The Merits of an ETF Trend Following Strategy
March 18, 2010 – The market’s meltdown in 2008 has reignited a ferocious debate about the merits of buy-and-hold investing vs. timing the market. When using exchange traded funds (ETFs) as part of your strategy, you do have a... Continue Reading »

ETF Spotlight: SPDR S&P Retail (XRT)
March 17, 2010 – ETF Spotlight on  SPDR S&P Retail (NYSEArca: XRT), part of a weekly series. (more…) Continue Reading »

Smartening Up Your Portfolio With ‘Intelligent ETFs’
March 16, 2010 – There are passive exchange traded funds (ETFs) that try to reflect a benchmark index and there are actively managed ETFs that try to beat the index. But what of the so-called “intelligent ETFs,” which try... Continue Reading »

What You Should Know About Dividend ETFs and Taxes
March 15, 2010 – There are two truths about the market today: in one month, your taxes will be due and many companies are resuming, raising or starting to pay dividends. Do you know what you’ll be on the... Continue Reading »

The Ins and Outs of Physically Backed Commodity ETFs
March 15, 2010 – Commodity exchange traded funds (ETFs) have attracted a rabid investor following in a relatively short period of time. To play in the commodity sandbox before ETFs came along, you needed risk tolerance and capital.... Continue Reading »

It’s What’s Inside the Homebuilder ETFs That Counts
March 14, 2010 – Real Estate. Thinking about the sector and its exchange traded funds (ETFs) might be giving you mixed feelings. The sector has been beaten down and dragged around, but it also presents an opportunity for... Continue Reading »

Contango and ETFs: What It Is, What You Can Do About It
March 12, 2010 – Investors love commodity exchange traded funds (ETFs), and with good reason. Aside from the usual benefits that ETFs offer, commodity funds deliver the kind of exposure to commodities that would otherwise be very challenging, very... Continue Reading »

ETF Spotlight: First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology (FBT)
March 10, 2010 – ETF Spotlight on First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology (NYSEArca: FBT), part of a weekly series. (more…) Continue Reading »