Insight
Trading ETFs
When investing in mutual funds, the investor is handing his money over to a mutual fund manager, giving him or her full discretion in trading the asset as he or s...Continue
Switching to ETFs
In an environment where the stock market recovers and the credit crisis is in the rearview mirror, will your investments recover with the stock market, lag behind...Continue
Is Debt the New Equity?
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As bond investors begin to experience never before seen risks, they are asking themselves if debt is the new equity.
Case in point - the investors who own...Continue
Chart of the Week
Utilities Pull Ahead
While the rest of the market is taking a breather from the extended rally, utilities are pulling ahead. Utilities have been the best performing sector ove...Continue
ETF News
3x S&P 500 ETFs Launch
ETFs that return 300% of the S&P 500 daily performance have started trading. The UltraPro S&P 500 (UPRO) and the ...Continue
Short International ETFs Start Trading
ProShares has added four more short International ETFs to its line-up. The new ETFs are the first designed to go up when markets go down in Europe, the Pacific Ex-Japan ...Continue
iShares Gets a New Buyer
The deal that was to send Barclay's iShares business to a private equity firm in Europe has been trumped by an offer by BlackRock to acquire Barclay's Global Inve...Continue