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Michael Johnston: One of the many appealing attributes of ETFs is the ability to achieve broad exposure through the purchase of a single ticker, thereby whittling away any company-specific risk that comes with individual stock picking. While the “instant diversification” provided by ETFs and mutual Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: The ETF industry has grown by leaps and bounds over the last five years and innovation across products has brought forth a multitude of previously inaccessible investment strategies to mainstream investors. Aside from the vast expansion in the exchange-traded product universe, the last Read more…
Eric Dutram: The past week was yet another choppy one in the markets as European events continued to dominate headlines. Generally speaking, however, it was a pretty solid period for broad stocks as the S&P 500 added nearly 6% in the time period, helping to reverse much of the recent losses in the Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Stocks climbed higher on Wednesday as uncertainty over the fate of the euro zone appears to have seemingly disappeared from the market this week. Domestic equity indexes extended gains into green territory for the 7th consecutive session yesterday, leading many to believe that the markets Read more…
Most commodity markets took a tumble Tuesday as Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) issued a warning that oil prices were due for a correction, which along with more poor news out of Japan, prompted Read more…
Back on December 11 I wrote that, to my surprise, the financial sector seemed to be staging a real comeback. At that time I pointed out that the ETF Trend Performance Report indicated that a Read more…
“Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) reported a surge in quarterly profit Monday as credit-loss provisions fell, but revenue dipped as the company’s consumer-lending and investment-banking businesses Read more…
Although growth prospects remain dim and job creation remains minimal, investors continue to snatch up equities thanks to a weak dollar and hopes that the Fed will resume its quantitative easing Read more…
Citigroup Inc., (NYSE:C) one of the most actively traded companies in the market is on the radar of mostly all investors. Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE:C) is currently only ranked 44th in assets held Read more…
After weeks of deliberation, the U.S. Congress passed the final version of legislation for the first major overhaul of the nation’s financial system since the Great Depression, imposing more Read more…
The start of the earnings seasons will have a huge bearing on ETFs in such key sectors such as financials this week. The Financial Select Sector SPDR ETFs (NYSE:XLF) fate will fall into the hands Read more…
“After the Senate’s passage last week of the largest financial overhaul since the Great Depression, investors may be wondering how the legislation will affect ETFs such as Financial Select SPDR Read more…
“Citigroup (NYSE: C) beat analysts’ first-quarter earnings estimates, prompting investors to push up its stock by 7% yesterday. With the gain, Citigroup’s stock (C) has soared more than 40% this year Read more…
One of the first things I like to check every weekend is the 
In trading Thursday, the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 3.52% on the day. Also up on the day are the 
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