ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Sector Conservative and Moderate (Part 3)

James Kimball | July 5, 2016

The Sector models closed the week between +3.06% (Moderate) and +10.55% (Aggressive) on the week. The SPY closed up +3.29% on the week. After initially opening the week much lower on holdover concerns from last week’s shocking “Brexit” vote, the …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: July Rebalance

James Kimball | June 27, 2016

The Sector models closed the week between -0.84% (Moderate) and +1.05% (Aggressive) on the week. The SPY closed down -1.59% on the week. Domestic and International markets were “rocked” on Friday by the United Kingdom vote to exit the European …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Sector Conservative and Moderate (Part 2)

James Kimball | June 20, 2016

The Sector models closed the week between -0.33% (Conservative) and +0.62% (Aggressive) on the week. The SPY closed down -1.69% on the week. The SPY closed the week down, crossing and closing below its 50 DMA, but just back into …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Sector Conservative and Moderate (Part 1)

James Kimball | June 13, 2016

The Sector models closed the week up between +0.76% (Moderate) and +2.08% (Aggressive) on the week. The SPY closed down -0.10% on the week. The SPY closed down slightly for the week but down sharply on Friday from the mid-week …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: How to Follow the ETF Models (Part 4)

James Kimball | June 6, 2016

The Sector models closed the week up between +3.95% (Moderate) and +8.63% (Conservative) on the week. The SPY closed up +0.02% on the week. The SPY closed the week basically flat. A big miss on the May jobs report (38,000 …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: How to Follow the ETF Models (Part 3)

James Kimball | May 31, 2016

The Sector models closed the week down between -0.01% (Moderate) and -1.99% (Conservative) on the week. The SPY closed up +2.3% on the week. The SPY had one of its strongest weeks of the year, closing less than 2% off …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: How to Follow the ETF Models (Part 2)

James Kimball | May 23, 2016

The Sector models closed the week down between -0.84% (Moderate) and -3.09% (Aggressive) on the week. The SPY closed up +0.36% on the week. The broader market narrowly avoided its fourth negative week close in a row thanks to the …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: How to Follow the ETF Models (Part 3)

James Kimball | May 16, 2016

The Sector models closed the week down between -2.57% (Aggressive) and -1.59% (Moderate) on the week. The SPY closed down -0.47% on the week. The broader market basically put in a relatively quiet sideways week. The SPY closed on the …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Strength in Commodities (Part 3)

James Kimball | May 9, 2016

The Sector models closed the week between down -4.06% (Conservative) and up +1.95% (Aggressive) on the week. The SPY closed marginally down -0.30% on the week. The broader market continued the short-term down trend from last week. A weak jobs …


ETF Sector Plus Strategy Insights: Strength in Commodities (Part 2)

James Kimball | May 2, 2016

The Sector models closed the week up between +2.8% (Aggressive) and up +7.79% (Conservative) on the week. The SPY closed down -1.26% on the week. The broader market sold off into the tail of the week as the market absorbed …