Tag: ETF
A Diversified 3-Click Portfolio That Pays 11.1%
Why is it so difficult to find good yield these days? For the past half-decade or so, income ETFs and exchange-traded notes (ETNs) have exploded, to the point where ETFdb.com now lists some 130-plus dividend-focused equity products, 300-plus bond products and a host of other income plays on preferred stocks, alternative assets and more. But […]
3 ETFs That Will Get You TRUE Portfolio Diversification
CORN, TIP and RING have practically zero correlation to the SPY Most investors understand the role portfolio diversification plays in minimizing risk. Unfortunately, many people think diversification simply means investing in exchange-traded funds that hold a number of different stocks. Owning shares of a diversified U.S. equities ETF such as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF […]
Closed-End Bond Funds Are Ripe For The Picking
You really can’t beat getting a dollar for 90 cents. Unless, of course, you manage to find one for 85 cents. While deals like that really shouldn’t exist in the real world, they’re actually pretty common in the closed-end fund (CEF) space. And today, some of the best bargains can be found among the safest […]
Trump’s Election Sparks Record ETF Inflows
Donald Trump should get into the ETF business. According to research from Morgan Stanley in the past week long-term mutual funds posted accelerating outflows after Trump’s election but ETFs recorded the strongest inflows since July. Morgan’s figures come from data provider EPFR Global. According to the flows data, last week there was a “sharp uptick […]
