Trade Radar Operator submits: Back on December 11 I wrote that, to my surprise, the financial sector seemed to be staging a real comeback. At that time I pointed out that the ETF Trend Performance Report indicated that a group of financial ETFs had shown the biggest improvement in trend scores for the week. Feeling [...]
Hard Assets Investor submits: By Lara Crigger Newcomer Teucrium Trading made quite a splash on the commodity ETF scene last year with the Teucrium Corn Fund (NYSE Arca: CORN), the market’s first pure-play corn futures ETF. The fund, which holds a basket of future contracts across the curve, has already attracted more than $42 million [...]
Michael Johnston submits: U.S. ETF assets topped $1 trillion for the first time in December as a year-end rally in global equity markets and another strong month of inflows pushed the industry past the milestone. ETF assets also finished the year above this key mark, according to the latest data from the National Stock Exchange, [...]
Kevin Grewal submits: As the U.S. government resorts to excessive spending measures to keep the economy from completely crumbling, many investors suggest that inflation is inevitable and could even prevail in the coming months. Current economic data suggest that inflation is running lower than expected. However there are numerous reasons to think that inflation will [...]
Intelligent Speculator submits: So you have been building up a passive income portfolio and are at a point where you want to add more diversification to what you have? REIT’s would certainly be a great addition but they are often difficult to choose from without spending a lot of time and while some of us [...]
David Ott submits: WisdomTree just launched the Managed Futures Strategy Fund (WDTI) ETF, which squarely competes with the Rydex SGI Managed Futures Strategy Fund (RYMTX). Both products are designed to match the performance of the S&P Diversified Trends Indicator (DTI) index that uses a rules-based trend-following mechanism to capture the positive and negative momentum in [...]
Gary Gordon submits: Thirty plus years ago, I spent an entire summer in Scotland with a friend’s family. I remember being thrilled to ride a motorcycle over the moors and hills. I also remember the persistent rain that caused me to crash on more than one occasion. And the sheep … wow, did they shear [...]
optionMONSTER submits: By David Russell The euro has fallen to its lowest level in almost four months, and now buyers are stepping in. Complete Story »
ETF Database submits: One of the most respected names in world of bond investing is Bill Gross, the manager of the globe’s biggest bond fund at PIMCO. With assets in the fund approaching a quarter trillion dollars, many investors listen when this bond legend speaks–which is quite often. Recently, Gross released his monthly investment outlook [...]
Jim Van Meerten submits: When I talk about a hot stock or hot ETF I don’t mean the most active or the fastest moving. I’m talking of the ones that have hit the most frequent new highs, according to the new high lists on Barchart. Here are those ETFs for today. Telecom Services ETF (VOX) [...]
