ETF Providers Move to Educate Financial Advisors

November 07, 2009 at 1:00 am by Tom Lydon

ETF providerAfter a year of unwanted regulatory and media scrutiny, exchange traded fund (ETF) providers will be putting more energy into getting investors and financial advisors to better understand the handy ETF investment tool. [More...]

 

3 Signs Japan’s Economy and ETFs Could Grow

November 06, 2009 at 3:00 pm by Tom Lydon

ETF JapanJapan was an economy that was hit particularly hard by the recession, thanks to a tradition of frugality. But prices, production and consumption have stabilized, and the economy and related exchange traded funds (ETFs) may be showing small improvements. [More...]

 

Vanguard ETFs: How It Gained a Foothold In a Competitive Market

November 06, 2009 at 2:00 pm by Tom Lydon

Vanguard ETFsVanguard was a relative latecomer to the exchange traded fund (ETF) industry, launching its first fund in 2001. But the firm has since become the third-largest ETF provider, thanks in part to low fees. [More...]

 

3 ETF Investing Strategies

November 06, 2009 at 1:00 pm by Tom Lydon

110_F_11983632_larHt7nZLJedH1NrixzK1zZ9qAfRVPM6 The expansion of the exchange traded fund (ETF) industry has not only given investors more choices in what they choose to invest, but more options and flexibility in their overall portfolio approach. [More...]

 

Gold Storms Through Threshold, ETFs Rally

November 06, 2009 at 12:00 pm by Tom Lydon

ring_love_marriage_261860_tn The price of gold just can’t be stopped these days. Future prices of the precious metal topped $1,100 today, giving related exchange traded funds (ETFs) a push higher, as well. [More...]

 

ETF Plays for the Homebuyer Tax Credit Extension

November 06, 2009 at 11:00 am by Tom Lydon

ETF homebuildersThe home buyer tax credit has been expanded and extended. Potential home owners are the obvious beneficiaries of this new piece of legislation, but homebuilders, along with related exchange traded funds (ETFs), could also benefit from the government’s aid in the housing market. [More...]

 

Midday Market Update: Grim Unemployment Numbers

November 06, 2009 at 10:00 am by Tom Lydon

ETF InvestingUnemployment in the United States shot up to 10.2%. It’s not only the highest rate in 26 years, but it’s the first time unemployment has topped 10% in as much time. Stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) are trading in a narrow range as a result of the news. [More...]

 

Sector Highlight: Homebuilder ETFs

November 06, 2009 at 7:46 am by Tom Lydon

Homebuilder-related exchange traded funds (ETFs) are trading higher this morning after President Barack Obama signed an extension of the homebuyer tax credit. The new tax credit will be extended until April 30, 2010 and it gives $6,500 to buyers who “move up” or “trade-in” their homes as long as they’ve lived in their existing one for five years.

 

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