Insight
Is Gold Signaling a Top in Stocks?
While Friday’s price action may not mark a top, nearly every indicator that I follow is screaming that stocks are overbought across all time frames....Continue
Will Weak Earnings Hold Back Stocks?
The financial complex is absolutely critical when looking at broad index returns....Continue
Pressure from a Rising Dollar
Stocks and commodities are under pressure from the rising dollar....Continue
Christmas Holiday Rally?
Looking forward to 2012 it looks as though we are going to see some major changes unfold globally that will change the way we do things and live our lives....Continue
A Higher Dollar Means Lower Stocks and Commodities
Over the recent couple months the precious metals charts have made some sizable moves....Continue
Will Gold hit $1900 by year end?
With all of the Macro events in Europe changing on an almost daily basis, the whipsaws in both the precious metals and equities markets are difficult to forecast ...Continue
Chart of the Week
Fading China
Weak manufacturing data continues to be a drag on the performance of China equities. The FTSE-Xinhua China 25 Index Fund (FXI) is up only 6% in the past 12 months while the S&P 500...Continue
Sinking Spain
The outlook for equities in Spain has gradually deteriorated over the past year and recent developments have continued the trend. The MSCI Spain Index Fund (EWP) is down over 45% over the past year w...Continue
Financials Give Back
After outperforming other sectors since the beginning of the year, financials have given up most of the gains and are now even with the broader market. State Street's Financia...Continue
ETF News
Van Eck Introduces Mortgage REIT Income ETF
Van Eck Global launched an ETF that provides exposure to publicly traded mortgage REITs this week. The Market Vectors Mortgage REIT In...Continue
Floating Rate Income ETF Starts Trading
A new fixed-income ETF that tracks an index of floating rate securities was launched this week by Van Eck Global. The Market Vectors Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF (FLTR) tr...Continue
Van Eck Launches Small-Cap ETFs for Russia and Germany
Two international small-cap exchange traded funds were recently launched by Van Eck Global. The Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap ETF (RSXJ) provides exposure to Russia's developi...Continue
Migration from Mutual Funds to ETFs Continues
Investors continue to embrace exchange traded funds while dropping mutual funds from their portfolios. That's the finding of the latest industry study by Cambridge, Massachusets-based Co...Continue
Schwab Adds MId-Cap and REIT ETFs
Schwab has expanded its line-up of exchange traded funds with the introduction of a mid-cap ETF and REIT ETF. The Schwab U.S....Continue
Asian Gold ETF Starts Trading
ETF Securities has added another physical gold ETF to its line-up of precious metal exchange traded funds. The ETFS Physical Asian Gol...Continue
Name Change for Nuclear ETF
Van Eck has changed the name of the firm's nuclear exchange traded fund to the Market Vectors Uranium+Nuclear ETF (NLR). The new name was select...Continue
