Tag: Fear

Are Traders Losing Faith? – Weekly ETF Fund Flows

| December 15, 2014 | 0 Comments
Are Traders Losing Faith? – Weekly ETF Fund Flows

Last week ETF fund flows took on a more cautious note than they had been over the last few months. The main culprits are falling oil prices and weak global economic data. As a result, we saw fearful traders taking up bearish positions using put options to protect their profits from a stock market pullback. […]

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Is Greed Good? – Weekly ETF Fund Flows

| November 24, 2014 | 0 Comments
Is Greed Good? – Weekly ETF Fund Flows

The steep drop in oil prices over the last few months has been grabbing all of the headlines. But it was two natural gas ETFs that had unusually large net asset flows last week. Last week we saw large net inflows into several ETFs that hold US stocks… iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap (IJH) had $997 […]

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Smart Money Hedging Their Bets – Weekly ETF Fund Flows

| November 17, 2014 | 0 Comments
Smart Money Hedging Their Bets – Weekly ETF Fund Flows

ETFs that hold US stocks attracted plenty of fresh money inflows last week. And the total amount of money in US listed ETF reached a new record high. The ETF with the largest net inflow of money was the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY). It added $3.7 billion last week. The large influx comes on the […]

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Riding A Wave Of Bullish Momentum – Weekly ETF Fund Flows

| November 10, 2014 | 0 Comments
Riding A Wave Of Bullish Momentum – Weekly ETF Fund Flows

Bullish momentum is back… The S&P 500 rode the wave of bullishness to a new all-time high last week. The large cap index is now up 10% from the mid-October lows. Investors are clearly feeling emboldened by the recent stock market surge. Last week they pumped money into ETFs that hold US stocks at an […]

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Halloween Treat – Weekly ETF Fund Flows

| November 3, 2014 | 0 Comments
Halloween Treat – Weekly ETF Fund Flows

A volatile month for the stock market ended with a Happy Halloween. Amazingly, the S&P 500 has completely erased the 10% pullback it suffered from September through October. The large cap index is now right at the previous high of 2,019 it set before the selloff began. Needless to say, we’ve seen some interesting swings […]

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New Highs Before The New Year? – Weekly ETF Fund Flows

| October 27, 2014 | 0 Comments
New Highs Before The New Year? – Weekly ETF Fund Flows

Last week the S&P 500 rebounded sharply higher after a 10% pullback. It was the first time in more than three years that the large cap index had endured a 10% pullback. It sparked fears a major correction or even a bear market for US stocks. But the 4% surge to the upside last week […]

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Market Volatility Update

| March 5, 2014 | 0 Comments
Market Volatility Update

Over the past few months, we’ve seen volatility return to the markets. At the beginning of February, stocks were in the midst of a dramatic correction.  Investor sentiment had swung to extreme levels of fear and a bearish outlook for stocks was the prevailing attitude. Then with little or no warning, the stock market selloff […]

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