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August was a rough month for both investors and the markets. For every encouraging sign about the economy, there seemed to be two discouraging ones. ETFs bore the brunt of the pain. It was the Dow Jones Industrial Averages worst…Read
Emerging stock markets are generally held to have the highest growth potential in the future. Their economies are generally in better debt/GDP shape than the aggregate developed stock market countries. Their GDP growth rates…Read
The S&P 500 is one of the world’s leading benchmarks, and one of the broadest indicators of the strength of the U.S. economy and corporate America. There are exchange traded funds (ETFs) and mutual funds that track the…Read
Someone get Matt some dried frog pills, because he’s lost it.…Read
Someone get Matt some dried frog pills, because he’s lost it.…Read
Big equities ETFs again face redemptions as economic doubts fester.…Read
Equity redemptions continue as jitters grow.…Read
Riskier assets get dumped as concerns about a global slowdown mount.…Read
On Wednesday, 8/11/2010, the S&P 500 fell back below its 200-day moving average. The omnipotent gauge for top U.S. stocks only managed to hold above the level for 6 trading days. Perhaps ironically, this is the second time in…Read
By Timothy StrautsIn the world of investment product marketing, aftertax return is hardly ever mentioned. Taxes are unpleasant. They vary from person to person, and because they reduce returns, it looks better to quote…Read
QQQQ and IWM top last Friday's redemptions, with two fixed-income ETFs leading creations.…Read
With more than 1,000 products on the market, youll find all sorts of ETFs to mimic different investment strategies. One of the newer types is quantitative index based ETFs that promise high-octane returns. Two primary…Read
Ever since stocks made a short-term low back in late June/early July, gold hasn't been able to get out of its own way. After several months of higher highs and higher lows, the commodity has now been making a series of lower…Read
It smells a bit like 2009 to me. Specifically, emerging markets are outperforming foreign markets and foreign markets are outperforming U.S. markets. The driving forces? One, investors perceive that China demands materials and…Read