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Eric Dutram: With the focus remaining on Europe and comments from the ECB driving the markets across the globe, many investors are reevaluating their exposure to the region. Although many are still dialing back holdings across some of the riskiest countries in the area, some intrepid Read more…
Michael Johnston: AdvisorShares added to its rapidly-growing lineup of active ETFs today with the debut of the Accuvest Global Opportunities ETF (NYSEArca:ACCU), which utilizes country-specific ETFs with the goal of generating excess returns relative to benchmarks such as the MSCI All Country Read more…
Ron Rowland: If you’re a regular reader of Money and Markets, you weren’t surprised last Friday when Standard & Poor’s downgraded the sovereign debt of nine European nations. I’ve been expecting it, as have Martin Weiss, Mike Larson and our other editors. My main question: What took them so long? Read more…
Michael Snyder: The European debt crisis has just gone to an entirely new level. Just when it seemed like things may be stabilizing somewhat, we get news of huge financial bombs being dropped all over Europe (NYSEARCA:VGK). Very shortly after U.S. financial markets closed on Friday, S&P Read more…
Michael Johnston: As most investors are painfully aware at this point, Europe is not in the best of fiscal shape at present. The continent is in the midst of a prolonged debt crisis that is now threatening the continued existence of the euro, and has transformed the region into a form of portfolio Kryptonite Read more…
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Michael Johnston: With the finish line in sight, it’s fairly safe to say that 2011 will be remembered by most investors as a wild, back-and-forth year that brought plenty of both hope and despair. A hot start Read more…
David Fry: Our goal in this profile is to help investors wade through the many competing ETF offerings available. Using our long experience as an ETF publication, and nearly 40 years in the investment Read more…
Eric Dutram: Given the broad weakness in the euro zone throughout 2011 and the ever-present fears of default in a number of nations, most investors shouldn’t be surprised to read that all of the ETFs in the European Equities ETFdb Category are down in year-to-date terms. In fact, at time of writing, only the iShares MSCI UK Index Fund Read more…
Alex Strashny: While we still like the strong uptrend in energy (NYSE:XLE), its risk has increased so much that we are reducing our position in it. Though the uptrend goes back to the Fall of 2010, Read more…
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When I play basketball, I love to shoot an avalanche of three-pointers from “downtown.” (Albeit playing against my 14-year old son). When I play football, I can’t resist going long with a pass. And when I play golf, I always go for the green in two on par 5′s. In short, I like to swing for the fence. The Read more…
On October 1, 2010, the currency traders took the Euro, (NYSE:FXE), strongly higher causing Gold, (NYSE:GLD), Oil, (NYSE:UCO), Tin, (NYSE:JJT), Silver, (NYSE:SLV), Metal Manufacturing, Read more…
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In trading on Tuesday, the C-Tracks Citi Volatility Index TR ETN (NYSE:CVOL) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 11.21% on the day. Also up on the day are the 
In trading on Friday, the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 10.2% on the day. Also up on the day is the iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) up 
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