The S&P closed flat for May, rising slightly from 4190 at April end to 4200 at May close.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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For the ETFs in our Retirement Strategy, those that remain LONG:<\/p>\n

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• MUB – Municipal Bonds<\/li>\n
• XLV – Healthcare<\/li>\n
• XLK – Technology.\u00a0 It did drop briefly below its long term moving average intramonth, but then recovered.<\/li>\n
• XLU – Utilities<\/li>\n
• FDL – Dividend Leaders<\/li>\n
• VNQ – Real Estate<\/li>\n
• XLY – Consumer Discretionary.\u00a0 It did drop briefly below its long term moving average intramonth, but then recovered.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  ETFs transactions for end of May:<\/p>\n

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  • GLD – Gold – BUY.\u00a0 The ETF has risen past its long term moving average.\u00a0 Likely rising on inflation fears.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    No Activity:<\/p>\n

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    • XLP – Consumer Staples – remains SELL – we avoid consumer staples in an accumulating market, as there are better options available.<\/li>\n
    • VCLT – Long Term Bonds – remains SELL – avoiding in this rising interest rate environment<\/li>\n
    • EMB – Emerging Market Bonds – remains SELL – it is rising toward its long term moving average, but still not a BUY at the moment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      In summary, one transaction at this month end (buy GLD).\u00a0 Three ETFs to keep an eye on (XLK, XLY, EMB).\u00a0 We have a 6-2 weighted regime for accumulation, Phase 2.\u00a0 Stay as fully invested in market correlated equities as makes sense in your allocation strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The S&P closed flat for May, rising slightly from 4190 at April end to 4200 at May close.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 For the ETFs in our Retirement Strategy, those that remain LONG: MUB – Municipal Bonds XLV – Healthcare XLK – Technology.\u00a0 It did drop briefly below its long term moving average intramonth, but then recovered. XLU … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[39,40],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onthemarkinvesting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2812"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onthemarkinvesting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onthemarkinvesting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onthemarkinvesting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onthemarkinvesting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2812"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/onthemarkinvesting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2815,"href":"https:\/\/onthemarkinvesting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2812\/revisions\/2815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onthemarkinvesting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onthemarkinvesting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onthemarkinvesting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}