Currency ETF 101: What’s In It for You?
As with other types of exchange traded funds (ETFs), it’s easy to build a diversified portfolio of currency ETFs if you understand…
Feature Stories
Cord-Cutting Weighs on This ETF
The PowerShares Dynamic Media Portfolio (NYSEArca: PBS) has lagged broader consumer discretionary exchange traded funds this year with a loss of 1.5%…
Making Bets on the Gaming ETF
The consumer discretionary group is 2015’s best-performing sector, but investors would not know it by looking at the Market Vectors Gaming ETF…
There’s Value to be had with Utilities ETFs
Due in large part to investors anticipating the Federal Reserve’s first interest rate hike in nearly a decade, the Utilities Select Sector…
A Commodity ETN to Consider in 2016
As has been widely documented, 2015 has been a dismal year for commodities exchange traded products as investors have dumped funds with…
This Frontier ETF has Been Crushed by Oil Prices
Plenty of single-country exchange traded funds have been crimped by falling oil prices. Among emerging markets funds, Russia ETFs have recently given…
This Stock Could Lift Energy ETFs in 2016
The energy sector’s status as the worst-performing sector in the S&P 500 this year has long since been cemented, leaving advisors and…
Silver ETFs Search for Catalysts
The iShares Silver Trust (NYSEArca: SLV) and the ETFS Physical Silver Shares (NYSEArca: SIVR) are each down about 11.7% this year, showings…
A Word of Caution on Big Tech ETFs
The Technology Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLK) is up 6.1% year-to-date, good for one of the better performances among the nine sector…
As Coffee ETN Slides, Morning Jo May Get Cheaper
Like so many commodities exchange traded products, the iPath Dow Jones-UBS Coffee Total Return Sub-Index ETN (NYSEArca: JO) has struggled this year,…
In a Rough Year, Investors Ditched Commodities ETFs
Commodities have been one of 2015’s worst-performing asset classes and that is reflected in investors’ treatment of commodities exchange traded products, a…
These Stocks Could Lift The Refiners ETF
Since coming to market, the Market Vectors Oil Refiners ETF (NYSEArca: CRAK), the first dedicated exchange traded fund play on refiners equities,…
Advantages with a Mega-Cap ETF
Some mega-cap stocks and related exchange traded funds have been beacons of stability this year and that much is confirmed by the…
A Good Way to Growth with This Outperforming ETF
With 2015 drawing to close, it is fair to say investors have heard plenty this year about the out-performance of the growth…