Signs to Buy Oil ETFs
December 1, 2008 – In a market where nobody seems to want to hold commodities, oil and its exchange traded funds (ETFs) have been hard hit by an brutal sell-off of oil futures. Last week, price of crude oil dipped... Continue Reading »

Obama’s Sector To-Do List May Impact ETFs
November 9, 2008 – President-elect Barack Obama has his work cut out for him as he enters office with the weight of financial trauma, tumbling stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) and a gaping deficit. No question: there’s a lot... Continue Reading »

Consumers, ETFs Hurt While Oil, Gas Companies Win
October 31, 2008 – While the markets have seemed relatively calm in recent days, consumer confidence has taken a wallop. In October, it suffered its sharpest monthly drop on record, reports Chris Reese for Reuters. The reading plunged from 70.3... Continue Reading »

With ETFs, There Are Ways to Play Lower Industrial Output
September 15, 2008 – Industrial output has broad implications for the economy and exchange traded funds (ETFs), so it isn’t good that it plunged by the largest amount in three years. Output fell by 1.1% last month, and economists were... Continue Reading »

Of the Top Ten Funds In July, Seven Were ETFs
August 28, 2008 – July was a notoriously troubled month for the markets, but not all exchange traded funds (ETFs) were suffering. John Spence for MarketWatch notes that there were 708 U.S.-listed ETFs in July, with 24 managers at the... Continue Reading »

Earnings Around the Markets Boost Energy, Food ETFs
July 23, 2008 – Glug, glug, glug. That’s the sound of Pepsi’s second-quarter profit rising, which has bubbled up the food and beverage exchange traded fund (ETF). PepsiCo (PEP) reported a 9% jump in profits in the most recent quarter,... Continue Reading »

Money Pulls Out of Energy ETFs After Oil Sinks
July 21, 2008 – Last week’s drop in oil prices led to money shifting away from energy-related exchange traded funds (ETFs). And, of all places, investors appear to be putting it into financials. As crude oil fell below $130 a barrel... Continue Reading »