Midday Market Update: Consumers Are Feeling Better
May 15, 2009 – As investors place small bets on the markets in morning trading, stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) are floating in mixed waters, despite upbeat economic news about U.S. consumers. (more…) 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 »

Will Insurance ETFs Feel Pressure of the Industry?
March 23, 2009 – While we have been mesmerized by the ill tidings of major financial institutions and related exchange traded funds (ETFs), many smaller publicly traded insurers have also been feeling the pressure too. (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 »

How Financial ETFs Are Coping After the Fallout
December 9, 2008 – After the debacles within the financial sector earlier this year, financial exchange traded funds (ETFs) are finally allowed a small respite. It’s been a tough year: the collapse of several major investment banks and big... 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 »

Bond Insurers Hatch Plan That Could Help ETFs
October 20, 2008 – Bond insurers are working on a plan that could eventually restore the industry’s related exchange traded funds (ETFs) Ambac Financial Group and MBIA Inc. area couple of the bond insurers working with them. The companies also... 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 »