Moving Average ETF Trading Strategy Update for Week Ending 9-11-09

Well it finally happened. The last and final ETF from the balanced ETF portfolio had a moving average cross over to the upside and the moving average ETF investor is now long in all 10 ETFs from the portfolio.

The Vanguard REIT Index ETF (VNQ) chart from Yaoo Finance showing the cross is below. Now the fun really begins in that the actively managed ETF investor will check on his portflio weekly and at some point will no doubt have to sell an ETF or two when the market goes down.

We will be able to get a pretty realistic view of whether a moving average strategy is better than a buy and hold strategy.