Stoyan Bojinov: Equity markets tumbled into red territory for another day this week as investors fretted over sour economic data on the home front along with looming debt woes in the European currency bloc. Weekly jobless claims came in worse-than-expected Read more…
NYSE:FXC
Michael Snyder: With each passing day, the banking crisis in Europe escalates. European banks (NYSEARCA:EUFN) are having their credit ratings downgraded in waves, bond yields are soaring and billions of euros are being pulled out of banks all across the eurozone. Read more…
NYSE:EPV, NYSE:EUO, NYSE:EWI, NYSE:FXE, UUP, VGK
Toby Connor: Once every year gold and stocks form a major yearly cycle low. Commodities form a major cycle bottom every 2 1/2 to 3 years. Every once in a while all three of these major cycles hit at the same time. I’m pretty sure that’s what is happening right now. Read more…
IAU, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GLD, SLV
Stock got hammered on Thursday, marking the fourth consecutive day of declines. All five major indices lost more than 1.0%. The S&P MidCap 400 led the decline as it plummeted 2.5%. The small-cap Russell 2000 dropped 2.3%, while the Nasdaq slid 2.1%. Read more…
ZSL
In trading on Thursday, the iPath Short Extended Russell 1000 TR ETN (NYSEARCA:ROSA) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 12.25% on the day. Also up on the day is the Read more…
ROSA, SFSA
Accuvest Global Advisors (“Accuvest”), a leading investment manager of global/international equity strategies, today announced that they will launch a new model strategy that will combine Accuvest’s top-down country selection with First Trust Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS
BNY Mellon, the global leader in investment management and investment services, has been selected by AdvisorShares to provide exchange-traded-fund (ETF) services, custody, fund accounting and fund administration for the AdvisorShares Global Echo ETF Read more…
ETF BASIC NEWS
Matt Tucker: Last month, iShares introduced (BATS:CEMB), which gives investors exposure to emerging market corporate debt. Since the fund’s launch we’ve fielded some questions from clients wondering why the yield on CEMB is close to the yield on another Read more…
BATS:CEMB, LQD, NYSE:EMB
Bill Luby: With a half hour to go in today’s trading session, over one million put contracts have already been traded on the S&P 500 index (INDEXSP:.INX), which is about 2 ½ times the average daily volume. This elevated put volume Read more…
SPY
ETF Base: Investors everywhere have a dilemma: take a risky bet for higher-returns or accept bond yields that barely keep pace with implied inflation. Historically, investors swap stocks for bonds for higher returns in exchange for a riskier portfolio. Read more…
NYSE:BKLN, NYSE:SRLN, VCIT
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: As an apparent gesture to lend a helping hand to Sprott Asset Management John Embry’s call for seasoned gold professionals to coach rosy-cheeked newcomers through the treacheries of the gold market Read more…
IAU, NYSE:AGQ, NYSE:GLD, PHYS, SLV
Eric Dutram: As the market remains uncertain heading into the summer months, a closer look at safe haven investing has been ordered by many investors. Generally, this has centered on a few choice sectors with most of the dollars going towards utilities Read more…
NASDAQ:PSCH
ETF Base: Can you make a perfect, permanent portfolio out of four asset classes? One issuer, Global X, wants to do just that by turning Harry Brown’s 1980s permanent portfolio into the Permanent Portfolio ETF (NYSEARCA:PERM). Read more…
NYSE:PERM
Christian Magoon: The SPDR Gold Trust can be referred to in a number of ways – the largest physical gold ETF in the world, the first gold ETF to launch in the U.S. market, the most expensive U.S. listed physical gold ETF. Read more…
NYSE:GLD
Thomas Carreno: Some traders are pointing out possibilities of a stock market crash this month. On several other occasions in the past on Best Online Trades I have looked closely at scenarios where the market was patterning similar to Read more…
SPY
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