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 »

Midday Market Update: Unemployment Soars Leaving Markets and ETFs Grounded
March 6, 2009 – Unemployment in the United States is now at highs not seen since 1983, casting a grim shadow upon the economy and exchange traded funds (ETFs). (more…) AKPC_IDS += "8230,"; Continue Reading »

Midday Market Update: Markets, ETFs Dusting Off After GDP, Citigroup News
February 27, 2009 – The U.S. government is offering a trade to Citigroup Inc. (C) for $25 billion in emergency bailout money in exchange for a stake in the bank, giving a rally to stocks, exchange traded funds... 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 »

What Bank Nationalization Means for You
February 20, 2009 – Shares of Bank of America (BAC) and Citigroup (C) are at 18-year lows today on investor fears that they could be nationalized. (more…) AKPC_IDS += "8008,"; Continue Reading »

Sticking to a Strategy With ETFs Is Also a ‘Safe Haven’
September 19, 2008 – After a week like this, in which many financial exchange traded funds (ETFs) have rapidly gained, then just as rapidly plummeted and so on, it’s worth taking a look at the assets. Although today was a... Continue Reading »

The Worst Is Over for Financial ETFs, Or It Isn’t
September 19, 2008 – The government has announced that it’s hatching a plan to save our financial system – time to get back into financial exchange traded funds (ETFs), right? Well, not so fast. The government’s plan isn’t fully fleshed... Continue Reading »

ETFs Around the World Sneeze After Dow Sinks
September 5, 2008 – Wall Street coughed yesterday, and Europe and Asia’s markets and exchange traded funds (ETFs) caught a cold. After the Dow Jones lost more than 340 points, Europe’s FTSE-100, Germany’s DAX and France’s CAC all fell by... Continue Reading »