Buy and Hold vs. Moving Average ETF Investing 7-16-10

Buy and Hold vs. Moving Average ETF Investing
(past 12 weeks)

Well ETF investors, the week was going along fine and then Friday came and knocked us out! The DOW dropped 261 points and the S&P 500 dropped over 31. The buy and hold ETF investor lost about $207 in the balanced ETF portfolio. The moving average investor lost about $114 for the week in the same portfolio.

Here's the weekly snapshot:

	ETF Portfolio Value	% Gain
Buy and Hold	$14,617	45.5
Moving Average	$10,664	6.2

Moving Average Update
Each week, the moving average investor compares the 50 day MA against the 200 day MA to see if he should sell (or buy) any of the 10 ETFs in the balanced ETF portfolio.

The Spyders is on the bubble to sell. We'll wait this week and see.

Invested:

SPDRs (SPY)
Vanguard Total Stock Market (VTI)
iShares Russell 2000 Index (IWM)
Vanguard SF REIT (VNQ)
Vanguard Emerging Markets (VWO)
iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond (AGG)
iShares Barclays TIP (TIP)
iShares Barclays 1-3 Yr Credit Bond (CSJ)

Not Invested:

Vanguard European Stock (VGK)
Vanguard Pacific ETF (VPL)