Eric Dutram: In this ultra low rate environment, investors seeking current income have duly turned their attention to products that are dividend focused or to those products that pay high Read more…

NYSE:KBWD, NYSE:MLPL, NYSE:NLR, NYSE:PBP, NYSE:REM

Carolyn Pairitz: Now leading the change of economic turnaround in the US, real estate investments were the first to be crushed in the financial crisis. Housing prices are going up for the first Read more…

NASDAQ:IFEU, NYSE:KBWY, NYSE:MORT, NYSE:REM, NYSE:ROOF

ETF Base: A little known REIT ETF has outperformed the market, and provided a whopping 11% yield along the way. iShares’ FTSE NAREIT Mortgage REITs Index Read more…

NYSE:REM

Eric Dutram: With the economy still sputtering, the Federal Reserve recently revealed another round of quantitative easing, QE3, in order to hopefully jumpstart growth once again. This program looks to buy up roughly $40 billion in MBS each month, a technique that looks Read more…

NYSE:MORT

Money Morning Staff: With the U.S. Federal Reserve intent on keeping interest rates low until at least late 2014, investing in dividend ETFs (exchange-traded funds) is necessary for income investors who are all but forced to consider asset classes Read more…

NYSE:DWX, NYSE:SDIV

Karen Schenone: Looking at the iShares app on my iPad this weekend, I was surprised to discover that the iShares Dow Jones US Home Construction ETF (ITB) has been a top performing fund year-to-date.  While past performance is certainly not indicative of future returns Read more…

NYSE:CMBS, NYSE:MBB, NYSE:REM, NYSE:REZ, NYSE:RTL

Michael Johnston:  iShares continued its introduction of ETFs targeting high yielding asset classes with the debut of two more funds on the BATS Exchange this week. The Global HighYield Corporate Bond Read more…

BATS:EMHY, BATS:GHYG, BATS:HYXU, BATS:IYLD, NYSE:EMB, NYSE:PFF

Jared Cummans:  Investors have enjoyed the bull market that has been 2012, as a number of asset classes have experienced marked gains. But many are also aware that the growth in major equity benchmarks could come to a screeching halt at any time, especially if (and when) euro zone fears spark up again. Read more…

NYSE:HYLD, NYSE:KBWB, NYSE:PCEF, NYSE:REM, NYSE:SDIV

Michael Johnston:  Perhaps the most popular fad among investors over the past couple of years has been interest in dividend-paying stocks; with yields at record lows and risk aversion regularly spiking, portfolios have shifted towards stocks of companies known for making regular distributions of their cash Read more…

NYSE:BDCL, NYSE:KBWD, NYSE:MLPL, NYSE:REM, NYSE:SDIV

JT McGee:  Tracking error happens when a fund’s performance deviates from the performance of an index it seeks to track. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEArca:SPY) is supposed to track the performance, before fees and expenses, of the S&P 500 index. Should the fund perform above or below the Read more…

NYSE:EEM, NYSE:PSLV, NYSE:REM, NYSE:SPY, NYSE:UNG

Jared Cummans: The past few weeks have seen a nice rally to start off the new year. With a number of encouraging earnings and data reports, stocks have been on a tear, with the S&P hitting 1,300 for the first time in several months. But last Friday’s GDP report, though representing strong growth, may have Read more…

NYSE:PPH, NYSE:REM, NYSE:UNG

Ron Rowland: I’ve spent my investment career following sector momentum, and it’s worked out pretty well. ETFs make it even better. Right now my indicators show a lot of short-term strength in real estate. Personally, I find it hard to believe the housing market has truly bottomed. My colleague Read more…

NYSE:DRV, NYSE:ITB, NYSE:IYR, NYSE:PKB, NYSE:RWX, NYSE:SRS, NYSE:XHB

Stocks closed lower on Monday on light trade. Despite posting early gains, all five major indices ended in the red, with higher beta issues leading the decline. The small-cap Russell 2000 (NYSEARCA:IWM) dropped 1.9% while the S&P MidCap 400 lost 1.7%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average Read more…

NYSE:EUO, NYSE:REM