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Stoyan Bojinov: Although uncertainty continues to linger across financial markets, investors’ confidence in the global economic recovery has without a doubt improved considerably going Read more…
If past is prologue, and it generally is in markets as in life, the Financial sector could be poised for a decent rally in the next 12 months. At least that’s the assertion of Paul Hickey, the co-founder of Bespoke Investment Group. Hickey’s theory doesn’t rely on a Read more…
Ian Wyatt: Remember when the business of banking was simple? Once upon a time, banks were places that had two primary functions: accepting deposits and making loans. Read more…
Each of the five SPDR KBW ETFs listed below will change its benchmark index to an S&P Financial Select Industry Index effective before the opening of business on Monday, October 24, 2011. Therefore, the index changes will be implemented at the close of business on Friday, October 21, 2011. In order to effectuate an orderly change of portfolio securities held by Read more…
Stocks staged an impressive rally on Tuesday on higher trade. The major indices all finished higher on the day. The small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) led the move as it posted a strong 4.9% gain. The Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) and the S&P MidCap 400 also posted impressive gains as they ended the Read more…
Jared Cummans: The past few weeks have seen violent behavior in equity indexes as a slew of negative news and data led to some of the most volatile trading days since the 2008 crash. The problems largely began with the debt debate that took longer than expected, while the solution 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, we can help select those ETFs that matter and may not be repetitive. The result is a more manageable list of issues from which to Read more…
Equities closed mixed on the session as volume spiked. With the exception of the Nasdaq the major indices finished higher on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE:DIA), S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY), S&P MidCap 400 and small-cap Russell 200 (NYSE:IWM) posted gains of Read more…
All five major indices dropped sharply on Friday on mixed trade. Last week marked the fifth straight week that the S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) finished in the red. Higher beta stocks took a beating as Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: While scanning major ETFs, I found an interesting pattern/structure that I wanted to share on the SPDR KBW Regional Banking ETF (NYSE:KRE). Read more…
Market pundits and prognosticators are all worried as to whether Santa is going to deliver presents to Wall Street this year. While we have seen the S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) reach new highs in December, Read more…
In trading on Thursday, the RP Growth ETF (NYSE:RPX) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 12.64% on the day. Also up on the day are the day are the 
In afternoon trading Wednesday, the ProShares Ultra KBW Regional Banking (NYSE:KRU) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 7.78% on the day. Also up on the day are the 
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