Fund Rankings Update, 2/25/2011

Weekly Average Momentum Index (AMI) rankings of HSA, SSPP, RSP, SELECT, ETF, iETF, sETF have been posted at http://sites.google.com/site/ycprankings/

Trading signal occurs in SELECT model portfolio: Sell FSAVX, Buy FSESX.

Stocks' winning steak came to an end this past week. Unrest in Libya caused big volatility in oil price and sent stocks into the negative territory. The S&P 500 index closed this week at 1319 down 1.72%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average decreased 2.1%, and the technology laden Nasdaq composite index lost 1.87% for the week.

Small cap, and energy related sectors still led the way in the US markets. Oil price has been trending up and exhibited great volatility since "Jasmine revolution" in the middle east. In SELECT ranking table, automotive sector fund, FSAVX has fallen below 7th rank and is replaced with the current top ranked energy service fund, FSESX. Global markets still underperformed US markets. In the iETF ranking table the top ranked fund has been changed hands several times in the past three months, indicating that there is major investment theme in the global market.

This rally has been going on since last September, and it may need to take a break as investors re-assessing their portfolios in lieu of the political development in the middle east. We don't know where the market is heading until we get there. In the meantime, we can stick to our investment strategies and ride this uncertainty out.

Fund Rankings Update, 2/18/2011

Weekly Average Momentum Index (AMI) rankings of HSA, SSPP, RSP, SELECT, ETF, iETF, sETF have been posted at http://sites.google.com/site/ycprankings/

Trading signal occurs in iETF model portfolio: Sell EWT, Buy EWG.

Stocks went up for the third week. The S&P 500 index closed this week at 1343 up 1.04%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.96%, and the technology laden Nasdaq composite index gained 0.87% for the week.

Small cap, and energy related sectors are leading the way in the US markets, while Korea, and Taiwan lost their shine in global regions and replaced by Germany and Austria. Stocks in global regions still underperformed their US counterparts. Comparing the weekly charts of S&P500 index and FEMKX, we can see that S&P 500 index is still in the up trend with high momentum while FEMKX has been in the consolidation mode with falling momentum since last November.

Fund Rankings Update, 2/11/2011

Weekly Average Momentum Index (AMI) rankings of HSA, SSPP, RSP, SELECT, ETF, iETF, sETF have been posted at http://sites.google.com/site/ycprankings/

Stocks continued their climbing. The S&P 500 index closed this week at 1329 up 1.39%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 1.5%, and the technology laden Nasdaq composite index gained 1.45% for the week.

Fund Rankings Update, 2/4/2011

Weekly Average Momentum Index (AMI) rankings of HSA, SSPP, RSP, SELECT, ETF, iETF, sETF have been posted at http://sites.google.com/site/ycprankings/

Stocks chugged along and reached two year high. The S&P 500 index closed this week at 1310 up 2.71%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 2.27%, and the technology laden Nasdaq composite index gained 3.07% for the week.

Small cap, technology, and energy sectors are leading the way in the US markets, while Korea, and Taiwan maintains the top ranks in global regions. Look closely to iETF ranking table, we also noticed that the more developed countries such as Japan, Italy and Germany have come back in life in the past few weeks. However, the US domestic sectors still posses higher momentum than global regions, indicating the strength of US economy recovery. Some even said that we are no longer in the recovery phase but in the economy expansion phase.