Is diversification really a free lunch? Is asset allocation truly the major determinant of portfolio performance? In 2008, it didn't matter a whole heck of lot whether your diversified across available asset classes or not.... Continue Reading...
The Five Most Promising Emerging Markets ETFs For 2009 – Martin Hutchinson, Money Morning Testing The Infrastructure Waters With PHO - Don Dion, Seeking Alpha Alt-Energy: Deja Vu All Over Again – Jon Kolb, Zacks... Continue Reading...
With one day to go, the broader U.S. market (S&P 500) is down 6.5% in January 2009. And you may be even harder pressed to find an international stock ETF that is "better off." However,... Continue Reading...
Currency ETFs Not Just One-Trick Ponies – Kyle Waller, Index Universe ETF Portfolios: Even In This Economy -- Everyone Has To Eat! Own PBJ – Mitch Tuchman, Blogging Stocks Finding Strength In A Weak Global... Continue Reading...
ETF Securities is a London-based exchange-traded fund provider that primarily deals with commodities. They have gone from a "no-namer" to Europe's largest ETF provider with roughly $10 billion+ in assets. Not so surprisingly, then, when... Continue Reading...
Small company and foreign ETFs are the focus of today's discussion. Click here to listen to the show: 1-28-09 Continue Reading...
State Street, Invesco Start ETFs for Mortgage-Backed Bonds – Christopher Condon, Bloomberg Investing With Exchange-Traded Funds – Phoebe Davison, Morningstar ETFs On The Move – Jim Farrish, Green Faucet Thinking About The New VIX ETNs... Continue Reading...
When 3 or 4 members of the media start calling me for comments in a single day, I know that there's an effort to get a "scoop." More specifically, different news providers are looking to... Continue Reading...
As Gold Heats Up, Key ETF Cools Down – Pete Najarian, The Street Europe ETFs: Still Important – Will McClatchy, ETF Zone ‘Unprecedented’ Inflows Into Oil ETFs – Izabella Kaminska, Financial Times Significant Inflows Into... Continue Reading...
Old TARP, New TARP, New Old TARP. On top of that... there's the "bad bank-good-bank" concept. Whatever the appropriate remedy, governments around the globe have been squarely focused on making sure that the biggest financial... Continue Reading...
