How to Play the S&P 500’s 1,000 Milestone With ETFs
August 4, 2009 – There have been a number of positive signals for the markets and exchange traded funds (ETFs) in recent weeks. But Wall Street seems especially cheered by the S&P 500’s crossing of the 1,000-point threshold for... Continue Reading »

5 Reasons ETF Investors Gravitate Toward Large-Caps
February 19, 2009 – The American philosophy of “bigger is better” has taken over the fast food industry, the electronics industry, the automotive industry and could soon be making its way to the exchange traded fund (ETF) industry. ... Continue Reading »

3 ETFs for the Discount Store Shopper
December 18, 2008 – The recent recession may have something special going for the retail-focused stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) that focus on bargain-based retail. (more…) Continue Reading »

ETFs Weather the Market Turmoil Well
October 13, 2008 – Is there actually a “safe investment” in all of this chaos that investors can turn to when CDs, money markets and exchange traded funds (ETFs) all seem to be vulnerable? In general, the money invested in... Continue Reading »

ETFs Increasingly Popular With Mutual Fund Managers
September 28, 2008 – While the exchange traded funds (ETFs) work to make their mark with investors and get a bigger slice of the mutual fund pie in terms of assets, fund managers don’t appear to have to be... Continue Reading »

Large Caps and ETFs Have Future Possibilities
September 18, 2008 – Large-cap stocks are showing up cheap relative to their small-cap counterparts, giving related exchange traded funds (ETFs) a chance for growth when the markets recover. Despite the valuations, do not be fooled, there is still some... Continue Reading »

Mega-Caps Go Down After International ETFs Falter
September 10, 2008 – Our market’s troubles have been slamming both global exchange traded funds (ETFs), and in turn, it’s boomeranging right back around and hitting mega-caps. European and Japanese companies are suffering as much or more than U.S. large-cap... Continue Reading »

Comparing the Large-Cap ETFs
August 12, 2008 – When it comes to exchange traded fund (ETF) investing, are large market capitalization funds created equally? Large-caps are the most common and popular investing asset class, and they are easy to compare because their make-up is... Continue Reading »