Stoyan Bojinov: Cheap and easy diversification are two staples of the exchange-traded product structure, which have helped make this the preferred investment vehicle Read more…

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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…

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ETF Base: What’s wrong with tech stocks? With the exception of notable and attention-grabbing companies like Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA) and others in the Social Media ETF space, the technology sector is very reasonably valued. Read more…

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Stoyan Bojinov: With clouds of uncertainty looming over much of the global economy, investors are searching far and wide for lucrative growth opportunities in a landscape Read more…

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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…

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Jared Cummans: Earnings season is well underway and for the most part, the results have been positive. Of the S&P 500 companies that have reported, nearly 75% have beat or met their analyst expectations. Tuesday saw markets cheer on good news regarding Spanish debts, as major benchmarks had one of Read more…

NASDAQ:QQQ

Daniela Pylypczak: Thanks to the evolution of the ETF industry, dividend investing has become even more attractive in recent years. Exchange-traded products allow investors to tap into this popular Read more…

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In recent years ETFs have become the vehicle of choice for accessing a wide range of asset classes, from traditional stocks and bonds to more “exotic” strategies such as commodities and hedge fund-like positions. So it is no surprise that there are now dozens of dividend-focused ETFs designed to deliver Read more…

NYSE:DTD, NYSE:SDY

Michael Johnston:  Direxion, one of the largest issuers of leveraged and inverse ETFs, announced the addition of a non-leveraged ETF this week that will offer a unique way to access one of the world’s most widely-followed benchmarks. The new NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Shares Read more…

NASDAQ:QQQ, NYSE:QQQE, NYSE:RSP

Tony Sagami:  Like clockwork every week, I can expect to open an e-mail or two that questions my  investment enthusiasm for China. Those e-mail critiques are generally along the  lines of: Read more…

NYSE:FXI, NYSE:FXP, NYSE:YXI

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…

NASDAQ:QQQ, NYSE:IYW, NYSE:XLK

Jared Cummans: The rumors have been swirling for years: Facebook will IPO next month, next quarter, next year. But each time it seems that investors are disappointed with no such event. However, 2012 may finally see the long-awaited IPO from the social networking giant. Before you roll your eyes and Read more…

NASDAQ:ONEQ, NASDAQ:QQQ, NASDAQ:SOCL

Mark Luschini, an equity strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott, has an all-ETF portfolio designed to be a solution for investors trying to rebuild their investments.

It’s always worth deconstructing these exercises to learn from strengths and weaknesses. That way, we build better portfolios for ourselves.

Here’s the portfolio:

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF(VTI Quote): 30%

SPDR S&P Dividend Aristocrat(SDY Quote): 18%

SPDR S&P World ex-US(GWL Quote): 9%

iShares iBoxx Invesment Grade Corp Bond(LQD Quote): 20%

Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF(BND Quote): 20%

SPDR Gold Trust(GLD Quote): 3%

The positives include inexpensive access to many asset classes, a conservative mix that isn’t overly dependent on a single outcome and the realization that price inflation looms as a threat with the inclusion of the SPDR Gold Trust.

There are a couple glaring omissions as well. There is virtually no small-cap exposure. Total stock market proponents will tell you that Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF covers the entire market, which includes small companies. But the fund is heaviest in mega-cap names like ExxonMobil(XOM Quote), AT&T(T Quote) and Microsoft(MSFT Quote). The ETF’s small-cap stocks have miniscule weightings and are unlikely to move the needle.

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