How to Harness the Financial Sector’s Recovery With ETFs
October 19, 2009 – Sector exchange traded funds (ETFs) are a good way for investors to seek out niches in order to harness performance in a specific area, and the financial sector is no exception. Since the market’s... Continue Reading »

Midday Market Update: Earnings Wallop Wall Street
October 16, 2009 – Just days after the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached a milestone, stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) fell into negative territory after some highly anticipated earnings reports that failed to live up to expectations. ... Continue Reading »

Financial Sector ETFs: Still Dealing With ‘Troubled’ Assets
August 28, 2009 – The financial sector, along with related exchange traded funds (ETFs), are not out of the woods yet. Banks are still sifting through troubled loans and some ended up on the chopping block. (more…) AKPC_IDS += "16646,"; Continue Reading »

Financial ETFs Still Have Challenges
August 13, 2009 – In the midst of the global financial crisis, banks and their exchange traded funds (ETFs) were one of the hardest-hit sectors. Ultimately, they were forced to cut their labor forces, but did they cut their... Continue Reading »

How Financials Have Changed the Face of ETFs
January 28, 2009 – How bad has it been for the financial sector and exchange traded funds (ETFs) in the last year? All you have to do is take a look at the shifting weightings of the sector in... Continue Reading »

Financial ETFs Have a Long Climb Back
November 25, 2008 – The U.S. banking system is still in dire straits as the number of problem banks keeps rising, giving few breaks to financial exchange traded funds (ETFs). The expectation is that more banks are likely to fail as... Continue Reading »

Federal Rescue Is Just the Beginning for Financial ETFs
September 29, 2008 – The bailout that many hope will be the salve to soothe volatile markets and hurting exchange traded funds (ETFs) cleared a hurdle this weekend. Lawmakers agreed to the deal, and now the vote is being put... Continue Reading »

Largest Bank Failure, Bailout Snags Hit Financial ETFs
September 26, 2008 – Washington Mutual (WM), a major holding in several financial exchange traded funds (ETFs), has just joined the casualty list. JP Morgan Chase (JPM) is buying the bank’s assets for $1.9 billion after the FDIC seized the... Continue Reading »