ETFs
Top Performing Latin American ETFs – BRAF, COLX, ARGT
The 2014 FIFA World Cup is in full swing. The soccer (or football as it’s known in most of the world) tournament holds the world’s attention captive for an entire month as the national teams for 31 countries battle it out for the championship. This year the tournament is being hosted by Brazil. And it’s […]
Iraq, Oil, And The Global Economy
June began with a sense of calm and quiet optimism. Stocks were on the upswing as the S&P 500 hit a new all-time high of 1,955 on June 9th. Investor sentiment was becoming more bullish. The AAII Investor Sentiment Survey showed bullish sentiment reaching its highest point of the year during the same week. And […]
Large Caps Outpacing Small Caps – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
Investors pumped money into ETFs last week as the Dow and S&P 500 reached new all-time highs. The total amount of money invested in US listed ETFs soared to over $1.8 trillion! These fund flows are a valuable indicator of what traders are thinking. It takes a lot of buying or selling to drive millions […]
Top Performing ETFs – GLDX, XBI, BRAF
Over the last few weeks, US stocks have raced to new highs. And they have begun to fall back again this week. The major stock market averages like the S&P 500, Dow, and NASDAQ get most of the attention. But you won’t find any of the ETFs that track these broad based indexes among the […]
Investors Are In ‘Risk On’ Mode
If you were expecting a quiet summer for stocks… you’ve been disappointed by the market’s recent performance. The ‘Sell in May and go away’ crowd is missing out on a whopper of a rally over the last month. Over the last month, the S&P 500 is up 4.3% and recently made a new all-time high […]
Stocks And Bonds Diverge – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
The old Wall Street adage ‘Sell in May and go away’ hasn’t worked out too well for investors this year. The S&P 500 finished the week at a new all time high of 1,949… that’s up 3.5% since the beginning of May! The rise in stocks has been accompanied by an influx of money into […]
This Is A Good Sign For Homebuilder ETFs
I’m always on the lookout for signs about the housing recovery. Some of those signs are literally signs – For Sale and Open House signs – while others are economic data points. In my neighborhood, I can tell you that housing prices bottomed in early 2011 and climbed steadily higher for nearly three years. But […]
Stocks And Bonds Both Rally – Weekly ETF Fund Flows
It’s not too often that US Treasuries and the S&P 500 rally at the same time. But that’s exactly what’s happening right now. Not surprisingly, fund flows into ETFs that hold large cap US stocks as well as those that hold Treasury bonds are moving in lockstep with one another. These fund flows are a […]
3 ETFs Holding Disney- XLY, JKE, PBS
I can’t believe it… The kids are out of school for the summer and our family vacation is just around the corner. We decided to take the kids to Orlando, Florida for the Disney experience this year. I’m sure it will be a great trip with lots of memories made, but it’s also going to […]
Ben Bernanke’s Secret Prediction
Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, has been making waves in the financial industry over the last few weeks. He’s been hosting private dinners with Wall Street elite. It costs $250,000 to get a chair at one of these events. So, I haven’t been myself. But the details of these meeting have been […]
