New Constructs CEO David Trainer and Stifel Nicolaus Managing Director David Lutz on the outlook for the markets and how it will impact Read more…

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Effective on or about September 21, 2012, the Market Vectors Coal ETF (NYSEArca:KOL) will begin tracking a new benchmark, the Market Vectors Global Coal Index (MVKOL). At the same time, the Market Vectors Gaming ETF (NYSEArca:BJK) will also Read more…

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Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas examines the ups and downs of market cap-weighted ETFs. He speaks with Alix Steel on Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart.” Eric also notes his three Read more…

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Eric Dutram: 2012 hasn’t been a very easy year for energy ETFs in any segment of the important industry. Rough trading in the oil market has kept that part of the market in the red, while incredible improvements in fracking have depressed natural gas prices Read more…

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Patrick Vail:  The U.S. coal industry is facing a perfect storm and has taken a beating recently, bringing coal stocks down with it. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), electricity generated by coal was down more than 20% in 2011. So it’s no surprise that U.S. coal producers have been hit, Read more…

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Richard Rittorno: Coal miners rose Tuesday for the first day of trade in the new year after federal court appeals pushed back the EPA deadline for better air quality across 27 states. Read more…

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Todd Shriber: A lot of folks have been asking me lately what my thoughts are on the market. Not surprisingly, it seems like I get more of those questions the more chaotic the market gets. Even the the future Mrs. Shriber’s parents recently asked my thoughts on the current state of affairs in the financial markets Read more…

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Michael Johnston: With three quarters of 2011 officially in the books, it is now safe to say that the year has not played out as many investors had hoped it might. After coming flying out of the gates–most major benchmarks were solidly in positive territory after the first quarter–a perfect storm of negative developments Read more…

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Kerri Shannon:  U.S. and European debt concerns have triggered some dismal market performances – but there is still one energy sector that’s moving up. Read more…

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Kevin Grewal:  Over the past week numerous analysts have raised their outlook on the U.S. coal sector as global demand for the commodity continues to rise amidst disruptions in global supply. Read more…

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Todd Shriber:  Many investors are familiar with the advantages of using covered calls to bolster the returns on the stocks and hedge a portfolio against downside risk all while generating some income. But did you know that covered calls can be applied to ETFs in the same they’re applied to equities Read more…

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Todd Shriber:  One of my favorite things to do in this weekly column is to address themes from the ETF universe that I believe are relevant to everyday investors and that are either misunderstood Read more…

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Stocks were up sharply on Wednesday on expanding volume. All five major indices closed significantly higher. The small-cap Russell 2000 and the Nasdaq (NASDAQ:QQQ) surged by Read more…

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