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Eric Dutram: Over the past month, markets have been under severe pressure as weak job growth in the U.S. has combined with worries over European debt to send stocks lower across the globe. Most segments of the stock market were impacted Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: After a tumultuous 2011 many investors are still finding their footing in the markets as confidence in the global economic recovery remains battered down. Despite persistent volatility 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 Read more…
Russ Koesterich: Call #1: Underweight REITs Relative to the Financial Sector – This week, my call focuses on REITs. With yields low and likely to stay that way for the foreseeable future, everyone is searching for income wherever they can find it. One of the biggest beneficiaries of this “stretch-for Read more…
When the markets began to decline last month, some of the year’s best performing exchange traded funds (ETFs) saw the highest level shorted since 2007. About 10% of total shares outstanding of all domestically traded etfs were Read more…
As the US economy continues to show signs of improvement and corporate America is slowly starting to increase headcount, a ray of light may shine on the commercial real estate sector Read more…
The recent slide in global stocks due to the triple disasters in Japan erased 2011 S&P gains. The MSCI world index has decline more than 6.77% this month all the tickers are flashing red. Read more…
Stocks showed strength on Monday but volume was light. Early morning action was choppy, but by 10:30 am the major indices stabilized and rallied to close near the session highs. The Nasdaq led Read more…
Despite a stubbornly weak labor market and insignificant increases in consumer sentiment and spending, commercial real estate and the exchange traded funds (ETFs) which track the sector Read more…
In trading on Thursday, the ETFS Physical Palladium Shares (NYSE:PALL) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1.47% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…
Despite woes in residential real estate, the commercial real estate sector appears to be showing signs of stabilization shinning a light on the iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate (NYSE:IYR), Read more…
With the S&P500 cratering (uh-oh, we hit the dreaded Hindenurg Omen) and investors flooding to the (perceived) safety of Treasuries in droves, the thing that differentiates this market from the Read more…
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John Paulson, the hedge-fund manager who made $15 billion shorting the real estate market, said Monday that he expects housing prices to rise between 3 and 5 percent this year and another 8 to 12 percent in 2011. Paulson, who made his comments in a conference call with investors, said home Read more…
Dividend ETFs performed well last week: leading the pack are the emerging market stocks (NYSE:EEM) and emerging market dividend stocks (NYSE:DEM), gaining 2.38% and 1.9% 
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