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The dot com boom and the real estate bubble gave consumers confidence and a way to spend like it would never end. The bubbles have burst Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS, SCC, SZK, XRT
“The refusal of the U.S. Natural Gas ETF (UNG) to issue additional shares is not enough to protect investors. The latest decision from UNG managers is a move to protect the best interests of the fund. Investors should avoid UNG for the foreseeable future until the dust settles Read more…
Aug. 12, 2009– Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., a full service investment bank that specializes in the financial services sector, and a wholly owned subsidiary of KBW, Inc. (NYSE: KBW), announced upcoming changes to the Read more…
Paulson & Co., the hedge fund run by billionaire John Paulson, has bought 168 million shares of Bank of America (BAC), becoming the bank’s fourth largest shareholder. That’s a $2.7 billion stake Read more…
According to Market watch the United States Natural Gas fund (UNG) received permission to register an additional 1 billion shares which was needed to meet investor demand. Although they were given the go ahead for the additional shares, the ETF’s management decided the fund won’t Read more…
“Both short and long-term factors suggest higher agricultural prices,” says Leonard Goodall in No-Load Portfolios. Here, the fund expert looks at a pair of agriculture-based ETFs Read more…
China, the world’s third largest economy and second largest stock market, is growing again without the aid of any other global economy’s consumer in tow Read more…
“iShares Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate (IYR): The real estate exchange-traded fund attracted one trader to initiate a pint-sized bullish reversal in the January 2010 contract Tuesday. The bullish reversal involved the sale of 1,000 puts at the January 33 strike Read more…
Many investors are skeptical about whether the rally has legs, reports CNBC’s Rebecca Jarvis. Rebecca says that fixed income ETFs are attracting allot of new investor energy with people trying to mitigate downside risk and protect against inflation. She focuses on Read more…
“The iShares MSCI Brazil Index (EWZ) has an interesting and relatively rare technical pattern — a “diamond” top. This is a bearish reversal pattern, which suggests we will see a downturn in the index Read more…
Neil Anderson, writing for the mutualfundwire, is reporting that the Law Office of Howard G Smith “threw its hat into the fight” against ProShares Ultra Short Real Estate ETFs (SRS). According to Neil, the lawsuit claims a “false and misleading Read more…
Index funds are getting their mojo back and attracting a ton of cash, according to Bob Frick, senior editor of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance and Bob Pisani from CNBC. Bob Pisani notes the abundance of information available through the internet that was once not possible, and Read more…
“Matt Tucker, head of U.S. fixed-income investment strategy at iShares said assets and trading volume in the high-yield ETF have “exploded” in the past year. It currently holds nearly $4 billion Read more…
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ETF Securities USA LLC (ETFS) announced today that the assets under management of the ETFS Silver Trust (SIVR) now exceeds $80m as of August 10, 2009 after experiencing high trading volumes since launch. Read more…
So many ETF’s with different characteristics to invest in but, when considering oil related ETF’s PennySleuth covers which is best. “Oil prices have fallen through the floor in the last year – a 41% drop to be precise… That’s exactly why the coming rise in oil Read more…
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