John Nyaradi: Health care was hot last week with Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEARCA: XLV) registering a 2.65% gain for the week and iShares Dow Jones Health Care Select Sector Index Read more…

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Michael Johnston: State Street, the issuer behind the two largest U.S.-listed exchange-traded products, announced today the launch today of three new funds offering targeted exposure to key sub-sectors of the U.S. economy. The new funds will track narrow corners of the technology, health care, and industrials sector Read more…

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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 business, we can help select those ETFs that matter and may or may not be repetitive. Read more…

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Jon D. Markman:  Market bulls and bears are at a standoff as global economic recovery struggles – but not all stocks are in danger of slipping.

Major U.S. stock indexes inched higher by 0.5% to 1.5% over the past week as optimism that Read more…

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There are some exchange-traded funds that we find attractive and investors should be focusing on, said Jeff Duncan, CEO of Duncan Financial Group, and David Kotok, chairman and CIO of Read more…

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I’m a momentum investor. What does that mean? I just try to identify leading market sectors and then keep my portfolio aligned with them. Sometimes the strength is fairly obvious, and at other Read more…

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Jon D. Markman:  Technology and commodities companies have been among the hardest hit over the past few weeks, as major players move from cyclical stocks to more defensive areas like Read more…

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The health care sector has been in the middle of major political and economic debates since the Obama administration began pushing its aggressive health care law last year. Since that time, many Read more…

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The health care industry seems to have a better grasp of what President Obama’s reforms mean for business. Now executives can calculate their next steps, and investors are pushing up prices for Read more…

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Earlier this week stocks throughout the healthcare sector were hit hard after The House of Representatives voted to repeal President Obama’s healthcare reform law. Shares of the iShares Read more…

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In afternoon trading Tuesday, the iPath DJ-UBS Cotton TR Sub-Idx ETN (NYSE:BAL) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 4.52% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…

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In midday trading Monday, the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Healthcare Providers Index Fund ETF (AMEX: IHF) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 1.4% on the day. Components of that ETF Read more…

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In midday trading Wednesday, the PowerShares Dynamic Semiconductors ETF (PSI) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 4.8% on the day. And underperforming Read more…

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“It is our opinion, along with that of many other market professionals, that this current market is overbought.  An overbought market often searches for a place, or more to the point, a reason to pull Read more…

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