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Corey Rosenbloom: With half of 2012 behind us, let’s take a quick check of what the Sector Rotation Model is suggesting, both from a Year-to-Date perspective and from the 2012 peak so far. Read more…
Daily Capitalist: Before I make my broader point, here’s a LINK to quite the interesting comparative interactive chart. It shows the Utilities Select Sector ETF (NYSEARCA:XLU), versus the well-known ETF for the S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPY). You can click Read more…
Eric Dutram: Despite recent market turmoil, 2012 has been a good year for the stock markets so far. After a dismal performance of the broader markets in the previous fiscal year, we finally seem to be treading along the paths of economic recovery, at least in the U.S. Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: As a follow-up to yesterday’s “Bullish Sector Rotation Model” post, let’s take a moment to clarify how investors and traders can use top-level Sector Rotation themes to their advantage. Read more…
Daniela Pylypczak: With the first quarter of 2012 coming to a close, investors have witnessed equity and commodity markets skyrocket as Wall Street continues to indulge their risky appetites. Stocks steamed ahead into the new year, with the Nasdaq and Dow Jones pushing into post-crisis, record breaking Read more…
Michael Johnston: A growing number of financial advisors are using exchange-traded funds to achieve international equity exposure for their clients, embracing funds that offer access to both developed and international market beyond the U.S. This should hardly be surprising Read more…
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Electric utilities are left vulnerable to computer-based attacks from foreign countries and hackers, a government-authorized regulatory group recently reports; will this leave related investments and exchange traded funds (ETFs) unprotected as well?
President Barack Obama has just unveiled a $4 billion plan to fund new power-transmission technology, reports Ian Talley for The Wall Street Journal. Obama wants to spur the development of a new artificially intelligent “smart” grid that could increase the efficiency of the nations electrical infrastructure.
Full Story: http://www.etftrends.com/2009/04/what-obamas-power-grid-plan-means-utility-etfs.html
Experience tells us the best approach to this week’s Fed trifecta (meeting, statement, and press conference) is (a) to be patient, (b) wait for the news to come out, (c) monitor the market’s 
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