BRIC ETFs Take a Beating in 2013
The story of 2013 has been one of soaring equity benchmarks smashing historical highs and raising the bar on a weekly basis. Investors have been cheering on developed equities all along the way, but...
View ArticleETF Heatmap: Gauging European ETF Performance
Since the financial crisis of 2008, the global economy has faced several significant headwinds. Though the U.S. has showed signs of economic progress–as exemplified by the Fed’s decision to begin...
View ArticleThe $1 Million Perpetual Income Portfolio
By Morgan Myrmo: Executive summary: Introduction to the 4% plan with its asset allocation strategy and major categories divided into equities, bonds, commodities and cash, with equities further divided...
View ArticleETF Insider: Sell On The Pop Prospects March 17th Edition
Here is a look at ETFs that currently offer attractive short selling opportunities. The ETFs included in this list are rated as sell candidates for two reasons. First, each of these funds is deemed to...
View ArticleRecent Political Crises and ETFs: A Brief History
From boom to bust to bubble, the ups and downs on Wall Street have proven to be a blessing for some investors’ portfolios and a curse for others. Calling the tops and picking the bottoms in the market...
View ArticleSingle-Country Emerging Market ETFs: A Review Since Market Bottom
Thanks to the proliferation of ETFs over the years, more and more investors have started to shed their home-country bias. Education and ease-of-use have been the driving forces that have prompted...
View ArticleSell On The Pop Prospects: April 29th Edition
Here is a look at ETFs that currently offer attractive short selling opportunities. The ETFs included in this list are rated as sell candidates for two reasons. First, each of these funds is deemed to...
View ArticleDon’t let Russia scare you from euro zone stocks
By John Wasik (Reuters) – Although it’s easy to get distracted by the turmoil in Ukraine, the trickle of economic growth in Western Europe continues to boost euro zone stocks and batter Russian...
View ArticleSell On The Pop Prospects: June 2nd Edition
Here is a look at ETFs that currently offer attractive short selling opportunities. The ETFs included in this list are rated as sell candidates for two reasons. First, each of these funds is deemed to...
View ArticleWall Street Breakfast: Argentina Sends Last-Minute Delegation To Avert Default
Wall Street Breakfast Editors submit: EconomyArgentina has sent a delegatio...
View ArticleEmerging Markets Show Promising Trends
By Stock Gazer: Emerging Markets: To Invest Or Not To Invest? The question of whether or not it's safe for investors to invest in emerging markets' ETFs has been baffling the minds of many of late....
View ArticleReturn Of The BRICs – Just Make Mine VRICs
By Robert Duval: Not quite "Return of the Jedi" - but investment markets certainly move in repeating cycles. Anticipating and observing change in these cycles, and the resulting investor rotation and...
View ArticleWhere To Be Invested In The Fourth Quarter: Emerging Markets
By Charles Lewis Sizemore, CFA: This is not a fun time to be invested outside of U.S. borders. Concerns over Fed monetary tightening-and thus dollar strengthening-have sapped investor enthusiasm for...
View ArticleRussia ETFs Flirt With Bear Market, Still Gaining Assets
By Tom Lydon: Exchange traded funds tracking Russian equities are dangerously flirting with bear markets, but that is not preventing investors from putting new capital to work in the funds. On Monday,...
View ArticleSingle Country ETFs: Large Vs. Small Caps
By Marius Bausys: Single country ETFs have long played a significant role in the ETF universe. And the last couple of years have seen a number of new single country ETFs being launched that invest in...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....