When Real Estate and ETFs Hit Bottom, How Long Will It Stay There?
May 27, 2009 – The housing market, along with related exchange traded funds (ETFs), may see a bottom eventually, but this low point could drag on for awhile. (more…) AKPC_IDS += "10549,"; Continue Reading »

Have Housing Market and ETFs Hit Bottom?
May 6, 2009 – Many analysts consider the housing market to be a leading indicator of the health of the U.S. economy, but the bigger question on exchange traded fund (ETF) investors’ minds is “Have we hit the... Continue Reading »

As More Hands Reach for Bailout Money, Which ETFs Could Benefit?
December 23, 2008 – Recent news of the automaker, biotechnology, and financial industries’ bid for some of that bailout goodness now has the debilitated commercial real-estate sector wanting to jump in the freeloading bandwagon so as to mitigate the... Continue Reading »

Is a New Blow Coming for Real Estate ETFs?
December 18, 2008 – As we hear about home foreclosures and defaults on loans across the country, the commercial real estate market and its related REIT exchange traded funds (ETFs) brace for a possible multi-billion dollar collapse of troubled... Continue Reading »

How Lower Mortgage Rates Could Help Housing ETFs
December 4, 2008 – A new Treasury plan to lower mortgage rates is getting some criticism, but the health of related exchange traded funds (ETFs) could change. Mortgage rates could be falling to 4.5% if the plan goes through, but... Continue Reading »

REIT ETFs Under Pressure
October 15, 2008 – As companies go under and leave behind vacant office complexes across the country, REIT exchange traded funds (ETFs) feel the emptiness. It’s also certainly dampening any demand for new office space. New York, for one, is... Continue Reading »

Manufacturing, Mortgages Extend ETF Slump
October 1, 2008 – Stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) are trading down this morning, but for once it’s not completely related to the impending $700 billion bailout plan. Instead, it’s largely because a key measure of manufacturing in... Continue Reading »

Bank Failures Could Take Down REIT ETFs
September 16, 2008 – The financial crisis has hurt the sector’s exchange traded funds (ETFs), but there’s another victim: the New York City REIT. Two prominent New York office REITs have been hit hard by the potential Bank of America... Continue Reading »