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Profit Takers Bid Farewell to the Highest-Flying Stock ETFs; Should You?
In 1986, I visited the Philippine Stock Exchange. There were few, if any, computers on the floor. Black markers registered trading activity on a giant whiteboard. And the feeling that ...
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 ...
Can Chairman Bernanke Talk Investors Out Of Higher-Yielding ETFs?
Sometimes, when the chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve speaks, my diaphragm pushes on my lungs hard enough to inhibit breathing. It’s not that I don’t admire Ben Bernanke on a ...
Protecting ETF Portfolios from the Currency Wars
On Wednesday, 5/8/2013, U.S. stocks recorded gains for a 5th consecutive session. In fact, the S&P 500 logged its 12th gain in 14 trading days, rising 6% since a mid-April hiccup ...
Frontier Market ETFs Or Emerging Market ETFs?
Daisy Maxey is a talented financial columnist for WSJ.com. Ms. Maxey also follows me on Twitter. Not surprisingly, then, I may be slightly hesitant to question the timing of her recent ...
The ETFs You Should Be Buying (Or Waiting To Buy) In May
On Monday, April 29, the S&P 500 may close at an all-time record peak. Yet very few folks seem to be talking about “selling high, and buying low.” If anything, a number of respectable ...
Majority of Companies Disappoint On Revenue. Should You Rebalance Your ETF Portfolio?
On a quarterly basis, 61% of companies tend to beat top-line revenue numbers. However, corporations are only beating expectations by a paltry 39% for Q1.
The revenue shortfall is not ...
Why Corporate Bond ETFs and Preferred ETFs Are Hitting New 52-Week Highs
The relative strength of the primary U.S. benchmarks — the Dow Industrials and the S&P 500 — distorts the true picture for risk assets today. In fact, we do not even need to ...
U.S. Stock ETF Investors Need To Keep Their Eyes On The Ball
U.S. stocks have been resilient in their response to bad news throughout the year. They may sink at the start of a trading day, but they’ve been able to recover quickly and finish ...
Charting Bond Funds TLT and IEF for April
As April 2013 began, we saw positive reversals and breakthroughs in “Risk-off” US Treasury funds TLT and IEF.
Let’s update these charts and note key levels and factors to watch ...
