Tag: SPDR S&P 500 (SPY)
Consumer Stocks Gain As Oil Falls
As the calendar flipped to a new year last week, ETF fund flows were mixed as bullish investor sentiment gave way to fear. The leading story for the financial markets continues to be oil prices. The price of WTIC crude oil ended the week under $53.00 per barrel. That’s 50% lower than it was in […]
Climbing A Wall Of Worry– Weekly ETF Fund Flows
Investor sentiment is bullish on stocks. The strong inflow of new money into ETFs last week reflects their bullish sentiment. But some of the other market action reveals that investors are becoming more fearful. Fund flows are a valuable indicator of what traders are thinking. It takes a lot of buying or selling to drive […]
Stocks And Bonds Both Rally – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
It’s not too often that US Treasuries and the S&P 500 rally at the same time. But that’s exactly what’s happening right now. Not surprisingly, fund flows into ETFs that hold large cap US stocks as well as those that hold Treasury bonds are moving in lockstep with one another. These fund flows are a […]
Sell In May And Go Away – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
Looking at the recent ETF flows, it appears that investors are getting a head start on their ‘Sell in May and Go Away’ strategy this year. Fund flows are a valuable indicator of what traders are thinking. It takes a lot of buying or selling to drive millions or even billions of dollars into or […]
Investors Back In ‘Risk On’ Mode – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
Just a few weeks ago, investors were pulling massive amounts of money out of stock ETFs. Just about the only ETFs seeing money flow into them were bond ETFs. But as the S&P 500 found bottom and staged a reversal day on February 5th, the outflows slowed. And by February 11th after the S&P had […]
Stocks Are Hot… Guess What’s Not – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
Today we’re taking a look at ETF fund flows in SPDR S&P 500 (SPY), iShares Russell 2000 (IWM), and SPDR Gold (GLD). ETF fund flows are a valuable indicator of what traders are thinking. It takes a lot of buying or selling to drive millions of dollars into or out of individual ETFs. Fund flows […]
Read This Before You Buy Another Stock
It’s been a little more than a week since Fed Chairman Bernanke revealed his plan for a third round of quantitative easing. As expected, the S&P 500 jumped higher in the days following the announcement. However, after the initial surge, the S&P 500 has done little more than tread water. In fact, the large cap […]
