ETF Country Plus Strategy Insights: Trading the ETF Models (Part 3)

James Kimball | April 29, 2018

The country models were down on the week on average about -0.4%. The benchmark was down -0.1%. The SPY ended up putting in another sideways week, this time bowl-shaped instead of hump-shaped like last week. 40% of the S&P reported …


ETF Complete Portfolio Strategy Insights: Trading the ETF Models (Part 2)

James Kimball | April 22, 2018

The ETF Complete model closed the week up +0.6% compared to the SPY which closed up +0.6%. The SPY put in a hump-shaped week popping back over the 50-day moving average midweek for the first time in over a month …


Weekly Update for 4/22/2018

James Kimball |

The NASDAQ 100 All Stars model closed up +1.52% on the week. The NASDAQ 100 closed up +0.62%. Netflix (NFLX) reported strong earnings on Monday driven by larger-than-excepcted subscriber growth. Amazon (AMZN) was the other strong performer in our group.Adobe …


ETF Country Plus Strategy Insights: Trading the ETF Models (Part 2)

James Kimball |

The country models were flat on the week. The benchmark was up + 0.3%. The SPY put in a hump-shaped week popping back over the 50-day moving average midweek for the first time in over a month only to settle …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Trading the ETF Models (Part 2)

James Kimball |

The Sector models closed between -4.56% (Aggressive) and +1.33% (Moderate) on the week. The SPY closed up +0.55 on the week. The SPY put in a hump-shaped week popping back over the 50-day moving average midweek for the first time …


Weekly Review for 4/15/2018

James Kimball | April 15, 2018

The NASDAQ 100 All Stars model closed up +5.43% on the week. The NASDAQ 100 closed up +3.03%. Micron (MU), Seagate (STX), and Netflix (NFLX) all surged higher up over 7% on the week. Amazon (AMZN) and Adobe (ADBE) were …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Trading the ETF Models (Part 1)

James Kimball |

The Sector models closed between +0.59% (Moderate) and +10.01% (Aggressive) on the week. The SPY closed up +2.09% on the week. The SPY recovered from an ugly Monday opening to the week to close out marginally positive. Once again, trade …


ETF Complete Portfolio Strategy Insights: Trading the ETF Models (Part 1)

James Kimball |

The ETF Complete model closed the week up +1.4% compared to the SPY which closed up +2.1%. The SPY recovered from an ugly Monday opening to the week to close out marginally positive. Once again, trade news drove a lot …


ETF Country Plus Strategy Insights: Trading the ETF Models (Part 1)

James Kimball |

The country models were up on the week on average about +0.8%. The benchmark was up +2.0%. The SPY recovered from an ugly Monday opening to the week to close out marginally positive. Once again, trade news drove a lot …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: ETF Survey (Part 3)

James Kimball | April 8, 2018

The Sector models closed between -11.% (Aggressive) and -0.46% (Moderate) on the week. The SPY closed down -1.3% on the week. The SPY mostly stayed in the prior week's range, though not without some excitement as the market sank on …