• U.S. markets were flat for the week.

• Most major foreign markets, including developed and emerging markets, are down for the week.

• History shows that the markets tend to outperform during Thanksgiving week. To find out more about this, please read ETFs to Play the Thanksgiving Rally.

• The Fed announcement on Monday set a hawkish tone and it’s now almost certain that interest rates will rise in December.

• Bureau of Economic Analysis released the latest GDP q/q figures this Tuesday. GDP is reported at a better than expect growth rate of 2.1% vs. the analysts’ expectations of 2%.

• Consumer confidence reported on Tuesday a worse than expected figure of 90.4, vs. the expectation of 99.3.

• The Euro is under pressure as more investors bet on the ECB rolling out more stimulus.

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• U.S. equity markets were fairly flat this week.

• The overall market as measured by the S&P 500 ETF (SPY A) was slightly down at a 0.06% decrease.

• The high-beta ETF (SPHB B-) is in the lead, with a 0.41% gain for the week.

• The low volatility ETF (SPLV A) was the worst performer out of the bunch, with a 0.13% loss for the week.

• The Russell 2000 ETF (IWM B+) is the best performer for the week and rolling month, with a 2.31% and 4% gain, respectively.

• The Emerging Markets ETF (EEM A-) is the worst performer for the week, with a 1.17% loss.

• The only two ETFs down for the rolling month are the Emerging Markets ETF (EEM A-) and MSCI EAFE Index Fund (EFA A), with a 2.47% and 1.11% loss, respectively.

• All major foreign tracking ETFs are down for the week, except the Russian ETF (RSX B+), which is up 0.52%.

• The Russian ETF (RSX B+) is also the best performer for the rolling month, with a 6.31% gain.

• The worst performer for the week is the Brazilian ETF (EWZ B+), with a loss of 5.31%.

• The Indian ETF (EPI B+) is still the worst performer for the rolling month, with a 5.55% loss.

• Commodities are still trending down for the week, except Oil (USO A) and Agriculture (DBA A) with gains of 3.48% and 0.10%, respectively.

• All commodities are down for the rolling month.

• Copper (JJC A) is the worst performer for the week and rolling month, with a loss of 2.30% and 14.72%, respectively.

• The U.S. dollar (UUP A) has outperformed the other major currencies this week and for the rolling month, with gains of 0.70% and 2.97%, respectively.

• With the ECB most likely rolling out more stimulus soon, the Euro (FXE A) is the worst performer out of the bunch, with a loss of 0.86% and 4.06% for the week and month, respectively.

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Disclosure: No positions at time of writing.