Insight
Looking for a Bottom? Start with Sectors
With the US equity market recently hitting a new 52-week low, investors are still waiting for the market to bottom out. However, clear differences are sta...Continue
Change You Can Act On
One of your goals for November should be to sell any mutual funds held in a taxable account and reinvest the proceeds into ETFs. As we explained in ...Continue
Beware Closed End Funds
You may be looking over the jaw-dropping discounts and dividend yields for closed-end funds and be tempted to jump in with both feet.
According to the ...Continue
Chart of the Week
Diversify with Real Estate
Investors seeking to diversify a US-centric portfolio should take a hard look at real estate. In a recently completed study, researchers found that the co...Continue
ETF News
Two New Barclays Fixed Income ETFs Begin Trading
Barclays Global Investors announced the launch of two new fixed income ETFs. iShares S&P Short Term National Municipal Bond Fund (...Continue
Barclays Launches Suite of 12 Asset Allocation Funds
Barclays Global Investors has introduced a family of asset allocation funds to make it easier for investors and advisors to put together and manage a diversified portfolio of ETFs. The funds are...Continue
Direxion Launches 300% Funds
This year's success of ProShares' leveraged ETFs has not gone unnoticed. A challenge was mounted this week by Rafferty Asset Management which has introduced a line of 8 long and short ETFs that ar...Continue