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Ron Rowland: Ben Bernanke keeps saying the Federal Reserve will do “everything it can” to encourage economic growth. But his first two “quantitative easing” programs were no help for average Americans. They were very beneficial for Wall Street, though, so the big banks want more. Read more…
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The fixed income corner of the ETF industry has experienced tremendous growth in recent years, as investors have become increasingly comfortable with achieving bond exposure through the exchange-traded structure. In 2010 more than $26 billion flowed into bond ETFs, following a year Read more…
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The first half of 2011 is officially in the books, and many investors find their portfolios in approximately the same place as they were to start the year (though a furious rally in the final week of the quarter gave a nice boost at an opportune moment). Most major equity indexes are up Read more…
WisdomTree has filed paperwork with the SEC for a “WisdomTree Emerging Markets Inflation Protection Bond Fund ETF.” The WisdomTree Emerging Markets Inflation Protection Bond Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide total returns (income and capital appreciation) that are representative of inflation-linked debt securities of emerging market issuers. They did not specify a trading symbol or expense ratio Read more…
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Ron Rowland: When you get a chance at two birds with one stone, it’s usually a good idea to take it. Three birds with one stone is even better! Read more…
This month’s ETFReplay.com Relative Strength ETF Portfolio has some very interesting changes. The entire portfolio is turning over, all 4 positions from last month are being sold in favor of 4 new Read more…
iShares will begin trading its new “iShares International Inflation-Linked Bond Fund ETF” (NYSE:ITIP) Friday May 20, 2011. The iShares International Inflation-Linked Bond Fund (the “Fund”) seeks investment results that correspond generally to
the Read more…
iShares will begin trading its new “iShares Global Inflation-Linked Bond Fund ETF” (NYSE:GTIP) Friday May 20, 2011. The iShares Global Inflation-Linked Bond Fund (the “Fund”) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the Read more…
High yield bond ETFs concentrate on lower quality corporate bonds, which are considered riskier than higher-quality or more established companies. Because of this higher level of risk, high-yield Read more…
I previously detailed here and here how an investor can use ETFReplay.com to screen for best performing ETFs based on momentum and volatility. I originally created a portfolio of 22 ETFs Read more…
David Fry:
Emerging market bonds have become a large part of many investors’ portfolios in recent years. This can be attributed to an increase in the credit quality of the bonds of foreign countries and 
I previously detailed 
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