bought of ETFs that hold US stocks last week. Fund flows are a valuable indicator of what traders are thinking. It takes a lot of buying or selling to drive millions or even billions of dollars into or out of individual ETFs. Fund flows are something traders use […]
Housing Market Taking A Toll On Small-Cap Stocks
One of the biggest stories of 2014 is the weakness in small-cap stocks. The iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) is down 3% so far this year while the S&P 500 large cap index is up 4.4%. In other words, small-caps are underperforming large-caps by 7.7%. That’s the widest margin of small-cap underperformance in 16 years! […]
ETFs Holding Nabors Industries (NBR)
Right now, the US is in the midst of an energy revolution. Horizontal drilling or fracking has allowed oil & gas exploration and production companies to unlock massive amounts of oil and gas that was previously inaccessible. It has allowed the US to slash their crude oil imports. In June, total US imports fell 5.7% […]
July ETF Fund Flows
Investors pumped money into ETFs in July despite an increase in market volatility and uncertainty. A whopping $15.8 billion in fresh capital went into various ETFs that hold US and International stocks. As you know, fund flows are a valuable indicator of what traders are thinking. It takes a lot of buying or selling to […]
Top Performing Leveraged ETFs – GASX, YINN, RUSS
It’s been an eventful month for the world and the markets… Unfortunately, most of it has been bad news. The conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza, Syria, and other areas of the Middle East have taken center stage in the geopolitical arena. These are horrible humanitarian disasters that create instability and uncertainty. What’s more, there are renewed […]
Industrial Sector Breakdown
We’re right in the thick of 2nd quarter earnings season. So far, companies in the S&P 500 have done a good job of beating analysts’ revenue and earnings estimates. At the end of last week, 78% of the companies in the S&P 500 that had reported beat earnings per share estimates. And today’s GDP report […]
Investors Seek Out Low Volatility – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
The S&P 500 shook off the disturbing geopolitical headlines and climbed to a new all-time high of 1,991 last week. However, the ETF fund flows indicate investors were hesitant to put more money into stocks as the large cap index reached new highs. As you know, fund flows are a valuable indicator of what traders […]
3 ETFs Holding Goldman Sachs- IAI, KBWC, IYG
The second quarter earnings season is now in full swing. One of the early winners in this earning cycle is Goldman Sachs (GS). They beat analysts’ revenue and earnings per share estimates. Analysts were expecting $8 billion in revenue and $3.07 EPS. But GS had $9.13 billion in revenue and $4.07 EPS. That’s a solid […]
Don’t Jump On This Bandwagon – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
Stocks felt the impact of two new shocks to the system last week… A passenger jet was shot down in Ukraine and Israel launched a ground assault in Gaza. Needless to say, these two events mark an escalation in the level of violence in these areas. It also means the level of tension between Russia […]
3 Value ETFs To Buy Now – IWD, IWS, IWN
Value investing is one of the most popular ways to invest. And for good reason… Investors like Warren Buffett have used the strategy to generate huge profits for Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) and his investors. The strategy is simple in theory. Invest in companies that the market has undervalued. But in practice, this is often easier […]
