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ETF Watchlist: Week of July 10, 2017
Friday’s market rally following a strong jobs report pushed the major indices back into the green for week and kicked off a solid start to Q3. The Dow, Nasdaq and the S&P 500 were all […]
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ETF Watchlist: Week of July 3, 2017
The stock market wrapped up the first half of 2017 with one of its strongest performances in several years. The S&P 500 had its best start since 2013 with the Nasdaq delivering its strongest first […]
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ETF Watchlist: Week of June 19, 2017
The broader S&P 500 (SPY) was largely unchanged for the week but there were winners and losers if you dug down to the sector level. For the second straight week, tech was a drag on […]
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ETF Watchlist: Week of June 12, 2017
Well, that was quite a week! And I’m not even talking about the financial markets, although Friday’s whipsaw action in big tech names was a notable exception. The Dow was up about 0.3% on the […]
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ETF Watchlist: Week of June 5, 2017
The bull market roared on this week as it shook off a weak May jobs report to continue pushing higher. The S&P 500 added another 1% while the tech-heavy Nasdaq continued its market leadership gaining […]
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ETF Watchlist: Week of May 29, 2017
It was another solid week of gains in the equity markets. Tech stocks once again led the way with the Nasdaq posting a 2.1% gain on the week while the S&P 500 and Dow were […]
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ETF Watchlist: Week of May 22, 2017
The market finally showed us that it’s not bulletproof after all! News from Washington finally put some fear in investors and on Wednesday the markets saw their steepest one-day decline in roughly eight months. The […]
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ETF Watchlist: Week of May 15, 2017
The markets continued their low volatility streak as the broader indices showed relatively little movement. Tech stocks once again led the way with the Nasdaq up around 0.3% but the Dow and S&P 500 down […]
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ETF Watchlist: Week of May 8, 2017
Stocks had another good week. Tech stocks once again led the way with the Nasdaq posting a weekly gain of 0.9%. That pushes the sector’s market-leading year-to-date gain to almost 14%. The Dow and S&P […]
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ETF Watchlist: Week of May 1, 2017
A government shutdown was averted (for another week at least although it seems unlikely that a deal won’t be worked out). Trump’s tax reform plan didn’t generate much of a reaction from the markets although […]