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Game Change! Dividend Investor Plays ETF
If I weren’t a dividend investor who enjoys the hunt of picking stocks and building my own dividend portfolio, my money would…
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The Stock Market’s Ability to Rebound from Geopolitical Shocks
By Jeffrey Hansen – CPM Investing, LLC A slightly pessimistic tone has developed in the markets. The geopolitical risks involving potential clashes with…
Finding ETFs with a Positive Relationship to Rising Rates
Hawkish commentary from the Federal Reserve (Fed) combined with a stronger-than-expected November jobs report have bolstered the market’s expectation for a December…
The Case for Corn ETF Consideration
Seasonal Price Patterns and how they relate to the Northern Hemisphere’s Autumn Corn Harvest The world’s two largest corn producing nations, the…
4 Reasons to Consider Market Neutral ETFs
The market downturn and ensuing volatility in the third quarter of 2015 is a timely reminder about the benefits of diversifying your…
Managing ETF Liquidity
By Roger Nausbaum, AdvisorShares ETF Strategist ETF.com had a detailed post titled How Illiquid Are Bond ETFs, Really? Over the years certain…
ETFs In 2016: Large Cap vs. Small Cap
If there was one strong consensus view coming into 2015, it was that the dollar would rise. In this instance, the collective…
2 Gauges ETF Investors Must Watch
How confident should diversified investors be that U.S. stocks can power ahead without the extraordinary stimulus of quantitative easing (QE) and zero…
Embracing Rising Interest Rates
Interest rates have been on the march since mid-October, thanks largely to the possibility of a hike in interest rates by the…
The Fed’s Final Two Hurdles to Higher Rates
The Fed’s policy makers, the FOMC, meet on December 15th and 16th and are widely expected to raise the target Fed funds…
How a Presidential Election Cycle Can Move Markets
Just as presidential candidates are on the road engaging in debates and meeting with voters ahead of the 2016 presidential election, I’ve…
Is The ECB About to Make a Mistake?
The eurozone’s economic problem is too little inflation. Inflation has undershot the European Central Bank’s (ECB) target of 2% since 2013, and…
5 Reasons to Rethink Retirement Investing
You may have heard something about a retirement crisis. Now, your reaction may have been to look at your 401(k) balance and…
Why Seasonality Matters for Momentum ETFs
Abstract: With Januaries (a month in which lagged “losers” typically outperform lagged “winners”) excluded, the average monthly return to a momentum strategy…