Tag: ETFs

5 High-Yield CEF ETFs For Tactical Income Investors

5 High-Yield CEF ETFs For Tactical Income Investors

These ETFs of closed-end funds are not for everyone. But those who dive in will enjoy yields in the 6%-7% range. Many investors are making the right choice to build their core portfolios around low-cost, liquid and diversified exchange-traded funds (ETFs) geared towards dividend paying stocks and bonds. These funds provide transparent exposure to a broad […]

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The 3 Best Energy ETFs To Play The Crash In Crude Oil

The 3 Best Energy ETFs To Play The Crash In Crude Oil

Don’t look now, but crude oil prices are collapsing Don’t look now, but crude oil prices are collapsing. After spending much of the back-half of 2016 rebounding from its recent decade lows, oil has reversed course — hard. The reason is that proposed production cuts haven’t exactly panned out. In the U.S., higher prices have […]

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The 5 Best ETFs To Buy If You Want To Own Bank Stocks

The 5 Best ETFs To Buy If You Want To Own Bank Stocks

Bank stocks will be the stars of 2017 and these ETFs will light up your portfolio Financial stocks — and bank stocks in particular — have been a popular trade throughout 2017, but almost to a fault. Hopes of a United States devoid of financial regulations and thoughts that interest-rate hikes would send net interest […]

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The 3 Best Vanguard ETFs To Buy For International Stocks

The 3 Best Vanguard ETFs To Buy For International Stocks

These ETFs make adding international stocks to your portfolio cheap and easy One of the biggest problems facing investors these days — perhaps even more so in recent years — is something market pundits have dubbed “hometown bias.” Essentially, it’s our propensity to favor U.S. stocks over international stocks. The problem is, as we’ve become more […]

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2 Retirement-Killing Mistakes Investors Make (And How To Avoid Them)

| March 13, 2017 | 0 Comments
2 Retirement-Killing Mistakes Investors Make (And How To Avoid Them)

I know I don’t have to tell you that risk management is one of the keys to successful long-term investing. But here’s the strange thing: most responsible, risk-conscious investors underperform the market—and not by a little. Why? Because the reality of risk management is not the conventional wisdom frequently peddled by financial advisors. They warn […]

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The 7 Best ETFs For Market-Beating Returns

The 7 Best ETFs For Market-Beating Returns

These 7 ETFs have a strong track record of beating their benchmarks, and often the overall market Looking for the best ETFs? That’s something of a chore, considering there are well more than 1,900 exchange-traded funds on the market. Buy-and-hold funds or trading vehicles. Stocks, bonds, commodities or “multi-asset” ETFs. Leveraged funds, inverse funds. While […]

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The 7 Best ETFs For Retirement Investors

The 7 Best ETFs For Retirement Investors

ETFs and retirement go hand and hand Exchange-traded funds have surged in popularity over the years. And it’s easy to see why. The passively managed baskets of stocks, bonds and other assets allow for intraday tradability at a dirt cheap cost. Perhaps more importantly, they allow investors to customize their portfolios by honing in on […]

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Water Investing: A Look At The Newest ETF

| February 27, 2017 | 0 Comments
Water Investing: A Look At The Newest ETF

Water Investing – are ETFs a smart way to invest in water? Ever since the film The Big Short hit cinema screens, investors around the world have been intrigued by Michael Burry’s next bet and as it turns out, since he disbanded Scion Capital after the financial crisis, Burry has concentrated his investing activities on […]

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5 High Yield ETFs Paying Up To 5.8%

| February 22, 2017 | 0 Comments
5 High Yield ETFs Paying Up To 5.8%

I get it – you want a diversified portfolio that lets you live off dividends alone. And you probably don’t want to spend most of your waking hours worrying about a million tickers either. Consider exchange-traded funds (ETFs) then, which provide your portfolio with instant diversification through a single purchase. Pick a strategy you like […]

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Sector ETFs – Don’t Trust Labels

| February 15, 2017 | 0 Comments
Sector ETFs – Don’t Trust Labels

Finding the best ETFs is an increasingly difficult task in a world with so many to choose from. How can you pick with so many choices available? Don’t Trust ETF Labels There are at least 39 different Financials ETFs and at least 178 ETFs across ten sectors. Do investors need 17+ choices on average per […]

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