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Equities ended the session mostly higher as trade quickened for a second consecutive day. Four of the five major indices closed in positive territory. Larger cap issues fared better on Tuesday as the DJIA (NYSEArca:DIA) added 0.3%. The S&P 500 (NYSEArca:SPY) and S&P MidCap 400 produced Read more…
Shah Gilani: You want to know the truth? The truth is that Wall Street has stacked the deck against you. That’s why you need to understand how the game is played. Otherwise you’ll end up a Wall Street patsy. Read more…
For the third time in as many days, stocks showed little direction, and ended the session mixed. By the closing bell three of the five major indices were up and two were down. Higher beta issues led the way, as the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSEArca:IWM), S&P MidCap 400 and the Nasdaq Read more…
Stocks ended mostly down on Monday, but barely. The S&P 500 (NYSEArca:SPY) was the day’s only winner, as it closed higher by a meager 0.1%. For the second time in as many days, the S&P MidCap 400 closed flat. Both the Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) and the Dow Jones Industrial Average Read more…
Anyone who has ever been pulled over by the cops for speeding knows all too well the pejorative query of the arresting officer: “What’s your hurry?” I mention this because it seems practically everyone these days is in a rush to ride the risk-trade and get back to financial Read more…
Larry D. Spears: As it turns out, despite the summer swoon, income investors were the big winners in 2011. While the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSEARCA:DIA) finished the year with a gain of just 5.5%, the 100 highest-yielding stocks tracked by the Dow Jones – as measured by the iShares Dow Read more…
Russ Koesterich: Last year, mega-cap companies were cheaper and more profitable than their smaller counterparts. That’s why I continuously advocated for mega-cap, quality stocks as a defensive play amid last year’s market volatility, economic shocks and political paralysis. Ultimately, investing in mega Read more…
Russ Koesterich: Call #1: Maintain long-term overweight global equities “Why own stocks in the first place?” Many investors are asking this question in light of the long-term stagnation in global equity markets, recent market volatility and the surprising outperformance by bonds in 2011. Read more…
Stocks ended the day mixed in another skittish session. Stocks fell sharply at the open but recovered to close near sessions highs on stronger trade. By the closing bell the S&P MidCap 400 and the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSEARCA:IWM) had slid 0.2% and 0.1% respectively. The Nasdaq Read more…
Noel Archard: In a recent post I wrote about ETFs and their names. I explained that while a name can give investors an initial hint as to what type of exposure an ETF offers, it’s worth “looking under the hood” to see what a fund holds before deciding to add it to your portfolio. Read more…
Russ Koesterich: Call #1: Negative TIPS in the long term; Maintain neutral TIPS in the near term Read more…
Russ Koesterich: Call #1: Maintain Overweight Equities, Mega Caps, Germany, the Netherlands & Brazil Read more…
If you ask me, it is completely understandable to feel detached and removed — even bored — with the debt ceiling and deficit negotiations in Washington. But it is also completely unacceptable, especially if you see a dire future like Jeff Cox, the co-author of Debt, Deficits and the Demise of the American Economy. Cox not only predicts the crisis ahead, but paints a way to get through it and the coming wave of Read more…
David Fry: This posting features a comprehensive review of the dividend related ETF sector. There are over three dozen ETFs issued (including Elements not covered here) with more on the way to evaluate in this sector. To simplify matters for investors we’ve whittled choices down to 10. Read more…
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A year after the notorious “Flash Crash,” CNBC’s Herb Greenburg addresses the alarmingly high level of ETF failures to settle. A settlement failure occurs when somebody’s not 
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