Slope of Hope Blog Posts
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ETF Focus: Sectors
Below are five ETFs related to specific sectors which I found interesting.
First up is our old friend IYR, which is the real estate fund. I spilled much digital ink about how much I regretted dumping my puts on this around August 4, only to see them go up about seven-fold. This has surged recently (like everything else), and Friday I re-entered this position, determined to hold firm this time. Perhaps I’ll get a second bite at this apple. Take note how big the top is.
India #1 Again!
ETF Focus: Commodities
Let’s look at a few commodity ETFs together. In general, they have remained in an uptrend for two years. This channel needs to break in order for commodities to start a downtrend, which is going to require oil to lead the way (which it hasn’t).
Financial Plumbing (by LZ)
Possible exhaustion at index provider MSCI and ratings agency MCO Both are overbought on the RSI daily. Two of the commodity/derivatives exchanges look weak: CME and CBOE. ICE doesn’t show the same weakness for whatever reason. Here are the charts, and as usual, click on any of them for a screen-filling version:
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