Every week, the analysts here at DWA organize and write approximately 11 feature stories focused on the inventories of individual ETF providers. These articles can be found within the weekly ETF reports we conduct for those ETF families with which we provide guided model-based solutions.
Every week, the analysts here at DWA organize and write approximately 11 feature stories focused on the inventories of individual ETF providers. These articles can be found within the weekly ETF reports we conduct for those ETF families with which we provide guided model-based solutions. The weekly reports can be accessed from the Research Menu, but as of this week we will also compile a handful of those stories, which we feel are particularly relevant, into a single report. We hope that this will serve as an "in case you missed it..." sort of section, where you can quickly access timely ETF features in a comprehensive fashion each week. We will include a link to the report along with a brief abstract summarizing our discussion within the respective features. This week's compilation is below.
Frontier Markets: iShares MSCI Frontier 100 ETF
Over the last 30 days, Frontier Markets has been one of the most improved groups in the Asset Class Group Scores system and has also crossed above the 4.0 score threshold for the first time since we've been tracking it. Frontier Markets are developing countries, which are more developed than so-called least developed countries (LDCs), yet are generally not large enough to be considered emerging markets. If you have clients for whom you would like to gain exposure to Frontier Markets, you may wish to consider the iShares... (Read more)
Oppenheimer Spotlight: Oppenheimer Small Cap Revenue ETF (RWJ)
In last week’s report, we introduced the Oppenheimer US Revenue Model. This Model is designed to provide overweight exposure to the strongest fund within an inventory of four members of Oppenheimer’s Revenue line-up. With the most recent evaluation at the start of April, the Model is currently overweighted to the Oppenheimer Small Cap Revenue ETF RWJ, as it resides at the top of the Model’s Relative Strength Matrix. With that in mind, this week we would like to take a closer look at the RWJ. ... (Read More)
Reviewing Support Levels Using the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)
After a seemingly volatility-free year for equities in 2017, volatility has returned with a roar as the VIX now sits in the mid 20’s after averaging around 12 just last year. As a result, we have seen a majority of the major market ETFs, such as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY, undergo pullbacks to or close to their respective February correction lows. Today we wanted to remind users of the importance of identifying and monitoring support levels using Point & Figure charts. Identifying support levels is important because it provides guidance when assessing these funds moving forward... (Read More)
