Can Insurance ETFs Ensure Your Market Earnings?
September 23, 2009 – According to Zack’s,  the insurance sector and exchange traded funds(ETFs) is bound to impress investors with industry growth as the new rule of thumb is not to let earnings growth dictate the direction of... Continue Reading »

A Year After Lehman: Are Financial ETFs Ready for Their Close-Up?
September 14, 2009 – One year ago today, Lehman Brothers collapsed and sent the entire financial system and its related exchange traded funds (ETFs) on a downward spiral. Today, the picture looks much different. Are financial ETFs ripe... Continue Reading »

What TARP Funds Mean for Insurance ETFs
April 8, 2009 – Life insurers are now eligible for government capital injections because they have the status of bank holding companies, and focused exchange traded funds (ETFs) may benefit. (more…) Continue Reading »

New Reasons Insurance ETFs Could Be Comeback Kids
December 10, 2008 – The bear market took a huge toll on the insurance industry, but it appears that better days might be ahead, sending stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) moving in a positive direction. Billions in writedowns... Continue Reading »

ETFs, Financials Feel Pain of Credit Swap Market
November 15, 2008 – The failure of big banks has been detrimental to the credit default swap market, but how has it influenced the exchange traded funds (ETFs) that track the big insurers that create these swaps? In layman’s terms, a credit... Continue Reading »

Insurance, Financial ETFs Thwacked After AIG Takeover
September 17, 2008 – Financial exchange traded funds (ETFs) and Wall Street in general don’t look like they’ll be getting a reprieve today after the Federal Reserve stepped in to bailout American International Group (AIG). Shares in the world’s largest... Continue Reading »

AIG’s Losses Drag Down Insurance ETFs
August 7, 2008 – American International Group (AIG) notched its third consecutive quarterly loss, which is putting the hurt on financial exchange traded funds (ETFs). The world’s largest insurer lost more than $5.6 billion in credit default swaps – insurance... Continue Reading »

ETFs, Markets Move Up on Federal Reserve’s Decision
August 5, 2008 – As expected, the Federal Reserve once again stood firm on the interest rate, while the markets and exchange traded funds seemed to like the news. The key interest rate remained unchanged at 2%, reports Martin Crutsinger... Continue Reading »