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Ron Rowland: The Cambria Shareholder Yield ETF (NYSEARCA:SYLD), launched May 14, is an actively managed ETF employing a quantitative algorithm to select companies with strong emphasis on returning free cash flow to their shareholders. Read more…
After recording a short pullback, the S&P 500 once again returned to growth thereby recording multiple sessions of gains and closing at multi-year highs. This recent rise in the benchmark index was mostly led by encouraging data on home prices Read more…
Global Short and Leveraged ETP assets rose by $4.4bn (10%) in the first four months of 2013 to $48.5bn and 70% since Dec 2008, as investors continue to increase their usage of Short and Leveraged (S&L) ETPs. The increase in S&L ETPs Read more…
By using a range of volatility management strategies that actively respond to market conditions, the new Managed Volatility Portfolios (MVPs), available with some MultiOption variable annuities, seek to provide more consistent returns over time while Read more…
Przemyslaw Radomski, CFA: There are several indications that the currency war is heating up, the gloves are coming off and new players are piling into the barroom brawl. First, Australia unexpectedly cut interest rates, then both the Swedish Read more…
Jordan Roy-Byrne: 1. Huge rallies begin from these conditions Read more…
Moe Zulfiqar: In May, the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan’s preliminary consumer sentiment index, an early gauge of consumer confidence in the U.S. economy, registered at 83.7, up from 76.4 in April. This is the highest the index has been Read more…
Bob Kirtley: On Monday, May 13, 2013 we wrote that Gold Prices would Re-Test $1350/oz level and so they did, trading sub $1340/0z at one stage. Gold had fallen for 7 straight days from $1470/oz before the slide was arrested earlier today with a bounce Read more…
Jeb Handwerger: I wrote nearly a month ago that “The Worse Things Were For The Mining Sector, The Better They Will Get”. This was after the first downward plunge in gold (NYSEARCA:GLD) and silver (NYSEARCA:SLV) in April due to the Goldman short. Read more…
Joseph L. Shaefer: Don’t worry. Be happy. Here’s why… Read more…
John Whitefoot: Despite the record run of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) and S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX), many investors continue to sit on the sidelines, preferring capital preservation to wealth creation. It could be because they Read more…
He’s been called the golden boy, the best banker in America, the person singly responsible for JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) success, and someone too important to be messed with. But if you ask Chris Whalen if Jamie Dimon, or any Read more…
With global equities up more than 25% since their bottom last June, many investors are wondering: “Is it too late to move cash from the sidelines? Should I wait for a pullback?” Read more…
Michael Robinson: In Silicon Valley, there’s a term for products that a company makes bold statements about and always seem on the cusp of launching but never quite materialize – vaporware. Read more…
Chris Ciovacco: Since the S&P 500 made an intraday low of 1,536 on April 18, the widely-followed stock index has tacked on 130 points and the markets have migrated back to full-bore risk-on mode. Read more…
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