Friday’s ETF Chart To Watch: CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust (FXC)

May 18th, 2012

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

18 Signs That The Banking Crisis In Europe Has Just Gone From Bad To Worse (EPV, UUP, VGK, EWI, FXE, EUO)

May 18th, 2012

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

Major Long-Term Bottoms Are Forming In Gold & Silver Prices (GLD, SLV, IAU, GG, ABX, KGC, AEM, IAG, AUY)

May 18th, 2012

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

Look For A Buying Opportunity In This ProShares UltraShort Silver ETF (ZSL)

May 18th, 2012

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

ETF Daily News: Thursday, May 17th ETF Movers (ROSA, SFSA, FGM, KBWI)

May 17th, 2012

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 GA Partners With First Trust To Launch A New International Strategy Featuring AlphaDEX Country ETFs

May 17th, 2012

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 To Provide Investment Services To AdvisorShares Global Echo ETF

May 17th, 2012

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

Rethinking Risk With Corporate Emerging Market Bond ETFs (LQD, EMB, CEMB)

May 17th, 2012

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

S&P 500 Index: A Million SPX Put Contracts Traded Today; A Contrarian Timing Signal (INDEXSP:.INX, SPY)

May 17th, 2012

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

Senior Loan ETFs: Safe Funds For Yield Chasers? (BKLN, SRLN, VCIT)

May 17th, 2012

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

‘Mr. Gold’ on Gold: Toughen Up! Forge Ahead! (GLD, PHYS, IAU, SLV, AGQ)

May 17th, 2012

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

Could The Small Cap Healthcare ETF Be A Great Pick? (PSCH, SLXP, CBST, QCOR)

May 17th, 2012

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

Is The Permanent Portfolio ETF (PERM) A Perfect Choice For The Long Term Investor?

May 17th, 2012

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

ETF Profile: SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:GLD) In Focus

May 17th, 2012

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

Some Traders Talking S&P 500 Index Stock Market Crash (SPY, INDEXSP:.INX)

May 17th, 2012

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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