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Wagner Daily: When In Doubt, Stay Out (PPH, THD, IWM, DIA, SPY, QQQ)
Stocks closed higher across the board on Monday but on very light trade. Despite Monday’s advance, the broad market has now been caught in a trading range for approximately one week. Higher beta stocks led the advance as the small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) and the S&P MidCap Read more…
The Week Ahead: Emerging Markets ETF Flows Are In Reverse (EEM, RSX, EZA, GUR, FXI, VNM, THD, EWT, EWZ, EPU, GXG)
Tim Seymour: Emerging markets funds lost $1.64 billion from their investor accounts last week, but the question for traders is now whether this is just a trickle over the wall or a more serious Read more…
NYSE:EEM, NYSE:EPU, NYSE:EWT, NYSE:EWZ, NYSE:EZA, NYSE:FXI, NYSE:GUR, NYSE:GXG, NYSE:THD, NYSE:VNM, RSX
The Biggest Shortage That Nobody Is Talking About
I drive by the same gas station every day. And every day last week, prices were higher than the day before. Not too surprising, given the unsettling situations in North Africa and the Middle East, but it doesn’t help the mood of consumers, who are always worried about crude oil supplies. We’re all Read more…
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 ETF To Watch: iShares MSCI Thailand Index Fund (THD)
The last month has been an extremely rough one for emerging markets, as a flight to quality has pushed investors into safe haven asset classes such as gold and silver. While some emerging nations Read more…
Learn Your ABCs For Successful ETF Investing (THD, TAN)
The world of investing is a lot like the world of sports. There are dozens of parallels between these two universes and perhaps even more old metaphors and sayings that are applicable to both Read more…
Country-Specific ETFs: Protection And Profits In Emerging Markets Calamity (EGPT, THD, GXG)
For a while now, I’ve been planning to write a piece on how certain geopolitical events can affect country-specific ETFs, particularly those tracking emerging markets, and with the widespread Read more…
Wagner Daily: A Closer Look At These ETFs (IJT, THD)

Tuesday was a very bright day on Wall Street. In an impressive showing of strength, stocks erased virtually any hint of last Friday’s distribution. For the second consecutive day, all of the major Read more…
Wagner Daily: A Closer Look At These ETFs (ILF, THD, RKH)
The market closed higher on Thursday, but volume was off. All five major indices finished in positive territory, with the Nasdaq leading the way. The tech rich index closed the day higher by 0.6%. Read more…
Betting On A Potential Rally In Rice With These ETFs (VNM, THD, RJA)
Jim Rogers, a fervent agricultural bull since he launched the Rogers International Commodity Index in 1998, recently cited rice as his favorite grain. Read more…



In trading on Thursday, the C-Tracks Citi Volatility Index TR ETN (NYSE:CVOL) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 6.99% on the day. Also up on the day are the
Each month I update a momentum based ranking system of individual country ETFs. Historical studies have shown that momentum based strategies have performed well over time; thus, 
Emerging markets funds took in $1.5 billion last week, which is leading some of the brokerage firms to call the asset class overbought.
It looks like oil prices have more or less stabilized here, which gives us some sense of what the “new normal” in the commodity space will look like.
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