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Further to my last Weekly Market Update and its subsequent Addendum, this week’s update will look at:
Further to my recent post wherein I introduced a hypothetical portfolio of indices, ETFs, and the 30-Year Bond (in order to broadly track “value” vs. “growth” sentiment), I would offer the following graph which depicts the percentages gained/lost so far this week (as of Thursday’s close).
Market participants favoured the Technology sector, followed by Emerging Markets, Cyclicals, Large-caps, Commodities, Small-caps, and Financials. Homebuilders has been flat and some profits have been taken in the Health Care Sector. Some money was then allocated into 30-Year Bonds. (more…)
Just for fun, I thought I’d look at a few instruments to see their comparative growth during a one-year period as a broad measure of where “value” vs. “growth” sentiment currently is in a so-called “balanced portfolio.” There are 10 in total, since that’s the number I’m limited to showing on one graph.
Then, if one were so inclined, one could track the performance of this group for the rest of 2013 year to get an idea of general market trend, risk appetite, and the momentum of both. (more…)
Further to my last Weekly Market Update, this week’s update will look at:
In this global “LOW-GROWTH” macro-economic environment, I would use the following “BUZZ WORDS” to define World Central Bank and global market activity for 2013, as I see it at present.
*(I may update this list as the year progresses, as various scenarios become clearer, and as new events unfold.) (more…)
