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David Fry: Let me be one of a few thousand commenting on Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) earnings as they affect primary technology ETFs where the weighting in the company is extraordinarily high. Depending on any given day where price action may dictate weightings the company’s weighting on the SPDR Read more…
David Fry: When an investor’s thinks about the Middle East, there’s no doubt one thing that looms large in their mind: oil. Oil (NYSEARCA:USO) makes the world go round, and the Middle East is awash Read more…
David Fry: As one of the four BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China), with a quickly developing economy and an average growth rate at nearly 9% per year, India might look like an ideal investment opportunity. The country of more than a billion people has made several moves to open itself up to foreign Read more…
David Fry: You could hardly say that Singapore has a great deal of natural resources, unless you count its human capital. The tiny city-state located at the crossroads of Asia depends on its neighbors for just about all things material, but has taken advantage of key niches in the information technology, Read more…
David Fry: There may have been some understandable skepticism when the Global X FTSE Colombia 20 ETF (NYSE:GXG) was launched in 2009. After all, when Americans thought about Colombia (if they did at all), the first things that came to mind might have been narco-terrorism and Pablo Escobar Read more…
David Fry: After a recent series of rises and falls, the MSCI All Peru Capped Index Fund (NYSEARCA:EPU) has recovered most of its losses and is trading at a healthy $44.87 per share (as of March 14th), just 11% below its all-time high of $50.47 in February 2011. Investors were spooked in June 2011 when the Read more…
David Fry: Junk bond ETFs have seen record inflows of investor money over the past year, growing as much as 68%, but investors may not be aware of the substantial risks that junk bond investments pose. Read more…
David Fry: During the highly anticipated launch of the iPad 3, Apple CEO Tim Cook pointed out that in the last quarter, its flagship iPad sold more units (15.4 million to HP’s 15.1 million) than any other PC manufacturer sold PCs. It appears that the post-PC era is nearly upon us, and it’s being ushered in by Read more…
David Fry: Typical ETFs can only hope to do as well as the index that they track, but they don’t necessarily need to be married to the same weightings. ETFs that track specialized indices can provide Read more…
David Fry: Fixed income guru Bill Gross made waves last Thursday with the launch of his PIMCO Total Return ETF (NYSEArca:TRXT). Unlike most ETFs which seek to replicate the returns of a given index, TRXT is structured as an actively managed fund. Read more…
David Fry: Investors looking for exposure in the developing economies of Latin America would be remiss to not take advantage of the growth opportunities in Chile. At the moment there is only one ETF that provides exposure to this Read more…
David Fry: Investors looking to lessen their risk in uncertain times have been flocking to low volatility ETFs, which seek to replicate the returns of low volatility indices. There are a number of low volatility indices to choose from including the S&P 500 Low Volatility Index, the MSCI USA Minimum Read more…
David Fry: Global X Greek ETF (NYSEARCA:GREK) is being launched on December 8, 2011. It goes along with the company’s unique product line-up which especially includes a heavy emphasis on Latin 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 investment 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 investment Read more…
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