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Morningstar’s director of ETF research, Paul Justice, explains which ETFs offer the most tax efficiency and names some of his favorite low-cost ETFs for building a simple but diversified tax-saving portfolio. Paul also explains to investors why Read more…
David Gillie: Greece survives from media headline to media headline like a fading Hollywood starlet’s career. I quit doing the math when the “pledged” bailouts exceeded their total debt several times over. Read more…
Tim Seymour: We are big fans of the Turkish market around here, but it says something when the world’s second-biggest economy, growing at a rate of nearly 9% a year, is trading at the same Read more…
Jared Cummans: It is no secret that the ETF industry is dominated by just a handful of products. The majority of the $1 trillion plus assets are confined to roughly 100 funds, leaving the other 1,300 ETFs in the dust. But as growth in the industry continues to pick up, more and more funds are entering elite Read more…
Daniela Pylypczak: As the calendars prepare to flip forward, it appears as if 2011 will go down as a record-breaking year for the ETF industry on the product development front. More than 300 new ETPs began trading this year, shattering the previous record set in 2010. But despite the record size of Read more…
Jared Cummans: This past year has been a strong one for the ETF industry. With a record number of launches, already over 300 on the year, it is clear that the exchange traded world is still in full swing. But despite all of the innovation that the year has seen, investors are still partial to their big name Read more…
Tim Seymour: While the news focus in the last week has been on the developed world’s efforts to help itself, the rally shows signs of faltering everywhere but emerging markets and the United States. Good news so far for those who remained invested in funds like iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Read more…
Stocks ended the session split amidst see-saw price action on Friday. Among the major indices, the day’s only winner was the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSEARCA:DIA). The blue chip index eked out a 0.2% gain. Both the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSEARCA:IWM) and the S&P 500 Read more…
Michael Johnston: Financial advisors and individual investors who have embraced ETFs are generally painted as a cost conscious crowd, passing over expensive active mutual funds in favor of cheap Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Financial markets all over the globe have taken investors for a wild ride this year and many are still dizzy from all of the wild up and down swings that seem to be abundant across virtually every asset class. A sluggish economic recovery at home coupled with ongoing debt woes in the financially Read more…
Michael Johnston: As ETFs have burst on to the scene in recent years, just about every serious investor and professional money manager has taken a crash course in exchange-traded products, becoming familiar with the countless benefits and nuances of these products. Features such as enhanced transparency Read more…
Tim Seymour: Welcome to our world, Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS). Underperformers in the world’s emerging markets are turning into relative outperformers, and there is still time for traders to catch up. Read more…
Stocks gapped down sharply at the open yesterday but rallied steadily throughout the day to close near session highs. Still, for a third consecutive day all five major indices lost ground. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE:DIA) fell 0.9% while the S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) lost 0.7%. The S&P Read more…
Tim Seymour: Now that the world has looked into the stock-market abyss, inflation seems like a relatively small price to pay to keep global credit markets and economic growth alive. This plays into your China strategy. Read more…In a roller coaster session stocks closed modestly down on Monday. The day began with stocks gapping higher but immediately being met with selling pressure. The markets slumped until the lunch hour, consolidated at the lows until 2:45 pm and then caught a bid and rallied into the close. Read more…
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