ETF Complete Portfolio Strategy Insights: Correlation and Market TSI (Part 2)

James Kimball | June 3, 2018

The ETF Complete model closed the week down -0.1% compared to the SPY which closed up +0.5%. The SPY put in another mostly sideways week. The market opened the holiday shortened week on Tuesday down significantly over concerns about the …


ETF Complete Portfolio Strategy Insights: Correlation and Market TSI (Part 1)

James Kimball | May 28, 2018

The ETF Complete model closed the week down -1.9% compared to the SPY which closed up +0.3%. The SPY put in a mostly sideways week closing marginally higher and just over its 10-day moving average. On Wednesday, the SPY briefly …


ETF Complete Porfolio Strategy Insights: Relative Performance (Part 3)

James Kimball | May 20, 2018

The ETF Complete model closed the week up +0.5% compared to the SPY which closed down -0.6%. The SPY gapped lower on Tuesday before going sideways the rest of the week in a narrow range. The SPY is currently centered …


ETF Complete Portfolio Strategy Insights: Relative Performance (Part 2)

James Kimball | May 13, 2018

The ETF Complete model closed the week up +1.1% compared to the SPY which closed up +2.6%. The SPY picked up where it left off last week. After bouncing off its 200-day moving average the SPY continued higher. On Friday, …


ETF Complete Portfolio Strategy Insights: Relative Performance (Part 1)

James Kimball | May 6, 2018

The ETF Complete model closed the week down -0.4% compared to the SPY which closed down -0.2%. The SPY put in a strong finish to the week Friday off of good jobs numbers (3.9% unemployment is the lowest report number …


ETF Complete Portfolio Strategy Insights: Trading the ETF Models (Part 3)

James Kimball | April 29, 2018

The ETF Complete model closed the week down -1.0% compared to the SPY which closed flat. 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 earnings …


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 …


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

James Kimball | April 15, 2018

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 Complete Portfolio Strategy Insights: ETF Survey (Part 3)

James Kimball | April 8, 2018

The ETF Complete model closed the week down -1.8% compared to the SPY which closed down -1.3%. The SPY mostly stayed in the prior week's range, though not without some excitement as the market sank on Monday and closed firmly …


ETF Complete Portfolio Strategy Insights: ETF Survey (Part 2)

James Kimball | March 25, 2018

The ETF Complete model closed the week down -3.4% compared to the SPY which closed down -5.9%. The SPY spent most of the week going down with only a brief reprieve on Tuesday and Wednesday. Concerns over the first salves …