NYSE:DIA, NYSE:EDZ, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:GLL, TBT, TLT, TZA

In difficult economic environments, when the stock market seems to move with little rhyme or reason, investors will sometimes say “it’s a stock pickers market.” Read more…

SMH, SWH

Date Launched: Aug 9, 2010   Further Links: Website, Prospectus

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NYSE:ELD

I’m focused like a laser beam on emerging markets this year, because there is much more at play than just relative strength. This is where the economic growth in the world is occurring. Read more…

NYSE:EWS, THD, TUR

“The volume in the (NYSE:VXX) topped 46,000 contracts yesterday as one bullish play stood out.  The iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures (NYSE:VXX) exchange-traded note continues to see Read more…

VXX

The Fed claims that it stopped its first Quantitative Easing, QE, program back in March 2010, and that there were no additional debt monetizations between then and the announcement of its QE lite Read more…

NYSE:FXE, NYSE:FXY

“Heading into a new week, several analysts and advisers are putting out notes that are favoring more bearish positions. One of those, Jerry Slusiewicz of Pacific Financial in Laguna Hills, Calif. Read more…

NYSE:GLD, SDS, SH, SLV, SPY

The question was posed that perhaps gold is only rising because the dollar is falling. While every C-wave has been driven by a collapsing dollar you will see in the next several charts that gold is rising Read more…

NYSE:GLD

ProShares has filed paperwork with the SEC for a “ProShares RAFI US Equity Long/Short” ETF. The ProShares RAFI US Equity Long/Short (the “Fund”) seeks investment results, before fees and Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

When it comes to emerging market investing, there’s no doubt that the BRIC nations – Brazil, Russia, India and China – dominate the headlines. Sure, they’re big, important countries. Read more…

IDX, NYSE:EEM

As the third quarter draws to a close, 2010 hasn’t exactly been the year full of M&A activity some analysts thought it would be, but a number of high profile marriages have helped to give the still Read more…

NYSE:FAA

This is the second post in the series I’m writing to introduce the VIX Portfolio Hedging (VXH) Strategy. I am discussing the problems with conventional portfolio hedging methods first – before Read more…

SPY

In trading Monday, the PowerShares S&P SmallCap Materials (NASDAQ:XLBS) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 4.47% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…

NYSE:EWP, NYSE:FAA, PALL, PMA, PMNA, XLBS

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) today announced that the iShares Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business, the world’s largest provider of ETFs, is changing the index, name, ticker and primary Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS

In conjunction with today’s announcement regarding the Claymore Securities, Inc. name change to Guggenheim Funds Distributors, Inc. (“Guggenheim Funds”), many of the firm’s ETFs have been Read more…

ETF BASIC NEWS