HAVING INTERNET PROBLEMS SO I HAVE TO CUT THIS SHORT TONIGNT
NO STOCK SELECTIONS ON TODAY’S BLOG & NO CHARTS
Today in the market Wednesday February 13, 2008: The market was up strong today on great sales news. Is this a return of market optimism, or what? Maybe the fears of recession have abated.
RSI’s Themes: Include utilities, consumer staples (again), energy and Europe. Quite a nice basket
ETF/CEF Low Volatility:
- IDU – Utilities iShares
- UTH – Utilities Holders
- VDC – Vanguard Consumer Staples VIPERs
- XLP – Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR
ETF/CEF Medium Volatility:
- CEE – Central European Eqty Fund
- EWG – Germany iShares
- EWP – Spain iShares
- IGE – Natural Resources iShares S&P/GSCI Index Fund
- IYE – Energy iShares
- PBW – Powershares Wilderhill Clean Energy Portfolio
- TRF – Templeton Russia Fund, Inc.
- VDE – Vanguard Energy VIPERs
- XLE – Energy Select Sector SPDR
Please treat these as preliminary recommendations. My Wi-Fi connection is down and I have fallen back to dial-up service (ugh). Therefore, I cannot fully validate these selections. However, I believe the themes are correct. I hope to have these problems rectified tomorrow.
