ETFs
America Versus The World
A rift has developed between institutional and retail investors. For some reason, many regular investors continue to use mutual funds as their preferred way to invest in stocks, while large portfolio managers and other institutional investors flock to ETFs. As a result, the money that flows into mutual funds is thought to represent mom and […]
Are Traders Losing Faith? – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
Last week ETF fund flows took on a more cautious note than they had been over the last few months. The main culprits are falling oil prices and weak global economic data. As a result, we saw fearful traders taking up bearish positions using put options to protect their profits from a stock market pullback. […]
3 ETFs Racing Higher
The collapse of oil prices is the biggest story of the year. Since reaching a high of $107 per barrel in June, WTIC oil prices have fallen to under $60 today. A stunning 44% drop over the last six months. A move of this magnitude has made some investors very rich. But it’s not the […]
China’s Ultra-Bull Market
Investing in China’s stock market isn’t for the faint-of-heart. The Shanghai Stock Exchange is notoriously volatile. But there’s no denying the low valuations and growth opportunities make for an intriguing investment. It’s been a bumpy ride for China’s economy this year. The world’s second largest economy has dealt with a housing and credit bubble, high […]
Can You Catch A Falling Knife? – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
Total ETF inflows outpaced outflows as US listed ETFs crept closer to $2 trillion in assets under management. Last week we saw large net inflows into ETFs that hold US and international stocks… The ETF with the largest net inflows were SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) with more than $1.0 billion. But we also saw strong […]
Own Anything But Energy…
With less than a month until the end of year, large cap US stocks continue to be the strongest asset class. The S&P 500 is up 13.7% year-to-date and it’s up 2.7% over the last month. The large cap index is solidly above the key 20-day, 50-day, and 200-day moving averages. In other words, the […]
Bulls Are In Control – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
listed ETFs are closing in on a major milestone… $2 trillion under management. At the end of last week, total assets in these ETFs stand at $1.987 trillion. And they could be on pace to reach $2 trillion by the end of the year. Last week we saw large net inflows into ETFs that hold […]
How To Make Money When Gold Prices Fall
If you’ve made money investing in gold lately – you didn’t do it by being bullish. Gold prices are down 4% this year. And the value of gold is now 40% below the 2011 peak. Put simply, gold is in a bear market. Last month I pointed out that gold prices were on the verge […]
Is Greed Good? – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
The steep drop in oil prices over the last few months has been grabbing all of the headlines. But it was two natural gas ETFs that had unusually large net asset flows last week. Last week we saw large net inflows into several ETFs that hold US stocks… iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap (IJH) had $997 […]
Oil Field Battleground – Bulls Versus Bears
The battle between the bears and bulls over crude oil prices is heating up. According to a report from Bloomberg, analysts are evenly split on the outcome of next week’s OPEC meeting. Half of the experts expect OPEC to cut production while the other half expects them to keep production the same. The price of […]
