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David Fry: This posting completes a comprehensive review in the fixed-income ETF segment. While this review seems a grab-bag collection of issues, we like keeping the list of choices at 10. This seems more manageable for most investors. We’re not necessarily recommending one issue over another and where Read more…
Ron Rowland: Imagine you’re standing in line, waiting to enter a big concert or Las Vegas show. You dutifully wind back and forth between the velvet ropes. You can’t wait to take your seat. Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: I’ve lectured on investment strategies the world over, but I recently got one of the most intriguing questions I’ve been asked in a long time at the Global Currency Expo in San Read more…
When analyzing security returns one factor that is often overlooked is risk. Risk-adjusted returns tell how us how much risk is involved in producing the return. For example, a stock which Read more…
U.S. ETF assets topped $1 trillion for the first time in December, as a year-end rally in global equity markets and another strong month of inflows pushed the industry past the milestone. ETF assets Read more…
IAU, JNK, NYSE:BND, NYSE:DIA, NYSE:FXI, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:HYG, PFF, SDY, SPY, TBT, UUP, VTI, VWO, VXX
Dividends. Yield. Two big buzz words that have been ushered to the forefront of the investment lexicon in 2010 and rightfully so. By now, most investors know about the paltry yields offered by Read more…
I previously detailed here and here how an investor can use ETF Replay to screen for best performing ETFs based on momentum and volatility. Users can set up their own portfolios, 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…
ICF, IDX, IIH, JJT, JO, NYSE:AMJ, NYSE:ECH, NYSE:EMB, NYSE:EWM, NYSE:FRI, NYSE:FRN, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:GXG, PCY, PFF, PGF, THD, TUR, VXZ, ZROZ
For investors looking to generate current returns from the equity portion of their portfolio, there is no shortage of exchange-traded products offering attractive dividend yields in the current 
The week ending on last Wednesday was not easy to investors: the biggest events in the week are the Japanese biggest earthquake in the last 20 years and its increasingly dangerous nuclear 
iShares hasn’t launched any new ETFs since rolling out its short-term TIPS fund (NYSE:STIP) in early December, but the issuer responsible for close to 45% of all U.S. ETF assets continues to 
Going into the New Year I think investors will want to think about adding safety and stability to their portfolios. Major indices like the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average are on their 
I previously detailed 
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