Fundamental analysts have been banging the drum on cheap equities throughout the year. Many peg the Forward P/E for the S&P 500 at 14. Technical analysts, on the other hand, had started to suggest that a downtrend for stocks was imminent. China (PGJ), Europe (IEV) and Vanguard Total World (VT) had all slipped below respective 200-Day trendlines. The S&P 500 [...] Continue Reading...
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After being hit hard by the Euro-debt crisis, the Market Vectors Russia ETF (RSX) is seeing noticable improvement. Does the $1 trillion dollar EU package remove the bear from the Russian picnic table? On the commodity front, gold has spiked to highs well above $1200 an ounce. Similarly, you may find value in the Platinum ETF, where genuine demand can potentially drive price appreciation. Russian ETF, GDR Gains [...] Continue Reading...
PowerShares DB Agriculture (DBA) traces an index that is designed to reflect the agriculture sector. Some of the most popular agricultural commodities — coffee, sugar, soybeans, cocoa, corn, cattle, wheat — are represented by a collection of futures contracts in the trackable index. On 5/12/2010, however, we may have seen the emergence of “I’m not waitin’ on [...] Continue Reading...
With Europe’s debt crisis recently causing havoc on market-based securities worldwide, some investors may be looking for safe harbor selections. You may want to know which Bond ETFs have been gaining and which ones have been falling before jumping in. TIPS Bond ETFs: Inflation Fighters - Jonathan Bernstein, ETF Zone ETF Plays On Europe’s Emergency Package - Kevin Grewal, The Street New Record [...] Continue Reading...
Far too often, writers get wrapped up in the machinations of stock market participation. Did evil computers conspire to drag equities in the Dow down 1000 points? Or was it the “fat finger” on Procter & Gamble shares? Ignored in the stock juggernaut was the reality that intra-day price volatility had been increasing for weeks, key trendlines [...] Continue Reading...
Eyeballs and pocketbooks around the globe are about to focus on Africa. With the World Cup capturing viewers from early June to July, and other International ETFs showing strain, could this be the impetus to move the African region up on the ETF podium? 3 ETF articles you do not want to miss on Tuesday, May 12th, 2010: JSE [...] Continue Reading...
Europe’s debt crisis created a short-term windfall for holders of longer-term U.S. Treasuries, particularly holders of iShares 20+Year Treasury (TLT). Yet it’s clear that few believe those price gains will stick. Short-term bond ETFs that track issues on the shorter end of yield curves experienced $500+ million in net new assets for April. Popular funds in this [...] Continue Reading...
U.S. markets seem to have avoided the fall off the proverbial cliff in 2009. Today, investor appetite for risk is particularly vibrant in the junk bond ETF (high-yield ETF) world. Is “high yield” still sensible in the summertime of 2010? Is it possible that the diversification and income stream provided by Emerging Market Bond ETFs may be an equally [...] Continue Reading...
I’ve never watched the television show, “Glee.” And I never intend to. (Maybe I’m too old for it?!) Yet the way some stock bulls had portrayed the investing environment through the end of April, there had been an astounding level of “gleefulness.” Some scoffed at ”sell in May, go away.” Others hinted that there was every reason [...] Continue Reading...
