3 Reasons to Embrace This Particular Active ETF
Long-time readers and listeners know that I am an active manager of passive “Index ETFs.” I favor exchange-traded index vehicles because the diversification comes with low expenses, exceptional tax-efficiency and intra-day liquidity. The media have regularly inquired why I rarely endorse the use of “Active ETFs.” For one thing, these funds involve more ...
Bernanke’s “Fed Speak” Ensures the Success of Internet ETFs and the Buyback Achievers ETF
During Alan Greenspan’s tenure at the helm of the Federal Reserve (1987-2006), the investment community created a phrase to capture the former chairman’s wordiness. “Fed Speak” aptly described the long-winded ambiguity in his statements. In fact, it is likely that Mr. Greenspan was intentionally vague to reduce extreme price swings in the stock market. In ...
This Would Really be a Great Spot for a Gold Reversal
Gold completed a series of chart-based steps today that tend to precede a short-term reversal in price. Let’s take a look at these steps and the key levels to watch to judge the odds for a true reversal, or yet another ‘trap’ and failed reversal against a prevailing price downtrend. We’ll start with the Daily Chart: Starting with the April two-day collapse ...
Are You Ready for Some Fedspeak?
Ready or not, we should expect a week dominated by an even greater focus on Fed policy. There are four reasons: The economic data calendar is very light; Earnings season has ended; Many will be heading for the exits early, anticipating a holiday weekend; and finally Bernanke testifies on the economy before the Congressional Joint Economic Committee. There will ...
A Flaw in the Tepper Analysis
When David Tepper speaks, the market listens. In Autumn, 2010, Tepper, the highly successful billionaire hedge fund manager, explained that for stock investors, the Fed had your back. Using options jargon he said that there was a “put” (downside protection) regardless of what the economy did. While causation is always hard to prove, the comments ...
Unsupportable Fervor Requires an ETF Wish List
“I’ve never seen THIS in 34 years of investing,” quipped media personality Jim Cramer on Monday. What was Mr. Cramer referring to? For the most part, he expressed excitement over the stock market’s ability to reward stocks of companies that missed earnings expectations as well as to reward those that beat expectations by not taking profits. In other words, ...
Disjointed Market – Where are flows Going?
Equities and 30-yr bonds are far from the only two asset classes as investors have several other choices when allocating capital, but I want to touch on these two sectors as their movements should not be ignored when making your investment decisions. It took six years but stocks are back above levels seen in 07’ as one can see a pronounced ”V” formation ...
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3 Reasons to Embrace This Particular Active ETF
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Bernanke’s “Fed Speak” Ensures the Success of Internet ETFs and the Buyback Achievers ETF
This Would Really be a Great Spot for a Gold Reversal
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