‘Turkey’ Archive

How are the “Hot” ETF’s doing of late?

    Emerging markets, especially some of the smaller countries have been “HOT PERFORMERS” over the last 6 months, as the U.S. Dollar has declined over 15% since it peaked in June.  See performace below, compared to the 500 index!     CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE   While debate per if the U.S. will have [...]

Pocket Change gains taken on 10/19.

Anytime I HARVEST (sell) positions for a gain, I refer to them as “Pocket Change Gains.”   Using a baseball analogy, I am NOT looking to hitting HOME RUNS with positions, just attempting to hit SINGLES.  Hit enough of them, they all start adding up, creating more “Pocket Change” for investors.  If gains of 4-5% in a couple of weeks [...]

Does searching for “Relative Strength” pay off?

One month ago today, I suggested to “Harvest Gains” in Chile (see post here) after a quick 10% gain, YET ON THE SAME DAY I SUGGESTED TO ”Buy Emerging Markets (EEM) and Brazil (EWZ)…(see post here).  Did anyone think……What the heck? Why would he suggest to do that?  Was Chile broke?  If Emerging markets and Brazil look good, won’t [...]

Turkey ETF update…

In the chart below, suggested to acquire the Turkey ETF (TUR) and place a trailing 5-7% stop. (see post here) Turkey ETF has made a strong run and is facing resistance in the chart below…. With TUR picking up a quick 5% and is working on the resistance line, pull stops up to just 3%.  [...]

Turkey is flying higher…

Have shared several times of late that the international markets/smaller countries ETF’s  are the place to be. (see ”Unknown ETF’s nothing to laugh about).  On a Relative Strength basis, many countries are outperforming the S & P 500, by a sizeable margin.  Positive  pattern breakout of this ascending triangle for the Turkey ETF (TUR) is shown below. Does the United [...]