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Michael Johnston: Today is the day: Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) finally becomes a public company, trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol FB. The highly anticipated ETF is expected to bring massive trading volumes, and interest should remain elevated for the next several sessions. Read more…
The upcoming Facebook IPO has investors and analysts abuzz. But whatever your investment opinion, this newest large cap stock on the block will be making its way into some major indexes and, in turn, many ETFs. Spend a few minutes with Read more…
ETF Base: Only blind investors have missed the on-going boom in online stocks. The year-ended 2011 brought a slew of new tech IPOs, and it is expected that the dot com juggernaut, Facebook, will IPO later in 2012. Read more…
Sam Subramanian: At a time when continuing growth of the U. S. economy appears not so certain, investors often look to overweight industries that can continue to grow. Read more…
Two big names in the tech sector are once again stepping on each others’ toes. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) have been going at it for years over PCs, MP3s, and smartphones. And Apple and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) had a slightly acrimonious separation when Google expanded into phone software. When Android was first announced, Google CEO Eric Schmidt more or less had to Read more…
Sam Subramanian: Investing in Internet companies is attractive considering their excellent growth potential. The use of the Internet is growing rapidly as it enables convenient, quick, and secure Read more…
Over the recent holiday period, the e-commerce sector witnessed exceptional growth as many consumers opted to shop on-line, as opposed via the traditional brick and mortar storefronts, Read more…
As technology companies continue to generate cash and hoard it, some, like Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) are looking at acquiring others to broaden their current offerings paving Read more…
Despite declines in consumer confidence, a relatively unstable labor market and the G-20 emphasizing deficit reduction, three Internet retailers are illustrating a spark of light and could Read more…
In the early days of the ETF industry most of the products were broad-based equity funds that offered exposure to domestic and international stock markets. But as ETFs have gained market 
In trading Wednesday, the iShares MSCI ACWI ex US Industr (NYSE:AXID) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 4.91% on the day. Also up on the day are the 
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