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…) 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…) 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 »

Short, Financial ETFs Stand Tall As Investors Back Away From Oil, Commodities
August 24, 2008 – The last week notwithstanding, there has been a trend away from commodities and the exchange traded funds (ETFs) that track them as the price of oil takes a step back. It’s led to a rebound for... Continue Reading »

Life Preserver Has Investors, Financial ETFs Worried
August 20, 2008 – Worries about the fate of Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) are persisting, and it continues to drag down financial exchange traded funds (ETFs). Investors seem increasingly convinced that if the government bails them out,... Continue Reading »