Why You Should Be Watching Shipping ETFs
October 27, 2009 – As the global recovery has surged, the shipping sector and exchange traded funds (ETFs) have clipped along at a slower but steadier pace. Some say that shipping may ultimately be a more reliable indicator of... Continue Reading »

How Transportation ETFs Are Touched By the Stimulus
July 20, 2009 – We’re just two months into a two-year economic recovery plan, but already the transportation sector and its related exchange traded funds (ETFs) are benefiting. And one Senator says there’s even more to come. (more…) AKPC_IDS +=... Continue Reading »

The Outlook for Transportation ETFs
June 16, 2009 – As inflation has been on the minds of most investors and the U.S. dollar remains weak, many have turned to traditional hedges for inflation – namely oil. If oil continues to gather steam, it could... Continue Reading »

How to Use ETFs to Manage Risk and Diversify
June 2, 2009 – Exchange traded funds (ETFs) offer investors a perfect way to gain targeted access to specialized areas of the market, helping to manage risk within a diversified portfolio. Alternative energy is an area set to... Continue Reading »

How ETFs Can Benefit from Ports’ Upgrades
December 19, 2008 – Sunny skies could be off in the distance for shipping exchange traded funds (ETFs), because despite signs of pullback in the shipping industry, many ports are looking to prepare for that time when the listing... Continue Reading »

Shipping ETFs Could Deliver Green Energy
November 18, 2008 – The shipping industry is seeing new applications in cost-cutting and environmentally-friendly technologies that may help its exchange traded funds (ETFs). Even if the goliaths of the shipping lanes are packed with sophisticated technologies, the ships still... Continue Reading »

Financial Crisis Has Tide Rising on Shipping ETFs
October 10, 2008 – Financing to ship owners and companies are expected to drop by one-third as money markets are at a standstill, potentially leaving related exchange traded funds (ETFs) lost at sea. The frozen money markets are driving away... Continue Reading »

Transportation ETFs Showing Potential
September 19, 2008 – Despite a meltdown in the markets, transportation exchange traded funds (ETFs) seem to have been a safer haven than most in the last six months and year. The Dow Jones Transportation Index (IYT) has proven smooth... Continue Reading »