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Dividends & ETFs: Understand The Concept, Then Embrace IT (DVY, DLN, DIA, CVX, MCD, KMB, JNJ, PG, ETR)

April 27th, 2011

Todd Shriber:  I’ll admit it. When it comes to investing and trading, I’m definitely addicted to two themes: Dividends and ETFs. The investor in me loves getting my monthly statements from Read more…

NYSE:DIA, NYSE:DLN, NYSE:DVY

U.S. Total Bonds Led By These ETFs (AGG, BND, BIV, PCEF)

April 27th, 2011

Retirement concerns are important for everybody. A well thought out, long term approach to investing is a key for retirement planning.  The lower risks in bonds make them a key part of Read more…

NYSE:AGG, NYSE:BIV, NYSE:BND, PCEF

History Teaches 4 Important Lessons About Investing (DIA, GLD)

April 27th, 2011

Claus Vogt:  Just look at the long-term chart of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE:DIA) below. The first thing you’ll probably notice is that it starts at the bottom left and rises Read more…

NYSE:DIA, NYSE:GLD

$50+ Silver: Three ETFs To Play The Surge In Silver Prices (SLV, SIVR, SIL, EPU, SLW, PAAS)

April 27th, 2011

Thanks to inflationary pressures and booming emerging markets, a number of key commodities have seen their values soar so far in 2011. While this trend has been especially pronounced in the Read more…

NYSE:EPU, SIL, SIVR, SLV

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 ETF To Watch: PowerShares US Dollar Index Fund (UUP)

April 27th, 2011

Thanks to rising prices for a variety of key staples– most notably oil and food commodities– the pressure has been on central bankers around the world to step up rates and curtail inflation Read more…

UUP

FOMC Meeting & Press Conference: All Eyes Are On Ben Bernanke (UUP, GLD, SLV, UDN)

April 27th, 2011

Today’s FOMC meeting and press conference has the potential to either put in a daily cycle bottom in the dollar index (NYSE:UUP) or initiate a waterfall decline into the dollar’s three year cycle low. Read more…

NYSE:GLD, SLV, UDN, UUP

The Wagner Daily: A Closer Look At These ETFs (IEO, SPY, DIA, QQQ)

April 27th, 2011

Stocks posted solid gains on Tuesday as trade surged. All five major indices closed near session highs. The S&P MidCap 400 led the advance as it tacked on 1.0% yesterday. The Dow Jones Read more…

IEO, NYSE:DIA, SPY

ETF Daily News: Tuesday, April 26 ETF Movers (FAA, FIW, PSCI, RTSA, CVOL, VZZ)

April 26th, 2011

In trading on Tuesday, the Guggenheim Airline (NYSE:FAA) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 3.12% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…

NASDAQ:PSCI, NYSE:CVOL, NYSE:FAA, NYSE:FIW, RTSA, VZZ

Daily ETF Roundup: (GDX)-Slides On Gold’s Weakness, (XLI)-Rises On Strong Earnings

April 26th, 2011

Investors cheered solid earnings reports from a variety of sectors, helping to push all of the major indexes sharply higher on the day. The Dow led the way with a 115 point gain, or about 0.95% and Read more…

NYSE:GDX, XLI

Investors Beware – The VIX Options Are A Lie (NYSE:VXX)

April 26th, 2011

Jared Levy:  These are strong words, I know. I wouldn’t choose them if I weren’t truly concerned, because apparently not many care about the thousands of investors who have been burnt using Read more…

VXX

Silver Investing – Top or Not? (SLV, ZSL, PSLV, AGQ, SIVR, DBS, SIL)

April 26th, 2011

When gold hit the psychologically important $1,500 level it didn’t surprise us, but we admit that silver’s recent performance gave us a small thrill. Before jumping into the chart analysis, let’s have Read more…

NYSE:AGQ, NYSE:DBS, PSLV, SIL, SIVR, SLV, ZSL

Russian Small-Cap Investing: Three Reasons to “Think Small” (RSX, RSXJ)

April 26th, 2011

Russia is one huge investment opportunity. Literally. It is the world’s largest landmass by a vast margin with 6.6 million square miles. At the other end of the spectrum is Vatican City at only 0.17 square miles. With Russia you think of giant companies like Gazprom or Lukoil, controlled by oligarchs in Read more…

NYSE:RSXJ, RSX

Teucrium Files For Fund Of Fund ETF “Teucrium Agricultural Fund”

April 26th, 2011

Teucrium has filed paperwork with the SEC for a “Teucrium Agricultural Fund.” The investment objective of the Fund is to have the daily changes in percentage terms of the Shares’ net asset value (“NAV”) reflect the daily changes in percentage terms of a weighted average (the “Underlying Fund Read more…

NEW FILING, NYSE:CANE, NYSE:CORN, NYSE:TAGS, SOYB, WEAT

Some Gold Miners Are Real Losers (GDX, GSS, BVN, KGC, AEM, TRE)

April 26th, 2011

Brad Zigler:  ‘Today is for winners, yesterday’s for losers’ goes some old sports adage. Well, we’re going to turn that maxim on its head with this column. Read more…

NYSE:GDX

Knight Wins Global ETF Award

April 26th, 2011

Knight Capital Group, Inc. (NYSE Euronext: KCG) today announced that its institutional exchange traded fund (ETF) team has been named top “ETF Market Maker Read more…

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