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Daniela Pylypczak: Since SPY made its debut as the first exchange-traded fund in 1993, the ETF industry has sure come a long way with its lineup of over 1,400 products now available to all walks of investors. From plain vanilla funds to the more complex Read more…
Matt Tucker: There’s been much ado about high yield bond ETFs in the media for a while now. And with good reason – after a six month stint as the asset class of choice for yield-hungry investors, these funds have been riding a roller coaster of late, Read more…
Eric Dutram: The recent economic slowdown in the developed and emerging nations has forced the domestic U.S. interest rates to plummet near all time lows. Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: With the economy beginning to stall, Ben Bernanke’s war on the nation’s savers rolls on. From his promise to keep the Fed funds rate near zero through late 2014 to his efforts to push ten-year note yields even lower, the Fed Chairman Read more…
ETF Base: Carry trades are a key part of international speculation. Investors borrow funds in low-cost markets like the US and Japan to invest internationally for a higher yield. Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: If you have a financial advisor you need to read this-especially if you are one of the 99%. That’s everybody who isn’t a gazillionaire. You may know a few people who fit this bill. Read more…
Mike Larson: In all my years of following the interest rate markets, I can’t recall a moment like this. The so-called “experts” on Wall Street are completely, utterly obsessed with a simple question: “Will Fed officials wave their magic monetary wand again or won’t they?” Read more…
Jordan Roy-Byrne: Longtime readers know that we are a huge fan of intermarket analysis which is a rather new field within technical analysis. I believe John Murphy developed this field, thanks to his book. Intermarket analysis is the analysis of the relationships between the major asset Read more…
Michael Johnston: Last week marked yet another first for the ETF industry, as ProShares rolled out a product that delivers access to a unique corner of the fixed income market. Read more…
Eric Dutram: ProShares, the Maryland-based ETF issuer, appears to be at the product development front again, having launched another new ETF onto the market. However, unlike many Read more…
Neena Mishra: With the “safer” US fixed income instruments such as Treasury bonds and high-grade corporate bonds yielding meager returns, many income oriented investors now prefer Read more…
Eric Dutram: Van Eck, the quickly growing New York-based ETF issuer, is now closing in on 50 total funds in its line-up thanks to a release of another product in the bond ETF space. The new fund will be the first product to target high yield debt Read more…
Michael Johnston: Van Eck rolled out another international high yield product this week, debuting its Market Vectors Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:HYEM). The new fund will seek to replicate the BofA Merrill Lynch Read more…
Michael Snyder: When news broke of a 2 billion dollar trading loss by JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM), much of the financial world was absolutely stunned. But the truth is that this is just the beginning. This is just a very small preview of what Read more…
Don Miller: High commissions and management fees, along with taxes, can really cut into your returns. That’s where exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, come in. In today’s investment world, ETFs are cheaper Read more…
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