REIT ETFs: Will They Collapse or Prosper?
August 13, 2009 – REITs, or real estate investment trusts, and their related exchange traded funds (ETFs) have long been eyed as the “next shoe to drop.” So far, though, that shoe is still up in the air.... Continue Reading »

Midday Market Update: Wall Street Looks for Direction After Housing News
May 12, 2009 – Wall Street and exchange traded funds (ETFs) are unsteady this morning after reports about home prices, big banks and the trade deficit were released. (more…) Continue Reading »

Midday Market Update: Markets Rebound Despite Sour Housing News
March 31, 2009 – As investors speculated about whether banks will be the leader of the market’s rebound, stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) rose this morning, extending the biggest monthly gain since 2003. (more…) Continue Reading »

Midday Market Update: ETFs Give Thumbs-Up to Geithner’s Plan
March 23, 2009 – Stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) extend their two week rally on good news within the two sectors that caused the biggest economic problems – banking and housing. (more…) Continue Reading »

Midday Market Update: Stocks, ETFs See-Saw After Budget Plans
February 26, 2009 – Governments are reaching in to help banks and this is giving Wall Street a chance to put some worries to rest over the financial system while giving exchange traded funds (ETFs) a chance to... Continue Reading »

Midday Market Update: Financials, ETFs Must Lead the Road to Recovery
February 25, 2009 – Existing home sales fell to levels not seen in 12 years, proof of the discontent that citizens are feeling toward the U.S. economy, markets and related investments and exchange traded funds (ETFs). (more…) Continue Reading »

One Guru’s Take on the Markets and ETFs
February 24, 2009 – Investors scrambling to find that small tidbit of good information about the markets and subsequent exchange traded funds (ETFs) should take a moment and absorb the wisdom of one our great academic minds. (more…) Continue Reading »

5 Things ETF Investors Should Know About the Housing Bailout Plan
February 20, 2009 – President Barack Obama just signed a plan to give troubled homeowners relief and keep Americans in their homes, however, exchange traded fund (ETF) investors shouldn’t be quick to make any assumptions that the plan is... Continue Reading »

Midday Market Update: Housing, Consumer Confidence Weigh on ETFs
January 27, 2009 – The Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller 20 City Housing Index fell 18.2% since last November, the largest drop since 2000, giving stocks and exchange traded funds(ETFs) something to worry about. (more…) Continue Reading »

Midday Market Update: What’s Causing Oil, Gas ETFs to Swing?
January 6, 2009 – Potential home buyers are in short supply right now, as the November numbers for pending home sales were down and the economy continues to throw out turmoil, causing purchases to be put on hold and... Continue Reading »