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Stoyan Bojinov: After a tumultuous 2011 many investors are still finding their footing in the markets as confidence in the global economic recovery remains battered down. Despite persistent volatility Read more…
Michael Johnston: After a record-setting October gave investors hope that 2011 would finish on a strong note, the first couple weeks of November have effectively taken any wind out of those sails. The culprit–surprise, surprise–has been the cash-strapped PIIGS economies of Europe, with Italy now grabbing Read more…
After a poor start, stocks closed well off session lows but trade was light. Four of the five major indices ended the day modestly lower but the S&P MidCap 400 managed to eke out a 0.1% gain. The small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSEARCA:IWM) closed down by 0.7% while the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:SPY) dropped 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, and nearly 40 years in the Read more…
Adam Patti is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of IndexIQ, a New York-based ETF issuer behind several of the most innovative ETF products to hit the market in recent years including several hedge fund replication ETFs. A few weeks ago, we spoke with Adam Patti to get his thoughts on the current Read more…
Eric Dutram: With a weak consumer economy and a lack of job creation, concerns are once again beginning to return to the housing industry. For the 10 City Case-Shiller index, prices are down year-over-year in non seasonally adjusted terms for the most recent reading, leading to a dreaded double dip for many markets Read more…
Thursday was a horrendous day on Wall Street as stocks took a beating on a surge in trade. All five major indices lost more than 3.5% with higher beta issues showing the most weakness. The small-cap RusseIl 2000 (NYSE:IWM) lost almost 6.0% while the S&P MidCap 400 and Nasdaq Read more…
Stocks lost ground on Tuesday on higher trade but closed off session lows. The major indices all closed down on the session with smaller cap and technology stocks leading the decline. The small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) shed nearly 2.0% while the S&P MidCap 400 slid 1.4%. The Nasdaq Read more…
Ron Rowland: Index IQ rolled out the first small cap U.S. REIT ETF last week (6/14/11). IQ US Real Estate Small Cap ETF (NYSE:ROOF) intends to provide income and complement large cap REIT exposure. Read more…
In July 2009 I profiled a momentum based ETF portfolio. I track this portfolio (and others) monthly on Scott’s Investments using Google Docs. The portfolio consists of the ETFs with the best
In July 2009 I profiled a momentum based ETF portfolio. I track this portfolio (and others) monthly on Scott’s Investments using Google Docs. The portfolio consists of the ETFs with the best Read more…
U.S. equity markets kicked off the week on a mixed note as a few companies gave their earnings reports and other traders focused in on the dynamic commodity market for guidance. Read more…
U.S. equity markets rose broadly in Friday trading as strong economic data helped to boost equities across the board. The Dow rose by 57 points in the session while the S&P 500 Read more…
SmartMoney magazine published its annual best stock ideas in the February issue titled Where to Invest in 2011. We look at a portfolio that consists of the 12 stocks suggested in the article and Read more…
In trading on Tuesday, the First Trust Latin America Alpha (NYSE:FLN) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 38.18% on the day. Also up on the day are the 
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