Tom Essaye: Each week, I review all the important economic data that comes out. A lot of the time, I’m analyzing it versus Wall Street analysts’ expectations. More importantly, though, I’m searching for clues within the data. Read more…
NYSE:VNQ
ETF Series Solutions has announced that they will begin trading The Zacks MLP ETF (NASDAQ:ZMLP) Tuesday, June 5, 2012. The Fund seeks to track the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Read more…
FUND LAUNCH, NASDAQ:ZMLP
I’m tired of writing about it, and I’m sure you’re getting tired of reading about it… Treasury yields are awful. Europe is awful. It seems I’ve been leading off with the same premise for the last year. So it’s a given that my goal is to help you find something that’s Read more…
NYSE:AMJ, NYSE:AMLP
In focus this week: gold at $6,000 by 2015 and $2,100 by the end of this year, natural gas and oil producers, home builders are for real and the SITFA. Jurg Keiner of Swiss Asia Capital Singapore said this week in a CNBC interview that gold could hit Read more…
NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ
Chris Ciovacco: In an a low interest rate environment, it was not surprising to see real estate investment trusts (REITs) move up in our ETF rankings over the past few months. Monitoring the health of market leaders is one way to monitor the health of the entire market. Read more…
NYSE:IYR
Eric Dutram: Over the past month, markets have been under severe pressure as weak job growth in the U.S. has combined with worries over European debt to send stocks lower across the globe. Most segments of the stock market were impacted Read more…
NYSE:ICF, RTL, RWR, SCHH
Toby Connor: In response to a bursting real estate and credit bubble in 2007, Ben Bernanke’s solution was to crank up the printing press and flood the world with dollar bills. Unfortunately it didn’t solve Read more…
NYSE:GLD, NYSE:SLV, NYSE:SPY, NYSE:UDN, NYSE:USO, NYSE:UUP
Martin Hutchinson: There is a good reason investors have been clamoring to invest in emerging markets (NYSEARCA:VWO). With the West spinning its wheels, the truth is there’s a good deal of Read more…
NYSE:EEM, NYSE:FXI, NYSE:THD, NYSE:VWO
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Speaking with Financial Sense Newshour’s Jim Puplava on Thursday, Robert Prechter of Elliot Wave Theory fame said he doesn’t think central banks can Read more…
NYSE:FAZ, NYSE:SDS, NYSE:SH, NYSE:SPXU, NYSE:SPY, NYSE:TNA, NYSE:TZA
Russ Koesterich: No investment topic elicits as divergent, impassioned, and occasionally violent opinions as gold. Many investors will readily admit to having no strong views on stocks, bonds, or real estate, but gold almost always elicits an opinion. Read more…
NYSE:GLD, NYSE:IAU, NYSE:SGOL
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…
NYSE:LTPZ, NYSE:STPZ, NYSE:TIP
Dominique de Kevelioc de Bailleul: Gloom Boom Doom Report publisher Marc Faber was back on Fox Business, Friday, with his latest thoughts on Greece, China, stocks, U.S. real estate, and some creative Read more…
NYSE:EWA, NYSE:EWJ, NYSE:EWZ, NYSE:FXI, NYSE:IYR, NYSE:THD
Don Miller: Chances are you’ve never considered timber stocks in your investing strategy. But if that’s the case, then you’ve been missing out. Timber is a long-term investment that can reward your portfolio in good times, and protect it in bad. Read more…
NASDAQ:WOOD, NYSE:CUT
Jim Trippon: Much has been written about China’s property sector (NYSEARCA:TAO), with the loudest voices of China bears (NYSEARCA:FXP) calling it a bubble that will collapse not only the industry, but the country’s entire economy. Less extreme are other voices that note China has an overheated property Read more…
NYSE:EEM, NYSE:FXI, NYSE:FXP, NYSE:TAO, NYSE:VWO
Mike Larson: The “recovery” that never really FELT like a recovery for most of America is over. Finito. Done. That’s the only conclusion a rational investor can come to in light of the latest market action. The Dow free-fell this week, losing 759.5 just since last Friday. We’ve now given up every last Read more…
NYSE:FAZ, NYSE:SDS, NYSE:SSO, NYSE:TZA, NYSE:VXX
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