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Benjamin Shepherd: As we close the books on the second quarter, it’s hard to miss the general lack of optimism. Despite the fact that 70 percent of reporting S&P 500 companies surprised on the upside, the majority of guidance has warned of a third-quarter slowdown. Read more…
Eric Dutram: Technology sector clearly has long-term growth prospects for investors. This is especially so for those willing to remain invested as the sector should continue Read more…
Eric Dutram: Exchange traded funds have become very popular over the past few years. The fast growing business of ETFs have the made the space all the more competitive Read more…
Eric Dutram: The health of the global economy, especially in developed markets, is largely dependent on technology, which is driven by innovation and expertise. The tech industry is the cluster of software and services, technology hardware and equipment, and semiconductors Read more…
Eric Dutram: The global economy is burdened with uncertainty at this time thanks to the ongoing debt crisis in Europe and low levels of GDP growth and high unemployment in the US. Read more…
Joseph L. Shaefer: Are you an investor/speculator who likes to jump aboard a moving train because you believe it will pick up even more speed (and aren’t particularly concerned about when or whether it will crash?) Or are you, perhaps, more inclined to do what value investors do: peruse the railroad cars still Read more…
Sy Harding: With the U.S. economic recovery stumbling again, the euro-zone debt crisis back in the headlines, and ‘Sell in May and Go Away’ on the minds of many investors, Wall Street is beginning to put out advice on how to prepare for a potential market correction. Read more…
David Zeiler: On the surface, it would appear that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has little to fear from the antitrust lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice last week. Read more…
Don Miller: Warren Buffett last week did more than warn investors on the dangers of low interest rates and inflation. The Oracle of Omaha also had harsh words for traditional bonds. In a Fortune article Buffett went so far as to say, “Right now bonds should come with a warning label.” Read more…
David Gillie: The Technology Sector tends to perform best in the 2nd half of the year—largely due to back-to-school sales, holiday purchasing and corporate end-of-year expenditures. This is certainly not to say that tech can’t perform well in the 1st half of the year, but most likely it will not do much Read more…
Michael Johnston: Several investing trends popped up in a back-and-forth 2011, as advisors sought to tweak client portfolios to take advantage of new opportunities and adapt to a macroeconomic Read more…
Jared Cummans: This past year has been a strong one for the ETF industry. With a record number of launches, already over 300 on the year, it is clear that the exchange traded world is still in full swing. But despite all of the innovation that the year has seen, investors are still partial to their big name Read more…
Tyler Laundon: On November 21st Warren Buffett stood next to the President and CEO of one of Japan’s great industrial companies and held up a sign saying, “Never give up Fukushima!” Read more…
First Trust has rolled out the industry’s first ETF focused exclusively on the cloud computing industry, debuting the ISE Cloud Computing Index Fund (NASDAQ:SKYY) on Wednesday. The new ETF will seek to replicate a modified equal-dollar weighted index comprised of companies involved Read more…
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