ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Half-Time Report

James Kimball | July 8, 2017

The Sector models closed between +0.55% (Conservative) and +2.01% (Aggressive) on the week. The SPY closed up +0.13% on the week. The market closed roughly flat on this holiday shortened week, thanks to a strong jobs report on Friday, helping …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Tracking and Rebalancing Your Portfolio

James Kimball | July 2, 2017

The Sector models closed between -9.61% (Aggressive) and -3.08% (Conservative) on the week. The SPY closed down -0.55% on the week. While the broader market did close marginally lower on the week, the tech-heavy NASDAQ took a bigger spill. The …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Global Macro Survey

James Kimball | June 23, 2017

The Sector models closed between +1.58% (Conservative) and +7.39% (Aggressive) on the week. The SPY closed up +0.2% on the week. After gapping higher on Monday, markets slumped back sideways. Just off its all-time highs, markets have spent most of …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: U.S. Sector Survey (Part 2)

James Kimball | June 16, 2017

The Sector models closed between -0.69% (Conservative) and -3.29% (Aggressive) on the week. The SPY closed down -0.36% on the week. Markets were mostly flat and quiet on the week, digesting last week’s outsized move. The FED raised rates by …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: U.S. Sector Survey

James Kimball | June 11, 2017

The Sector models closed between -3.32% (Aggressive) and -1.32% (Conservative) on the week. The SPY closed down -0.27% on the week. Markets were looking to close marginally higher on the week until we hit an unusually large sell-off on Friday. …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Global Markets (Part 2)

James Kimball | May 27, 2017

The Sector models closed between +1.19% (Conservative) and +6.01% (Aggressive) on the week. The SPY closed up +1.44% on the week. Markets put in a strong week with the SPY and QQQ putting in new all-time highs on consecutive up …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Global Markets (Part 1)

James Kimball | May 22, 2017

The Sector models closed between +0.27% (Conservative) and +0.62% (Moderate) on the week. The SPY closed down -0.31% on the week. Markets across the globe took a tumble on Wednesday, putting in their largest one-day down move in nearly 8 …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Slicing Up the ETF Trades (Part 2)

James Kimball | May 14, 2017

The Sector models closed between +1.09% (Conservative) and +4.30% (Moderate) on the week. The SPY closed down -0.26% on the week. It was a relatively quiet week in the markets with the SPY closing marginally lower for the week but …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Slicing Up the ETF Trades (Part 1)

James Kimball | May 8, 2017

The Sector models closed between +1.26% (Conservative) and +2.29% (Aggressive) on the week. The SPY closed up +0.67% on the week. The SPY closed the week positive, in part off an above average jobs report on Friday. The market is …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Correlation in the ETF Models (Part 3)

James Kimball | May 1, 2017

The Sector models closed between +1.76% (Conservative) and +4.17% (Aggressive) on the week. The SPY closed up +1.49% on the week. The SPY started the week strong, gapping higher on Monday and Tuesday, mostly from stronger than expected corporate earnings. …