Stock markets around the world have been selling off over the past week. On Monday the selling was largely in response to news about protests in Hong Kong. iShares MSCI Hong Kong (NYSE: EWH) was down 3.75% and the ETF ended the day with a PowerRatings of 10. In general, emerging markets were hard hit…    [Read More] 

Despite a large stock market rally on Wednesday, a number of ETFs including five of the most actively traded ETFs, are overbought with PowerRatings of 8 or higher heading into Thursday’s trading. The list of most actively traded ETFs is available at the PowerRatings web site. For the second consecutive day, iShares MSCI Emerging Markets…    [Read More] 

Stock prices were generally down on Tuesday with all of the major stock market indexes closing lower. On the New York Stock Exchange, 69% of the issues traded closed with a loss while 68% of NASDAQ-listed stocks were down for the day. The TradingMarkets Screener shows that 76% of ETFs with average daily trading volume…    [Read More] 

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Emerging markets remain under pressure and heading into Friday’s open ETFs tracking stocks markets in three of the four BRIC countries are oversold. The BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China) are considered bellwethers of the trend in emerging markets. This is true for their stock markets and their economies in general. Only Russian stocks are…    [Read More] 

Russia seems to have been a constant source of headlines in the past few weeks. The U.S. and Europe have imposed economic and diplomatic sanctions on the country and Russia has responded by imposing its own sanctions on the U.S. and Europe. While the news from Russia is difficult to overlook, significant events are unfolding…    [Read More] 

On a typical day, a majority of individual stocks and equity ETFs will move in the same direction as the broad stock market. On Tuesday, SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) ended the day down 0.97% and almost 70% of the stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange closed lower. Among the most active…    [Read More] 

A number of global markets ended last week oversold with a PowerRating of 9 or 10. Sixteen different ETFs should be considered potential buys based on their PowerRatings. It’s possible to develop a complete trading strategy with PowerRatings. PowerRatings are based on the relationship between price and the 5-day MA of price. The further prices…    [Read More] 

ETFs tracking stock markets in China, South Korea and Vietnam will start this week’s trading oversold on PowerRatings. These ETFs all slipped into oversold territory after starting the day with neutral ranks. The day’s changes are shown in the chart below. iShares China Large-Cap (NYSE: FXI) fell just 0.26% on Friday but its PowerRatings rose…    [Read More] 

Economists do their best to present complex ideas in simple terms. Stock market analysts often apply these simple terms to investment themes. For example, economists have noted that developing economies usually grow faster than more mature economies in developed countries. Analysts observed that Brazil, Russia, India and China are fast-growing developing economies and grouped them…    [Read More]