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Should You Be Buying Growth Or Value Now? (IMW, IWO, IWN, HANS, CLH, SWN, GMCR, BYI)

January 31st, 2011

Most people tend to think that small cap stocks are all growth companies. The prevailing wisdom is that if a company has a market cap below $3 billion then the reason to buy shares is that the Read more…

IMW, IWN, IWO

Market Vectors Egypt ETF Creations Suspended (EGPT)

January 31st, 2011

Van Eck announced Monday morning that it will exercise its right to suspend creation orders of the Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF (NYSE:EGPT) in the wake of protests in the north African country. Read more…

NYSE:EGPT

S&P 500 Finishes January Monthly Candlestick Today (SPY)

January 31st, 2011

Best Online Trades: Today the S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) finished creating its January Monthly price candlestick.  The January candlestick finished with an up close and without having created any Read more…

SPY

Monday, January 31st ETF Movers: (EGPT, UBN, URA, FEFN, AXIT, WMH)

January 31st, 2011

In trading on Monday, the Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF (NYSE:EGPT) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 7.89% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…

NASDAQ:FEFN, NYSE:AXIT, NYSE:EGPT, UBN, URA, WMH

Ed Lopez, Van Eck Marketing Director Discusses The Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF (EGPT)

January 31st, 2011

Ed Lopez, Van Eck marketing director discusses the Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF (NYSE:EGPT) and its interesting moves over the past week. Ed addresses the quesiton as to why the ETF could be trading Read more…

NYSE:EGPT

Best Investment Ideas for Retirement Portfolios (FLAT, GLD, IAU)

January 31st, 2011

Morningstar’s Christine Benz discusses current pockets of opportunity with director of ETF research Scott Burns, dividend strategist Josh Peters, and associate director of fixed-income Read more…

IAU, NYSE:FLAT, NYSE:GLD

Pax World Launches Socially Responsible EAFE ETF (EAPS, NASI, ETFY, DSI, KLD)

January 31st, 2011

Pax World, a leader in the field of sustainable investing, has rolled out the second product in its ESG Shares lineup. The Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Index ETF Read more…

KLD, NASI, NYSE:DSI, NYSE:EAPS, NYSE:ETFY

Middle Eastern ETFs in Crisis (EGPT, GULF, GAF, PMNA, MES)

January 31st, 2011

CNBC’s Herb Greenberg is suggesting that investors should skip the Middle East. The biggest problem is that Read more…

MES, NASDAQ:GULF, NYSE:EGPT, NYSE:GBF, PMNA

How To Play The Breakout In Uranium (URA, NUCL, PKN, CCJ, PDN, UUU)

January 31st, 2011

It’s a bull market in uranium—again! Uranium’s price was “in the tank” for the longest time, thanks to the massive supply provided by retired Cold War nuclear weapons. That supply started to exhaust Read more…

NUCL, PKN, URA

Egyptian Stock Market: Why Political Turmoil is Stifling This Emerging Market’s Growth (EGPT, EEM)

January 31st, 2011

The thought of investing in Egypt at the moment seems crazy. But before the current political crisis hit, I toyed with the idea of adding the Market Vectors Egypt ETF (NYSE:EGPT) to the more aggressive, growth-oriented portion of my global portfolio. After all, the Egyptian stock market, and Read more…

NYSE:EEM, NYSE:EGPT

iShares Files For High Dividend, Low Volatility ETFs (SDY)

January 31st, 2011

iShares, the largest issuer of U.S. ETFs by total assets, continues to make plans to expand its product lineup with the filing of three new ETFs. While the company has been expanding heavily Read more…

SDY

Chart of the Week: iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN Celebrates 2nd Birthday (VXX)

January 31st, 2011

One year ago today, in Chart of the Week: VXX Celebrates One Year of Futility, I chronicled the first year of the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (NYSE:VXX). At the time, I noted that VXX Read more…

VXX

Why Traders Are Bearish On The Canada ETF (EWC)

January 31st, 2011

“Canadian stocks are hovering near multi-year highs, and the bears are stepping in. optionMONSTER’s Depth Charge tracking system detected the purchase of 2,500 June 30 puts on Read more…

NYSE:EWC

India: Mumbai Has The Worst Month Since The Crash … Now What? (PIN, INP)

January 31st, 2011

Most emerging markets watchers know that India has been in a steep correction, but the depth of the downswing has still surprised a lot of people. Read more…

INP, PIN

Crude Oil Spikes Like An Egyptian (USO, OIL, DBO, UCO, DBE, USL, DTO, SCO, DNO, OLO, BNO, SZO, UHN, OIH)

January 31st, 2011

Images of mass Egyptian protesters clashing with police in Cairo broadcasted around the world shook global financial markets on Friday, Jan. 28. Dow and S&P 500 both dropped more than 1%, Read more…

NYSE:BNO, NYSE:DBE, NYSE:DBO, NYSE:DNO, NYSE:DTO, OIH, OIL, OLO, SCO, SZO, UCO, UHN, USL, USO

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