These days, it sure feels like if it’s not one thing, it’s another when it comes to international headline risk and the issue of the moment is the savage earthquake and tsunami that have caused an epic Gold, Silver and Mining Stocks Decline as Stocks Lead the Way (GLD, IAU, SGOL, GDX, GDXJ, SIVR, SLV, DBS, AGQ, ZSL)
It’s been only a few days since we’ve posted our latest timing-related essay on gold and silver prices, and since that time the situation has changed dramatically. Before providing you with the Read more…
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2 Steps You Should Take Now As EU Politicians Seek To Unload PIIGS Bonds (TBT)
Since last Friday all eyes have been geared toward the catastrophe in Japan. That’s indeed understandable. However, there has been another important development with far-reaching Read more…
CBOE Extends Its Volatility Franchise: Applies VIX Methodology to Six Active ETFs
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that beginning today, it will apply its proprietary CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX®) methodology to options on six highly-active, sector Read more…
CBOE to Launch Options on Volatility Indexes of Individual Stock and Crude Oil ETFs (USO)
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today announced that it has filed for Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approval to list options based on recently-created volatility indexes Read more…
When ETNs Are Better Than ETFs (MLPI, AMLP, MNA, CSMA)
As the universe of exchange-traded products has expanded considerably in recent years, investors have become more aware of the nuances between the various types of investment vehicles. Read more…
Bank of Japan Ready To Intervene In Yen Markets (JYF, JYN)
Some funding problems emerging in the yen trade as $3.1 trillion moves through JPYUSD contracts, but the Bank of Japan is on the case. Read more…
Japan ETF: Nikkei Crash Similar To May 6, 2010 S&P 500 Crash (EWJ)
Thomas Carreno: There was a huge huge trade that I missed today unfortunately and also was not quick enough to write about it. The trade was going long the iShares MSCI Japan Index ETF Read more…
Japanese Earthquake Impact: How to Play the Post-Disaster Currency Moves (YCS, EWJ)
Keith Fitz-Gerald: According to Biriniyi Associates, investors threw more than $1 billion into Japanese exchange-traded funds (ETFs) last month – second only to U.S. energy funds and more Read more…
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 ETF To Watch: Solar ETF (TAN)
The past several weeks have been a nightmare for equities, as global unrest continues to batter markets. Just as it seemed that the U.S. was making strong progress to pre-recession levels, Read more…
Wagner Daily: A Closer Look At These ETFs (RKH, IYZ)
For a second consecutive day stocks finished down but well off the session lows. However, trade was heavy on a down day in the market. The Nasdaq ended the day down 1.3%. Both the Dow Jones Read more…
Is The MSCI Japan Index ETF Now Selling At A Deep-Discount? (EWJ)
The recent collapse in Japan’s stock market has been one of the fastest in history and compares favorably, (or rather, unfavorably) to the market crashes of 1929 and 1987. Read more…
Japanese Volatility Index (VXJ) Spikes To 70; Below 2008 High (EWJ)
The “Japan VIX” (VXJ) spiked to 70 on Tuesday, reaching its highest level since the 2008 financial crisis. A volatility index using the VIX-style methodology was launched late last year for the Nikkei Read more…
S&P 500 Goes Into Panic Decline Today on Heavy Volume (SPY, SDS, SH, SSO)
Thomas Carreno: It looks like there is a strong probability we have created the first tradeable low in the S&P 500 Index today on this panic of the Japan earthquake and nuclear situation. Read more…
Is It Time To Buy These U.S. Treasury Bond ETFs? (TLT, SHY, SCHR)
Slowing economic growth is usually a positive for bonds. Bonds are bought as a safe haven when global stock markets are in corrections. Read more…
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